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Important – this is a series of 3 webinars each running for 90 minutes on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th June 2026.
Run by the Institute of Economic Development Executive Director, Nigel Wilcock.
This is an introduction to the development of business cases for the public sector – and how to avoid the five cases model kicking the enthusiasm out of proposed projects. The course will consider:
• The strategic outline case
• The outline business case
• The full business case
The course will consider the level of detail required in each case and the proportionality of the case versus the size of the public sector contribution.
The course will then use real examples to work through the requirements of:
• The Strategic Case
• The Economic Case
• The Commercial Case
• The Financial Case
• The Management Case
The course will also consider how project alternatives are worked through and also how the economic outputs are calculated.
The course will include the latest thinking on the HM Treasury change to Green Book guidance current at the time of the session. We will also update participants on how Green Book is applicable to latest funding programmes, where this has been announced by the Government.
Attendance is open to both iED members and non iED members.
For those of you completing the Advanced Certificate in Economic Development, this is one of the modules in that programme.
The webinar sessions will be on:
There is an expectation that delegates will attend all 3 webinars. Please note that the webinars will be conducted via MS Teams and you will be able to ask live questions via the chat during the course of the sessions.
The inclusive price for this session (3 x 90 minute webinars) is £75 for iED members and £145 for non iED members. No VAT is chargeable. Pay by invoice is possible.
If you are undertaking this module as part of the Advanced Certificate in Economic Development, you don’t need to book on via Eventbrite as all details will be sent to you separately by debbiedavidson@ied.co.uk.
To book onto this course, please visit our Eventbrite page here. A “pay by invoice” option is possible.
Please note, if you are not yet an iED member, why not consider joining to take advantage of the member rate for this and future CPD events? Get in touch with us at admin@ied.co.uk for further info.
We will send you a link to each webinar in the days running up to the first session.
Remember, the iED requires ALL associate and full members to log at least 40 hours of CPD over a two year period. Half of all CPD logged – 20 hours – needs to consist of formal CPD activity.
