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Monday 20 June 2011

Contact info for areas not yet in a LEP

Contact name/description Contact details 
Other economic partnership
Swindon
Organisation: Forward Swindon
Main contact: Ian Piper, Chief Executive
Tel: 01793 429256
Email: ianpiper@forwardswindon.co.uk
Other economic partnership
Surrey
Organisation: Surrey Economic Partnership/Surrey Connects
Main contact: Mark Pearson
CEO/Surrey Economic Partnership
Tel 01483 685230 Mobile 07855 387 422
Email : mark@surreyeconomicpartnership.org
Other economic partnership
Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset
Main contact: Adrian Trevett
Economic Development Manager,
Borough of Poole
Tel: 01202 633032
Email: a.trevett@poole.gov.uk
Other economic partnership
Buckinghamshire
Organisation: Buckinghamshire Business First
Main Contact : Alex Pratt
Address: The Saunderton Estate, Wycombe Road, Saunderton, Bucks HP14 4BF
Tel: 01494 568937
Website: http://www.bbf.uk.com/
Email: : info@bbf.uk.com 

Wednesday 8 June 2011

LEP Capacity Fund: Who got what?

I have sourced this via desk research and other informal means.  If something is wrong or you would like me to add anything in just let me know.  Please also note that  no partnership has received in excess of £48k.

M3 Enterprise awarded £9,000

Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP was awarded £48,000

Cumbria LEP awarded £25,350

Greater Manchester LEP received £15,000

Oxfordshire LEP awarded £15,000

Hertfordshire LEP given £25,000

The Marches LEP awarded £45,000

Sheffield City Region LEP allocated £20,000

Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire LEP awarded £48,000

West of England LEP given £20,000
The D2N2 LEP received £48,000 from the LEP Capacity Fund
Lincolnshire £48,000 from the fund

Solent £25,000

GLA £10,000 http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/greater-london-authority/directors-decisions/dd514 

Tuesday 7 June 2011

BIS LEP contact info

 BIS local relationship managers

 Area
LEPs
Contact (email – firstname.lastname@bis.gsi.gov.uk)
East and South East Midlands
D2N2;
Lincolnshire
Maria Lyle
(tel – 01159712552)
Leicester and Leicestershire;
South East Midlands
Will Morlidge
(tel – 01159712563)
London and East
Hertfordshire
Peter Northover
(tel – 01223372693)
London;
Kent, Essex and East Sussex
Iain McNab
(tel – 020 7215 3295)
New Anglia
Lisa Roberts
(tel – 01223372647)
Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough
Kevin Jones
(tel – 01223372563)
North West
Cheshire & Warrington;
Greater Manchester
Martin Wood
(tel – 01612610305)
Cumbria;
Liverpool City Region;
Lancashire
Ian Hamilton
(tel – 01612610369)
South Central and West
Cornwall and IoS;
Heart of the South West
Sally Edgington
(tel – 07776457708)
Oxfordshire;
TV Berkshire;
Coast to Capital
Clare Marett
(tel – 01483884838)
West of England; Gloucestershire
Paul Shand
(tel – 07748180119)
Enterprise M3;
Solent
Angela Alderman
(tel – 01483882382)
West Midlands
Stoke and Staffs;
Black Country;
The Marches
Kevin Postones
(tel – 07769671058)
Coventry and Warwickshire;
Greater B’ham and Solihull;
Worcestershire
Ian Smith
(tel – 07825850953)
Yorkshire and Humber and North East
Leeds City Region;
York and North Yorkshire
Lorraine Coates
(tel – 07825841832)
North Eastern
Adrian Coates
(tel – 07825841834)
Tees Valley Unlimited
Margaret Coates
(tel – 07825841835)
Sheffield City Region
Peter Campey
(tel – 07825841831)


Areas not covered by LEPs
Contact (email – firstname.lastname@bis.gsi.gov.uk)
Surrey
Buckinghamshire
Ian Coates
(tel – 01483882350)
Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset
Angela Alderman
(tel – 01483882382)
Hull and Humber
Peter Campey
(tel – 01333412652)

Thursday 2 June 2011

LEPs: what does success look like?

We have 34 LEPs in place and 12 Boards appointed (all with private sector Chair’s) http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/economic-development/leps/lep-contact-details with more to follow.

The next job is prioritisation of issues and identifying what it is the LEP will do.  Any of us who have seen a central government presentation on LEPs will have got the message loud and clear that LEPs should focus on a few priorities and have an impact. 

Many LEPs will be using their local authority produced (recently completed) Local Economic Assessment (and other evidence) as well as capacity funding to understand local issues.  The LEP will not be able to tackle all of the issues.  It will have to focus. 

Strategic local issues will be the priority, for example: infrastructure; transport; broadband; sector prioritisation; nuclear, international trade / exports, new business formation, renewables etc obviously this will be different for each LEP and will depend upon if an area is for example a city region, rural, one county or many, demographics etc BUT also what can a LEP hope to influence and what funding / other resources might be available to do this.

So this brings me to the question of who will be doing the delivery?  There is no point of having strategic objectives if you cannot deliver these objectives (or at least influence others to deliver your objectives).

I have been doing some thinking about how the strategic objectives and delivery fit together.  How will a LEP prove it’s ‘successful’ if it doesn’t deliver anything?  But should LEPs be involved in delivery? 

Perhaps the answers to these questions will be different depending upon which LEP you are in…

As Local Authorities are on LEP Boards (generally a 50/50 public private split) it seems that they will be the / a delivery vehicle?  The interest on LinkedIn (numerous groups including ‘Local Enterprise Partnerships’ and ‘From RDA to LEP’) and Communities of Practice http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/welcome.do especially ‘Local Enterprise Partnership’ group have high public sector interest.  This is where the LA officers share best practice, presumably this is then used to inform LEP Board reports.   The relationship between the public and private sector within the LEP (outside of the Board) does not seem to be clear.  Events about LEPs don’t seem to satisfy both audiences.  The public sector is engaged (economic development and others) as it is their job, but there is a long way to go to ensure business is engaged (businesses need to know how to do this, what is required from them and what they get out of it). 

LEPs do not and were never intended to replace RDAs entirely.  The LEP role is not yet fixed and it is likely that their role is still to develop with more policy areas coming under their remit e.g. transport?

Interest in LEPs is high but for many different reasons.  There needs to be strategic coordination (LEP chairs to meet to discover opportunities for synergy and to raise issues to BIS etc) and well as practitioner coordination (who is doing what well and how).  This is difficult in a competitive environment.

Individual LEP success will be about if they achieve their (local) objectives. 

For now:

  • Understand your local area (using evidence)
  • Prioritise the local issues
  • Define the LEPs objectives
  • Communicate and involve the private sector in this process
  • Deliver or facilitate delivery to impact on these objectives
  • Check what other LEPs are doing (not just your geographical neighbours), are there any opportunities here?

Many of you will have given this more thought.  Do Share.