…at risk of flooding. Question 2: The Foundational Economy The Foundational Economy has become an important lens through which to view economic policy, by investing more in the dependable, local…
Lansiad Adroddiad – A Better Balance: Business Support for the Foundational Economy
Mae ein hadroddiad ‘A Better Balance: Business Support for the Foundational Economy’, wedi’i baratoi fel rhan o brosiect cydweithredol y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig (IWA) gyda CREW i edrych ar yr…
A Better Balance: Business Support for the Foundational Economy
Our report, A Better Balance: Business Support for the Foundational Economy, has been produced as part of the IWA’s collaborative project with CREW to look at the foundational economy as…
Finders or Keepers?
…short-changed by the future is reflective of the current uncertain moment, when the devolution settlement itself is being brought into question.” Proponents for a ‘Foundational Economy’ urge we favour the…
What’s Welsh for ‘Economic Policy’?
…has invested £5m in ‘foundational’ firms in social care, housing and food, to explore new ways of capturing more value – social and economic – within Wales. Funded by CREW,…
A New Apprentice Framework can Deliver a More Equal Wales
…for a credible vocational qualification, more easily comparable to traditional awards such as A-Level. Surveying the Welsh policy landscape, we see exciting developments both in terms of foundational economy and…
The Future Calls for Inclusive Growth – Part 2
…a Covid-19 induced economic downturn. The foundational economy highlights the principle – ‘stickability’ – anchored growth that maximises the multiplier effect. Indeed, prioritising this in Wales suggests the need to…
The Future Calls for Inclusive Growth – Part 1
…sector organisations. The Welsh foundational economy innovation fund has attracted bids to grow such forms of organisation. Supported by local government and the Welsh Government’s regional structures, the foundational economy…
Understanding Our Places is the First Step to Regeneration
…method used to create these assessments is informed by CLES’ experience in the field of community resilience: the Centre is heavily involved in the emerging discussion around the ‘foundational economy’…