Strategy Development
With our strategic consultancy services, we work closely with clients to develop strategies that:
- Implement new economic solutions based on rigorous independent economic analysis.
- Transform local and regional economies so they work for their communities.
- Contribute to tackling wellbeing, environmental and climate change challenges.
- Create new ways of working that recognise social value and environmental impact.
Regional and local government and their communities
We work with combined authorities, local government, and local stakeholders to develop economic strategies that:
- Address inequalities and the challenges of climate change.
- Create new opportunities for local people and new ways of working.
- Develop urban and rural liveable communities and neighbourhoods.
We help our clients to:
- Develop and apply a new economic model to local industrial strategies and economic development policies.
- Develop place-specific strategies to guide recovery to a better, greener economy with more good jobs.
- Understand the data in order to identify gaps they need to address through policy changes.
- Identify priority areas for action.
Charities, non-profits, progressive businesses
We work with charitable foundations, unions, professional bodies and other socially responsible organisations internationally.
We help our clients to:
- Use a strategic framework for determining appropriate and achievable outcomes.
- Use data to progress their social purpose campaigns.
- Design liveable communities and neighbourhoods.
- Explore the contribution of their activities and supply chains on social, economic and environmental impacts.
STRATEGIC CONSULTANCY SERVICES
STRATEGIC CONSULTANCY
Local transformation
NEF works with regional and local authorities who recognise that the old model of economic growth is failing and that the pandemic has exacerbated, not created, many of the issues. Through our consultancy services, we help develop strategies that promote wellbeing and address inequalities and the challenges of climate change.
We help our clients to:
- Identify priorities for action.
- Make decisions based on data and insights.
- Develop economic strategies that address inequality, promote wellbeing across communities, and make ambitious carbon zero targets achievable.
- Develop an action plan to implement the strategy.
- Follow a shared agenda through a democratic participatory process.
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STRATEGIC CONSULTANCY
Labour market analysis
We help organisations to assess national, regional and local labour markets, providing:
- Robust analysis that supports insight-led communication strategies and campaigns to leverage change.
- Advice on local economic strategies to support the creation of good quality, green jobs that pay a living wage.
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STRATEGIC CONSULTANCY
Environment– impact on wellbeing
NEF supports understanding of the contribution of the environment to wellbeing through research and analysis.
We help clients to understand the importance of access to nature for all, and how green spaces – whether in an urban or rural environment – can impact wellbeing outcomes.
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STRATEGIC CONSULTANCY
Sustainable development and climate change - policy and impact
We help clients to model, evaluate and understand the sustainable development implications of policies and interventions, from a local to international level.
We offer support in:
- Assessing policy against UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Understanding the socioeconomic impacts of climate change.
- Ecosystem services modelling, with a particular focus on marine and coastal environments.
We also have specific expertise in working with international institutions to develop country climate risk profiles.
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