BIS South Central and West - Amazon Web...
Transcript of BIS South Central and West - Amazon Web...
BIS South Central
and West
Ian Coates
• BIS Local: a quick intro
• Policy context
• The role of LEPs
BIS Local • Six small teams
based outside Whitehall
• Not a re-invention of RDAs or GOs!
• Seeking to achieve: – Effective responses to
economic shocks
– Economic opportunities identified & secured
– Policy influenced by local perspectives
BIS Local forward look
• Supporting and challenging LEP success and impact
• “Smooth landing” for the new economic landscape – with genuine local benefits
• Securing high quality bids to RGF round 3
• Identifying and promoting economic opportunities: – Companies
– Sectors
– Places
– Horizontal
• Influencing policy development
• Ensuring the best possible response to economic shocks
BIS
SFA UKTI
TSB DCLG
HCA
ERDF
DfT
HA
Net-
work
Rail
DWP
JCP Wor
k
Prog
Defra
EA
Nat
Eng
DCMS BD:
UK
“Growth is the Government’s top priority
and every part of Government is
focused on it.
But we need to grow differently.”
“And there is a strong role for BIS,
as the Department for Growth, in
enabling this.”
New Economic Landscape
• Local solutions for local issues
– e.g. LEPs
• Centralisation of some things – where this
makes sense/better vfm
– e.g Business Links
• Greater emphasis on private sector growth
and rebalancing the economy
– key sectors
• Emphasis on Cities
– City Deals
Some Key Themes
• A balanced economy
– Sectors, Places, Public/Private, Investment &
Trade
• Industrial policy – manufacturing at
the centre of long term vision
– Innovation & Technology, Public Sector
Seed Capital, Skills, Supply Chains
• StartUp Britain – promoting
entrepreneurship
New Housing Landscape
• Commitment to major increase in new
homes where they are needed and wanted
• Taking action to get the market moving, and
onto a more stable footing:
– 100,000 + homes through accelerated release of
Govt land
– £420m Get Britain Building fund
unlocking stalled sites
– £500m Growing Places Fund
– New Homes Bonus
– Planning Reform
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Local enterprise partnerships are led by
local authorities and businesses across
natural economic areas.
They provide the vision, knowledge and
strategic leadership needed to drive
sustainable private sector growth and
job creation in their area.
In the South West: different LEPs,
different journeys
• Six LEPs:
– Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly … Heart of the
South West … West of England … Gloucestershire
… Swindon & Wiltshire … Dorset
• Highly variable:
– “Maturity” and capacity
– Economic geography
– Priorities
– Enterprise Zones … or not
But a lot of common ground
• Shared priorities: – Infrastructure … Skills … Access to finance
• Shared opportunities: – Growing Places Fund … RGF round 3 …
Pathfinders … Local Transport Majors Funding
• Shared challenges: – LEP / LA interface … Delivery role? … Prioritisation
… Stakeholder engagement
LEPs and housing: early days
• Growing Places Fund: a focus for all LEPs
• Gloucestershire: overseeing distribution of New Homes Bonus
• Cornwall: direct reference to affordable housing in GPF criteria
• Dorset: direct recognition of housing link to economic growth
• West of England: housing need reflected in city deal
Take Away Messages
• Growth the top priority
• Housing matters
• LEPs are here to stay
• Plenty of opportunities to engage
• Local focus – but central Government
available