17/07/12

Continued availability of RDAs' published legacy information


England's RDAs closed at the end of June 2012

Over their lifetime, the RDAs published a large amount of economic research and information. The attached table is a summary of where people can now go to access that published information. In summary, information is available through the RDAs' archived websites and from local partners to whom RDAs transferred their legacy information.

The National Archives have published all the archived RDA websites in the UK Government Web Archive.  A themed collection of these sites is at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive/regional-development-agencies.htm

In addition, RDAs transferred legacy information to local partners, who have generally made this legacy information available through the following sites.

AWM

Access to the research and other outputs produced by the West Midlands Regional Observatory is available via the Business Birmingham web site as a condition of the transfer of the Observatory to Marketing Birmingham:

http://businessbirmingham.com/services/west-midlands-regional-observatory-

EEDA

The East of England Observatory became Insight East, which was previously part of EEDA and is now maintained by Essex County Council and the University of Essex:

http://www.insighteast.org.uk

emda

The emda Knowledge Bank, containing a suite of Legacy Handbooks, was established in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University and is available at:

http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/R?func=collections&collection_id=1301

NWDA

NWDA’s two legacy documents are available via its archived website (the second document containing links to further information sources).

Business, People & Places: Learning from the NWDA’s Experience

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120325084815/http:/www.nwda.co.uk/media-library/publications/corporate/business,-people--places-lea.aspx

Business, People & Places: The Record of NWDA Activity and Assets

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120325084815/http:/www.nwda.co.uk/pdf/Legacy%20-%20Part%202.pdf

ONE

The Agency’s legacy documents are available through the Association of North East Councils (ANEC) at:

http://www.northeastcouncils.gov.uk/

http://www.onenortheastlegacy.co.uk/

SEEDA

SEEDA’s Economic Research archive was sent to South East England Councils (SEEC) who will be making material available on their website:

http://www.secouncils.gov.uk/

Specific enquiries can be directed to Nick Woolfenden, Head of Policy Co-ordination, SEEC

Tel 020 8541 8740

Nickwoolfenden@secouncils.gov.uk

SWRDA  

SWRDA’s legacy documents are available through the University of Bristol (Research & Enterprise Development) website:

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/red/about/swrda

YF

The Yorkshire Forward Chief Economist Unit moved to become the Regional Economic Intelligence Unit at Leeds City Council.  Their economic information and intelligence is available at:

http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Business/Business_support_and_advice/Local_economy__reports_and_forecasts/Regional_Economic_Intelligence_Unit.aspx

From July 2012 archived regional economic intelligence (and sign posting) will be available from the re-designed “Leeds.gov.uk” domain, with clearer and easier navigation and tagging to allow those searching for former RDA content.

The REIU will act as a primary point of contact for any legacy research requests with the unit having access to all of the primary and secondary economic intelligence, research and research reports owned by Yorkshire Forward and formally transferred to Leeds City Council.  The unit will assist with any queries for the retrieval of former RDA research reports; more detailed or labour intensive requests will incur costs for any work.

Contact details are:

Regional Economic Intelligence Unit

Intelligence and Improvement

Leeds City Council

Civic Hall

Tel: 0113 3950472

 
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