The removal of the regional badge from many institutions means that the 'North West' tag will no longer badge areas in their promotions overseas and their efforts locally. Is this good or bad? Will any of us know the difference?
Generally most people have a local allegiance with a very small 'l', to their local town or village, with many applauding the disappearance of regional bodies such as the North west Development Agency.
Those with an eye to Europe and international work however, don?t share this view.
A recent survey of companies in Manchester and Cheshire showed more than half of the businesses identifying doubts about the change and the need for regional representation in Brussels to ensure a good share of regional funds comes to the North West and to promote the area. Will the new bodies ? LEPs- and councils be able to do this? We'll be debating the issue in a workshop specially for those in these new bodies in March next year? more to follow, contact, l.martin@mmu.ac.uk for details
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank you for your comment. This will now be moderated and added to our blog.
Thank you