New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board Meeting

Wednesday 25^th September

10.00am to 12.30pm

The Mess, Milsoms, Kesgrave Hall, Ipswich, IP5 2PU

Agenda

No.

Item

Duration

5 mins

Welcome from the Chair

Apologies

Declarations of Interest

Actions / Minutes from the last meeting

Forward Looking

35 mins

Update and

Enterprise Zones

discussion

Governance and Delivery

40 mins

Local Industrial Strategy

For Approval

Break

10 mins

Governance and Delivery

60 mins

Apprenticeships Levy Transfer Pool

For Approval

Innovative Projects Fund

For Approval

Voluntary and Community Sector - Confidential

Update

Brexit

Update

Working Agreement with the Cambridge and Peterborough Combined

11.

For Approval

Authority

12.

Chief Executive’s Report including a Confidential Appendix

Update

Update and for

13.

September Programme Performance Reports including Dashboards

Approval

14.

Board Forward Plan

Update

15.

Any Other Business

Next Meeting: 10.00am - 12.30pm, 30^th October

Venue: The Carnegie, Cage Lane, Thetford

New Anglia Board Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)

23^rd July 2019

Present:

Claire Cullens (CC)

Norfolk Community Foundation

David Ellesmere (DE)

Ipswich Borough Council

Doug Field (DF)

East of England Coop

Matthew Hicks (MH)

Suffolk County Council

Pete Joyner (PJ)

Shorthose Russell

Johnathan Reynolds

Nautilus

Lindsey Rix (LR)

Aviva

Sandy Ruddock (SR)

Scarlett & Mustard

Alan Waters (AW)

Norwich City Council

Jeanette Wheeler (JW)

Birketts

Tim Whitley (TW)

Attendees

Graham Plant (GP)

Great Yarmouth Borough Council - For Andrew Proctor

Catherine Richards (CR)

East Norfolk Sixth Form - For Nikos Savvas

Mark Ash (MA)

Suffolk County Council - For Sue Roper

Professor Andrew Lovett

UEA - For Item 6

Paul Winter (PW)

Skills Board Chair - For Item 7

Chris Dashper (CD)

New Anglia LEP

Ellen Goodwin (EG)

New Anglia LEP - For Item 6

Chris Starkie (CS)

New Anglia LEP

Natasha Waller (NW)

New Anglia LEP - For Items 7 and 8

Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)

New Anglia LEP

Helen Wilton (HW)

New Anglia LEP

Actions from the meeting: (23.7.19)

Action Log

Change the status column to “target date”

Climate Change Adaption and Carbon Reduction Action Plan

Distribute the presentation to board members

Apprenticeships Levy Transfer Pool

A business case is required which will be presented at the September meeting

July Programme Performance Reports

A programme summary including performance against targets will be included in future NAC

reports

Welcome from the Chair

Doug Field (DF) welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked Jo Warr from Norwich Castle for

hosting.

DF advised that the agenda would be amended so that Item 7 would come before item 6 as the

Skills Board Chair had to leave the meeting early.

Apologies

Apologies were received from John Griffiths, Steve Oliver, Andrew Proctor, David Richardson, Sam

Chapman-Allen, Dominic Keen and Nikos Savvas.

Welcome from Norwich Castle

Jo Warr (JWa), Head of Development at Norwich Castle, welcomed the Board to Norwich Castle

and thanked the LEP for their support for the current Gateway to Medieval England Project which

aims to raise the profile of Norwich as a cultural centre.

JWa provided an overview of changes to the castle over the past century and reviewed the plans to

reinstate the Norman floor level and reconfigure the internal layout of the keep to replicate the

original rooms. The new layout will incorporate the British Museum Partnership Gallery which will

be the first permanent British Museum exhibition outside London .

When the project has been completed in the spring of 2021 the new design, along with improved

access to all levels, will allow the castle to host a much wider range of functions as part of the

project’s aim to establish the castle as a state of the art cultural and community venue.

Declarations of Interest

Full declarations of interest can be found at http://www.newanglia.co.uk/about-us/the-board.

Item 11: July Programme Reports: New Anglia Capital Report: DF declared an interest in Nova

Farina and SupaPass.

Minutes of the last meeting 25^th June

The minutes were accepted as a true record of the meeting held on 25^th June 2019.

Chris Starkie (CS) reviewed the action log. It was agreed to change the status to a date to

provide more detail.

ACTION: Change the status column to “target date”

Skills Delivery Board

Paul Winter (PW), Chair of the Skills Board, addressed the meeting and highlighted key

elements of the report detailing the progress made over the past year notably delivery of

skills plans in additional sectors, reviewing Skills Deal projects and reaffirming the Youth

Pledge.

PW reviewed the process of setting up the new Skills Advisory Panel (SAP) as required by

Government where minor work is required to fulfil the requirements noting that the new

arrangements will require closer links between the LEP Board and the SAP.

DF asked for further details on the Governance requirements of the SAP. PW advised that

the voluntary sector needed to be included and discussions were underway with the

Community Foundations to address this. PW noted that the Board was currently very large

which may need to be addressed to ensure if remains effective.

The meeting discussed the implications of the end of the ESIF funding. CS advised that this

had been guaranteed by Government until the end of 2022 and would be replaced by the

Shared Prosperity Fund the details of which are still unknown.

Alan Waters (AW) noted that skills environment was very crowded which meant that it was

not always clear where companies could obtain support. PW agreed that there were too

many initiatives and that clarification was required.

The Board agreed:

• To note the content of the report

• To approve the transition from a Skills Board to a Skills Advisory Panel as required by

Government and to continue to endorse its activities

Climate Change Adaption and Carbon Reduction Action Plan

Professor Andrew Lovett (AL) addressed the meeting presenting the findings of the scoping

study into CO2 reduction as commissioned by the LEP.

AL advised that the report detailed observed changes in temperature when looking at trends

over two 30 year time periods which take fluctuations into account. It was noted that

Norfolk and Suffolk have experienced a 0.5 degree increase in temperature over summer

months and nearly a 1 degree rise in winter over the two 30 year periods studied.

The study then looked at projected changes based on 4 different pathways representing

different amounts of global surface temperature increase.

AL presented projected changes in temperature and precipitation and also in sea levels

noting that there were significant changes depending on the relevant pathway.

The report noted that there had been a 32% reduction in emission of greenhouse gases

since 2005 largely due to changes in manufacturing and in households but transport

emissions have not reduced by the same amount and consequently now make up a larger

share of CO2 emissions.

The meeting was advised that the national average for CO2 emissions was 5.4 tonnes per

person with both Norfolk and Suffolk slightly above this level. It was noted that to abide by

levels stated in the Paris Agreement this needed to reduce significantly to 1.7 tonnes per

person.

The data was presented split by local authority with variations reflecting the make-up of the

area. It also identified the 37 highest emitters which make up 22% of emissions.

LA advised that the study had identified key priorities where changes could be made and

where the LEP could provide support.

Domestically - adaptation of building stock to improve energy efficiency and develop

heating alternatives for off-gas areas.

Transport - increase public transport and use of electric vehicles with the associated

requirement for more charging points.

Agriculture - improved water management and enhanced carbon sequestration such as

tree planting schemes or improved cultivation processes

Energy - improved efficiency as demand increases along with enhanced distribution and

transmission.

Tim Whitley (TW) asked if the study provided a breakdown of transport by vehicle type as

this would assist in identifying which interventions would target the highest emitters. AL

advised that this is not currently part of the study and would require further research.

The meeting noted that the changes could not just be achieved by the LEP alone and

partners would need to work together to achieve the reductions. National policy will also

play a key role.

The Board discussed the issues around bringing in offshore power.

Johnathan Reynolds (JR) advised that the SE energy hub was in the very early stages of

looking at an offshore energy grid and this was vital to the development of the offshore

energy sector. Matthew Hicks (MH) confirmed that 30% of the UK’s energy came ashore

at Sizewell but that development was being done on a piecemeal basis will a lack of

connectivity between projects.

Lindsey Rix (LR) suggested that the LEP could support those companies looking to become

carbon neutral.

David Ellesmere (DE) proposed targeting support for the largest emitters and also for the

LEP to coordinate purchasing requirements related to CO2 reduction in order to provide

increased buying power.

JR noted that the findings of the scoping report needed to be considered in every decision

the Board made and the LEP needed to identify those gamechanger projects which support

CO2 reduction and identify gamechanger projects and carbon offsetting ideas.

The Board agreed:

• To note the content of the report and presentation

• To support the development of an action plan to tackle some of the key findings of the

report

• To receive the presentation

In order to ensure the Annual Accounts were signed off it was agreed that Item 12 would be

addressed before Item 8.

Draft Annual Financial Statements - Confidential

RW confirmed that the accounts had been reviewed by the Audit & Risk Committee on 1^st

July and changes agreed that the meeting have been made.

DF noted that the LEP now employed over 50 people and proposed discussing with CS how

HR could be monitored going forward.

The Board agreed:

• To note the contents of the report

• To approve the annual financial statements and audit management letter for signing by

the Chair

Apprenticeships Levy Transfer Pool

CS presented the proposal to the meeting providing the background to the issues facing

apprenticeship schemes and the proposal to make the funds available for apprenticeships.

