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Best-practice sharing in action
The Network was set up to provide the opportunity for LEPs to both share best practice and also to educate and inform. The last fortnight has seen this in action. The latest in our series of workshops have been on the topics of Skills and Planning where we brought together key officials and practitioners from across the Network. Both of these sessions have highlighted in very practical ways the role that LEPs can play in their local economies, and importantly the important role that Government sees for LEPs... |
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| LEP Community: Events |
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LEP Network Workshop on Infrastructure 9 March
Hold the date! The LEP Network will hold a half-day workshop on local economic development and
business-critical infrastructure. The workshop will support LEPs to identify and prioritise the infrastructure
investments needed to enable business growth... |
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Good Practice in using and sharing career-related labour market information 19 & 21 March
CFE and The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) will be hosting workshops about 'what
works' in using and sharing career-related labour market information (LMI) in career advice and guidance
work. The workshops will be held in Manchester and central London... |
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LEP Network Annual Conference 26 April
Hold the date! The LEP Network will be holding its Annual Conference on the 26th of April in London.
The Conference will bring together senior figures from government, civil servants, as well as
representatives from LEPs and the wider economic community. This follows on from the inaugural
LEP Chairs' event in September 2011 and the capacity-building workshops held since... |
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Local events...
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| LEP Life - news from around the Network |
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LEPs share best-practice on Growing Places Fund
Swindon & Wiltshire LEP publishes details of it plans and processes for managing
GPF monies. These are now available to view on the LEP Network website
alongside Anthony Corfield's guide to establishing and managing revolving funds... |
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Coventry and Warwickshire LEP achieves apprentice challenge
The Coventry and Warwickshire LEP is celebrating achieving its '10- in-100' challenge
during National Apprenticeship Week 2012. The campaign - run in partnership with the
National Apprenticeship Service - was launched on November 1 to encourage 100
companies and organisations in the region to take on 100 apprentices in 100 days... |
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Tees Valley Unlimited to develop sector action plans
The Local Enterprise Partnership is working with independent research organisation,
TBR and partnership stakeholder, DigitalCity to develop detailed sector action plans that
will help support the continued growth of the Tees Valley... |
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400 business leaders attend Heart of the South West LEP business engagement events
Over 400 business leaders, individuals and representatives attended a series of Business
Partnership planning sessions this month. Run by Heart of the South West (HotSW), the
LEP for Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay, the events were designed to showcase
the proposals for the partnership and gather feedback from attendees... |
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Swindon & Wiltshire LEP Finalises New Board
SWLEP has now completed its formal Board recruitment process and the new Board
assumed its responsibilities on 1st February 2012 . Since approval in July last year, the
work of SWLEP has been taken forward by an informal working group, drawn from
local business leaders � this included representation from Honda and Nationwide... |
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| National & Policy news |
Round 3 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) opened in February 2012
Round 2 saw several LEPs successfully access RGF funding to deliver programmes of activity.
By using a programme approach, LEPs can co-ordinate bids at a local level that individually
would fall below the minimum bid size. To access RGF in the third round, applicants must
submit an application form and supporting documentation by the closing date of 13 June...
Growing Places Fund Allocations Confirmed by DCLG
This month Ministers confirmed the allocations to LEPs of the �500milllion Growing Places
Fund, designed to boost economic growth by getting the required infrastructure built to
enable the creation of new homes and jobs and get stalled projects moving again...
Access LEP profiles from the Office for National Statistics
Gathering statistical evidence for LEPs has become a lot easier since the Office for National
Statistics (ONS) released the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Profile tools. Learn more
about them on the LEP Network website...
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