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OUR SERVICES

Economic Impact Assessment

 

An economic impact assessment examines the effect of an event on the economy in a specified area. It usually measures changes in business revenue, business profits, personal wages, and/or jobs. The economic event analyzed can include implementation of a new policy or project and is commonly conducted when there is public concern about potential impacts of an intervention.

 

As a peripheral region, changes within the business and economic base can have significant implications for the north-east economy. Bryan has undertaken numerous economic impact studies over the past twenty years, including:

 

  • Cuts in defence spending by the MoD

  • Reduced spending on maintenance and investment by a north-east utility

  • Impact of a discretionary grants scheme to support new business starts

  •  the phased closure of a large MoD establishment

  • Changes in procurement practices for an RDA

 

 

Surveys and Consultations

 

Consultation with businesses, organisations and the local community are essential in shaping public policy and local service delivery. Bryan uses a combination of different approaches to surveys and consultations designed around the specific needs of a project, including structured, semi structured and unstructured interviews, different survey mediums (postal surveys, telephone interviews, web-based surveys, face-to-face interviews) and focus groups.  Together, these different approaches can provide a mix of quantitative and qualitative evidence depending on what is required for each individual project.

 

Bryan has considerable experience in the design, delivery and analysis of business surveys, whether delivered via post, over the telephone, face to face and using the internet. Examples include:

 

  • Sector skills

  • Training initiatives

  • Supply chain linkages

  • Town centre shopper surveys

  • Business performance and benchmarking

  • Business support requirements & provision

  • Infrastructure service provision to the voluntary & community sector

 

 

Feasibility Studies

 

As the name implies, a feasibility study is an analysis of the viability of an idea. The feasibility study focuses on helping answer the essential question of “should we proceed with the proposed project idea?” All activities of the study are directed toward helping answer this question. 

 

Feasibility studies completed by Bryan Latty have largely been for property developments, including speculative commercial and live work development schemes in the North East of England and a study to investigate potential alternative commercial uses for a church-owned retreat property in rural Northumberland.

 

Bryan’s approach to delivering feasibility studies typically includes a) a definition of requirements; b) an evaluation of alternatives; c) a market assessment to determine potential interest in and revenues from the proposed project (this generally includes business surveys and interviews with market experts); and d) a recommended course of action.

Evaluations

 

There is increasing pressure from the government for publicly funded programmes and projects to undergo independent evaluation. Evaluation processes are designed to: 

 

  • measure the success of funded activities in delivering outputs and achieving outcomes against a baseline assessment conducted at the start of the programme.

  • to review delivery processes and to identify elements of good and bad practice in order to facilitate the design of future projects.

  • to demonstrate value for money.

 

Bryan believes that evaluation should be a constructive process, focused on learning lessons from experience to inform future activity. As a result, he typically adopts a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques involving appropriate desk-based and primary research to:

 

  • develop a clear understanding of the project: its impact, effectiveness and use of best practice.

  • report findings and make recommendations based on evidence-based findings

 

Using a tried and tested evaluation framework, bryan has considerable experience of delivering evaluations at project and programme levels, including:

 

  • Training Programmes

  • Regeneration Schemes

  • Business development projects

  • Community arts projects

  • Worklessness and information advice and guidance

  • Continuous professional development projects

 

Bryan has successfully completed a government-recognised (ODPM/DCLG) course on delivering evaluations through the University of the West of England

 

LG Property Search

 

LG Property Search is a commercial property database and website management service established in 2013 by Bryan Latty in association with the DA Group.  The service is aimed at local authorities and local enterprise agencies and is designed to generate and help co-ordinate responses to inward investment enquiries from businesses and through the national UKTI networks and to promote their respective geographic areas as a location for indigenous businesses to grow and thrive.

LG Property Search offers two broad services:

 

  • The development and on-going management of a bespoke property website and database

  • Property data management service to update clients existing websites and/or databases

 

Although LG Property Search is a relatively new brand, Bryan has more than 22 years of experience in the field of regeneration consultancy in the North East of England and for the past 20 years he has been delivering contracts in the field of commercial property market analysis and intelligence for numerous clients.  Previous clients have included Northern Development Company, English Estates/Partnerships, NPAS - a public-private sector consortium of chartered surveyors, developers and local authorities, One North East, Northumberland County Council, Northumberland Strategic Partnership and SENNTRi. 

LG Property Search is currently working with two local authorities in the North East:

 

  • A full bespoke system was supplied to South Tyneside Council in March 2013 and we have just been awarded a contract to manage and host the system for a second year (see http://property.investinsouthtyneside.co.uk/vacancy)

  • A database management service is delivered for North Tyneside Council, maintaining information on available commercial premises on their own in-house system. We are about to enter our fourth year providing this service for North Tyneside (see http://www.locatenorthtyneside.co.uk)

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