The LEP will act as a promoter of the scheme and work with SMEs to ensure they have the

tools and equipment in place to utilise it. CS advised that Aviva has already signed up and

other large companies are being approached

CS confirmed that the scheme will need ongoing funding and a meeting with county

representatives will take place in August to progress the business case. A more detailed

plan will be presented at the September Board.

DE proposed that, if successful, the scheme could be expanded and if there is sufficient

demand for specific training this could be used to request additional courses locally.

The Board agreed:

• To note the content of the report

• To approve the £60,000 budget to develop a cost-effective model to support the transfer

of apprenticeship levy to SMEs in partnership with colleagues from Norfolk and Suffolk

County Councils

• To receive a business case at the September board meeting

Growing Business Fund: Large Company Grant Programme

Chris Dashper (CD) reviewed the proposal which has already been approved by the IAC

noting that one application has already been received and approved by the IAC subject to

Board approval of the programme.

Jeanette Wheeler (JW) confirmed that this programme would help the Growing Business

Fund Panel where it has been challenging to make applications meet the criteria required for

the other funds.

The Board agreed:

• To note the content of the report

• To approve the introduction of a GBF Large Company Grant programme

MH left the meeting

Chief Executive’s Report

CS highlighted key items in the report and asked for questions.

LIS - Further strategies have now been published. New Anglia will publish its LIS in October

having been brought forward to the 2^nd wave.

Place Branding - This will be launched at the AGM and the invitation will go out this week to

approximately 300 businesses and partners.

The Board agreed:

• To note the content of the report

July Programme Performance Reports

Rosanne Wijnberg (RW) reviewed the reports for July.

Business Growth Programme - The Programme is on track to meet its spend target and

new activity for the next three years is being finalised. The process of seeking additional

ERDF funding to extend the Small Grants Scheme for a further year has begun.

New Anglia Capital- CD reviewed the report and asked for questions from the Board.

DF asked for details of the split between NAC and private funding. CD advised that overall

NAC has invested 40% of funds to the 60% provided by private funding. This is against a

target of a 50/50 split.

DF requested the inclusion of a summary highlighting progress against targets.

ACTION: The summary from the NAC Board report will be included in future NAC

programme reports.

The Board agreed:

Actions from New Anglia LEP Board Meetings

Date

Item

Action

Update

Actioned

Target Date

23/07/2019

Action Log

Change the status column to “target date”

Complete

23/07/2019

Climate Change Adaption and

Distribute the presentation to board members

Complete

Carbon Reduction Action Plan

23/07/2019

Apprenticeships Levy Transfer

A business case is required which will be presented at the September

Included on the agenda for the September Board

Complete

Pool

meeting

23/07/2019

July Programme Performance

A programme summary including performance against targets will be

To be included in the next NAC report in January 2020

Jan-20

Reports

included in future NAC reports

25/06/2019

GE Update Report

To provide the Board with regular reporting of the pipeline of visits relating

To be included in the next Inward Investment update report

Jan-20

to inward investment and subsequent outcomes

25/06/2019

AOB

UEA Enterprise Fund - Any board member wishing to sit on the board should

A Board member is still required to sit on the Enterprise Fund Board

All

Oct-19

contact Chris Starkie

23/05/2019

Growth Hub Presentation

Growth Hub Annual review to be circulated to the Board when published

Expected autumn 2019

Nov-19

23/11/2018

Infrastructure

For the LEP team to ensure that links are progressed with other sub-national

Progress will be included in the next infrastructure update in October

Oct-19

transport bodies

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership

Board Decision Log - Public

Date

Decision

Decision Made

Making Body*

7/8/19

Growing

The Panel approved the following applications:

Business Fund

• William Morfoot Limited - Agreed to support

Panel

Approved Grant: £50,000

• Timber Frame Management Limited - Agreed to support

Approved Grant: £35,662

23/7/19

LEP Board

The Board made the following decisions:

Skills Delivery Board

To approve the transition from a Skills Board to a Skills Advisory Panel as required by Government and to continue to endorse its activities

Climate Change Adaption and Carbon Reduction Action Plan

To support the development of an action plan to tackle some of the key findings of the report

Draft Annual Financial Statements

To approve the annual financial statements and audit management letter for signing by the Chair

Apprenticeships Levy Transfer Pool

To approve the £60,000 budget to develop a cost-effective model to support the transfer of apprenticeship levy to SMEs in partnership with

colleagues from Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils

Growing Business Fund: Large Company Grant Programme

To approve the introduction of a GBF Large Company Grant programme

23/7/19

Investment

The IAC made the following decisions:

Appraisal

Growing Places Fund Large Company Grant Request (Confidential)

Committee

To approve a grant of £379,318 subject to approval of the capital grant programme by the board, provision of a suitable State Aid statement by

the applicant and evidence of confirmation by the parent company that the company would remain in Norwich.

3/7/19

Growing

The Panel approved the following applications:

Business Fund

• Creative Displays Limited - Agreed to support

Panel

Approved Grant: £40,000 - awarded under de minimus

• Bendart Limited - Agreed to support

Approved Grant: £42,500

• Hugh Crane Cleaning Equipment - Agreed to support

Approved Grant: £56,369

• Anglian Indoor Karting Ltd - Agreed to support

Approved grant: £40,000

• Stephen Walters and Sons Limited - agreed to support

Approved grant: £118,049 - awarded under de minimus

25/6/19

LEP Board

The Board made the following decisions:

Capital Growth Programme - Institute of Productivity

To approve the award of Capital Growth Programme grant funding of £4.461m to the Institute of Productivity

MIPIM Update Report and Proposal for 2019

To approve the proposal including spend of £28,788, the covering approach, format and costings for MIPIM UK 2019

* New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board, Investment Appraisal Committee, Growing Business Fund Panel, Remuneration Committee, Audit & Risk Committee

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board

Wednesday 25^th September 2019

Agenda Item 5

Enterprise Zones: Progress Update

Author: Julian Munson/Eunice Edwards. Presenter: Julian Munson

Summary

To provide a progress update report on New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership’s two

Enterprise Zones;

1. Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft (New Anglia) Enterprise Zone (started 2012) & extensions

(started 2017).

2. Space to Innovate Enterprise Zone (started 2016).

This report will cover Enterprise Zone outputs to date, strategy, timeline and forward plan for

delivery (to 2021).

Appendices A and B are the September Enterprise Zone Programme Performance Reports.

Recommendation

The Board is asked to note progress and endorse the proposed strategy and forward plan.

Background

New Anglia LEP successfully bid to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

(MHCLG) for two ‘multi-site’ Enterprise Zones in Norfolk & Suffolk.

Enterprise Zones are designated areas that provide business rates discounts of up to £275k

over a five-year period to businesses if locating in the zones in the first 5/6 years & simplified

planning. Enterprise Zones are part of the Government’s wider Industrial Strategy to support

businesses and enable local economic growth.

The Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Enterprise Zone began in April 2012 & encompasses six

sites; Beacon Park in Gorleston, South Denes in Great Yarmouth, Riverside Road in Lowestoft,

Mobbs Way in Oulton, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate in Lowestoft and Ellough in Beccles.

Four of these sites (Beacon Park, South Denes, Mobbs Way and Riverside) were also awarded

extensions where benefits started in 2017. This Enterprise Zone has an energy sector focus.

The Space to Innovate Enterprise Zone began in April 2016 and encompasses 10 sites;

Norwich Research Park, Suffolk Park in Bury St Edmunds, Scottow Enterprise Park near

Coltishall, Egmere Business Zone near Wells-next-the-Sea, Nar Ouse Business Park in King’s

Lynn, Stowmarket Enterprise Park (Gateway 14) and the 4 sites in the Ipswich area are Princes

Street, Futura Park, Waterfront Island and Sproughton Road (Eastern Gateway). The sectors

identified for this Enterprise Zone include: agri-tech, food and health, offshore energy, the green

economy, ICT and digital creative sectors in which Norfolk and Suffolk has a competitive

advantage.

Enterprise Zones have established themselves as a driving force of local economies as they

unlock key development sites, consolidate infrastructure, attract business and create jobs.

Both EZ’s have long range stretch targets they are working towards with annual targets set with

local authority partners each year. However, progress to date on some sites has been slower

than expected.

Outputs are recorded and reported on a quarterly basis to MHCLG and New Anglia LEP Board.

Activity across the two Enterprise Zones is coordinated by two partnership/development

groups, chaired by New Anglia LEP, involving County and District/Borough Council officers and

MHCLG.

In Summary, to date*, the Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Enterprise Zone has delivered 1806

Jobs, 806 construction jobs, 63 businesses, £51.25m private investment, £177m public

investment, 20.9ha land developed & 54,455 Sqm floor-space (new and refurbished). Despite

slower progress in earlier years due to the slow down in the oil and gas sector, most of the sites

are now progressing well with good delivery on Beacon Park and further development forecast

for Ellough and around Great Yarmouth port.

