The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
@clesthinkdo.bsky.social
CLES is the national organisation for local economies. We're working towards a future where local economies benefit people, place and the planet.
🔗 cles.org.uk
🔗 cles.org.uk
It's #GoodEmploymentWeek!
Today we publish our analysis with Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter showing that good employment can have a positive impact on:
🌟Productivity
🌟Profitability
🌟Morale
🌟Retention
🌟Reducing sick pay
🔗 cles.org.uk/publications...
Today we publish our analysis with Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter showing that good employment can have a positive impact on:
🌟Productivity
🌟Profitability
🌟Morale
🌟Retention
🌟Reducing sick pay
🔗 cles.org.uk/publications...
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's #GoodEmploymentWeek!
Today we publish our analysis with Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter showing that good employment can have a positive impact on:
🌟Productivity
🌟Profitability
🌟Morale
🌟Retention
🌟Reducing sick pay
🔗 cles.org.uk/publications...
Today we publish our analysis with Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter showing that good employment can have a positive impact on:
🌟Productivity
🌟Profitability
🌟Morale
🌟Retention
🌟Reducing sick pay
🔗 cles.org.uk/publications...
How do new opportunities link to people on the ground?
On BBC Politics NW this morning, @sarahlonglands.bsky.social explained how the benefits of @andyburnham.bsky.social's Good Growth Fund should enable people feel that their lives are getting better.
🎥 Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
On BBC Politics NW this morning, @sarahlonglands.bsky.social explained how the benefits of @andyburnham.bsky.social's Good Growth Fund should enable people feel that their lives are getting better.
🎥 Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
How do new opportunities link to people on the ground?
On BBC Politics NW this morning, @sarahlonglands.bsky.social explained how the benefits of @andyburnham.bsky.social's Good Growth Fund should enable people feel that their lives are getting better.
🎥 Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
On BBC Politics NW this morning, @sarahlonglands.bsky.social explained how the benefits of @andyburnham.bsky.social's Good Growth Fund should enable people feel that their lives are getting better.
🎥 Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Have you picked up your copy of the latest edition of the New Statesman yet? 🗞️
You'll find @leahmillthorne.bsky.social inside, writing about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social moment 🗳️👇
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
You'll find @leahmillthorne.bsky.social inside, writing about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social moment 🗳️👇
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Have you picked up your copy of the latest edition of the New Statesman yet? 🗞️
You'll find @leahmillthorne.bsky.social inside, writing about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social moment 🗳️👇
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
You'll find @leahmillthorne.bsky.social inside, writing about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social moment 🗳️👇
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
🏗️🚍 When housing & transport are unaffordable, good health is impossible
📖 This new essay from CLES & @thekingsfund.bsky.social shows how mayors & strategic authorities can tackle unaffordability and put people first through interventions like municipal ownership 👇
cles.org.uk/publications...
📖 This new essay from CLES & @thekingsfund.bsky.social shows how mayors & strategic authorities can tackle unaffordability and put people first through interventions like municipal ownership 👇
cles.org.uk/publications...
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🏗️🚍 When housing & transport are unaffordable, good health is impossible
📖 This new essay from CLES & @thekingsfund.bsky.social shows how mayors & strategic authorities can tackle unaffordability and put people first through interventions like municipal ownership 👇
cles.org.uk/publications...
📖 This new essay from CLES & @thekingsfund.bsky.social shows how mayors & strategic authorities can tackle unaffordability and put people first through interventions like municipal ownership 👇
cles.org.uk/publications...
Read the full report by Reclaiming Our Regional Economies, a collaboration between leading not-for-profit organisations:
🖊️ Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
🖊️ @thrivingplaces.bsky.social
🖊️ @cooperativesuk.bsky.social
🖊️ @neweconomics.bsky.social
cles.org.uk/publications...
🖊️ Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
🖊️ @thrivingplaces.bsky.social
🖊️ @cooperativesuk.bsky.social
🖊️ @neweconomics.bsky.social
cles.org.uk/publications...
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Read the full report by Reclaiming Our Regional Economies, a collaboration between leading not-for-profit organisations:
🖊️ Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
🖊️ @thrivingplaces.bsky.social
🖊️ @cooperativesuk.bsky.social
🖊️ @neweconomics.bsky.social
cles.org.uk/publications...
