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5 tips for business membership groups on climate action campaigns
Trade bodies can unite members with effective campaigns for climate action. Here’s how
Mike Spicer
May 4, 20212 min read
Beyond following the money: next-generation local economic strategies for the post-COVID world
Mike Spicer and David Marlow set out their vision of post-COVID, post-Brexit local economic strategies
Mike Spicer & David Marlow
Apr 26, 202113 min read
5 tips for local economic assessments of COVID-19
Good local economic assessments guide decision making. But how to account for the unique circumstances of COVID?
Mike Spicer
Apr 8, 20212 min read
5 tips for business groups on writing public policy manifestos
Done right, manifestos increase the policy impact that trade bodies have for their members. Here's how to write them
Mike Spicer
Feb 26, 20212 min read
5 post-COVID socio-economic trends to watch in 2021
Coronavirus forced us to adapt to new realities in 2020. But how will this change economies and societies over the long term?
Mike Spicer
Jan 29, 20212 min read
5 ways the post-COVID economy may impact personal resilience
Post-COVID economic recoveries present new risks to the wellbeing and personal resilience of workers
Mike Spicer
Jan 13, 20212 min read
Intermediate tiers of government are greatly underrated
How to bridge the institutional chasm between local and national government in England?
Mike Spicer
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Brexit and how bad bosses wreck negotiations
Top negotiation expert Gareth Roberts on the importance of individuals to making deals
Gareth Roberts
Sep 11, 20204 min read
Brexit negotiations and the 'ticking clock'
Top negotiation expert and MD of BrassTacks Negotiation Training Gareth Roberts on using time as leverage
Gareth Roberts
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Top banana skins for Brexit negotiators, as seen by a negotiation expert
Top negotiation expert and MD of BrassTacks Negotiation Training Gareth Roberts on the advice he would give each side in the talks
Gareth Roberts
Sep 9, 20204 min read
PolicyDepartment completes COVID-19 economic impacts and recovery report for Dorset LEP
PolicyDepartment was proud to work with Dorset LEP on its COVID-19 economic impacts and recovery analysis
Mike Spicer
Jul 31, 20201 min read
Setting policy priorities in the age of Coronavirus: industry groups
How to revise public policy documents, campaigns and area strategies in the light of the Coronavirus pandemic
Mike Spicer
May 6, 20205 min read
BCC sets out principles for safe restart of the UK economy
PolicyDepartment was proud to work with the British Chambers of Commerce on plans for a phased re-opening of the UK economy
Mike Spicer
May 4, 20201 min read
When public policy changes fast, how can membership associations stay in front?
Stay flexible, take the 'air-traffic control' approach to priorities and build your knowledge base
Mike Spicer
Mar 15, 20205 min read
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