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#IEDConf2025: In conversation with……the Growth Company

19 Nov 2025 |

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As we continue our build-up to the Annual Conference & Awards Dinner next week, we spo...

#IEDConf2025: In conversation with…Pegasus Group

12 Nov 2025 |

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Ahead of our Annual Conference & Awards Dinner on 25th November, we sat down with Bind...

Pride in place, yes, but what are people taking pride in?

11 Nov 2025 |

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In late September 2025 the government announced that up to £5 billion was to be invested i...

#IEDConf2025: The mobilisation mindset – A new blueprint for place-based economic renewal

10 Nov 2025 |

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On Monday 3rd November, the Social Impact Investment Advisory Group (SIIAG) published its ...

#IEDConf2025: In conversation with……the Growth Company

19 Nov 2025 |

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As we continue our build-up to the Annual Conference & Awards Dinner next week, we spo...

Boosting subnational inward investment: A blueprint for Economic Growth under the UK’s new Trade and Industrial Strategy

28 Nov 2025 |

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The UK’s revamped industrial and trade strategies along with the enhanced role for the Off...

Industrial Strategy – statement from the iED

23 Jun 2025 |

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Our Executive Director Nigel Wilcock gives the Institute of Economic Development's initial...

Spending Review: The Implications for Economic Development, and Economic Growth

12 Jun 2025 |

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Upon being announced as the Labour Chancellor, Rachel Reeves set out a mantra that economi...

Strategic Defence Review and Economic Development: A new opportunity for local economies

10 Jun 2025 |

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Introduction There is little to celebrate in returning to a UK economy that is required to...

Boosting subnational inward investment: A blueprint for Economic Growth under the UK’s new Trade and Industrial Strategy

28 Nov 2025 |

News

The UK’s revamped industrial and trade strategies along with the enhanced role for the Off...

East Riding of Yorkshire Council takes home 2025 iED Outstanding Impact award for transformative social value work

02 Dec 2025 |

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council has earned the Outstanding Impact award at the prestigiou...

Transforming West Cumbria wins Social Value Initiative of the Year category at iED Annual Awards 2025

28 Nov 2025 |

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Transforming West Cumbria, led by Sellafield Ltd and Cumbria Community Foundation, has bee...

Cornwall Council picks up 2025 iED Most Innovative Project of the Year award for Good Growth Programme

28 Nov 2025 |

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Embedding Good Growth Principles into programme design and UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSP...

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s Economic Development Team crowned Team of the Year at the iED Annual Awards 2025

26 Nov 2025 |

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s Economic Development Team has been announced as Te...

East Riding of Yorkshire Council takes home 2025 iED Outstanding Impact award for transformative social value work

02 Dec 2025 |

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council has earned the Outstanding Impact award at the prestigiou...

Manifesto

In the run up to the 2024 General Election, the Institute of Economic Development (iED) launched a “radical agenda for change”, as it stepped up its work for councils to be given statutory powers over economic development.

The Institute has an overarching call for economic development to be formally recognised as a statutory function provided by local authorities in Grow Local, Grow National, and a series of recommendations, sitting within six supporting pillars, which are deemed “critical for success”. 