Will the UK Industrial Strategy deliver anything substantial to the North of England? This article examines the faltering steps taken to develop Local Industrial Strategies by Local Enterprise Partnerships and Mayoral Combined Authorities and argues Place Leadership and Industrial Strategy will both need to be substantially re-galvanised after COVID 19. It is also still not clear if a significant step change can be made by the Johnson Conservative government of 2019, which will have a major impact on Northern economies. Agencies’ capacity to intervene in the Northern economy and deliver is a major issue, alongside stronger leadership. Analytically the paper uses theory on Multi-Sectoral Collaboration and Place Leadership to show how uniqueness of place, past and current interpersonal connections and networks can facilitate or frustrate economic development. Place leaders must create institutional arrangements, seek agreement over visions, objectives and strategies, otherwise the lack of shared information, resources, activities and capabilities lead to ‘contestation’ over space and action. We analyse the levels of cohesion or contestation in four different localities as each develops a Local Industrial Strategy.

英国工业战略会为英格兰北部带来实质性的好处吗？本文探讨了地方企业合作伙伴和市长联合当局制定地方产业战略所采取的步履蹒跚的步骤，并认为在COVID 19之后，地方领导力和产业战略都将需要重新调整。目前还不清楚是否有重大步骤2019年强生保守党政府可以做出改变，这将对北方经济产生重大影响。机构干预北方经济和提供服务的能力是一个重要问题，同时还要加强领导。通过分析，本文使用了多部门协作和场所领导力理论来展示场所的独特性，过去和现在的人际关系和网络可以促进或阻碍经济发展。地方领导人必须制定体制安排，就远景，目标和战略达成协议，否则，缺乏共享信息，资源，活动和能力，就会导致对空间和行动的“竞争”。随着每个地方制定本地产业战略，我们分析了四个地方的凝聚力或竞争水平。