Alexandra Jones
Focused support vital for growth
05 April 2012The Budget was the government's chance to pull a plan for growth out of the chancellor's red box.
This is a year for cities to flourish
13 January 20122012 will see localism bed in and cities take charge, says Joanna Averley .
Transport helps people into work
07 October 2011Joanna Averley examines the growing disconnect between low skilled job and access to workplaces
Use changes can support growth
15 July 2011The Centre for Cities interim chief executive Joanna Averley says that changing the use of empty or underused building could inject life into a depressing street scene
Zones give teeth to partnerships
21 April 2011Local enterprise partnerships will become integral to economic development under the Government's enterprise zones policy, says Alexandra Jones .
Alexandra Jones is chief executive of urban policy think-tank Centre for Cities. She previously headed the Work Foundation's Ideopolis cities programme for five years.
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