Resources
Local London Transport Needs and Opportunities Assessment Report
This report by GC Insight (formerly Ekosgen) outlines the socio-economic benefits that could be catalysed by investment in key transport infrastructure projects across the sub-region. Unlocking infrastructure is one of the four missions for delivering our joint Vision for Growth across our nine member boroughs. This research is already informing Local London’s advocacy and drive for investment, and formed part of discussions at the sub-region’s first Investment Forum on 18 November 2025.
E-Business Support Evaluation Report
This report analyses the impact made and learning to be taken from our free digital support programme which ran from October 2021 to September 2024.
Designed to support to micro, small and medium-sized businesses to adopt digital technologies to grow and become more resilient, the programme successfully supported over 3,000 local businesses across the boroughs in the Local London sub-region.
Our Vision for Growth
We partnered with Centre for London to create our Vision. This is our blueprint for unlocking inclusive and sustainable growth across our boroughs. Reflecting wider policy strategies for London and the UK, our Vision will:
- Attract Investment into our world-class industrial hubs, town centres and opportunity areas.
- Unlock Infrastructure to support new homes, jobs, and better connected communities.
- Support Business and Enterprise to drive innovation and create high-quality employment.
- Boost Work and Skills so that everyone can contribute to and benefit from our success.
Local London LSIP Progress Report Year 2
This second-year progress report offers insights into ongoing initiatives and opportunities for involvement and highlights exciting changes already underway in training and education in our sub-region, including:
- Progression of the Local London Skills Providers Network.
- Roundtable events in priority sectors , creating platforms for influencing training delivery and workforce development in the sub-region.
- Significantly strengthened stakeholder relationships maintaining momentum with LSIP engagement.
- Practical insights into recruitment and workforce upskilling for businesses, including interactive webinar on Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs).
Delivering Economic Growth in Local London: Digital Connectivity Requirements
The availability of world class digital infrastructure across Local London is key to delivering economic prosperity and efficient public services. Most notably the growth objectives of the nation will only be achieved if the underlying infrastructure is available. Local London is one of the fastest growing regions in the UK and an engine of growth for the UK economy. This paper sets out the challenges and digital infrastructure investment opportunity.
Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Progress Report for year one
Our Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Progress Report for year one, provides a comprehensive overview of progress made in 2023 and 2024, since the publication of our Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) for the Local London sub-region.
As required by the Department for Education (DfE), this progress report provides a comprehensive overview of progress against the fifteen actionable priorities outlined in the Local London LSIP, as well as areas that require further attention.
Local London Annual Report 2023-24
2023-2024 was a hugely positive year for Local London. Our 2023-24 Annual Report marks the progress we have made against our Three Year Plan: Towards 2026.
Integration Hub Listening Exercise Report by Localis
Produced by independent think-tank, Localis, this report highlights key findings from conversations with frontline staff involved in helping people find work or training opportunities. This research has informed the direction of travel for the Local London Integration Hub, including the development of a sub-regional Local London Standard Framework setting out the level of service that residents should receive regardless of which borough they are in and their point of access.
Mind the Skills Gap
‘Mind the Skills Gap’ is our employer-led plan for improving skills and training in Local London. Centred on employers’ needs, this is a first step towards tackling employment skills shortages in this part of London. Highlighting the specific needs and priorities of employers in Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, ‘Mind the Skills Gap’ also outlines actionable proposals for addressing these gaps.
Compiled by independent research agency, Institute for Employment Studies (IES), Local London’s ‘Mind the Skills Gap’ plan forms one of the four sub-regional annexes to the pan-London Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) developed by Business LDN and approved by the Secretary of State for Education in August 2023.
Technical Report to ‘Mind the Skills Gap’ the LSIP for Local London
This report presents tables with detailed results to accompany ‘Mind the Skills Gap’ the employer-led Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) for Local London. The research and reports were undertaken by The Institute for Employment Studies, an independent, apolitical, international centre of research and consultancy in public employment policy and organisational human resource management, on behalf of Local London.