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
…inclusive growth has to be pursued nationally, by region, but also at the local, place-based level. With Covid-19 the Foundational Economy’s time has come. It pinpoints the significance of local…
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’…
Our Smart Region: Project Success
…key theme for our own ongoing work on the Foundational Economy led by Dr Jack Watkins. This investment by CCR further embeds that approach in Wales, and we want to…
Green Housing Needs to be Wales’ Priority
…in can improve their health. There is also scope to explore how approaches to retrofit could enhance green infrastructure and community cohesion while supporting the foundational economy and Welsh companies…