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‘Clear and Confident’ is the key to female business owners unlocking investment

08/03/2023 Think Piece

On International Women’s Day, Sue Jefferson, chair of York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s Business Board, tells us how female entrepreneurs can empower themselves and redress the gender imbalance in funding and investment.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow

17/05/2022 Think Piece

SME MD, Richard Askew shares his business’s experience through the pandemic and beyond.

Region’s businesses need to grasp the opportunities in this new landscape

20/04/2022 Think Piece

Helen Simpson OBE, Chair of the York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, discusses economic opportunities following two years of unprecedented challenges.

York and the bid for Great British Railways

29/03/2022 Think Piece

Cllr Keith Aspden, Leader of City of York Council, discusses the case for making York the home for Great British Railways.

Don't fear automation, it is something that could bring about better jobs

13/01/2022 Think Piece

Rich Kenny, Group IT Director for Harrogate-based Techbuyer, and Managing Director of sister company Interact, discusses the challenges and opportunities technology brings to the jobs market in York and North Yorkshire.

How inclusive leadership can help level up our region

15/12/2021 Think Piece

Kiran Trehan from the University of York talks to the Yorkshire Post about how inclusive leadership is important in helping our region level up

Reshaping and planning for growth – learning from challenge to build a stronger economy

20/11/2021 Think Piece

Andy Mayer, Site Director of Cranswick Gourmet Pastry in Malton shares the story of how learning from current challenges will strengthen businesses for the future.

How local communities contribute to achieving global climate ambitions

22/10/2021 Think Piece Top News

The long-awaited COP26 starts at the end of October. Its purpose is to unite the world to tackle climate change, with a key focus on looking at how countries can achieve their net-zero targets. Many of the conversations and agreed actions at the summit will be at a global or national level. But what can individuals in local communities and smaller towns contribute to these massive ambitions?

Time for region to seize moment

19/08/2021 Think Piece

Helen Simpson OBE, Chair of the York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, discusses local government reorganisation and the benefits of Devolution.

Working in partnership for future funding

13/08/2021 Think Piece

Helen Simpson OBE, Chair of the York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, discusses future investment opportunities for the area, which will help drive the regional economy forward.

How working in partnership has delivered results

22/06/2021 Think Piece

David Dickson, Chair of the York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership Infrastructure and Joint Assets Board, reflects on the successful delivery of major infrastructure schemes in the region.

How diverse businesses have outperformed their peers – and can again

13/04/2021 Think Piece

Helen Simpson, new York & North Yorkshire LEP Chair, talks in the Yorkshire Post about how diverse businesses have outperformed their peers – and can again

Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission launched to realise vision for climate action

18/03/2021 Think Piece

Katie Privett, Energy Programme Lead for the York & North Yorkshire LEP attended the virtual launch event. Read her summary of this important event to create region-wide climate resilience.

How apprenticeships are vital for business success

11/02/2021 Think Piece

MD of Ellis Patents talks in the Yorkshire Post about how apprenticeships can develop talent in the region.

Why a full-fibre network across the UK is so vital

12/01/2021 Think Piece

Digital connectivity is a key element of economic reshaping plans for York & North Yorkshire. Kim Johnston, city manager for CityFibre – the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform – reflects on the impact improved infrastructure could have on the area.

Making our towns fit for the future

29/10/2020 Think Piece

In this month's think piece for the Yorkshire Post, Sue Anderson Brown, manager of Scarborough's Brunswick Shopping Centre, discusses how towns can be fit for the future.

What does a greener, fairer, stronger future mean for the VCSE sector?

22/10/2020 Think Piece

Caroline O’Neill, Head of Policy and Partnerships at Community First Yorkshire, provides a view from the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector of plan to reshape our economy for a greener, fairer and stronger future.

Choose Yorkshire! Building back tourism to be greener, fairer and stronger.

22/09/2020 Think Piece

James Mason, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire gives his support to the vision of a carbon negative, greener, fairer and stronger economy

Will government incentives provide the boost that apprenticeships need?

30/07/2020 Think Piece

Claire Gavaghan speaks with businesses to get their reaction to the latest government support on apprenticeships

Creating a Fairer York & North Yorkshire post COVID-19

06/07/2020 Think Piece

Mike Hawking, Policy and Partnerships Manager at Joseph Rowntree Foundation and member of the Social Inclusion Sub-Group of the York & North Yorkshire LEP Skills & Employability Board, talks about what is needed to create a fairer society post COVID-19.

Building back better requires bolder carbon-reduction ambitions

02/06/2020 Think Piece

In this month’s think piece for the Yorkshire Post, LEP Business Board Chair, Richard Shaw, discusses how our carbon-reduction plans are key to our recovery.

Post-COVID-19 – the big economic wins will be in the small numbers.

05/05/2020 Think Piece

In this month's thinkpiece for the Yorkshire Post, David. A. Kerfoot MBE DL discusses the future of the Northern Powerhouse in unprecedented circumstances.

The importance of training now and beyond COVID-19

04/05/2020 Think Piece

Thought piece written by Claire Gavaghan, CEO of Malton-based Derwent Training

Business leadership through COVID-19 – stabilise, recover and grow.

07/04/2020 Think Piece

Never has a local focus been more prevalent than in this time of incredible challenge that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to every single one of us. David. A. Kerfoot MBE DL, Chair of the York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership breaks down the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic into three stages - stabilisation, recovery and growth.

Think Local in these challenging times.

23/03/2020 Think Piece

A message from our chair, David Kerfoot MBE DL in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Maximising the potential of Women in the Workforce

06/03/2020 Think Piece

An ESF funded Women in the Workforce programme will launch in 2020 to support our aspirations for women and redress the balance for women to prosper in the local economy.

Do you believe in a better Yorkshire? Help build one.

12/02/2020 Think Piece

We want your voice to lead our transformation. If you have a passion and pride for our region, value Good Growth and have experience in good business we want to hear from you.

Deeply rural investment – how past and future funding models can play a part in levelling up the North.

17/01/2020 Think Piece

In the world of national elections, devolution discussions and complex funding models, my day to day role can seem far away from work on the ground. Towards the end of last year I was fortunate to visit a number of deeply rural businesses in the Dales that have benefitted from the rural grant programme, LEADER.

Getting quality business support that’s right for your business.

05/12/2019 Think Piece

Whichever way you look at it, businesses are in the market for good quality business support. Step forward the regional Growth Hub.

Yorkshire - a ‘silicon valley’ for the Circular Economy?

05/11/2019 Think Piece

Sue Jefferson, Non-Executive Director at Realise Possibilities and Deputy Chair of the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership Business Board.