To date the Space to Innovate Enterprise Zone has delivered 1151 Jobs, 1723 construction

jobs, 104 businesses, £89m private investment, £132m public investment, 69.2ha land

developed and 83,578 Sqm of floor-space (new and refurbished). In terms of progress against

the 5-year target there is a lag in net number of new businesses and numbers of jobs for some

of the Space to Innovate sites with a couple of the sites experiencing limited progress due to

external factors such as land ownership issues and gaps in infrastructure investment.

(Construction jobs are included in our figures as part of the reporting to Government. A

construction job is counted as a new permanent full time equivalent job created by the

construction activity which are expected to last for at least 26 weeks).

All business rates growth generated by the Enterprise Zones are kept by the Local Enterprise

Partnership and local authorities in Norfolk & Suffolk for 25 years to reinvest in local economic

growth. This reflects the Government’s commitment to long-term economic growth and enables

LEPs to reinvest in site development and other local initiatives.

For the New Anglia Enterprise Zones, the 100% retained rates is split into 4 separate funds;

Fund A1 is for the Collecting (or District) Authority

Fund A2 is for the County Council

Fund B is for the development of the Enterprise Zone sites

Fund C is for New Anglia LEP to fund activity in the Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk.

New Anglia LEP has strong governance arrangements in place with legal agreements and

MOUs with delivery partners, as required, and Site Delivery Plans signed off by all partners.

*Latest figures to end of Q1 June 2019

Key Considerations

Enterprise Zones remain a key priority programme for New Anglia LEP. They not only

demonstrate an effective method of intervention to unlock and accelerate the development of

key commercial sites but also support local economic development and job creation. In

addition they also enable the retention of business rates income to further enhance the

development and delivery of sites and provide an additional source of income for New Anglia

LEP for other project activity.

This programme has proven to be effective in unlocking and accelerating commercial

development in the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone and in the case of the

Beacon Park site for example has had a highly significant impact on business investment and

jobs growth for the energy sector supply chain in that area.

There has also been good progress on the majority of the Space to Innovate Enterprise Zone

sites, particularly over the past 12 months. New Anglia LEP continues to work closely with

partners to ensure that we identify creative ways of removing any barriers to development and

provide an even stronger focus on delivery over the next 12-18 months.

There are cases where development has been limited though and the issue of land ownership

and level of ambition to build can be a major factor inhibiting progress. New Anglia LEP with

Local Authority partners has attempted to overcome these barriers in some cases through the

new EZ Accelerator Fund and opportunities around land acquisition and co-investment to help

‘kick start’ new development. Despite this, at least three of the EZ development sites have

effectively stalled and progress is not expected in the short term (without major intervention).

It is also important that the Enterprise Zones ‘offer’ is more proactively marketed through

various channels and leveraging the Growth Hub, grants programmes and inward investment

activity in a more coordinated and targeted way. For example, the new Norfolk and Suffolk

inward investment website (with Norfolk and Suffolk branding) offers a new channel in which to

actively promote the Enterprise Zone sites.

It is important to note that a priority for Enterprise Zones is encouraging a net increase in

investment, business growth and job creation and so careful consideration is always given to

minimising ‘displacement’ within the locality of all enterprise zone sites.

Most of the Enterprise Zone sites have demonstrated the opportunity for businesses to expand

locally rather than risk relocating outside the area. Examples include LDH La Doria at the

Sproughton Enterprise Zone and NOCN at Nar Ouse Enterprise Zone.

The structure of the EZs prevents businesses simply relocating from existing premises to take

advantage of the financial benefits provided by the sites. That is because the capital cost of

new premises, coupled with the increased rent paid, is significantly greater than the incentives

on offer.

The financial package does however provide an incentive for businesses who are considering

relocating to larger premises or moving into Norfolk and Suffolk making that investment

decision.

Most of the Enterprise Zone sites also have a specific sector focus ensuring that we can retain

and attract jobs in those sectors that align with the Economic Strategy.

For example, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft; energy - advanced manufacturing and logistics;

Princes Street, Ipswich - financial services, ICT digital; Norwich Research Park - food, agri-

tech and life sciences.

There are also some local business rates policies in place for specific sites such as Futura

Park, Ipswich to ensure that some sectors e.g. retail, are not eligible for the business rates

discount, therefore deterring certain sectors & encouraging preferred ones.

Link to the Economic strategy

The New Anglia Enterprise Zone sites are all located in the Priority Places identified with the

new Economic Strategy. These include the Ipswich area, Norwich area, Norfolk/Suffolk Energy

Coast (including North Norfolk, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft areas), A14 Corridor

(Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds) and the A47 Corridor (King’s Lynn).

As an incentive-based programme focused on unlocking and delivering growth on key

commercial sites, Enterprise Zones support the objectives of the following priority themes;

 Our Offer to the World

 Driving Business Growth and Productivity

 Collaborating to Grow

 Competitive Clusters, Close to Global Centres

The EZs also play a critical wider role in the delivery of the Economic Strategy through income

generated by Pot C.

Pot C funding is used by the LEP to support wider economic growth and in particular the

Innovative Projects Fund. This ensures that all parts of the area benefit from the success of the

Enterprise Zones. Pot C funding is also used to fund the Enterprise Adviser Network.

Next Steps

There has been significant progress on both the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise

Zone and Space to Innovate Enterprise Zone with some good examples of partnership working

between New Anglia LEP, Local Authorities and private sector developers unlocking potential

on key sites. However further work is required to generate and strengthen the pipeline of

potential enquiries for the Enterprise Zones to help progress with meeting business and job

targets.

The forward plan is;

 A stronger focus at MIPIM UK to promote specific sites such as Nar Ouse, Ellough and

Norwich Research Park

 Targeted campaigns for potential inward investors and high growth companies via the

new Norfolk and Suffolk Unlimited marketing activity and also the Growth Hub

Recommendation

The Board is asked to note progress on the Enterprise Zones and provide feedback and ideas

on the proposed approach and forward plan to help raise the profile of the Enterprise Zone

development opportunities and strengthen the investment pipeline.

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board

Wednesday 25^th September 2019

Agenda Item 6

Local Industrial Strategy (LIS)

Author: Lisa Roberts Presenter: Lisa Roberts

Summary

This report provides an update on the development of the Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial

Strategy and seek sign off from the Board.

Recommendation

The Board is asked to:

 endorse and sign off the Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy- Appendix A; and

 delegate authority to the LEP Chair and CEO to agree amendments made following the

LEP Board and any further amendments made by Government

Background

The Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy has been developed in partnership with

business, education and local authorities.

This process began in March with a session involving leaders from local authorities, business

and education where the overall approach and aims for the strategy were agreed.

These were:

a) The Industrial Strategy is an opportunity to drive implementation what has already been

agreed in terms of goals and priorities agreed in 2017 - not start again - we don’t need

“another strategy.”

b) We should focus on the global and national trends that will shape the future of our

businesses and communities and focus on the actions to continue to support

businesses to take the opportunities ahead as the post-Brexit economy evolves.

c) The Local Industrial Strategy will set out the case for continued investment in the

Norfolk and Suffolk economy and provide more detail about how we will deliver the

biggest opportunities for growth and productivity that we identified in our strategy.

d) The Industrial Strategy should be built around the three large scale economic

opportunities that are identified in the Economic Strategy as being where we have

strongest competitive advantage. These are:

 Agri-food / Agri-tech

 Clean energy

 ICT and Digital

e) Each strategic opportunity provides significant scope for high skilled jobs, supply chain

firms and improving in-work progression and skills for our communities. We are also

proposing to reinforce the actions set out in the Economic Strategy to drive overall

business growth and productivity.

Following the leaders’ session in March, more than 20 consultation events were held with

stakeholders involving around 400 individuals, examining the economic evidence, developing

ideas and testing proposed interventions.

A second leaders’ event took place in June where emerging ideas and interventions from the

business engagement events were tested and the golden thread of Clean Growth agreed.

The third and final session with leaders’ takes place on 18^th September. The aim of this session

is to provide an overview of the strategy and receive support from leaders on the document

ahead of adoption by the LEP board and beginning the sign off process with Government.

In addition, an Independent Economic Expert Panel was established to act as a critical friend,

offering independent expert advice.

This panel reviewed the evidence and proposed interventions, providing a number of

recommendations which were included in the strategy.

Members include Professor Tim Besley from LSE, Rebecca Riley from University of

Birmingham, Alex Plant from Anglian Water and David Campbell from the Department of

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Structure of the strategy and Link to the Economic Strategy

The document has been developed to align with the government’s framework for Local

Industrial Strategies and link with the national industrial strategy.

It also builds on the Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk which was endorsed by all local

authorities in autumn 2017 and focuses on productivity and inclusive growth.

The Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk remains the blueprint for growth to 2036 and the

local industrial strategy forms part of the delivery mechanism for this strategy.

As agreed with leaders in March, the local industrial strategy focuses on three opportunity

areas: Clean energy, agri-food and ICT/digital creative.

The strategy does also recognise the importance of a number of underpinning sectors such as

ports and logistics and culture and the visitor economy and financial services and sub-sectors

such as the equine industry, which underpin the economy.

The golden thread which runs through the local industrial strategy is clean growth - with

Norfolk and Suffolk positioned as the UK’s clean growth region.

Each of the three opportunity areas have a number of proposed interventions aimed at

capitalising on these opportunities.

