CLES News
See the latest news from CLES, follow the links on the right for the News Archive and CLES in the Press.
Press Release- Doubling the bang for your council buck
8 Mar 2010
Building local economic, social and environmental benefits into council contracts could yield £2 for every £1 spent, says the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) following its latest research.
Press Release- Grants are vital to ensuring that the VCS preserves its role in civil society, argues CLES and VSNW
4 Mar 2010
The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)[1] and Voluntary Sector North West [2] have published a ‘think piece’ arguing that the move from a grant to contract-based funding relationship is potentially damaging for the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS).
Press Release- Funding for economic development is not reaching practitioners who need it, CLES finds at the launch of their Network for Local Economic Assessment
4 Mar 2010
At an event held by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) [1] to mark the launch of their Network for Local Economic Assessment, it was revealed that, in many cases, funding earmarked for local authorities to undertake the Duty to construct Local Economic Assessment (LEA) is not reaching economic development departments.
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