Service Overview:

We assist clients in the complex process of sustainable economic growth, physical development and area wide regeneration. The overview sets out the scope of the comprehensive range of professional services offered by ANCER SPA.

 

Local Economic Assessments
Provision of an evidence base for economic interventions; understanding of the structure of local economies; property market analysis; growth prospects, labour market profiles; community needs; requirements for balanced employment and population growth.

 

Formulation of Area Regeneration Strategies and Action Frameworks
Understanding of partners’ aspirations; assessment of local development and regeneration potential; developing consensus on objectives and priorities; preparation of public/private sector action frameworks; and formulation of implementation programmes.

Site Development Strategies and Masterplans
Evaluation of site development potential; market demand analysis; options appraisal, site development briefs; strategies for re-development of “brownfield” sites; public consultation exercises, preparation of development masterplans.

Industrial Area Revitalisation
Baseline audits; condition surveys; complex site assessments; development frameworks; site development briefs; communication processes with business and community interests to engage them in the development process; design of practical implementation mechanisms.

Town Centre Revitalisation
Vitality and viability audits; site availability and capacity assessment; sequential testing; liaison with business organisations, special interest groups, traders and local residents; identifying additional employment, retail, cultural and leisure activities that could be attracted; action programmes and drawing from lessons from elsewhere.

Enterprise Growth
Initiatives to provide accommodation for business start ups; design and implementation of sector specific growth support programmes; knowledge economy initiatives; and strategies and programmes for local business support.

Inward Investment and Business Retention
Analysis of area potential to attract new employers; definition of the local offer, inward investment sources and target sectors, establishing local promotion activities; audits of strategically important employers’ plans for adaptation or relocation; development of company specific retention support packages.

Community Engagement and Development
Community profiling, engagement mechanisms; guidance on spreading benefits from regeneration initiatives; and support initiatives for ethnic minority groups.

Preparation of Funding Bids
Consult with relevant partners and interest groups and community forums; assembly of baseline information; project definition; defining the case for support from regional, national, SRB and European programmes; options appraisals, business plans, establishment of local implementation partnerships.

Project Development and Implementation Support
Formulation of objectives; project definition; delivery options; formulation of business plans; financial plans and action programmes; project and programme management.

Project and Scheme Evaluation
Preparation of baselines and evaluation frameworks; interviews with stakeholders and target beneficiaries; statistical analysis; assessment of project outputs and outcomes; recommendations for project re-profiling and on-going monitoring.

Economic Impact Studies
Systematic assessments of the social and economic impacts of company closures, major new developments and infrastructure programmes; development of action strategies to minimise negative impacts and to maximise opportunities from changing circumstances; economic, social, environmental and financial assessment of development options and scenarios.