Press releases
Better Places National Awards 2012
12th April 2012
New Start magazine today launched the first Better Places National Awards in a bid to highlight inspirational and innovative projects across the UK.
New Start: An independent voice for making better places
28th February 2012
This week celebrates the first anniversary since the re-launch of New Start under new ownership at the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES). New Start is now the only independent magazine dedicated to reporting on local economic development, social policy and place-making.
Action to improve resilience of towns and district centres
20th December 2011
Important new action research seeks to assess the existing resilience of district centres and towns within both areas.
MEMBER OFFER: Get a subscription to Local Economy for just £15
13th October 2011
CLES and New Start members can now receive the respected journal Local Economy at substantially reduced rates. We have struck a deal with the publisher SAGE and Local Economy to offer our members exclusive subscription rates to the journal starting at just £15 a year.
Research launches to plot path to co-produced communities
21st July 2011
A new research project will explore how the public, private and social sectors along with communities can work together to tackle ‘systemic local problems’. CLES is working with Urban Forum, Tudor Trust, Salford City Council and Manchester City Council on the goal of creating co-produced communities.
Schemes commended for making better places
14th July 2011
Projects in Cornwall, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne have scooped commendations at this year’s CLES Summit. The CLES Commendations are nominated by CLES staff and highlight initiatives that have achieved positive local change.
Government warned to mind the RDA gap
13th July 2011
Failure to hand over regional development agency resources to local enterprise partnerships will undermine the progress of LEPs, the government has been warned. Peter Mathews, MD of Black Country Metals and a board member on the Black Country LEP, said there was growing frustration among business leaders over the way in which RDAs were being wound up.
Lord Glasman issues rallying call to revitalise communities
12th July 2011
Rebuilding places begins with rebuilding relationships, Lord Maurice Glasman told the audience at the opening plenary of the CLES summit today. The architect of Blue Labour, Lord Glasman is calling for a revived commitment and attachment to place and a renewal of local democracy, citizenship and traditional institutions to rebalance power in the hands of people.
North-south divide is greater than ever – Ward
12th July 2011
Claims that the north-south divide is no longer an issue are wide of the mark, delegates at the CLES Summit were told today. CLES chair Michael Ward said both former prime minister Tony Blair and the current coalition government had dismissed the notion of a divide as oversimplistic.
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