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Getting ahead of the growth plan game

By Mike Emmerich | 25 June 2024

As the sector gears up for a new government, it’s time to put together investable proposals for s...

Ready for a bright new dawn?

By Mike Emmerich | 26 March 2024

Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture represented a clear shift away from New Labour towards an active stat...

Time to get serious about migration

By Mike Emmerich | 26 August 2023

Mike Emmerich unpicks the complex world issues driving migration to the UK, and says local leader...

For now, investment zones look like another short term wheeze

By Mike Emmerich | 19 October 2022

Mike Emmerich looks at the possible future for investment zones – and offers the chancellor some ...

Wages and good and bad government

By Mike Emmerich | 20 October 2021

Many communities in the UK would benefit from higher wages, says Mike Emmerich, but does the Prim...

Take a breath and take stock

By Mike Emmerich | 10 February 2021

It seems likely that we are facing the biggest challenge to our economy since the 1940s, says Mik...

Northern Powerhouse must be for real

By Mike Emmerich | 28 October 2020

If the North is to ‘own’ the Northern Powerhouse a new partnership with Government is needed, as ...

No glorious but implausible utopias

By Mike Emmerich | 09 June 2020

Mike Emmerich says we should use the recovery phase to build on what councils have been doing dur...

Important choices lie ahead

By Mike Emmerich | 02 March 2020

Mike Emmerich says the building of a more spatially balanced and inclusive form of growth is a ta...

Not a business as usual approach

By Mike Emmerich | 11 December 2019

Metro Dynamics has launched a guide for people working in and with towns that distils what it has...