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How resilient were UK regions to the 2008 financial crisis? Recovery policies for COVID-19 crisis

Elvira Uyarra By Marianne Sensier, Fiona Devine and Elvira Uyarra Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: July 14, 2020

Dr Marianne Sensier, Professor Fiona Devine and Dr Elvira Uyarra have conducted research comparing the economic resilience of UK sub-regions in recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. In this blog, they map the resilience across the UK in recovery from the financial crisis and suggest policies for increasing resilience for recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. […]

Tagged With: AMBS, Business Energy & Industry, carbon reduction, COVID-19, devolution, economy, employment, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, infrastructure, labour market, local government, Pandemic, productivity, sustainability, Treasury

The retrofitting challenge in Manchester

Elvira Uyarra By Matt Ziembla, Elvira Uyarra and Jonatan Pinkse Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Urban Posted: July 13, 2020

During January-March 2020, Mateusz Ziembla, together with Dr Elvira Uyarra and Professor Jonatan Pinkse, undertook a study for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), funded by Research England, aimed at analysing the challenges associated with improving the energy efficiency of existing housing stock in order to articulate recommendations for policy action. Cost-effective decarbonisation of domestic […]

Tagged With: AMBS, carbon reduction, energy, environment, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, housing, innovation, MIOIR, net zero, productivity, retrofitting

The voluntary and community sector and COVID-19: Going to war without ammunition?

Tine BuffelPatty Doran author headshotCamilla Lewis By Sophie Yarker, Kirsty Bagnall, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis and Christopher Phillipson Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: June 16, 2020

COVID-19 has forced us all to rethink how to maintain social connections in the neighbourhoods where we live and work. For the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE), this has meant a rapid rethink in how to provide services whilst observing social distancing guidelines. In this blog, Sophie Yarker and Kirsty Bagnall, along with Tine Buffel, Patty […]

Tagged With: age & loneliness, communities, COVID-19, equalities, equality, equality & human rights, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inequalities, inequality, loneliness, older people, Pandemic, Treasury, voluntary & social enterprise

COVID-19 and the future of urban mobility

By Michael Hodson and Andrew McMeekin Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: June 12, 2020

COVID-19 has comprehensively disrupted urban mobility systems. Public transport authorities are running skeleton services, while streets are less congested. In the midst of lockdown conditions, urban mobility systems look unrecognisable. Here, Dr Mike Hodson and Professor Andrew McMeekin reflect on how different areas have responded to the lockdown, and discuss key considerations that will shape […]

Tagged With: #active travel, AMBS, cities, COVID-19, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, Levelling Up, MUI, Pandemic, public transport, SCI, sustainability, transport

Building back a gender balanced better – devolution, growth and equalities

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: June 11, 2020

As the initial period of lockdown is slowly relaxed, the policy agenda in all parts of the UK is turning to examine recovery from the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Policymakers in our major city regions are considering how to start up and stimulate economic activity where safe to do so; help firms and […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, devolution, equalities, equality, gender, gender equality, gender inequalities, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, Levelling Up, Pandemic, Social Justice, women & equalities

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Health for wealth: The link between health inequalities and productivity in northern England

By Luke Munford Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: June 9, 2020

Productivity in the UK, and particularly in the northern regions of England, has remained stubbornly low for decades, prompting economists to discuss a ‘productivity puzzle’. Here, Dr Luke Munford, explains how his research into health inequalities in northern England shows that investing in the health of the population could translate directly into substantial gains in […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inclusive growth, inequalities, local government, MERI, micra, Northern Powerhouse, productivity, public health

Levelling up regional resilience

Elvira Uyarra By Marianne Sensier and Elvira Uyarra Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion Posted: May 12, 2020

Dr Marianne Sensier and Dr Elvira Uyarra have conducted research comparing the economic resilience, community wellbeing, sustainability and governance of Greater Manchester and Preston in recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. The financial crisis provided a window of opportunity for some places to develop new arrangements to adapt and diversify regional economies. In this blog, […]

Tagged With: AMBS, COVID-19, devolution, financial crisis, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, Levelling Up, local government, MIOIR, Pandemic, place-based policy, productivity, Social Justice, Treasury

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