The strategy is then structured around the five foundations of growth identified in the national

industrial strategy and our response to these foundations.

The foundations are: Ideas, people, infrastructure, business environment and places. The

strategy outlines our assets in these areas and proposed interventions to boost productivity,

support inclusive growth and capitalise on our three opportunity areas.

Purpose of the strategy

The development of the strategy has helped focus attention on the key building blocks of our

economy, understand the areas with greatest potential and identify interventions to unlock this

potential.

Whilst there is no funding specifically set aside by Government for the implementation of local

industrial strategies, by signing up to the document Government is endorsing its aims and

ambitions.

It means that existing Government policy and future plans will need to take into account the

local industrial strategy.

Plans are in place in a number of areas with a number of Government departments to see how

key elements of the strategy can be taken forward.

The process has also significantly raised the profile of our economy and its key components

within Whitehall.

The strategy also provides an agreed plan for local partners to utilise, in tandem with the

Economic Strategy.

We will be developing a plan to take forward the interventions identified in the document and

whilst funding will be required to take forward some of the proposals, funding is in place for

many of the schemes.

Local Authority Endorsement

The draft Local Industrial Strategy is in the process of being endorsed by local authorities

across Norfolk and Suffolk.

As of 18^th September, seven local authorities have endorsed the Strategy. These are: Babergh,

Breckland, Great Yarmouth, Mid Suffolk, North Norfolk, Norwich and Suffolk County Council.

We are anticipating endorsement from most of the remaining authorities before the LEP board

meeting, with a couple scheduled to endorse following the LEP board.

Feedback from those who have endorsed to date have been included in the version of the LIS

at appendix A.

Next steps

 After the LEP Board signs off the Strategy it will then enter the sign off process with

Government, with a view to publication during October, although this timeline is subject

to external factors.

 This process involves the document being shared with Government departments for

their review and sign off, before being officially signed off by ministers.

 The draft attached is therefore a working draft which is subject to amendment by

Government departments and ministers before publication by Government.

 It is understood that once agreed by Government and the LEP, three weeks before

publication the government LIS design team will produce a designed version which will

follow the framework of those that have been published to date.

Recommendation

The Board is asked to:

 endorse and sign off the Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy; and

 delegate authority to the LEP Chair and CEO to agree amendments made following the

LEP Board and any further amendments made by government.

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board

Wednesday 25^th September 2019

Agenda Item 7

New Anglia Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Pool business case

Author: Natasha Waller

Presenter: Chris Starkie

Summary

The July LEP Board agreed to fund an Apprenticeship Levy Sharing Coordinator position which

will be hosted by the LEP. Since the board meeting good progress has been made including

recruiting a coordinator. In addition to agreeing the funding the board requested an outline

business plan and this paper sets out the purpose of the new role in greater detail with

timelines and targets.

Recommendation

The LEP Board endorse the outlined business plan

The LEP Board endorse a further £60,000 of funds to allow support to continue for an additional

year

Background

Apprentice numbers have dropped significantly in recent years due to apprenticeship reforms

making businesses more cautious, new standards not being available and/or more training

being focussed on existing staff members.

Across the East of England, apprenticeship starts have declined from 46, 650 (2015-16) to 36,

700 (2017 - 18). The biggest impact has been on the Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeships

which have fallen from 25, 640 to 14, 620 in that time period. The 16 - 24 year old age group

are the biggest age group impacted.

This mirrors the national picture with starts falling from 509, 360 (2015 - 16) to 375, 760 (2017

- 18).

Intervention is required in order to boost the number of apprenticeship starts particularly

amongst SMEs, which make up the vast majority of employers in the area. At the July Board,

an initial budget of £60,000 was allocated to fund the development and first year running costs

of the New Anglia Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Pool.

Progress since the July board

Since the July Board, there has been a further meeting between the LEP, Norfolk County

Council and Suffolk County Council. It was agreed that we would align our commitments

around apprenticeships to further encourage apprenticeship awareness, growth and levy

transfer.

Recruitment of the coordinator has taken place and following interviews as of September 18^th

an appointment is due to be made.

Our project was also praised by Gavin Williamson, Education Secretary, in the House of

Commons in response to a question about apprenticeships from Waveney MP Peter Aldous. Mr

Williamson said the initiative had the Government’s support.

We are in regular contact with the Education and Skills Funding Agency Key Account Manager

for our region and he has advised us on what approach we should take. He will support us with

raising the profile and supporting the stakeholders involved.

We are working with Aviva to trial apprenticeship levy transfer in our area. We have identified 3

positions which need such a transfer to make them viable opportunities as training providers

are short of available contract to deliver such work. We have also brokered a meeting between

Aviva and City College Norwich and we will be working with them over the coming months to

recruit a new cohort of apprentices who are funded by Aviva’s levy share.

A launch is being planned for the Suffolk Skills and Careers Festival on October 16^th at Trinity

Park.

Outline business case

In response to the comments at the July Board, this paper provides an outline of the business

case for the allocated funds.

What are we using the money for?

Staff costs: £45k - one coordinator post including on costs.

Employer engagement/marketing: £15k

The post will be hosted by the LEP. Comparable roles within the County Councils will align with

this post to maximise efforts across the region.

Year 1 would run from September 2019 to October 20

We believe it would be prudent for the post to be a two year post - which would require

the agreement of an additional £60,000 for year 2.

Year 2 would run from October 20 to October 21

We believe a two year post is sensible, as a successful first year will build momentum which

needs to be maintained in a second year.

However given the amount of changes to the apprenticeship machinery and possible changes

in the future, it would also be prudent to establish the programme as a two year project with the

possibility of an extension.

What are we doing and when?

Summer 2019

Soft trialling of the concept. We are currently trialling transfers from a levy

payer with a large regional presence to 4 positions that a local private

training provider want to deliver the apprenticeship standard to.

September 2019

Recruitment of coordinator

October 2019

Launch of the scheme at the Suffolk Skills and Careers Festival (16^th

October at Trinity Park).

Initial communications to press and on LEP website. Encourage

stakeholders to replicate.

Autumn 2019

Further mapping of landscape - which levy payers are currently being

engaged with by providers delivering in Norfolk and Suffolk, further

identify potential levy payers who can be approached and develop a

stakeholder group. Identify and build database of SMEs interested in the

scheme.

Initial engagement meetings - providers and employers.

Develop communications plan.

Winter 2019/20

Initiation of major series of engagement meetings with levy payers and

potential receiving businesses.

First formal meeting of stakeholder group to propose matches -

anticipate regular monthly meetings.

February 2020

Publicity campaign centred around National Apprenticeship Week

March 2020

Publicity campaign centred around Norfolk Skills and Careers Festival

Spring/Summer 2020 Major push on transfers ready for major intakes in September

Late summer 2020 Review of year to date and plan for forthcoming year

October 2020

Publicity campaign centred around Suffolk Skills and Careers Festival

January 2021

Celebration event

The coordinator will be utilised where the support is needed. Different providers/sectors may

have different requirements so a one size fits all is not anticipated at this stage. Obviously there

will need to be a review of time allocation to ensure reasonable equities.

Metrics

Currently, everyone is learning the intricacies of the transfer system and at this stage, it

shouldn’t be underestimated how long each transfer may take. It is anticipated that this will

improve over time and as the ESFA work through their digital account pilot.

It must also be remembered that providers are reviewing/consolidating their apprenticeship

offering which may make starts challenging.

Average apprenticeship cost

£11,000

Transfer targets across New Anglia in programme year one

Anticipated transfer value

£550,000

The aim would be for metrics to be recorded for transfers holistically in the region - some may

not directly involve the coordinator but this reinforces the ambition that this is a collaboration.

It is anticipated that 80% of the focus will link with the LEP key sectors but where

time/opportunities lie, other sectors will be supported as ultimately this will support our

providers and residents.

The ideal will be to support individuals who are living, working and training in our LEP area but

we need to be realistic that all 3 may not always be possible.

Levy payers also need to be approached who are outside our LEP area but have a willingness

to support individuals in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Campaigns can be developed around particular sectors and also align with supporting the LIS

and any sector deals.

Year two metrics

The apprenticeship landscape has had to cope with a number of changes in recent years and

frameworks are being withdrawn in summer 2020. We have to be prepared for other

developments with the changes within government.

We anticipate that the process will become slicker and engaged businesses will want to repeat

the processes - both levy payers and receivers.

Transfer targets across New Anglia in programme year two

100

Anticipated transfer value

£1.1m

Links to County Council apprenticeship initiatives

The LEP is proposing to fund the coordinator post for the length of the programme, with a small

budget for promotion.

The scheme is one element of a wider series of actions to support apprenticeships across

Norfolk and Suffolk. It is important therefore that the project is plugged into the range of

initiatives being undertaken by the county councils.

It will be the responsibility of the county councils to provide these links into individual team

members and wider programmes.

Stakeholder relations

There needs to be a coordinated approach across stakeholders and a willingness to openly

communicate plans. This will ensure we can maximise opportunities and restrict employers

being engaged multiple times by different stakeholders which will potentially result in their total

disengagement.

The stakeholder group will consist of the LEP, county councils and providers who are keen to

deliver to those receiving the levy funds.

