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Steer Economic Development has been commissioned to act as a critical friend to the Science Industry Partnership (SIP), to support and guide the development of a Skills Strategy for the UK Life Sciences Sector.  This is a high-profile project, part of the second UK Life Sciences Sector Deal, which responds to recommendations made in the UK Life Sciences Industrial Strategy. The Skills Strategy will look forward to 2030, identifying the world-class skills, talents and training that the UK sector needs to keep pace with technology and market change and compete on a global scale.

Steer Economic Development has been commissioned to undertake an evaluation of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Fellowship Programme, analysing monitoring data, undertaking in-depth interviews with participants, partners and stakeholders and delivering a survey of both successful and unsuccessful applicants.  

Steer Economic Development is working with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to evaluate a series of commissioned projects under CITB’s Commissioned Projects Fund, which invests £20bn per year to seek solutions to industry skills problems. Our team is evaluating CITB’s Productivity commissioned theme, which is investing £400,000 in projects to develop training that will change behaviours at key points in the construction process, in those occupations identified as having the greatest potential to increase productivity by reducing rework.

Steer Economic Development is undertaking an independent review of the Enterprise Zone Programme in Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government. The team brings collective expertise at undertaking independent evaluations of publicly funded projects and programmes across the UK.  

Steer Economic Development has been commissioned by Wigan Borough Council to develop the evidence base and strategic framework for a Refreshed Skills and Employment Strategy.

The UK Government has set the ambition of delivering 300,000 new homes a year. Attaining and sustaining this level of housing development will depend on the availability of a rolling, long-term pipeline of residential development sites. 

Steer Economic Development, in partnership the Enterprise Research Centre, Sheffield University and BMG Research, is working with Local Enterprise Partnerships in the North West of England on a 3-year evaluation of the Made Smarter programme pilot.

Steer Economic Development is working alongside Cambridge Econometrics to understand the drivers of and barriers to productivity growth in the North East and to develop a series of propositions to drive productivity in the North East.

Steer Economic Development is working with the Northern Powerhouse Trade and Investment Officers’ Forum to promote inward investment and exports for the North’s Prime industrial capabilities: Energy Generation, Health Innovation, Advanced Manufacturing Process and Materials, and Digital.

Steer Economic Development has been commissioned by the 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships in the North of England and Innovate UK to explore a coordinated approach to innovation in the North.