making sense of place economics

Economic infrastructure

Building a platform for competitiveness

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GENECON has worked on some of the largest economic growth projects across the country, and this includes appraisal of key economic infrastructure assets, from:

  • leading science parks, such as the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus,
  • ports, such as Sunderland, Teesport, Blyth, Workington and Barrow,
  • regional airports such as Durham Tees Valley, Robin Hood and Carlisle Airport.

The GENECON team has also led cutting-edge research to produce a 'Valuation Toolbox' for assessing the economic benefits of Green Infrastructure (described by some proponents as the 4th critical infrastructure), as well as leading a number of innovative studies assessing the contribution of public realm investment in the economic transformation of cities like Sheffield, Sunderland and Carlisle.

GENECON and GreySky Consulting have come together to offer a comprehensive solutions service to local authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships to help develop their local broadband delivery plan setting out how their area will be provided with superfast broadband access; how the funding will work and the economic benefits that will be generated.