There will be a review of potential levy available, levy payers preferences and provider offers.

There will also be discussions around receiver wishes and agreed LEP/provider approaches

over the coming months to source levy.

The Chambers of Commerce, CBI, FSB, business networks and industry councils/sector

groups all need to be informed and engaged with on a regular basis to support the signposting

of opportunities.

Reporting Structure

The coordinator will be line managed by Natasha Waller, Skills Manager.

There will be regular reporting into the Skills Advisory Panel, the LEP Board, the New Anglia

Learner Providers group and Youth Pledge stakeholder meetings.

Link to the Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy

Our Economic Strategy asks for us to ‘step up our efforts to promote and support the delivery of

high quality apprenticeships providing clear entry routes into our focus sectors, directly

producing the skills and capabilities our economy needs. The Local Industrial Strategy

reinforces this. Lack of intervention at this stage will not allow this to happen.

Recommendation

The LEP Board endorse the outlined business plan

The LEP Board endorse a further £60,000 of funds to allow support to continue for an additional

year

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board

Wednesday 25^th September 2019

Agenda Item 8

Innovative Projects Fund

Author: Tanya Nelson and Chris Dashper Presenter: Chris Dashper

Summary

This paper provides some background around a proposal for the delivery of a 2019/20 call of

the Innovative Projects Revenue fund. This follows LEP Investment Appraisal Committee

approval for an annual allocation of £500k to the programme for 2019/20 and 2020/21 from

LEP funds.

Following the outcome of the first call of the Innovative Projects Fund in 2018, local authority

partners in Norfolk and Suffolk indicated interest in matching New Anglia LEP’s future

allocations of the Innovative Projects Fund through their respective pooled business rates. This

would result in a £1.5 million pot being made available to prospective projects under a 2019/20

call.

The paper outlines how delivery of the Innovative Projects Fund in partnership with Norfolk and

Suffolk local authorities will be undertaken in terms of impact and governance, utilising match

funding from their respective pooled business rates.

Business rates funding is an important source of revenue funding that can be used as an

intervention programme for the region. Pooling the two funds together would enable:

 Greater alignment with the Economic and Local Industrial Strategies;

 Better value for money and outcomes;

 Potential for investment synergies across the two counties.

The proposal to combine LEP, SCC and NCC funds for the purpose of a larger Innovative

Projects Fund was approved by Norfolk and Suffolk leaders at their meetings on July 25^th 2019

and 26^th July 2019 respectively.

At its meeting on 23^rd July 2019, the IAC approved in principle, the establishment of the larger

Innovative Projects Fund jointly with local authorities from Norfolk and Suffolk - with final sign

off at the September LEP board meeting.

Recommendation

The Board is asked to:

 Approve the establishment of the £1.5million Innovative Projects Fund jointly with local

authorities from Norfolk and Suffolk and;

 Approve the new governance arrangement required to approve applications to the fund.

A Terms of Reference is provided as appendix A, it includes an organogram depicting

the project approval process.

 Approve the launch of a 2019/20 Innovative Projects Fund Call in October 2019.

Background

On 27^th March 2019, eight projects from the October 2018 Call of the Innovative Projects Fund

were taken to the NA LEP Investment Appraisal Committee. Three projects were approved and

five were subject to conditional approval. The total amount approved was £648,268. Four of

the projects required funding over 2 or more financial years.

At the same meeting, the IAC approved a recommendation that the Innovative Projects Fund

becomes an annual rolling programme, with a minimum annual allocation of £500k from Pot C

for calls in both 2019 and 2020.

The LEP Executive was invited to develop a specification for a 2019/20 call for innovative

projects from external partners which will help deliver the Economic Strategy and explore the

possibility of a joint partnership with Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils.

This paper builds on the approval above, defining the specification and process for the 2019/20

call for Innovative Projects Fund in partnership with Norfolk and Suffolk Councils.

Context of a 2019/20 Call of the Innovative Projects Fund.

The total amount available to allocate to projects through the Enterprise Zones’ Pot C income is

expected to increase year on year as businesses continue to relocate, expand and start up in

the Space to Grow and Space to Innovate Enterprise Zones across the New Anglia LEP area.

This will ensure sufficient headroom to accommodate multi-year projects and provide the

budget for approved project calls in 2019 and 2020.

Following the outcome of the first call of the Innovative Projects Fund, both Suffolk and Norfolk

County Councils indicated interest in matching New Anglia LEP’s future allocation to the

Innovative Projects Fund through their respective pooled business rates. At the end of July

2019, the respective County leaders’ groups approved £500,000 each to co-fund NA LEP’s

Innovative Project Fund. This has resulted in £1.5 i being made available to prospective

projects under a 2019/20 call.

Preference is that projects bidding for funds from the 2019/20 Innovative Projects Fund are

regional in nature. However, this would not preclude countywide or locality-based projects from

being supported. The economic strategy advises that action and investment is focussed on a

clear set of priority themes and places to maximise impact and achieve our shared ambitions

and targets. Interestingly, in terms of regional spread, the last call of the Innovative Projects

Fund (2018) produced an equal number of projects that were funded from each county, with an

additional number covering the Norfolk and Suffolk area in its entirety.

There is great synergy between the current criteria for the allocation of funding to applicants

bidding to the Councils’ pooled business rate funds and that of the LEP’s Innovative Projects

Fund. The high-level objectives for Norfolk and Suffolk County Council’s Delivery Plan mirror

the LEP theme objectives outlined by the Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk. The two

criteria have been merged under a combined programme.

Additionally, it is agreed that the new Innovative Projects Fund call for 2019/20 should

encourage projects that support our competitive strengths and the high growth sectors (clean

energy, agri-food and ICT/digital) thereby supporting the Local Industrial Strategy.

A 2019/20 would again look favourably on cross-sector collaborations, where specialist skills in

one sector can drive innovation and growth in another. Furthermore, proposals for revenue

funding to accelerate the impact of LEP or council led capital schemes will also be considered.

The 2019/20 call will focus on Innovation across the LEP geography. A concerted effort will be

made to publicise the availability of the programme to the LEP area’s growth sectors via the

respective sector groups. Where required, the Programmes Case Worker will attend meetings

of the sector groups to outline the programme and answer any questions. Furthermore, the

same offer will be extended to the Growth Hub to ensure that the advisors meeting businesses

that are demonstrating innovative project ideas are alerted to the programme at the earliest

opportunity and are able to submit applications that meet the criteria.

The launch of the programme with be publicised via the normal LEP networks and media

pathways, likewise through the County Councils.

Management and Administration.

A jointly funded Innovative Projects Fund Programme will continue to be led, managed and

monitored by the LEP. £500,000 from each partner would be held by Suffolk County Council as

the Accountable body for the LEP. A sum of £60,000 is required to pay for management costs,

assessment of applications and delivery of the programme. If necessary, this cost could be met

from LEP funds.

Process for the review and appraisal of projects.

Appraisals of all eligible applications to the fund will be undertaken by an independent body,

this is currently Hewdon Consulting.

The assessment process would rank proposals against the following criteria.

1 Demonstration of clear fit with the Economic and Local Industrial Strategy.

2 Additionality. How is this more than business as usual. The fund should not replace core

funding.

3 Value for money. Can the project demonstrate this is good use of public money.

4 Leverage. What additional funding, public or private or in-kind support does the project

generate.

5 Impact. What will the project actually deliver and how innovative is the proposal.

6 Sustainability. What will happen when the funding ends.

Each would be scored from one to five, with a total maximum score therefore of 30.

One being low. Three medium and five being good.

Governance and approval

A partnership arrangement between the LEP’s IAC and the two local authorities will be put in

place to consider eligible applications for funding. This will create a panel for the Innovative

Projects Fund (IPF Panel). The IPF Panel would comprise two private sector members of the

IAC and two local authority representatives from Norfolk and two from Suffolk, selected by their

respective leaders’ groups. The two private sector members in attendance at the IPF panel will

have delegated authority from the board to approve projects up to £500,000.

An independent consultant will appraise and score all the project applications that meet the

eligibility criteria. A copy of all project applicants’ appraisal and corresponding criteria score

(projects will be scored and ranked highest first based on their ability to meet the programme

criteria) will be issued to nominated members on the IPF Panel.

The Panel will be provided with a report containing the information necessary to enable them to

reach a decision to approve or reject an application including a recommendation from the

executive officer at the LEP. Where necessary, Panel members can request and receive

additional information to help them reach their decision. Officers from the LEP Exec will attend

meetings to provide project summaries and recommendations.

A Terms of Reference is provided as appendix A, it includes an organogram depicting the

project approval process.

Monitoring and Reporting

SCC as the accountable body for the LEP will arrange for the Offer Letters for projects

approved by a 2019/20 Innovative Projects Fund call to be sent to the respective project lead

organisations. The NA LEP Programmes Caseworker will then liaise with the project managers

to monitor the progress of their projects against their agreed outputs and expenditure. The NA

LEP Programmes Case Worker will also provide programme monitoring reports to the relevant

meetings / boards as required.

