
A lack of funding is concentrating the minds of those involved in the new LEPS. Peter Baber finds out if this is a good or bad thing.

Teesside created a stir in many parts of the North East by its speed off the mark to form its own LEP. John Irwin, answers Brian Nicholls on how he sees its future.

Regional development agencies are being wound up, with their replacements still to be decided on. Peter Baber picks over the Yorkshire fallout

It’s early days still in the reign of Local Enterprise Partnerships but Brian Nicholls feels events already suggest some tweaking is needed.