🖊️ Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
🖊️ @thrivingplaces.bsky.social
🖊️ @cooperativesuk.bsky.social
🖊️ @neweconomics.bsky.social
cles.org.uk/publications...
And here’s where public money in the West Midlands is heading 👀
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
And here’s where public money in the West Midlands is heading 👀
Here’s the picture in South Yorkshire 👇
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Here’s the picture in South Yorkshire 👇
This is what that means for the North East 🔎
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is what that means for the North East 🔎
Yet not all of that investment is reaching those it is designed to support. Over the last 3 years in the North East, South Yorkshire & West Mids alone:
💸 £256m of profit was made from care
🏝️ £88m of that went to private equity firms, companies based in tax havens (or both)
💸 £256m of profit was made from care
🏝️ £88m of that went to private equity firms, companies based in tax havens (or both)
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Yet not all of that investment is reaching those it is designed to support. Over the last 3 years in the North East, South Yorkshire & West Mids alone:
💸 £256m of profit was made from care
🏝️ £88m of that went to private equity firms, companies based in tax havens (or both)
💸 £256m of profit was made from care
🏝️ £88m of that went to private equity firms, companies based in tax havens (or both)
Billions are spent by local authorities each year to fund care services - £50bn in England - including £3.8bn in the regions we investigated: the North East, South Yorkshire & West Mids 💰
We rightly expect that money to work hard for us, our loved ones, and the people who care for them 🫂
We rightly expect that money to work hard for us, our loved ones, and the people who care for them 🫂
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Billions are spent by local authorities each year to fund care services - £50bn in England - including £3.8bn in the regions we investigated: the North East, South Yorkshire & West Mids 💰
We rightly expect that money to work hard for us, our loved ones, and the people who care for them 🫂
We rightly expect that money to work hard for us, our loved ones, and the people who care for them 🫂
The new Pride in Place programme represents an opportunity to rebuild local civic and economic infrastructure with long-term financial support 🏘️
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The new Pride in Place programme represents an opportunity to rebuild local civic and economic infrastructure with long-term financial support 🏘️
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
The English Devo Bill could rewire economies for people. With @sianberry.bsky.social we're tabling three improvements:
🪙 New clause 31: Community wealth building
❤️ Amendment 255: Health & wellbeing in all policies
🤝 New schedule 1 & new clause 29: Inclusive economies
✒️ cles.org.uk/blog/lets-do...
🪙 New clause 31: Community wealth building
❤️ Amendment 255: Health & wellbeing in all policies
🤝 New schedule 1 & new clause 29: Inclusive economies
✒️ cles.org.uk/blog/lets-do...
October 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The English Devo Bill could rewire economies for people. With @sianberry.bsky.social we're tabling three improvements:
🪙 New clause 31: Community wealth building
❤️ Amendment 255: Health & wellbeing in all policies
🤝 New schedule 1 & new clause 29: Inclusive economies
✒️ cles.org.uk/blog/lets-do...
🪙 New clause 31: Community wealth building
❤️ Amendment 255: Health & wellbeing in all policies
🤝 New schedule 1 & new clause 29: Inclusive economies
✒️ cles.org.uk/blog/lets-do...
What happens when CLES and London Anchor Institutions' Network bring together the people behind the UK's anchor networks? 🤝
You get insights! 💡
Check out this new blog from Conrad Parke setting out five insightful observations about anchor networks ⚓
cles.org.uk/blog/five-le...
You get insights! 💡
Check out this new blog from Conrad Parke setting out five insightful observations about anchor networks ⚓
cles.org.uk/blog/five-le...
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
What happens when CLES and London Anchor Institutions' Network bring together the people behind the UK's anchor networks? 🤝
You get insights! 💡
Check out this new blog from Conrad Parke setting out five insightful observations about anchor networks ⚓
cles.org.uk/blog/five-le...
You get insights! 💡
Check out this new blog from Conrad Parke setting out five insightful observations about anchor networks ⚓
cles.org.uk/blog/five-le...
