Devolution Roundtable with East Midlands Colleagues arranged by Insider Media
Director Andy Reed was a special guest at this Roundtable organised by Insider Media and held at Freeths in Nottingham. They discussed the current devolution settlement for the East Midlands, which means that Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire are part of an East Midlands Combined Authority, and Greater Lincolnshire is covered too. Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, which are part of the traditional East Midlands, have been left behind. Discussions took place to ensure that Leicestershire catches up with the rest of the region and finds its way to getting a devolution settlement as quickly as possible.
Insider Media’s Nottingham event brought together senior leaders from the city’s business, public and third sectors to discuss growth, investment and inclusive economic recovery. Panels and keynote talks addressed Nottingham’s strengths in life sciences, advanced manufacturing and digital innovation, while also tackling workforce skills, place-making and infrastructure challenges. Speakers highlighted recent inward investment wins, progress on net-zero ambitions and collaboration between universities and industry to commercialise research. Practical sessions explored funding routes for SMEs, improving supply-chain resilience and strategies for attracting talent. The event concluded with calls for more coordinated leadership across the region to convert opportunity into sustained, broad-based prosperity.