3 february 2011, one small LEP for manckind

Thursday 3rd February 2011

As manchester often does, we have embraced a government initiative with gusto where it broadly aligns with what we wanted anyway, so why not get some extra kudos ? So it is with the not-really-replacements for the behemoths that were england’s “regional development agencies”, our newly-minted local enterprise partnership. We’re now officially looking for 13 leaders to pull us all together and drive us all forward; an interesting job, perhaps. You’ll need to read the small print to know what the lep will actually do; or rather to be on it, as the intention is very much to have big people with minds of their own who can think innovative thoughts in this highly-restrictive climate, and take the rest of us with them. We can always hope.