🚨 New regional analysis of Pride in Place funding 🚨
We've crunched the numbers and found that the North is set to be a major benefactor of the government’s Pride in Place fund 🧮
Read all about it in today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social 📫
newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/-rESDdIxHn7C...
We've crunched the numbers and found that the North is set to be a major benefactor of the government’s Pride in Place fund 🧮
Read all about it in today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social 📫
newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/-rESDdIxHn7C...
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚨 New regional analysis of Pride in Place funding 🚨
We've crunched the numbers and found that the North is set to be a major benefactor of the government’s Pride in Place fund 🧮
Read all about it in today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social 📫
newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/-rESDdIxHn7C...
We've crunched the numbers and found that the North is set to be a major benefactor of the government’s Pride in Place fund 🧮
Read all about it in today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social 📫
newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/-rESDdIxHn7C...
🚨 Exciting new hire announcement
🎉 We're thrilled to welcome Evelyn Henderson-Child to CLES
🌳 Evelyn previously led a community wealth building initiative in north Edinburgh, all while completing an MSc in Ecological Economics
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
🎉 We're thrilled to welcome Evelyn Henderson-Child to CLES
🌳 Evelyn previously led a community wealth building initiative in north Edinburgh, all while completing an MSc in Ecological Economics
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🚨 Exciting new hire announcement
🎉 We're thrilled to welcome Evelyn Henderson-Child to CLES
🌳 Evelyn previously led a community wealth building initiative in north Edinburgh, all while completing an MSc in Ecological Economics
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
🎉 We're thrilled to welcome Evelyn Henderson-Child to CLES
🌳 Evelyn previously led a community wealth building initiative in north Edinburgh, all while completing an MSc in Ecological Economics
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
We are proud to announce that our Chief Executive, Dr @sarahlonglands.bsky.social, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the board of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 👏
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We are proud to announce that our Chief Executive, Dr @sarahlonglands.bsky.social, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the board of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 👏
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
We have nominated @oliver-chan.bsky.social for Researcher of the Year at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards 🌟
Oliver brings rigour, collaboration, and an evidence-led approach to everything he does. His research leadership is actively shaping stronger local economies 👏
Oliver brings rigour, collaboration, and an evidence-led approach to everything he does. His research leadership is actively shaping stronger local economies 👏
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We have nominated @oliver-chan.bsky.social for Researcher of the Year at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards 🌟
Oliver brings rigour, collaboration, and an evidence-led approach to everything he does. His research leadership is actively shaping stronger local economies 👏
Oliver brings rigour, collaboration, and an evidence-led approach to everything he does. His research leadership is actively shaping stronger local economies 👏
We have nominated @naomimason.bsky.social for the Think Tanker of the year at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards 🌟
Naomi is a powerful voice in Scottish politics and economics, and a leading advocate for Community Wealth Building 👏
Naomi is a powerful voice in Scottish politics and economics, and a leading advocate for Community Wealth Building 👏
October 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We have nominated @naomimason.bsky.social for the Think Tanker of the year at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards 🌟
Naomi is a powerful voice in Scottish politics and economics, and a leading advocate for Community Wealth Building 👏
Naomi is a powerful voice in Scottish politics and economics, and a leading advocate for Community Wealth Building 👏
📢 New hire news!
🤝 Please join us in welcoming Simon Grove-White to CLES as our new Senior Researcher
🔎 Simon joins us fresh from leading a project with the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network (CCIN), looking at community wealth building & cooperative placemaking
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
🤝 Please join us in welcoming Simon Grove-White to CLES as our new Senior Researcher
🔎 Simon joins us fresh from leading a project with the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network (CCIN), looking at community wealth building & cooperative placemaking
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
📢 New hire news!
