Category Archives: Economic Development

Worcs LEP welcomes £4.9m investment in Hoobrook Link Road Project @wlep @thelepnetwork

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Worcestershire LEP welcomes the announcement from the Department for Transport that £4.9 m has been awarded from its ‘Pinch Point’ fund to support the second phase of the Hoobrook Link Road development in Kidderminster.

The money will be used towards  the completion of the Link Road between the Stourport Road and the Worcester Road around Kidderminster.  This will open up the South Kidderminster Enterprise Park  as well as alleviating a local ‘pinch point’ comprising several roads with serious traffic congestion, particularly at peak times, and it will release further large areas of land for housing and employment development.

Peter Pawsey, Executive Chair at Worcestershire LEP, said: “One of the key objectives of Worcestershire LEP is to support the delivery of key transport infrastructure projects.  The Hoobrook Link Road will significantly relieve congestion on the road systems, improve access to the site and thereby facilitate the regeneration of this area.  It will help breath new life into Kidderminster.“

http://www.wlep.co.uk/lep-welcomes-investment-in-hoobrook-link-road-project/

“Where next for LEPs?” – new report by Smith Institute & RSA 11 June 2013.

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Against the backdrop of low growth and prolonged austerity
the LEPs face a formidable challenge, especially in places where
structural unemployment is already a problem. However, as
the perspectives in this monograph demonstrate the 39 LEPs,
although arguably still in their infancy, are working hard to find
local solutions which draw in extra investment and utilise local
skills and expertise…….

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Click to access Where%20next%20for%20Local%20Enterprise%20Partnerships%20%282%29.pdf

 

Full APPG report recommending LEPs greater role in shaping skills provision now available for download

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Make skills and back to work schemes work for local economies, urge MPs LINK TO FULL REPORT BELOW

Download a copy of the report here

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged the Government to give Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) a greater role in shaping skills provision and back to work schemes in order to boost local growth.  Download the full report above

New report on Skills and Employment by APPG on Local Growth, LEPs and Enterprise Zones

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APPG on Local Growth, #LEPs and Enterprise Zones report on Skills and Employment is due to be posted PM today electronically.  The hard copy was issued yesterday ay a well attended launch reception in Soho with James Morris MP and Skills Minister Matthew Hancock MP. There are some interesting and sensible recommendations. For a sneek preview of summary please follow these links http://lnkd.in/K2H-FT http://lnkd.in/EUfJXf

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Rising to the challenge: how LEPs can deliver local growth strategies Call for evidence

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Local Growth, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, chaired by Caroline Dinenage MP and James Morris MP, is announcing a call for evidence on the leadership capacity of Local Enterprise Partnerships. Click title link for more info.

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NORTH-East political leaders urged to form a “super authority”

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NORTH-East political leaders will be urged to form a “super authority” today (June 7), by a government minister – as the first step to winning new powers and funding Greg Clark, the cities minister, will encourage councils to press the accelerator on setting up a combined body, stretching from Durham to Northumberland.The Conservative will say the idea – put forward in a study for the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) – does not need government permission to go ahead. http://lnkd.in/GHgYKx less