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Prof David Bailey
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#industrialstrategy Birmingham Business School, UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, Contemporary Social Science Editor in Chief, Editor Regional Studies, ‘activist academic’ (Gove’s 🪓man Max Caller), media commentator, Likes EVs. Baggies fan. .. more

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David Bailey is a British academic economist at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, a Vice-Chair of the Regional Studies Association, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Regional Studies, and senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. .. more

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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 8h
Ans see latest in @cssjournal1: ‘Flight from reality: sustainable aviation, Jet Zero, & the technofix’ by @Gareth_Dale, Josh Moos & Alistair Bernal Holmes. Well worth a read! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sustainable aviation fuel take-up in UK unlikely to hit 2025 target, data suggests
Provisional figures in government mandate’s first year show 20% shortfall in levels of SAF supplied for UK flights
www.theguardian.com

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Prof. John Clancy @johnmclancy.bsky.social · 9h
'Embarrassment of riches' © @tobyn.bsky.social, laid bare in Birmingham - huge leaps in LGPS Valuation discount rates reported to pension funds ctees across LGPS in last few weeks. Scandalous, nightmarish miscalculations last time round come home to roost blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2512...

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Prof. John Clancy @johnmclancy.bsky.social · 10h
ICYMI @dgbailey.bsky.social & my Chrismas Eve blog: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2512...
£1.9 Billion wake-up call for Birmingham. If it acts quickly& responds correctly, it can get £400 million back of its £1.9B Pension Fund surplus and into its revenues over next 3 years. The rest from 2029+

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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 2d
Christmas Grinch Nightmare on Broad Street. ENORMOUS West Mids Pension Fund surplus needs returning to councils like Birmingham and fast. We were right all along - despite the Commissioner’s attacks. Latest Blog from the Blackstuff…
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Blogs from the Blackstuff - Professor John Clancy and Professor David Bailey
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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 2d
Christmas Nightmare on Broad Street. MASSIVE West Mids Pension Fund surplus needs returning to councils like Birmingham fast. We were right all along - despite the Commissioner’s attacks. Latest Blog from the Blackstuff…
blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2512...
Blogs from the Blackstuff - Professor John Clancy and Professor David Bailey
Blogs from the Blackstuff blogs
blogsfromtheblackstuff.com

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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 2d
ITV Central’s Mark Gough has been one of the few journalists who has covered this in detail over the last year.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 2d
Vindication at last. I patiently await media coverage.

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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 2d
Christmas Nightmare on Broad Street. Huge West Mids Pension Fund surplus needs returning to councils like Birmingham fast. We were right all along - despite the Commissioner’s attacks. Latest Blog from the Blackstuff…
blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2512...
Blogs from the Blackstuff - Professor John Clancy and Professor David Bailey
Blogs from the Blackstuff blogs
blogsfromtheblackstuff.com

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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 4d
Save the date! Navigating Futures with Innovation: Resilient & Resurgent Regions. 20th Regional Innovation Policies conference. Thurs 17th -Fri 18th Sept 2026. ⁦‪https://uobevents-reginnpol26.eventsair.site/
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Jennifer Clark @jclarkcrp.bsky.social · 4d
“Landmark publishing agreements for UK universities” See article: www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/lan...
Landmark publishing agreements for UK universities - Jisc
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