🤝 Please join us in welcoming Simon Grove-White to CLES as our new Senior Researcher
🔎 Simon joins us fresh from leading a project with the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network (CCIN), looking at community wealth building & cooperative placemaking
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
🤝 Please join us in welcoming Simon Grove-White to CLES as our new Senior Researcher
🔎 Simon joins us fresh from leading a project with the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network (CCIN), looking at community wealth building & cooperative placemaking
cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
When one company – like Jaguar Land Rover – dominates a local economy, its crisis can ripple through communities 🌊
@oliver-chan.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk's Jonathan Ray about the impact of the JLR hack + how we need to build resilient, locally rooted economies 📻 ⤵️
@oliver-chan.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk's Jonathan Ray about the impact of the JLR hack + how we need to build resilient, locally rooted economies 📻 ⤵️
October 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
When one company – like Jaguar Land Rover – dominates a local economy, its crisis can ripple through communities 🌊
@oliver-chan.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk's Jonathan Ray about the impact of the JLR hack + how we need to build resilient, locally rooted economies 📻 ⤵️
@oliver-chan.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk's Jonathan Ray about the impact of the JLR hack + how we need to build resilient, locally rooted economies 📻 ⤵️
This week at #Lab25 we co-hosted an event with Co-ops UK, @neweconomics.bsky.social & @thrivingplaces.bsky.social on Mayors resisting the far right🎤
Our 🌟 panel: Mayor Claire Ward, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, @cathyab.bsky.social, @nickplumb.bsky.social + @lizzeidler.bsky.social in chair
Our takeaways🧵
Our 🌟 panel: Mayor Claire Ward, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, @cathyab.bsky.social, @nickplumb.bsky.social + @lizzeidler.bsky.social in chair
Our takeaways🧵
October 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This week at #Lab25 we co-hosted an event with Co-ops UK, @neweconomics.bsky.social & @thrivingplaces.bsky.social on Mayors resisting the far right🎤
Our 🌟 panel: Mayor Claire Ward, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, @cathyab.bsky.social, @nickplumb.bsky.social + @lizzeidler.bsky.social in chair
Our takeaways🧵
Our 🌟 panel: Mayor Claire Ward, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, @cathyab.bsky.social, @nickplumb.bsky.social + @lizzeidler.bsky.social in chair
Our takeaways🧵
“Infrastructure upgrades and plans for social housing are welcome but we also need to address who’s delivering these things to avoid more public resource being extracted by hedge funds and shareholders”.
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
September 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Infrastructure upgrades and plans for social housing are welcome but we also need to address who’s delivering these things to avoid more public resource being extracted by hedge funds and shareholders”.
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
📣 Ahead of the Prime Minister’s anticipated speech on Friday about the rise of populism in which he will announce a new “Pride in Place Programme”, @sarahlonglands.bsky.social has welcomed the move and urged places to make the money “work hard to rewire local economies” ⤵️
September 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📣 Ahead of the Prime Minister’s anticipated speech on Friday about the rise of populism in which he will announce a new “Pride in Place Programme”, @sarahlonglands.bsky.social has welcomed the move and urged places to make the money “work hard to rewire local economies” ⤵️
🌱 Ready to take action on building stronger local economies? We’re excited to offer An Introduction to Community Wealth Building – a comprehensive online workshop this September!
📅 Date: 4 September
💻 Format: Online
👉 Don’t miss out! Sign up today: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
📅 Date: 4 September
💻 Format: Online
👉 Don’t miss out! Sign up today: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
August 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌱 Ready to take action on building stronger local economies? We’re excited to offer An Introduction to Community Wealth Building – a comprehensive online workshop this September!
📅 Date: 4 September
💻 Format: Online
👉 Don’t miss out! Sign up today: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
📅 Date: 4 September
💻 Format: Online
👉 Don’t miss out! Sign up today: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
🌍 Thinking about your post-summer plans and looking to a create stronger, more resilient economy for your place? Sign up for our online intro to CWB workshop.
🔗 Register now and secure your spot: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
📅 When: Thursday 4 September
💻 Where: Online
🔗 Register now and secure your spot: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
📅 When: Thursday 4 September
💻 Where: Online
July 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌍 Thinking about your post-summer plans and looking to a create stronger, more resilient economy for your place? Sign up for our online intro to CWB workshop.
🔗 Register now and secure your spot: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
📅 When: Thursday 4 September
💻 Where: Online
🔗 Register now and secure your spot: cles.org.uk/events/an-in...
📅 When: Thursday 4 September
💻 Where: Online