The companies are separate private legal entities. They seek to achieve a radical physical transformation of their areas through implementation of their shared vision in a way that could not be achieved through individual ad hoc decisions.
URCs are experts in their local areas, and the local authority, local employers, amenity groups and community representatives play an important part, with the regional context represented by the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and the national dimension by English Partnerships. They co-ordinate investment plans from both the public and the private sectors, and attract new investment through the purposeful and imaginative promotion and regeneration of their areas.
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