Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Business leaders at some of England’s local enterprise partnerships – the bodies to which Lord Heseltine wants ...

Yorkshire businesses and the wider regional economy have been boosted by confirmation the Government will provide direct funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships for the first time since they were set ...

THE region’s Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) must inherit serious clout and power from the dismantled North West Development Agency (NWDA) and other government bodies if they will have ...

The Government has been urged to set long-term funding for local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to help regional economies grow. A committee of MPs welcomed money given to the LEPs in England for the ...

Local Enterprise Partnerships help to develop the region's economy Who's in charge of growing the region's economy? These days the task falls to six Local Enterprise Partnerships, or Leps. They ...

Local economic development is as much about setting the conditions for future success as immediate short term gains, writes Neil McInroy. Local Economic Development is as much about setting the ...

A new report passing judgement on LEPs is a mixed bag of recommendations, writes Alex Pratt, some timely, some old hat and some terrifyingly wishful Before volunteering as chairman of the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Criticism of its economic growth plans has prompted the government to hand an extra £5m to the public-private ...