Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership

Liverpool City Region LEP • a business-led, strategic partnership responsible for driving

economic growth in the area.• Sub-Boards and Advisory Groups to provide access to the

extensive knowledge and expertise across the City Region. The sub-boards are focused on sectors of the economy that have been identified as having growth potential.

• Growth Strategy: Building our Future • Local Growth Hub• Skills for Growth Agreements (E&ST)

LEP and Careers & Enterprise Company• High youth unemployment vs. businesses reporting that they couldn’t fill

vacancies to help them grow

• Bridge the gap between education and enterprise

Research

Cold spots / What works!

CEC Investment Fund

Scale proven enterprise-education interventions

Fill gaps in provision

Enterprise Adviser Network

Heads / SLTs, EAs and ECs

Effective careers and enterprise strategies

Enterprise Adviser Network• Full time, Enterprise Coordinator to facilitate, connect and support locally and

understand local schools, businesses and careers offers

• 1 Enterprise Adviser per school to provide strategic guidance to Head Teacher & Senior Leadership Team and bring school as close as possible to changing world of work

Liverpool City Region EAN

• 99 Schools / Colleges (140+ LCR, max 110)

• 74 Enterprise Advisers

• 71 matched

• 5 Enterprise Coordinators

• Information on a wide range of activities to help SLTs meet their objectives

Enterprise Adviser Network and

Liverpool City Region Growth Sectors

Advanced Manufacturing

Digital & Creative

Financial & Professional Services

Maritime & Logistics

Visitor Economy

Health & Life Sciences

Low Carbon Economy

Simon ReidAdvanced Manufacturing

Simon Reid – Sector Manager Advanced Manufacturing, Liverpool City Region LEP

Making It Report 2013

Case Study: 4D Products• 4D Products concept to create a new form of smart exercise device utilising

resistance bands• VEC provided proof-of-concept prototype and pre-production solution • Using sensor systems which can connect to an app• Converted into a physical prototype for testing and taking to investors• Investigating the possibilities of turning this particular exercise device into a

physical game controller• 4D Products has completed a patent application and are looking to release this new

product to market in the near future under the name 'WAVEX microgym'.

More Case Studies

• Ultamation – Augmented Reality• AQR – Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis • Satsafe – IoT telematics• Acorn2Oak – Factory simulation• ChargePoint - Virtual sensor testing• CNC Robotics – “Cobotics” development • Valuechain – Blockchain technology development

• What about skills?• Do we have a workforce that is futureproof in the digital age?

Digital Manufacturing Week

• 14th – 17th November 2017

• In conjunction with The Manufacturer Magazine, EEF and the German Business

Forum

• Exhibition Centre Liverpool and at venues across the Liverpool City Region

• www.themanufacturerlive.com

For more information and to sign up to the LCR 4.0 newsletter:• www.lcr4.uk• 0151 237 3903• Simon Reid, Liverpool City Region LEP

Thank You

John WhalingDigital & Creative

DIGITAL & CREATIVE Growth Sector Overview

John Whaling: Innovation & Strategic Investment Leadjohn.whaling@liverpoollep.org

Why is the Sector Important for Growth?

NESTA CEO : “Digital technologies are unlike any others – they change everything businesses do” = a form of basic literacy, a major sector in its own right, plus a multiplier that underpins growth across all other sectors…

Globally transformational : 5 of 12 disruptive technologies that will change the world/economy + big data 1 of “8 Great Technologies” where UK world-leading

Major UK Growth Sector: digital growing 32% faster than the rest (2016); 1.56million jobs; 41% in other industries, e.g. public sector, financial services

UK-Significant LCR Growth: Liverpool 2nd fastest-growing digital cluster in the UK (2015); St.Helens 6th fastest job growth in the UK; Liverpool 8th (2015)

Disproportionate LCR Growth: digital & creative 10.1% growth versus 2.7% overall (2010-15); +52% to £269million +16% average pay to £42,153 (2010-14)

→ Existing UK & LCR Growth + “smart specialisation” niches where the LCR has actual/potential internationally significant assets/competitive advantage …

