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I joined City-REDI at the end of 2024 from the West Midlands Combined Authority, where I was in the housing and regeneration policy team. I am an economic analyst and policy advisor with a background in built environment investment projects.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve worked in regional development since 2016, contributing to a mix of strategy and delivery projects across the housing, employment, transport, and regeneration domains. My technical specialism is in economic appraisal and public sector business case development, though I usually work wider than this. I have a strong interest in public policy, in evidence-informed decision-making, and especially in the appropriate use of social cost-benefit analysis.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve joined City-REDI primarily to develop the institute\u2019s public sector business case service. I am also working within the evaluation team under George Bramley and have been supporting our professors to provide research to external groups, including my former employer. City-REDI has a close relationship with the Combined Authority and much of our work is in support of their initiatives.<\/p>\n
The University of Birmingham takes its civic role seriously; supporting the city-region with its challenges is part of the organisational culture. City-REDI\u2019s creation and its ongoing policy focus are examples of this. Everyone wants their home to continue to improve, and I\u2019m grateful to be part of this mission.<\/p>\n
Our well-connected and experienced team are here to help whether you are applying for a specific capital or revenue grant or wish to promote a project for public funding more generally.<\/p>\n
We can also support you to deliver your organisational strategy through project development and implementation planning. For funders, we offer independent advice on project selection, funding prioritisation, and programme management.<\/p>\n
Working with the Green Book can be complicated, so get in touch with us<\/a> if you need support preparing or assessing a public sector business case.<\/p>\n This blog was written by Thomas Burton, Senior Policy Analyst, City-REDI, University of Birmingham.<\/p>\n Disclaimer: Sign up for our mailing list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I joined City-REDI at the end of 2024 from the West Midlands Combined Authority, where I was in the housing and regeneration policy team. I am an economic analyst and policy advisor with a background in built environment investment projects. My background I\u2019ve worked in regional development since 2016, contributing to a mix of strategy … Continue reading “Meet Tom Burton, our New Senior Economic Analyst”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":28443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1743,1742],"class_list":["post-28414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-redi","tag-business-case","tag-thomas-burton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28446,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28414\/revisions\/28446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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