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Our final newsletter for 2025 is now out and available to download! mailchi.mp/1f5eed7ca801.... #economicdevelopment

iED Annual Awards 2025 winners' stories: East Riding of Yorkshire Council. "It is fantastic that the Social Value Engine has been recognised for its outstanding impact in delivering benefits to the community." ied.co.uk/news/east-ri....

iED Annual Awards 2025 winners' stories: Data-Driven Innovation Programme, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & @heriotwattuni.bsky.social. “This award is fantastic recognition of the impact of the DDI programme." ied.co.uk/news/ddiaward/.

iED Annual Awards 2025 winners' stories: Cornwall Council "This is fantastic recognition for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly on the national stage and I am delighted that the Good Growth Programme has been acknowledged in this way." ied.co.uk/news/cornwal....

iED Annual Awards 2025 winners' stories: Sellafield Ltd and Cumbria Community Foundation. "Our collaborative approach has ensured that Transforming West Cumbria has remained responsive to community’s needs, whilst bringing about real and lasting change." ied.co.uk/news/transfo....

iED Annual Awards 2025 winners' stories: Nathan Shoesmith, Consultant, GC Insight. "It is an enormous pleasure and honour to receive the prestigious Institute of Economic Development Rising Star of the Year Award for 2025." ied.co.uk/news/gc-insi....

iED Annual Awards 2025 winners' stories: Barnsley Council Economic Development Team. "We are incredibly proud and honoured to receive this award. I am so pleased the team have got the recognition their efforts deserve." ied.co.uk/news/barnsle....

iED Annual Awards 2025 winners' stories: Jo Stevens, Managing Director, Oxford Innovation Space. "This recognition reinforces the importance of purposeful leadership and the collective impact we can make when we collaborate to build thriving, innovative communities.” ied.co.uk/news/oxford-....

Institute of Economic Development announces 2025 Annual Awards winners at Manchester celebration. Read our press release on last night's awards ied.co.uk/news/institu...! #IEDConf2025

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Join us at #IEDConf2025 on Tuesday for our afternoon panel discussion, "Question Time", sponsored by @growthcouk, and chaired by @carryonkeith.bsky.social. Submit your questions via the QR code below.

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Our Early Career Network has made great strides since it launched last year, including developing its own Mentorship Programme ied.co.uk/membership/i.... At #IEDConf2025 on Tuesday, we will hear from some of those involved.

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Just 5 days to go until #IEDConf2025 at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester! In our breakout on 'Redesigning money to grow your own economy', we will be joined by Erika Rushton MBE @kindredlcr.bsky.social and Dr Joanne Leek @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social.

#IEDConf2025: In conversation with...The Growth Company. As we continue our build-up to the Annual Conference & Awards Dinner next week, we spoke to Chief Executive Mark Hughes MBE. Check out our Q&A with Mark here ied.co.uk/news/iedconf....

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE We are thrilled to welcome Peter Sharp, Economic Development Manager @brighton-hove.gov.uk, as a speaker at our #IEDConf2025 breakout on Delivering Industrial Strategy in an Era of Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation, sponsored by Lichfields.

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE We are delighted to announce that Dr Rosa M. Fernandez Martin from Keele Business School, Keele University, will be delivering our breakout session on Balancing Environmental Demands with Economic Growth a #IEDConf2025 a week today! sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen....

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Join @joblundell.bsky.social, Co-CEO @placematters.bsky.social, and @martinrgeorge.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of LGC, for our breakout on 'How might we work with communities to achieve sustainable social and economic change'. sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen....

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Our #IEDConf2025 breakout on House Based Regeneration Delivery brings together Catherine Holmes, Assistant Director of Market, Partners and Places at Homes England, and Arup's Jo Negrini. Last chance to grab your tickets! sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen....

#IEDConf2025: In conversation with…Pegasus Group. Ahead of our Annual Conference & Awards Dinner on 25th November, we sat down with Bindu Pokkyarath, Director – Economics at Pegasus Group, for a pre-event Q&A. Read our wide-ranging interview with Bindu here ied.co.uk/news/iedconf....

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE We are looking forward to a breakout session from Claire McColgan @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social at #IEDConf2025. Tickets for both our conference and awards dinner go off sale at 11pm on Sunday! Book here sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen.... #IEDConf2025

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Join us for our panel discussion, "From Stranded to Opportunity: Strategic Urban Reconnection", sponsored by Pegasus Group, on 25th November. Full agenda, tickets, and more information available here sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen.... #IEDConf2025

COUNTDOWN TO CONFERENCE Only two weeks to go until #IEDConf2025, and between now and then we will be previewing each session. We open with a welcome address from our Chair @tomstannard.bsky.social, followed by a keynote from our Patron Stephanie Flanders. sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen....

New on our website: Sam Markey, Founder and MD of Recurve and a Senior Associate at the Impact Investing Institute, digs into 'Mobilising the impact economy as partners in national renewal', the Social Impact Investment Advisory Group's final report. ied.co.uk/news/the-mob....

Just three weeks to go until #IEDConf2025! Join us for a breakout session with Ciaran Gunne-Jones, Senior Director, Head of Economics at Lichfields, on 'Delivering industrial strategy in an era of devolution and local government reorganisation'. sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen....

Ahead of next month's @theied.bsky.social annual conference, I talked to its chair @tomstannard.bsky.social about the biggest issues for economic development practitioners. No surprise the government's growth mission is top of the list, with viability a key concern www.lgcplus.com/politics/dev...

Stannard: Improve viability to achieve growth

Planning reform is just one ingredient needed for the government to achieve its growth mission, warns the chair of the Institute of Economic Development ahead of its annual conference.

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Would you like to join our community of iED Annual Conference & Awards Dinner partners? A range of #IEDConf2025 packages are still available, and can be viewed here airdrive.eventsair.com/eventsairuks.... #economicdevelopment

#IEDConf2025: In conversation with…Simon Dancer, Director at AMION Consulting. AMION is an Engagement Partner at the iED Annual Conference 2025. ied.co.uk/news/iedconf....

#IEDConf2025: In conversation with…Sam Markey, Founder and Managing Director of Recurve. Recurve is an Awards Partner at the iED Annual Awards 2025, sponsoring the Collaborative Initiative of the Year category. ied.co.uk/news/iedconf....

Triple speaker announcement for #IEDConf2025! We are delighted to have Andy, Kate and Sam confirmed for our panel discussion, sponsored and chaired by Pegasus Group, on 'Strategic Urban Reconnection'. Tickets available here sasevents.eventsair.com/ied-conferen...! #economicdevelopment

Our latest newsletter is out, and available to view! mailchi.mp/29626a14716a.... #economicdevelopment