Sources: Mckinsey Global Institute (2013); ONS; Oxford Econometrics (2015); Tech Nation (2016 & 2015); UK Industrial Strategy

Asset Base = Competitive Advantage

Big Data, HPC, Cognitive Computing : STFC Hartree Centre global top 20 & UK’s most powerful industrial R&D Supercomputer;: £200million IBM Watson & £113 million UK Government investment; UK-leading Virtual Engineering Centre

Health Tech: AIMES N3 secure data storage at Wavertree Tech. Campus; e-health cluster & largest deployment for a single economy in Europe

Creative Industries: Film & TV; Gaming; Music Technology; Baltic Triangle; FACT

Internet of Things: 1 of only 3 UK IoT tech. clusters, linked to expert SME base

Big Players: IBM, Atos, NVIdia, Intel, Sony, Shop Direct, Unilever, O2 (UK test bed)

HE/Research: UoL 1st in UK for “world leading/internationally excellent” Computer Science research & LJMU 8th for Big Data publications impact - 17% in global top 10% (2014 REF)

Education/Training: World’s 1st Microsoft “Associate College” (City of Liverpool), Studio School, Agent Academy, Innovators Hub, Liverpool Girl Geeks…

Key Initiatives Underway• Ongoing SciTech Daresbury Campus/Enterprise Zone development

• Baltic Triangle expansion + “10 Streets” future development in North Liverpool

• IBM Watson AI platform being applied to realise Alder Hey’s “Living Hospital” concept

• Sensor City incubator dedicated to development/application of sensor technologies

• Materials Innovation Factory - global leader re. computer-added materials design

• UK-leading LCR 4.0 4IR industrial digitisation project

• LCR Activate: scale-up of LCR digital/creative sector via applying new technologies

• LCR+ Science & Innovation Audit: 3 areas of world-leading potential: Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, High Performance Computing & Cognitive Computing (AI)

• SIA Ambition: “To harness the LCR’s world-leading High Performance Computing and Cognitive Computing capabilities to accelerate cross-sector growth and productivity, help deliver public sector transformation and support the development of a world-class cluster in disruptive digital technologies”

• LCR Digital & Creative Sector Growth Board

• New Metro Mayor personally leading innovation & digital Combined Authority portfolio…

Claire DelahuntyFinancial & Professional Services

andMaritime & Logistics

Financial and Professional Services

• Law, insurance, banking, finance, property, accountancy, wealth management, design, construction, call centres, PR, marketing, HR, tax, consultancy, etc.

• £5bn GVA; 2500 businesses; 80,000 employed

Skills gaps and future trends

Skills gaps:• Confidence • Communication• Problem solving • Ability to cope when things go wrong/ get tough

Future trends:• Recruiting younger• Growth of degree apprenticeships• Change of work patterns• Automation• Self-employment

How can we improve?

• Continuous engagement/inspiration with business throughout school

• Increase sector awareness and understanding of career paths

• Networking

• Dynamic approach - 65% of children entering primary school today will end up working in jobs that don’t exist yet (The World Economic Forum, 2016)

Working on behalf of

www.superport.co.uk@SuperportComms

What is Superport Liverpool?

• Multimodal transport hub for the movement of goods to and from northern UK

• Transportation & Storage sector: £1.7bn (5.9% of total GVA); 2505 businesses; 31,800 employed

Global connectivity

Market proximity

• 35m people closer to Liverpool than southern ports

• An opportunity to rebalance trade

• Despite 60% of demand being further north, currently 90% of deep sea containers enter via southern ports

Regional connectivity

• Port of Liverpool• Liverpool2 deep water container terminal• 9 ancillary ports• 5 berths• 1 ship canal• 2 airports• 3 Enterprise Zones• 10 motorways

Superport Liverpool is a major integrated transport/inland waterways multimodal logistics hub encompassing:

Logistics growth/ future

• Consumer behaviour

• Bigger warehouses with increased automation

• Yet lack of awareness of sector and career paths

• Need for more drivers

• More automation, robotics – engineering

• More digital connectivity – IT, programming

• Increased value on customer service – softer skills

Lisa Ashby-DowlingVisitor Economy

The Visitor Economy has enjoyed sustained growth in recent years and is now worth £4.094 billion to the local economy supporting 50,994 jobs.

