Northern Powerhouse

£150m of contracts announced for Redcar Steelworks demolition

13.08.20: Today (13 Aug) Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor, has revealed a £150m programme of demolition work across the vast site, including the Redcar Blast Furnace and Coke Ovens, which could create up to 300 jobs. The programme is set to last five y...

Mayor responds to IPPR report ‘A plan for nature in the North’

01.06.20: Mayor of Sheffield City Region, Dan Jarvis has welcomed a new report today (June 1) from The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) on the Natural Assets in the North. The report, A plan for nature in the north of England: Natural Assets Nor...

Council leaders call on Government to commit to HS2 East

27.05.20: Council leaders and business owners situated along the proposed ‘eastern leg’ of HS2 have called on Government (May 26) to commit to its progression in line with the ‘western leg’. Their claim is that by progressing HS2 Ea...

Ep 10. Fighting for Leeds, Cllr Judith Blake CBE

13.03.20: Our tenth PSE Podcast takes us on the go to Leeds Civil Hall where we speak with Leeds City Council Leader Judith Blake. A real whistle-stop tour of the work being done in the North and specifically Leeds. Council Leader Judith Blake joins hosts...

EvoNorth 2020: Connecting the North

10.03.20: Last week saw the highly-anticipated EvoNorth event take place in Manchester. Amid Coronavirus fears, disruption and cancelled events, hundreds of public and private sector leaders vowed to keep their hands clean and their minds open for two days...

UK2070 report published exposing “over-centralised” system

27.02.20: The UK2070 Commission has published its final report ‘Make No Little Plans – Acting At Scale For A Fairer And Stronger Future’ today (Feb 27) at MediaCityUK in Salford. When issuing the report Chair Lord Kerslake called on gover...

Oldham Council: Creating a better place

26.02.20: Cllr Sean Fielding, Leader of Oldham Council, explains their newly-announced ambitious development plan for Oldham and what it will mean for the local area.   In January 2020 Oldham Council launched an ambitious plan to transform Oldham, in...

Ep 9. Greater Manchester's bright future, Eamonn & Andrew - GMCA

20.02.20: Our first podcast episode with two guests took us on the road to the TfGM offices where we spoke to two representatives from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Chief Executive Eamonn Boylan and Andrew Lightfoot, Strategic Director –...

Northern Housing Consortium calls for government action

20.02.20: The Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) has called for government action to ‘level-up’ housing in the North as new study highlights disproportionate cut-backs in northern councils. The scale of housing cut-backs in northern councils has...

LEP establishes £2m flood recovery fund for SMEs

14.02.20: The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) has announced a £2m recovery fund for businesses in Calderdale that suffered in the Storm Ciara floods. Working in partnership with Calderdale Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Au...

Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry steps down

14.02.20: Last night, (Feb 13) Conservative MP, Jake Berry took to twitter to announce he has stepped down from government and his roles as Northern Powerhouse Minister and Local Growth Minister. In a series of tweets from the Darwen and Rossendale MP, 41...

LEP grant worth £2.7m to boost development in Wakefield

12.02.20: Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has agreed to a grant set to boost development on South Kirkby, one of Leeds City Region Enterprise Zones. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority will deliver the funding, secured on Monday (Feb 10) a...

UK authorities call for devolution to ‘end Whitehall hand-outs’

10.02.20: Key UK councils have united to put pressure on Whitehall for ‘radical devolution’ to pave the way for the levelling up of cities and regions across the whole of the UK. Core Cities UK and London Councils have joined forces to call on...

Liverpool Metro Mayor launches new £20m growth fund

31.01.20: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has launched a new £20m fund aiming to support sustained growth for ambitious business in the area. Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotherham, announced the news yesterday (Jan 30) th...

120 NPH leaders call for HS2 to be delivered in full

27.01.20: Over 120 senior business leaders from within the Northern Powerhouse and Midlands have signed an open letter to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, urging him to commit to HS2 in full. The letter, published on behalf of the Northern Powerhouse Partner...