In this guest blog, Dr. Max Nathan, Henry Overman, Capucine Riom, and Maria Sanchez-Vidal set out evidence on the impact of BBC (partial) relocation to Salford on wider employment in the area. This blog was originally published on the Economics Observatory website. Our webinar, Thinking through multipliers: Learning from BBC relocation covers this research as well as the wider evidence on multipliers.

Moving public agencies out of London was a major plank of the levelling-up agenda. The effects on local economies seem smaller than hoped - and it's important to compare them with those of other tools of regional policy: key infrastructure, new institutions and encouraging private sector investment.

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27 February 2025

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What works centre for local economic growth

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https://whatworksgrowth.org/insights/do-cities-and-regions-gain-from-public-sector-relocation/

This Blog is published under the centre's Urban programme.