Promising signs for northern economy in NatWest PMI data
18.03.22 Our Chief Economist Andrew McPhillips shares his analysis of the latest NatWest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) surveys for...
Read moreQ&A with Arcadis construction apprentice Carys Marsh
18.03.22 Developing a skilled, productive workforce is fundamental to the Northern Powerhouse. According to recent Government data, apprenticeship numbers...
Read moreNPP and mayors call for the north to lead green Industrial Revolution
11.03.22 Our vice-chair Professor Juergen Maier CBE has joined forces with northern mayors Andy Burnham, Tracy Brabin, Dan Jarvis...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreCan ‘Smart’ Opportunity Areas help close the education disadvantage gap?
28.01.22 In 2016, Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening introduced a new initiative to increase social mobility in...
Read moreNorthern regions lose out on levelling up funding post-Brexit
03.02.22 Every region in England except Cornwall risks seeing funding halved post Brexit, analysis of the Shared Prosperity Fund...
Read more‘Second-class’ rail investment for the north, as government publishes IRP
19.11.21 Yesterday the government published its much-anticipated Integrated Rail Plan and confirmed that the eastern leg of HS2 will...
Read moreThe North delivered almost a third of UK green investment performance in 2020, finds EY
20.10.21 The North of England attracted almost a third (29%) of the UK’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) backed cleantech...
Read moreNorth takes a lead in carbon capture technology
19.10.21 Two Northern schemes have been selected as forerunners in a carbon capture and storage cluster programme by the...
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