Lord Mandelson said:
“RDAs have a key role to play in helping businesses through these tough times. At this critical time for the economy I want to see continuity at the top of the RDAs. I thank the Chairs for agreeing to stay on. We need all their experience right now.”
This means that Jim Brathwaite will be staying on as SEEDA Chair for another year.
England's Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) are business-led organisations, launched in 1999 (and in London in 2000) to stimulate regional economies to reach their full potential. They provide strategic leadership to promote economic development, enterprise and regeneration in their regions, tackling economic differences within their regions as well as driving up the performance of the regions as a whole.
