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WLEP LIS Update

This report highlights the key achievements of the WLEP LIS project to date, including stakeholder engagement, evidence base compilation, and business engagement. It also discusses emerging issues related to productivity, inclusive growth, infrastructure, business environment, and place prosperity.

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WLEP LIS Update

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  1. WLEP LIS Update WLEP Board 9 May 2019

  2. MAY BOARD HIGHLIGHT REPORT

  3. Key Achievements to date • Inaugural meeting of LIS Steering Group held • External capacity and capability engaged to support Evidence Base phase – Amion Consulting • Open call for views/evidence issued – closes 17 May • Initial headline analysis compiled • Agreed key stakeholders for Evidence Base collation • Tender spec issued – support for business engagement phase • Met with GFirstand Marches LEPs to identify collaboration opps

  4. Next Period • Agree Independent Panel members and agree dates / approach • Spin-out LIS Steering Group meetings held to deep-dive on key themes • Develop tender spec requirements for next phase support – development of final product (includes market engagement exercise to understand lack of tender responses last time) • Collate views / evidence from WLEP’s Open Call • Amion to undertake key stakeholder engagement • Meetings across LEP Network to identify further collaboration opps • Agree, prepare and commence business engagement piece for May/June • LEP Board away day and Worcestershire Leaders Board sessions

  5. Programme – Critical Path • Stakeholder Engagement – April/May • Evidence Base complete – July • Initial Draft produced – September • Stakeholder Engagement – October • WLEP Board Sign-off – November • Submission to Government – December • Publish LIS – March 2020

  6. Key Risks / Challenges • Capacity from central government to support all LEPs recognising national landscape • Capacity of WLEP – partial receipt of additional capacity funding from central government • Availability of analytical skills and capacity to review Evidence Base – mitigated through external support • Competing priorities – implementation of LEP Review recommendations e.g. Legal personality, LEP Delivery Plan, Local Assurance Framework, Inward Investment, Sustainability of BetaDen, APR recommendations, 5G sustainability, existing LGF programme etc.

  7. EVIDENCE BASE: EMERGING ISSUES

  8. Productivity and Inclusive Growth – Headlines

  9. Foundation 1: Ideas the world’s most innovative economy

  10. Foundation 2: Peoplegood jobs and greater earning power for all

  11. Foundation 3: Infrastructurea major upgrade to the UK’s infrastructure

  12. Foundation 4: Business Environmentthe best place to start and grow a business

  13. Foundation 4: Business Environmentthe best place to start and grow a business

  14. Foundation 5: Place prosperous communities across the UK

  15. Industrial Strategy Grand Challenges

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