Steer Economic Development was appointed by Bolton Council to develop the Council’s understanding of prosperity in the Borough, develop a set of indicators for how prosperity can be better monitored, and prepare an Action Plan for improving prosperity in Bolton.
The work built on Bolton’s Strategy for Growth 2016-2030, and the more recent Greater Manchester Independent Prosperity Review. These extant resources were used to develop a baseline of Bolton’s current and projected economic situation, and benchmarking Bolton with a set of comparator towns to support the assessment of Bolton’s key strengths and challenges.
The Baseline Report provided the foundation for identifying key barriers to shared prosperity and included a review of the alignment of Bolton’s current strategy with Greater Manchester’s economic strategy. A workshop coordinated by the client, and subsequent stakeholder interviews, generated views and insights for actions and their measurements. The final output included a detailed Action Plan providing a set of clear, measurable, and achievable actions which could be undertaken by the Council and partners to ensure Bolton’s people, places, and businesses benefit fairly from economic growth.
Following approval of the Action Plan by the client’s Task and Finish Group for Economic Development, the project moved into its implementation phase, with owners being assigned to develop delivery activities for each shortlisted action.
Yes, you are in the right place. After 40 years, we have changed our name from Steer Davies Gleave to mark our growing international footprint and our expanding portfolio into sectors beyond transport.
Explore our new website to learn more about Steer: who we are, how we work and what our future holds.