Timetable

A suggested timetable for the 2019/20 call is as follows:

 Programme Call Launch - October 2019

 Programme Call Closes - December 2019

 Projects review and appraisal: January- February 2020

 Funding Decisions: March 2020

Recommendation

The Board is asked to:

 Approve the establishment of the £1.5m Innovative Projects Fund jointly with local

authorities from Norfolk and Suffolk and;

 Approve the new governance arrangement required to approve applications to the fund.

A Terms of Reference is provided as appendix A, it includes an organogram depicting

the project approval process.

 Approve the launch of a 2019/20 Innovative Projects Fund Call in October 2019.

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership

Innovative Projects Fund Panel

Agenda Item 8.1

Draft Terms of Reference for Innovative Projects Fund Panel

Author: Tanya Nelson

Background

The Innovative Projects Fund is a revenue grant programme that provides funding towards

innovative projects to support the delivery of the themes and activities identified in the

Economic and Local Industrial Strategies. The first call of the Innovative Projects Fund

was made in 2018 and led solely by New Anglia LEP with a remit to facilitate innovative

projects supporting economic growth and the delivery of the Economic Strategy utilising

revenue from the Enterprise Zone Pot C. Following the outcome of the first call of the

Innovative Projects Fund, Councils in Suffolk and Norfolk agreed to match New Anglia

LEP’s future 2019 allocation of the Innovative Projects Fund through their respective

pooled business rates. In doing so, a £1.5 million pot has been made available to

prospective projects under a 2019/20 call. It is likely that two funding calls will be required

to allocate the funding.

Remit

The remit of the Innovative Projects Fund Panel is to ensure an allocation of funding is

made through the Innovative Projects Fund, and that this allocation supports the

development of projects that deliver the aims and objectives of:

 The Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy,

 The Local Industrial Strategy (where applicable)

 The respective economic strategies of the local authority from where the project

originates (where applicable).

Allocations of funding will be achieved through the following process:

The panel will be provided with a strategic assessment of projects by independent

consultants and these projects will be ranked in order of score.

The panel will make decisions on which projects should be approved for funding on

each application it considers.

The panel will have a delegated responsibility from the LEP Board for financial

decisions up to a limit of £500,000.

The panel will be required to approve material changes to funding agreements as

invariably further developments of a funding agreement will occur after initial approval

by the panel.

Membership

 The panel will be formed of six members which will be appointed by the LEP

Investment Appraisal Committee, Suffolk Leaders Board and Norfolk Leaders

Board, two will be private sector members of the IAC and four will be from the Local

Authorities. All six members will commit to attending meetings (either in person or

by telephone) and, unless they are required to declare an interest in an item, vote

on all items brought to the meeting.

 Three private sector members of the Investment Appraisal Committee will be

appointed to the Innovative Projects Fund Panel but only two shall attend at only

one meeting.

 The membership of the Innovative Projects Fund Panel will be reviewed annually.

 No delegations shall be permitted.

 A Chair of the Panel shall be appointed.

 A Deputy Chair shall be appointed to chair the Panel in the Chair’s absence or if

he/she elects to delegate the chair.

 Officers from the LEP Executive will attend meetings and present reports and

recommendations but will not be entitled to vote. Project applicants will not be

entitled to attend meetings unless it is deemed necessary.

 Meetings of the Innovative Projects Fund will not be open to observers or other

attendees.

 The terms of reference will be reviewed on an Annual basis.

Quorum

 A quorum of four members will be required, of which at least two shall be private

sector representatives.

 In the event of a vote, a decision is approved if it receives a majority of the votes

cast.

Meetings

 The panel will meet twice a year to discuss and make a decision on approval of

applications under the Innovative Projects Fund.

 An offer of funding will be limited to a period of 6 months within which the applicant

must accept the offer and terms. If an acceptance is not forthcoming within the 6

month period then a new application must be submitted.

 Further quarterly meetings will be scheduled (either in person or by telephone) to

discuss the progress and performance of the programme and cancelled if there is

no business to conduct.

 Where there is urgent business which cannot wait for the next meeting, with the

agreement of the Panel’s Chair, a written procedures process will operate as

follows:

- Panel Members will be circulated with details of the proposal and will be given five

working days to consider the proposal.

- A telephone conference will require a quorum where a majority approval or disapproval

is reached on a decision.

- Any Panel Member with an interest to declare must abstain from voting.

- Decisions made by written procedures and telephone conference will be noted at the

next meeting of the Panel.

Declarations of Interest

 All Members of the Panel are expected to declare an interest in any projects in

which they have a pecuniary interest outside their role in the New Anglia LEP.

 The maxim is “if in doubt declare”.

 Contributions of fact from the individual may aid the group in reaching its decision;

however the Chair will exercise discretion in allowing contributions.

 Members who have declared a pecuniary interest will not be allowed to vote, if a

vote becomes necessary.

Information to be provided

 A secretariat function provided by the LEP will provide administrative support to

the Innovative Projects Fund Panel, coordinating the preparation for meetings and

following up on decisions made.

 For each item on the agenda, the Panel will be provided with a report containing

the information necessary to enable them to reach a decision and including a

recommendation from the executive officer at the LEP responsible for supporting

the applicant towards submission of the project. Where necessary, Panel

Members can request and receive additional information to help them reach their

decision.

 Officers from the LEP Exec will attend meetings to provide project summaries and

recommendations.

 The process for the 2019 call is outlined in the organogram in Appendix A.

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board

Wednesday 25^th September 2019

Agenda Item 10

Brexit

Author: Jason Middleton Presenter: Chris Starkie

Summary

This report provides an update on key activity being undertaken by the LEP and the Growth

Hub in the run up to the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union on October 31^st.

LEP activity has been focused on business support, communications and relationships with key

local stakeholders.

Recommendation

The Board is asked to note the contents of the report and the establishment of the New Anglia

Brexit taskforce.

Background

The LEP’s agreed strategy towards Brexit covers the four key headings:

1. Assisting businesses through Brexit by ensuring government understands the

opportunities and challenges faced by businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk.

2. Providing those businesses with useful information regarding how they can prepare for

Brexit and what they can be doing to Brexit-proof their business for the coming years.

3. Influencing policy development around future funding.

4. Ensuring that LEP programmes react to the opportunities and challenges posed by

Brexit.

Providing businesses with information

There are a wide range of sources that businesses can gain information regarding Brexit.

One of the issues identified by the Growth Hub is that businesses can be overwhelmed by the

range and amount of information available, which can lead to confusion.

To ensure that business can access the information they need easily, we are working with a

wide range of partners to ensure that the message is consistent and information is kept up to

date.

LEP Website

The LEP website continues to act as the focal point for all sources of online information

regarding Brexit, with the site updated daily, with information sent through to the Comms Team.

Local authority and other local partners’ websites are using their sites to point to the LEP

website as the main point of information.

In turn the LEP website points towards the Government’s Brexit website, which has been

significantly improved in recent weeks, both in terms of the information provided but crucially in

terms of its usability.

Growth Hub

The Growth Hub plays a central role in accessing business support, both local and national

support programmes. The Growth Hub team continues to gather information on Brexit from the

LEP’s Brexit Team and other partners, so that the Growth Hub is able to provide businesses

with the latest information regarding Brexit, in a range of ways, including:

Telephone Support

A team of qualified Growth Advisers within the Growth Hub are available Monday to Friday to

help signpost businesses to the type of support that they may need to get them ready for a no

deal Brexit.

One to One Support

The Growth Advisers are providing face to face support to businesses that have been identified

by the LEP as requiring face to face support. This support is targeted at key sectors and key

businesses that will be impacted most be a no deal Brexit. In Suffolk, this support is followed

with support from the two Brexit Advisers now based in Suffolk Chamber of Commerce.

Newsletter and social media

Working with the LEP, the Growth Hub is continuing to provide information on Brexit related

issues through their newsletter ‘The Loop’, as well as providing information and links to support

through a wide range of social media, including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, to give as wide

an audience as possible.

Events and Workshops

The LEP and Growth Hub are coordinating Brexit related Events and Workshops, and sharing

information with partners, to coordinate local activity.

In the run up to October 31^st the focus is supporting and promoting events organised by

Government.

For example, the LEP is working with the Department for International Trade, who are holding

three joint ‘EU Exit’ Workshops. The events will be held on the following dates and at the

following venues:

 Thurs 26^th September - Suffolk - The Apex

 Tues 1st October - Norfolk - Dunston Hall

 Thurs 17^th October - Norfolk - Lynford Hall

From November we are planning a series of ‘Brexit Workshops’ and/or the promotion of

Workshops/Events being held by other organisations.

In the event of the UK having left the EU these will support businesses dealing with the change.

In addition to the Workshops, there is also ongoing work to identify the needs of particular

sectors, so that more specialist support can be provided to groups of businesses.

Supply Chain Support

The Growth Hub Advisers are working to identify businesses that may have supply chain issues

and ensuring that where possible, local alternative suppliers can be identified. Part of this

activity will be to set up a ‘matching’ service, to bring together local businesses and local

suppliers, to boost the number of local businesses in local supply chains.

Targeting

As well as promoting the support available to businesses as widely as possible though

partners, leaflets, emails and social media, the LEP and Growth Hub Team have developed a

target list of all the businesses that the Growth Hub have supported over the last five years.

