From Whitepaper to Roadmap: Gateley Global’s Insight Series on Regional Investment

Back in June, we shared BABC Premier Member Gateley Global’s new whitepaper, New Capital, New Markets, in our newsletter and on the website — a practical framework for UK regions and Combined Authorities looking to close the gap between growth ambition and investable outcomes. Read our original post here.

In addition to the white paper, Rebecca Bekkenutte, Managing Director of Gateley Global, has published a five-part insight series building on that thinking — unpacking what it actually takes for a region to move from strategy to delivery. For BABC members working in economic development, inward investment, or place promotion on either side of the Atlantic, it’s well worth the read:

1. New Capital, New Markets, New Outcomes — Why inbound international expansion needs to sit at the center of regional growth strategy, not the periphery.
2. From Strategy to Sites: Why Investment Readiness is the Missing Link in Regional Growth — What “investment ready” really means, the common barriers regions run into, and how to turn readiness into a genuine competitive advantage.
3. Beyond the Headline Numbers: Designing FDI for Productivity, Skills and Inclusion — Why jobs-and-capital metrics only tell part of the story, and how to design foreign direct investment strategies that also lift productivity, skills, and inclusive growth.
4. Competing for Mobile Capital: Why Regions Must Engage Globally — and Compete Smarter — How investor behavior has shifted, and what it takes for regions to compete for increasingly mobile, selective capital.
5. Capacity is the Constraint: Rethinking How Regions Deliver Economic Growth — Why limited in-house capacity — not ambition — is the real bottleneck for most regions, and what sustainable delivery models look like.

Together, the series makes a clear case: ambition, strategy, and even a strong whitepaper aren’t enough on their own. Regions that succeed in attracting and retaining private capital are the ones that pair that ambition with delivery capability, market intelligence, and the right partnerships.

If you missed the original whitepaper, you can still download New Capital, New Markets here.

Great to see a BABC member contributing this kind of thought leadership to the UK-Texas investment conversation.