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Steer ED have been commissioned by Black Country Consortium to undertake an Evaluation of the Black Country’s Land and Property Investment Fund (LPIF). The LPIF’s objective is to de-risk private sector investment in brownfield sites locally to overcome viability gaps, in response to the challenging context for physical regeneration in the Black Country.

Steer Economic Development is pleased to be supporting Waterfront Toronto, the agency tasked by all three levels of Canadian government with waterfront revitalization, to undertake an independent review and evaluation of the economic development aspects of Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation & Development Plan (MIDP) on Toronto’s waterfront.

Following the publication of the Local Industrial Strategy, Oxfordshire LEP (OxLEP) has commissioned Steer-ED to transform a set of emerging Innovation Eco-System projects into a coherent and visionary delivery plan, and to craft the content for outreach to a range of external audiences, from the public sector to private investors. 

Steer Economic Development is pleased to welcome Jody Tableporter and Jamie Morgan. As economic development and regeneration experts, Jody and Jamie will build and develop on Steer-ED’s established presence across the North of England and expanding this further across the UK.

Steer is pleased to welcome Rachel Brisley as our new Associate Director in the Manchester office. Rachel is a specialist in climate resilience with over 25 years’ experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors working in social, economic and physical regeneration.

The National Innovation Centre for Ageing has appointed Steer Economic Development to provide consultancy support to identify how NICA can internationalise its activities to support commercialisation of innovation in longevity and ageing-related markets.

Working for The University of Manchester, we have been commissioned to develop the business case for a new commercial company to drive the commercialisation of Graphene in Manchester. The work is being led by Simon Pringle, supported by Dr Robert Macnee, with additional inputs being provided by Dr Mark Matthews, one of Steer-ED’s Specialist Advisers.

Steer Economic Development has been appointed by a partnership created by The University of Liverpool and the Hartree Centre (part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council) to support the development of a Strength in Places bid.

Steer Economic Development has been appointed as Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s preferred supplier to provide consultancy services in the areas of appraisal and evaluation.

Steer Economic Development has been commissioned by the Sheffield City Region (SCR) to support the development of a Vision Framework, and Action Plan for the SCR’s Global Innovation Corridor (GIC).