bigbladerob Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Like Manchester has its surrounding towns branded as Greater Manchester, do you think a Greater Sheffield would make us more competitive economically and put us more on the map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_N Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Would Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Doncaster actually want to become part of "Greater Sheffield" though? I'd think not personally, and even Barnsley is now included in the Leeds area, and is included as part of the Leeds City Region. Now wouldn't it be funny if Rotherham, our closest neighbour, did the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbladerob Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Barnsley is connected to Leeds?! Haha, really?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_N Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Barnsley is connected to Leeds?! Haha, really?! Yup! 'The Leeds City Region Partnership brings together the eleven local authorities of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield, York and North Yorkshire County Council to work with businesses and partners toward a common prosperous and sustainable city region in areas such as transport, skills, housing, spatial planning and innovation.' Leeds City Region: http://www.leedscityregion.gov.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Like Manchester has its surrounding towns branded as Greater Manchester, do you think a Greater Sheffield would make us more competitive economically and put us more on the map? It's not 'branding'. Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county, just as South Yorkshire is. Chesterfield BC/NEDDC are not part of it and never have been. The Local Government Act 1972 named all new Councils. What's in a name? There's far too much 'brand marketing' around everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacrlit Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Like Manchester has its surrounding towns branded as Greater Manchester, do you think a Greater Sheffield would make us more competitive economically and put us more on the map? Greater Manchester, doesn't exist any more. The Government at the time got rid of it. So the point is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Greater Manchester, doesn't exist any more. Nor, indeed, does South Yorkshire as a political unit. The metropolitan council was abolished in 1986, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rudeboy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Nor, indeed, does South Yorkshire as a political unit. The metropolitan council was abolished in 1986, I believe. Yep, SYCC was abolished in 1986, along with Greater London, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire councils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InSheffield Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Would Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Doncaster actually want to become part of "Greater Sheffield" though? I'd think not personally, and even Barnsley is now included in the Leeds area, and is included as part of the Leeds City Region. Now wouldn't it be funny if Rotherham, our closest neighbour, did the same thing... Barnsley is also part of the Sheffield City Region. These currently exist only in the form of pretty powerless quangos. It might make sense when planning certain regional things (e.g. major transport infrastructure) to work on the basis of these city regions, but it's hard to imagine any great economic benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Greater Manchester, doesn't exist any more. The Government at the time got rid of it. So the point is irrelevant. Nor, indeed, does South Yorkshire as a political unit. The metropolitan council was abolished in 1986, I believe. Wrong and almost wrong (respectively). The county of South Yorkshire certainly still exists. All that was abolished by the Local Government Act 1984 (effective 31 March 1985) was the County Council. This is equally true for all the other five Metropolitan Counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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