Contract service firms in local authorities: evolving geographies of activity, Reg. Studies 33 , 121-130. The introduction of compulsory competitive tendering has significantly reshaped the nature of manual service provision in local authorities. Since 1989, private firms have won an increasing...

This paper examines the insights into debates about regional agglomeration provided by the British high-fidelity industry (BHFI). This geographical cluster of small specialist companies displays world leadership in the sphere of high-quality sound reproduction but only weak elements of...