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 | Mike May-Gillings Manager, Local Economy Services BSc (Bath), MSc (York) |
Mike May-Gillings has responsibility for CE's local economy work, developing and applying tailored versions of the Local Economy Forecasting Model (LEFM) for specific local areas, and providing analysis and commentary reviewing the prospects for local economies. He is the primary contact point for CE's LEFM support service and has led a number of tailored training seminars in the use of LEFM for local economy analysis and forecasting, both at CE and at clients' offices.
He has wide experience of managing projects for a variety of local, regional and national organisations, including local authorities, Regional Development Agencies and government departments. Recent projects he has managed include: developing forecasts and futures scenarios for Surrey County Council, to feed into the county's Local Economic Assessment; developing a model to measure the economic impact of further education, for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS); developing a 'vision' scenario and identifying the associated policy implications for East Sussex County Council by extending LEFM to accommodate key drivers of growth, including skills; developing a detailed model of the farming sector for Lincolnshire County Council; a major study of the future demand for water and associated services for a major utility (as part of their submission to the industry review); and a fundamental review of the prospects for the Cheshire & Warrington economy to inform the local economic strategy.
He also manages a number of other projects involving the use and application of quantitative techniques to large, disaggregated data sets to interpret historical experience, to simulate the impact of alternative policy options and for forecasting.
He obtained an Upper Second BSc (hons) in Economics with Econometrics from the University of Bath, having spent the previous year as a placement student at Cambridge Econometrics, and then took an MSc in Project Analysis, Finance and Investment in the Department of Economics at the University of York.
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