LES has built up a reputation for high quality, rigorous and innovative analysis, combined with practical policy development experience.

The support LES can provide includes:

Research and strategic support to the voluntary and community sector umbrella, infrastructure and individual organisations including sector mapping and intelligence activities, funding applications and the development good practice and standards.

The identification of business and enterprise support needs, the assessment of local economic growth opportunities, feasibility studies and workspace demand and supply assessments.

Undertaking monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment activities in relation to both national government programmes and more local/neighbourhood area based projects and activities.

Research and other practical support for local area regeneration activity. LES has a long track record of work relating to local regeneration and the development and management of local economic initiatives.

LES has developed an innovative new approach to community consultation in order to capture the views and experiences of different individuals and community groups.

Under each of the five main areas of service provision, we provide a summary of the research services that LMS has undertaken and examples of recent project work.