Richard Baker @RblsRichard
Director, Economic Development and Commercialisation at Durham University. Also to be found on the Hills and at the Riverside Stadium. All views personal. durham.ac.uk North East England Joined May 2014-
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A full house at the Convention of the North this morning to discuss a future Manifesto for the North. By May this year, 87% of the North will be represented by elected Metro Mayors. #Cotn24
A very special commemorative event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day to open our exhibition @NewcastleCC with special guest speakers Rabbi Aaron Lipsey, @RblsRichard @CatMcKinnell @KiMcGuinness Deputy Lord Lt General Robin Brims and Karen Kilgour @kags6811 #HolocaustMemorialDay
Looking forward to sharing this evening @timeshighered awards with the fantastic @Northern_Acc team and colleagues from North East universities.
Looking forward to sharing this evening @timeshighered awards with the fantastic @Northern_Acc team and colleagues from North East universities.
A real milestone this week with the launch of the procurement for a partner to develop Aykley Heads Innovation District #DurhamInnovationDistrict @durham_uni @DurhamCouncil @AvisonYoung
A real milestone this week with the launch of the procurement for a partner to develop Aykley Heads Innovation District #DurhamInnovationDistrict @durham_uni @DurhamCouncil @AvisonYoung
Very enjoyable afternoon celebrating the successful businesses who have completed their cohort from the County Durham Incubator - great ideas coming to reality. @_BusinessDurham @durham_uni
Congratulations @SuperNetworkNE on your 10th Venturefest North East. Great to hear @durham_uni AI expert @NouraAlMoubayed discussing the importance of diversity in science #Vfne2023
A great new campaign to promote the North East as a place to live and work @northeastlep @InvestNEEngland @NorthernPOW #moreandbetterjobs
A great new campaign to promote the North East as a place to live and work @northeastlep @InvestNEEngland @NorthernPOW #moreandbetterjobs
Great news that we have a devolution deal for the North East. Exciting times for our region @northeastlep @NorthTyneCA @NorthEastCA #moreandbetterjobs
Great news that we have a devolution deal for the North East. Exciting times for our region @northeastlep @NorthTyneCA @NorthEastCA #moreandbetterjobs
Congratulations @NorthumbriaUni - what a great accolade. @timeshighered @northeastlep
Congratulations @NorthumbriaUni - what a great accolade. @timeshighered @northeastlep
Bumped into @henrimurison whilst in Leeds for a meeting. Useful to compare notes on the Autumn statement as it happened.
Thank you to our speakers this morning: @RblsRichard @mjjamei @kittyussher and @MikeBrewerEcon – plenty of data and insights giving us food for thought as we await the Autumn Statement. Data from Our Economy 2022 can be found at evidencehub.northeastlep.co.uk/our-economy-22
Fantastic to hear great examples of the journey to Net Zero from partners in every part of our region. Real innovation, real change @NetZeroNE
Looking forward to being part of the launch of Net Zero North East England today. #MissionNetZero
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty, The Queen. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this difficult time.
LEPs can get poor press. But when they recognise their role as facilitators of growth, develop good strategy, based on well-analysed evidence, they can be of great value. @northeastlep bdaily.co.uk/articles/2022/… via @Bdaily
Our Strategy and Policy Director, @RblsRichard, explains how our work to create #moreandbetterjobs in the North East is based on evidence and data: northeastlep.co.uk/updates/thinki…
Thanks @Lynemouth_Power for the eye opening visit this week. A big power gen asset in the #NorthEast with exciting plans. #energy #biomass #netzero #energysecurity @northeastlep @RblsRichard
Comments on the latest labour market data @northeastlep #moreandbetterjobs
Comments on the latest labour market data @northeastlep #moreandbetterjobs
Thanks for the invitation to chair this session for you @PolicyNCL. Always interesting and challenging.
Thanks for the invitation to chair this session for you @PolicyNCL. Always interesting and challenging.
Please see my article about the importance of trade to our economic recovery.
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BREAKING: The House of Commons votes by 320 to 246 to overturn an amendment which would have stopped victims of modern slavery from being deported to Rwanda
An eventful week. The final @northeastlep board meeting last night was followed by a few drinks to the LEP's achievments - congratulations to Helen Golightly and the team.
Pitch perfect. Ought to shut up the trolls and conspiracy theorists for a couple of minutes at least.
“For everyone facing this disease, in whatever form, please do not lose faith or hope. You are not alone.” Catherine, Princess of Wales announces she’s undergoing cancer treatment.
Great event this morning in Newcastle, where Monetary Policy Committee member Jonathan Haskel delivered a presentation to around 70 business people from the region. Excellent questions and comments. @haskelecon
30 KS3 pupils attended a workshop by @TheTogetherPlan yesterday at Newcastle City Library. We learnt about the hidden history of the Holocaust and how the Soviet Union changed the narrative around the killing of Jewish people in Belarus. A fascinating and moving experience.
A very special commemorative event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day to open our exhibition @NewcastleCC with special guest speakers Rabbi Aaron Lipsey, @RblsRichard @CatMcKinnell @KiMcGuinness Deputy Lord Lt General Robin Brims and Karen Kilgour @kags6811 #HolocaustMemorialDay
@mrjamesob I'm pretty certain you can't 'block' claiming asylum anywhere in the world.
A great day for @SunderlandUK and the wider NE today. A pleasure to be at @NissanUK Sunderland plant with Makoto Uchida, Adam Pennick and other colleagues for the announcement of their latest significant investment and vote of confidence in the city and its people.
Horrible news from Israel. My condolences go out to everyone who lost relatives or close ones in the terrorist attack. We have faith that order will be restored and terrorists will be defeated. Terror should have no place in the world, because it is always a crime, not just…
Suella Braverman is wrong. Multiculturalism isn’t the problem. But we know what the problem is… #bbcqt
As I’m now Shadow Minister for Creative Industries and Digital (yey!) I have tendered my resignation as Chair of the Standards Committee to Mr Speaker with immediate effect - and I mean with immediate effect.
Migration is a natural population response to inequality. Only a global strategy to reduce poverty, through education & the development of local economic cycles will reduce these understandable flows of people. Climate change won’t help, but might focus political minds. #r4today
...And that's a deterioration both relative to our performance *before* the financial crisis and also relative to most of our G7 peers *since* then. ENDS
Of course, @RachelReevesMP is right.
Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves disagrees with Guardian journalist after he attempts to defend film director Ken Loach's record over antisemitism claims jewishnews.co.uk/you-dont-think…
What is it about the media that when there is a story about the media the media seems unable to think there might be stories that are not about the media that people not in the media might think are a)more important and b)more interesting than the one about the media that the1/2
Goodbye #BorisJohnson worst PM ever A man who destroys everything he touches
Good. Now Sunak summon some courage and bin his “honours list”. Boris Johnson steps down as MP with immediate effect - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Read more about the positive impact @GrowthHubNE is having on #job creation and #economicgrowth in the region on the North East Evidence Hub evidencehub.northeastlep.co.uk/evaluation-of-…
What an amazing night!! Congratulations to Richard and all those who worked brilliantly on our Covid comms for colleagues 🎉
Update: Took trophies home for all three! Gold for @WarnefordR - Best Leadership Communications, Silver - Best Colleague event and Bronze - Best Overall internal communications. I’m so proud of our fabulous teams led by Steph Wood and @ElouiseL_C 💙 You’re smashing it! 🙌🙏