Skills Matter in Place-Based Green Industrial Policy: Lessons From the Closure of MG Rover, 2000-2005

Longbridge: Former MG Rover works. Image by harry_nlCC on Flickr (BY-NC-SA 2.0) In this LPIP Hub report, Ed Atkins examines how the experiences of workers following the closure of MG Rover in Longbridge, Birmingham, offer lessons for green industrial policy today. He shows how proactive, place-based and skills-centred interventions helped mitigate the regional economic impacts … Continue reading Skills Matter in Place-Based Green Industrial Policy: Lessons From the Closure of MG Rover, 2000-2005