This list provides a breakdown of businesses by sector and district, and is being used to target

businesses who may need information and guidance and/or access to financial support.

The LEP is also identifying businesses that may not have taken a grant forward due to them

being an undertaking in difficulty or them having a shortage of match funding as a result of

Brexit. It is anticipated that the number of businesses will be small, however, there may be

some businesses that will benefit specific or specialist support.

Business Readiness Funding

The Government has made funding available to support activity in the run up to October 31^st

and in the aftermath.

The LEP is supporting Norfolk and Suffolk Chambers of Commerce to apply to the Brexit

Readiness Funding (BEIS Funding), to provide funding for business representative bodies and

organisations, to engage and provide advice to businesses to help them understand the impact

of Brexit on their business. The Chambers are proposing a joint application, to develop a

locally based marketing campaign that will signpost businesses to a wide range information and

advice. The application deadline is the end of September, with activity delivered before 31^st

October.

BEIS are also providing £3m of funding to LEPs and Growth Hubs, to deliver a range of

business support services. Working with the Oxfordshire/Cambridgeshire Arc, led by SEMLEP,

we are applying for a share of £223,000 to deliver Brexit based business support. Working with

SEMLEP, we are developing a range of support services, delivered around the Growth Hub,

including telephone advice, signposting through the Better Business for All Programme and

Economic Development Officers, as well as specialist support and workshops. It is envisaged

that we will receive approximately £40k for this activity, which will be delivered before the 31^st

March 2020.

Work with other partners

The LEP is working with a wide range of organisation to facilitate the communication of

information between partners, including Local Authorities and business intermediaries,

including the Chambers, FSB, IoD and CBI.

The LEP has established a strong working relationship with the two Brexit business advisor

posts that sit in the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce’s policy team and are working with them to

share their knowledge through the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Development Officers Group

(NAEDOG) as well as the Growth Programme Partnership Board (which consists of all the

major local partners in business support). This will ensure that a wide range of organisations

and feed information and knowledge to the two adviser and vice versa.

The intelligence gathered through the Growth Hub, local authorities, business intermediaries

and local media is still being sent through to Government by the LEP to support Government’s

awareness of the local impacts Brexit may have, whether positive, negative or neutral.

Better Business for All

Through the Better Business for All Programme, the LEP is working with regulators to ensure

that they have access to the latest Brexit information. This will ensure that regulators can

provide the businesses that they engage with on a daily basis with access to the information

they need. The LEP has developed an A5 leaflet that is being sent out to all the Regulator

Teams, for them to hand out to businesses. To ensure that Regulators have a clear

understanding, the LEP is planning a 'Regulators Brexit Workshop', to bring as many

Regulators as possible up to speed with the latest Brexit information.

LEP Programmes

One of the key strands of our Brexit strategy is to look at our existing programmes to flex them

to provide support to businesses post Brexit.

Current LEP Programmes provide a range of support to businesses that are seeking to grow,

create jobs and increase their productivity. However, Government analysis suggests Brexit will

have a significant impact on some businesses, reducing their cash flow and/or inability to trade

for a short period of time.

For this reason, the LEP is proposing to establish the 'New Anglia Brexit Task Force’, in the

same way that it did for the Oil and Gas a number of years ago, which will be able to award

grants to ‘undertakings in difficulty’.

For example, where a business requires short term financial support or investment to mitigate

the impact of Brexit through diversification or undertake structural changes, to safeguard the

business, the LEP would be able to relax the rules governing the Growing Business Fund and

Small grant Scheme. These change means that the LEP would be able to provide capital grants

between £1,000 and £175,000 and revenue grants between £1,000 and £25,000 to help to

safeguard the business. It is also proposed that the new ‘Innovation, Research and

Development Grant Scheme’ allow applications from ‘undertakings in difficulty'.

As with the Oil and Gas Scheme, any business seeking funding will be encouraged to seek

independent expert advice, with grants made available through the Small Grant Scheme and

Innovation, Research and Development Grant Scheme, to buy in expert advice and technical

knowledge.

Recommendation

The Board is asked to note the contents of the report and the establishment of the New Anglia

Brexit taskforce

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Working Agreement with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined

Authority

Author: Chris Starkie. Presenter Chris Starkie

Summary

One of the recommendations of the Government’s review of LEPs was a request by ministers

for LEP geographic overlaps to be removed.

In the case of New Anglia, the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk and West Suffolk were both

members of the New Anglia LEP and the Greater Cambridgeshire and Greater Peterborough

LEP.

With the establishment of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) it

has been agreed that its Business Board (LEP) should have the same boundary as the CPCA -

thus removing the overlap.

But as part of these changes there is also an opportunity to strengthen the links between New

Anglia and its constituent authorities and this paper includes a formal working agreement to

strengthen the ties between the LEP and partners with the CPCA.

Recommendation

The LEP board is asked to agree the working agreement with the CPCA as set out at appendix

Background

One of the key recommendations of the Government’s review of LEPs was the removal of

geographic overlaps.

In the case of New Anglia, West Suffolk Council and the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and

West Norfolk have historically been members of both our LEP and GCGP LEP.

This is because whilst both are part of the economic geography of Norfolk and Suffolk, they are

also part of the economic geographies of Cambridge and Peterborough and there have been

clear benefits for the area of being linked to two LEPs.

However the LEP Review asked LEPs and Combined Authorities to remove these overlaps.

In our case the development of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

created an additional level of complexity.

The CPCA only covers the county of Cambridgeshire and the city of Peterborough. The GCGP

LEP also covered parts of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Herts and Lincs.

However the CPCA has agreed that its Business Board should be coterminous with its own

boundary.

This means all these overlaps with different LEPs - ourselves, Lincs LEP, Herts LEP and South

East LEP will go.

Key issues

Resolving the overlap simplifies the landscape and enables us to comply with the LEP Review.

However, it is critical that we use this opportunity to enhance rather than diminish the links with

Cambridgeshire, given its importance to our two counties and our economy.

Therefore, as part of the process of redefining its boundaries, the CPCA wishes to sign working

agreements with the surrounding LEPs and local authorities who will no longer be members of

its Business Board.

The attached document is relatively light touch, but provides the basis for building on existing

joint working and further collaboration.

These include the Cambridge to Norwich Tech Corridor and the Eastern Agritech initiative as

well as skills initiatives such as the IoT.

Crucially it ensures West Suffolk and West Norfolk can still participate in the existing Growth

Deal funding pot.

The working agreement is due to be agreed by the CPCA Business Board at its meeting this

month and by our two local authorities.

Link to the Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy

Building on the links to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and maximizing opportunities from

its growth are very important themes in the LEP’s Economic Strategy.

This working agreement, along with similar agreements signed by our two local authorities are

key to delivering the Economic Strategy and the Local Industrial Strategy.,

Recommendation

The LEP board is asked to agree the working agreement with the CPCA as set out at appendix

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Background to the Agreement

1.1 Since their establishment in 2010, Local Enterprise Partnerships have been integral to

economic growth across England. Following the publication of our modern Industrial

Strategy, that sets out an approach to ensuring prosperous communities throughout

the country, The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government have

reviewed policy towards Local Enterprise Partnerships to ensure that they continue to

support Government in meeting this ambition. In the Industrial Strategy, Government

committed to work with Local Enterprise Partnerships to bring forward reforms to,

amongst other things, the geographical boundaries between LEPs.

1.2 As a result, the overlaps between LEPs have been removed, with the geography of the

former Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough LEP becoming co-terminus with

that of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, removing the

previous overlap of King's Lynn & West Norfolk.

1.3 However, the CPCA and NALEP recognise the strong linkages between their two

areas and the need to continue and enhance strategic joint working into the future,

irrespective of the future configuration of the Local Enterprise Partnerships.

Overall Commitment

2.1 Both parties share a commitment to do more to develop the productivity of firms, raise

skill levels, make home ownership affordable, address health and educational

inequalities, and generate revenue to pay for public services in the future. Partnership

is essential to delivery and the public sector, in particular needs, to work more closely

to leverage all its resources.

2.2 Together, we are committed to coordinate our resources and build a consensus that

gives our communities, businesses and central government the confidence that when

they make decisions to live, grow and invest in our region they do so knowing there's

not a better area in the country to do it.

2.3 In this regard, we are aligned to the objective of working together to bring about

inclusive growth across our region to support growth and create healthy and

prosperous communities and places. In particular, we will collaborate on future

strategic planning beyond the previous overlap area and around;

2.3.1 Joint opportunities to enable growth in infrastructure or skills development;

2.3.2 Joint investment that contribute to inclusive growth;

2.3.3 Joint projects of mutual benefit that improve the lives of residents and workers;

2.3.4 Partnership working, across the region, to increase housing supply and improve

housing choice and quality;

2.3.5 Aligning and coordinating the Local Growth Fund on projects of mutual benefit;

2.3.6 Share information, data and evidence that informs the development of the region.

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3 In practice, this will mean:

3.1 Proposals or decisions agreed between the organisations will continue to be taken by

the CPCA and NALEP Boards, in line with their own decision-making processes.

3.2 Meetings; Representatives of the two organisations shall meet every six months to

review joint working, identify opportunities for collective working, and agree future

priorities.