Shared, ambitious vision for LCR Visitor Economy for growth to: - increase the competitiveness - maximise the wealth (or GVA) that the tourism sector can create

Key priorities include:- To maintain top 5 UK ranking for international visitors- 49% more tourism supported jobs from 49,000 in 2013 to 72,000 in 2025- Attainment of a top 75 place in the ICCA rankings for international conference business (up from 159th in 2013) and a top 4 place in the UK (7th in 2013)

As we strive to develop a world class destination we need staff in tourism and hospitality businesses equipped to deliver a world class service.

Skills for Growth (SfG) Agreement for the Visitor Economy sector - developed to capture the current and future skills needs of businesses.

- Employers and providers to collaborate on curriculum design- ‘Destination Awareness’ within courses- Develop elite chef opportunities- Welcome & embedding language skills into businesses- Promote the sector as an aspiring career choice

Visitor Economy Week: February 2018

- to showcase the diversity and range of opportunities available within the sector- raise the profile of the sector, most importantly as a rewarding career choice

Visitor Economy Week: February 2018

From 2017- “A Day in the Life” at Liverpool John Lennon Airport - The Life of a Zoo Keeper - “Sail the World” with the Cruise Industry- Be a Greenkeeper- Careers in the Aviation Industry- An introduction to the art of sugar paste, royal icing and modelling paste- A masterclass of Lamb butchery- Learn the Lingo!

VEWeek 2017 Highlightshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1KB-0HPdgo

LCR Visitor Economy: Sub Sectors

- Transport- Attractions- Accommodation- Travel trade- Tourism services- Food and beverage- Meetings, Events and Conferences

LCR Visitor Economy: Sub SectorsTransportBus Coach RailAirFerrySeaTaxiCar rentalRoad

AccommodationHotelsBudgetSelf catering/apartmentsGuest houses/Bed and breakfast

AttractionsHeritage and cultureRetailMuseums and galleriesGardensSporting/activity centresSpa and wellnessFun and recreation

Travel tradeTravel agenciesTour operatorsConference organisers

Tourism servicesInformation centresResearch serviceTour guides

Food and BeverageRestaurantsBars and clubs

Meetings, Events & ConferencesExhibitionsSportCultural eventsMajor conferencesFestivals

Dr Andrew RoseHealth & Life Sciences

Liverpool City Region

Local Enterprise Partnership

& Innovation Agency

Dr Andrew Rose

Sector Manager –

Life Sciences and Health

andrew.rose@liverpoollep.org

Liverpool City Region:

Major Healthcare and Life Science Cluster

• Healthcare• NHS and social care

• 108,000 employees; ~18% workforce

• Life Sciences• Industry

• Universities

• R&D and manufacturing

• 6-10,000 employees

• Digital• All sectors

Health and Life Science: lots of areas – some to think about…

• Infectious Diseases

• Precision medicine/Med Tech

• Children's Health

• Healthy and Independent Living

• Pharmaceutical manufacturing

• Sensors, eHealth, big data

Why health and life sciences?

• Care for people, diagnose and improve their

health

→ NHS (Dr, nurse, pharmacist, lab etc)

→ Social Care (companies & local gov)

• Develop new treatments/technologies

→ R&D (labs - unis & companies)

• Make treatments available to people

→ Manufacturing (companies)/pharmacists

• Digital & Management

Some key locations locally

• Liverpool Knowledge

Quarter

• NHS, Unis, Companies

• Speke

• Pharma manufacturers

• Sci-Tech Daresbury

• Companies, universities

• Baltic• Digital companies

Can I make a difference? Major Challenges…

• Care for the old

• Prevention

• Develop new and improved

treatments/technologies• e.g. Antimicrobial resistance

Further info: Routes to careers

• Direct employment

• Apprenticeships (up to degree level)

