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Shared Prosperity Fund shortfall leaves a gaping hole at the heart of levelling up

22.04.22 By Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership Last week, the Government finally announced the allocations for...

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The Levelling Up White Paper can be a blueprint for success for the North

17.02.22 With the dust settled after its long awaited launch, Arcadis’ Northern Cities Executive, Richard Bonner takes a closer...

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Innovation Strategy could be turning point in a Northern Fourth Industrial Revolution

By Professor Juergen Maier CBE, vice-chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and co-chair of Made Smarter UK 27.07.21 For a long time,...

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The Northern Supercluster Fuelling the UK’s Science Superpowers

13.07.21 By Dr Kath Mackay, Director of Life Sciences for Bruntwood SciTech, the UK’s leading property specialist dedicated to...

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What’s next for town centre regeneration?

28.06.21 By Nick Kealey, Head of Public Sector for Yorkshire at Arcadis Change is afoot in town centres up and...

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Whitehall must give power to regions or admit levelling up means nothing

04.05.21 By Lord Jim O’Neill, vice-chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership In March, Greater Manchester (where I grew up),...

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Why we can’t afford to write Bradford out of Northern Powerhouse Rail

26.03.21 by Tom Bridges, Arup Leeds Office & UK Cities Advisory Leader and board representative to the Northern Powerhouse...

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Community needs to be at the heart of ‘levelling-up’

01.04.21 By Debbie Francis, City Executive for the North at Arcadis and board representative to the Northern Powerhouse Partnership The spread of...

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Budget 2021: economic analysis

05.03.21 By Andrew McPhillips, Chief Economist at the Northern Powerhouse Partnership On the surface, this week’s Budget appeared fairly...

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Real devolution needs grown-ups in the driving seat

09.02.21 By Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership The campaign for a Mayor in West Yorkshire has...

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