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Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership

MARCH 2011

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•RDA’s are abolished – AWM will go by March 2012

•Regions are dead!

•As Liam Byrne said ‘….there is no money’

•Private sector expected to create ‘000’s of jobs to mop up public sector job losses

•Government wants to rebalance the economy and support the private sector by helping to create the conditions for growth and remove barriers

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP’s)

Rationale behind LEP’s

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Contents•Board Composition

•Delivery Board Composition

•CWLEP Achievements So Far

•CWLEP Groups

•Top 5 Priorities

•How to contact CWLEP

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ChairmanDenys ShorttDCS Europe

PRIVATE SECTOR

Sir Peter Rigby – SCH, Patriot Aerospace, Eden Hotel CollectionMartyn Hollingsworth – Director:

Jaguar Land RoverDerek Parkin - Director: E.ON UK Ltd

Daniel Gidney – CEO: Ricoh Arena

Vikki Heywood – Executive Director: RSC

Amrik Bhabra – MD: ADECS Ltd

UNIVERSITIES

Professor Nigel Thrift – Vice-Chancellor: University of Warwick

John Latham – Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Coventry

University

PUBLIC SECTOR

Cllr John Mutton – Vice Chair and Leader Coventry City Council

Cllr Alan Farnell – Leader Warwickshire County Council

Cllr Alan Cockburn - Cabinet Member Warwickshire County Council

Cllr Linda Bigham - Cabinet Member Coventry City Council

Cllr Craig Humphrey – Leader Rugby Borough Council

Board Composition

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CWLEP Board Members

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CEOMartin Reeves

Chief Executive Coventry City Council

Delivery Board CompositionCOO

Louise BennettChief Executive Coventry &

Warwickshire Chamber

MemberJon Baldwin

Registrar University of Warwick

Strategy AdvisorRichard Hutchins

Director Land Rover Jaguar Programmes - WMG

Programme DirectorLouise Wall

Head of Sus. Communities & Economic Development

MemberBruce Undy

FSB

MemberNigel Berkeley

Coventry University

MemberChris Elliott

Chief Executive Warwick District Council

Roger DowthwaiteSharon Newport

CWLEP Support Team

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CWLEP Achievements so far!• Formed an excellent LEP Board which has met three times

• Created a website http://www.cwlep.com/

• Written to the Top 100 businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire and asked for

their Top 5 ideas or issues

• Published the Top 5 on CWLEP website

• Formed a number of Groups to address thematic and sector barriers to growth

• Supported Regional Growth Fund bids in CW Region

• 100 day strategy

• 5 year strategy in draft

• Hosted a national LEP Summit at the Ricoh on 7 March

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CWLEP Groups

The following groups are being established:o Business Leaders and Stakeholders Councilo Access to Finance o Automotive and High-Tech Manufacturing o Built Environment & Transporto Farming & Rural Businesso IT & Mediao Innovation Council o Skills & Employability o Tourismo Low Carbono Professionals

Additionally, others are currently under development.

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Top 5 Priorities identified by local businesses

1. Skills - concerns centred on narrowing the skills gap and improving skills levels across all NVQ levels.

2. Create New Jobs – increase the number of higher value jobs and more private sector jobs to rebalance the economy.

3. Enterprise / Entrepreneurship and Start Ups – viewed as essentially important to increasing the number of high value added businesses of the future. Business Support should be focussed on supporting entrepreneurialism as well as supporting current businesses to thrive and glow.

4. = Access to Finance, Innovation, Low Carbon, Local Procurement, Planning & Transportation, Housing Supply – a mixed bag of issues that are generally seen as barriers to growth apart from Innovation and Low Carbon which are opportunities for growth. The lack of access to finance is seen as stifling growth.

5. Export and international links – recognised as important in terms of new market opportunities and the potential scope of international trade which should be exploited.

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For more information on the Coventry & Warwickshire LEP

Please contact:CWLEP 53G/0/1 Jaguar Land RoverBanbury RoadGaydonWarwickCV35 0RGTel: 01926 646000

Visit: www.cwlep.com