• http://www.apprenticeshipswork.org.uk

• Degree

• Jobs for Tomorrow: videos, routes etc

• https://www.careerconnect.org.uk/STEM-

i247.html

Mark KnowlesLow Carbon Economy

Mark Knowles

Head of Low Carbon Economy

Low Carbon

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Low Carbon in

Liverpool City Region

Markets and Opportunities

• 1,200 businesses in Low Carbon sector

• £6bn investment underway in Irish Sea

• Principle West Coast Biomass and EfW

logistics facilities

• Piped high grade Hydrogen available for

vehicles, static and storage uses

• Largest social housing retrofit programme

in the UK

• Utilities Masterplan for LCR including

automated data capture

• Investable Mersey tidal energy proposals

• LCR is the first area to include energy as a

principle devolution priority

Creating a Local, Competitive, Resilient Energy ecosystem in Liverpool City Region

World Leading Low Carbon Companies located in LCR

• ABB, Clarke Energy, DONG Energy

• Iberdrola, Ansaldo Westinghouse, Drax Group

• ACL, Bibby, Cammell Laird, Maersk, E-On

• Stobart Energy, Viridor, Veolia, Olleco

• Centriforce, MHI Vestas, Knauf, Stiebel Eltron

• Pilkington NSG, Flamco, Entrade, Alstom

• Wood Group PSN, Inovyn, National Grid

Burbo Bank Extension Project

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Offshore Wind

Burbo Bank

• Offshore structures installation starts May 2016

• Construction base for DONG Energy at Cammell Laird

complete June 2016

• Combined Operations Centre for DONG Energy’s west

coast windfarms under development

• Supply chain support continuing with ABB, CSS, HSSE,

Viking, Cammell Laird, Centriforce, Mercure winning

contracts

Northern Powerhouse Alliance

• LCR, Humber and Cumbria LEP’s formally working with

DONG Energy and tier one suppliers

• Aims to create a 10 year rolling project pipeline and joint

supply chain development

DONG Energy Combined Operations Centre

• £45m Investment by DONG Energy

• Operations and Maintenance Base for Burbo Bank 1&2

• Southern Irish Sea Operations Centre

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New Nuclear Build Opportunities

Hinckley C

FID agreed Dec 2016

Hard construction expected to commence 2018

Moorside / Wylfa

FID due end 2017

Hard construction expected to commence 2019

Bradwell / Sizewell

FID due mid 2018

Hard construction expected 2020

New build supply chain valued at £64bn over ten years

Formal UK Supply Chain Plan to be part of the FID agreement from

UK Government

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Mersey Tidal Power

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Mark KnowlesMark.Knowles@liverpoollep.org

Enterprise Adviser Network and

Liverpool City Region Growth Sectors

Advanced Manufacturing

Digital & Creative

Financial & Professional Services

Maritime & Logistics

Visitor Economy

Health & Life Sciences

Low Carbon Economy

Any Questions?

Shape future Job Skills

• The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is seeking the views of businesses to drive skills improvements and accelerate growth; businesses please click here and share your views by taking part in the survey.

• If you work with businesses please encourage them to participate in the survey, to share their views and to help make a difference to skills provision in the City Region.

• http://www.lcrskillsforgrowth.org.uk/news/businesses-encouraged-to-shape-future-job-skills

Enterprise Adviser Network For more information or to get involved with the Enterprise

Advisor Network, please contact:

Enterprise Coordinator (EC) Contact details Primary borough(s)

Dave Armson dave@allaboutstem.co.uk 0151 527 3823 /

07753 415238

Working across all boroughs

Helen Miles Helen.miles@sthelenschamber.com 01744 742095 Halton & St Helens

Gill Ditchburn GillD@seftonebp.co.uk 0151 330 5750 Knowsley & Sefton

Kate Eugeni KE@wirralchamber.co.uk 0151 650 6940 /

07738476552

Wirral

Kath Wyke Kath.Wyke@careerconnect.org.uk 0151 243 1876 /

07800885909

Liverpool