Sandy Lindsay MBE, NWBLT’s Skills Lead, has signed a letter to The Times along with a number of business organisations led by Jasmine Whitbread, CEO at London First, calling for the promised review of the Apprentice Levy. Sandy is the Founder and Chair of Tangerine and Director of the Juice Academy which provides social media… Read more »
The North West region owes it to the world and to itself to be a strong leader in a new, green economy that leaves the world a better place than we found it for the first time in many, many generations. The NWBLT have produced a new charter for a green economy, a successor to our previous ‘Essential Resources’ report, designed… Read more »
The NWBLT is delighted to announce Simone Peppi, COO and Founder of the Pilot Group, as the newest member of the North West Business Leadership Team. The Pilot Group is a family owned manufacturing organisation that will no doubt bring some fascinating insights to all of the NWBLT’s ongoing and future work. On joining the… Read more »
TENS of thousands of Greater Manchester’s young people are set to benefit from over £500,000 of investment aimed at improving careers education and helping them identify the best career opportunities. The city-region will become one of just 20 ‘Careers Hubs’ across England, designed to help young people develop relationships and connections with employers and businesses… Read more »
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £12.5 million in innovative projects to transform the UK construction sector. The aim of this competition is to invest in solutions to improve productivity, quality and performance of the UK construction sector. We are specifically looking for projects to improve the 3… Read more »
In early July the NWBLT were delighted to partner with, and host, the third in a series of workshops organised by Lancaster University Management School’s Centre for Productivity & Efficiency working with the Work Foundation. The workshops were entitled “Productivity Connections” because of the importance of various forms of connections in understanding and overcoming barriers to productivity, in the UK… Read more »
Liverpool’s economy is the fastest growing out of all Northern Powerhouse City Regions. Over the next five to seven years £2bn-worth of investment will be pumped into redevelopment in Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool). Having been in post as CEO for just two years now, I wanted to take the opportunity to look back at… Read more »
The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) has a membership of over 1200 researchers dedicated to understanding what policy measures can help achieve an environmentally sustainable future. The 24th Annual EAERE Conference will be held at the University of Manchester in June 2019 and it expect over 700 participants.