3.3 Funding: Both organisations will, subject to each other’s decision-making processes,

and priorities, work together to:

3.3.1 Identify potential opportunities for HMG investment into the region, supporting the

development of business cases and identification of funding streams; including

approaches to HMG around Agri-Tech, Life Sciences and the Cambridge-Norwich

Tech Corridor.

3.3.2 Provide investment funds to support mutually beneficial proposals, such as the

coordinated use of our respective Local Growth Funds, such as on Enterprise Zones

in Kings Lynn and Haverhill or support for the Eastern Institute of Technology’s “hub

and spoke” model of delivery in both CPCA and NALEP areas.

3.4 Under our normal duty to cooperate we will consult one another during the

development of strategic documents and in coordinating services, including but not

exclusively:

3.4.1 Growth Hub delivery model enhancement, development, sharing best-practice.

3.4.2 Careers Enterprise Company learning from delivery experiences.

3.4.3 Collaboration with Accelerate East

3.5 Both parties commit to regularly reviewing the partnership relationship and its focus.

Signed on behalf of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority:

Name

Date

Signed on behalf of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (NALEP):

Name

Date

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Author: Chris Starkie

Summary

This report provides an overview of LEP team activities since the July board, structured around:

1) Programmes

2) Strategy

3) Engagement and promotion

4) Governance, Operations and Finance

This report is followed by 2 appendices

Appendix A (confidential) requests endorsement from the Board for New Anglia Capital’s

investment in the Anglia Capital Group.

Appendix B is the media dashboard for August.

Recommendations

The board is asked to note the contents of the report

1) LEP Programmes

Growth Deal

Construction of the new roundabout at Hempnall on the A140 is nearing completion. The scheme

should reduce congestion on side roads and improve safety while maintaining the flow of traffic

on the A140. Growth Deal award £650k.

Refurbishment of the former Vinten’s building on Western Way in Bury St. Edmunds to create a

STEM Innovation Campus at West Suffolk College is also nearing completion. Some elements of

the college are already in occupation. The campus is intended to offer education involving a

greater collaboration with industry. Total Growth Deal award £7m.

Construction of the Energy Skills & Engineering Centre at the Lowestoft campus of East Coast

College was completed and handed over to the college on 21 Aug 19. The building is now being

fitted out by the college with furniture, IT and audio-visual equipment. Staff are expected to move

in at the end of September, with the building opening for use on 2 Oct 19. Official opening

currently planned for 10 Oct 19 with another event on 20 November coinciding with Offshore

Wind Week. Growth Deal award £10m.

Grant Agreements for the new Skills Projects approved earlier in the year, have all been

accepted by applicants and will be in place shortly. In some instances, delivery has begun and

drawdown of grant should begin immediately.

Growth Programme

The Business Growth Programme is continuing to deliver ahead of both its output and financial

profile. Approval and payments of the Small Grant Scheme have seen a reduction since July

and are now running at £60,000 per month. However, despite this slowing of awards and claims,

we still remain over three months ahead of our profile. Overall, the Programme is just over £1m

ahead of spend profile, a position which managing authority Ministry of Housing, Communities

and Local Government is very happy with.

The Innovation, Research and Development application is going through the final stages of

approval with the application guidance, paperwork and processes now being finalised. it is

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expected that the scheme will start in December 2019. This scheme will provide capital and

revenue grants between £1,000 and £25,000 to SMEs to help them bring forward investment in

Innovation, Research and Development. Given the time it takes to finalise agreement with

Government it is anticipated that the scheme will launch in December this year.

Further detailed information can be found in the Growth Programme performance report in the

Programmes Performance Reports section - agenda item 13.

Growing Business Fund

The performance of the Growing Business Fund reflects the current uncertainty in the business

community at present. Combining uncertainty with the traditional summer drop-off in applications,

the fund is experiencing a decline in demand at present, particularly for larger grants, specifically

those requiring a grant of £100k and above, delivering a project of at least £500k. This suggests

businesses are unwilling to commit to larger investments at present.

Whilst similar numbers of enquiries for grants are being received as in previous years, the

amounts being requested have fallen to a range between £25k and £75k. In addition, projects are

focused more on job creation rather than the preferable applications for innovation and

productivity improvements we have been encouraging. Many of the applications received are

taking longer to process than usual, with businesses not responding as quickly as usual to

requests for information for the grant due diligence.

During the 18/19 financial year, a similar drop off occurred over the summer, but demand did pick

up in late September/early October. The October panel meeting has potentially a minimum of 3

applications to consider.

A project approved under the Large Company Grant Scheme will help to bring spend levels back

up over the course of the next few months. In addition, to raise the number of enquiries being

received, the Growth Hub will promote the GBF scheme as an option to address Brexit issues

being experienced by local companies.

Growing Places Fund

Several Growing Places Fund projects are reporting significant milestones:

The first phase of development at the Atex Business Park in Stowmarket, supported by a £630k

GPF loan is nearing completion.

The fully refurbished range of visitor facilities at the National Trust Sutton Hoo site near

Woodbridge are now open. A GPF grant of £200k helped to unlock £4.2m of capital match,

including £1.8m from the Heritage Lottery Fund for this regionally significant asset to the visitor

economy. The project has received national news coverage over the summer.

The Ipswich Winerack development is now close to completion and will be visited by BEIS this

September. Repayment of the £5m LEP loan is scheduled to commence during the current

financial year. 155 new homes will be created as a result of the investment.

The restoration of the Gt Yarmouth Venetian Waterways is now nearing completion and the site,

which has been open throughout the summer season is proving to be hugely popular with visitors

to the town. The project, supported by a £250k GPF grant unlocking £2.5m of match, including

£1.7m from HLF, received national press coverage and was featured on the BBC website.

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The Hawk and Owl Trust have launched their new habitat restoration project at Sculthorpe near

Fakenham. The project received a grant of £100k from GPF to purchase the Sculthorpe site and

develop a project to support the regional visitor economy.

The Hold Heritage Centre in Ipswich has progressed very well and will be complete later this

year, having received a grant of £250k from GPF to help unlock nearly £20m of total funding for

the project, including £10.3m from HLF.

Growing Places Fund - Confidential

LEP Innovative Projects Fund

Signed offer letters have been received from five successful projects, which means that to date

the total amount allocated to five projects under the 2018 IPF Call is £330,268. Claims made

under Quarter 1 total £6,580. Two projects, Fit 4 Nuclear and Connecting Creative Capital have

not yet met the conditions of the offers made by the Investment Appraisal Committee and remain

under discussion. The Start East 2 Project has declined its award as it was unable to attract

match funding from ERDF.

A 2019/20 call will launch in October 2019 subject to approval from the LEP Board at the

September meeting (agenda item 8). This call will combine funding from New Anglia LEP and

Norfolk and Suffolk Pooled Business Rates into a total fund of £1.5m.

Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund.

Norwich Research Park Zone 4 building and roundabout. Legal agreements for the Hethersett

Lane Roundabout and the Zone 4 Building have been signed and sealed although formal

completion is yet to take place.

The timetable for construction and financial completion is still on track. Planning permission for

the building was submitted on 9^th August with a decision expected in October.

Eastern Agri tech Initiative

The legal agreement with the Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority has been signed

and the first claim has been received for £500,000.

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The CPCA have carried out a tender exercise to procure three companies to carry out due

diligence for the grant awards. For the New Anglia area, Norfolk County Council have been

retained to support the programme, producing detailed reports for the grant board.

Operational meetings for the programme have restarted and the LEP is working with the CPCA

to jointly market the scheme and promote any awards made.

At the next meeting of the grant board to be held at the end of October, a new interim chair for

the board will be elected.

Ipswich Vision

It has been a busy summer in Ipswich, with work on the Winerack nearing completion, the

completion of the new highway on St Peters Dock, the opening of the Maltings complex and the

roof is now on the Hold. April saw the launch of the Cornhill Activity Plan, facilitating a

programme of events for the new square. This included support of the Windrush Celebration, the

Ipswich Jazz festival, and Last Night of the Proms. The funding supported by Ipswich Borough

Council, Ipswich Central and a grant from the Innovative Project Fund [NALEP]. The Ipswich

Vision Board has now set out its plans to reorganise its delivery by the formation of an

Operations Group to support the strategic Board. This group will be chaired by Chris Starkie.

ORE Catapult

Supported by New Anglia LEP, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is in the process of

recruiting a Regional Innovation Manager to be based at Orbis Energy in Lowestoft. This new

post will work with public sector and industry partners to support and develop the growth of the

offshore wind sector in Norfolk and Suffolk. This initiative has been made possible by a grant

from the LEPs Innovative Projects Fund covering 50% of the cost of the post for 2 years to help

strengthen the presence of the ORE Catapult in the region.

Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor Update

A Tech Corridor VIP event took place at Granta park on the 18^th July. The purpose of the event

was to bring Tech Corridor stakeholders together and introduce them to the SETI project (Smart

Emerging Technology Institute) as a potential game changing project for the Tech Corridor and

wider region. The Tech Corridor is also organising their first ‘value chain event’ on the 8^th

October as part of the West Suffolk College Innovation Challenge. The event is the first in a

series that brings businesses from across the Corridor together to find opportunities for

collaboration, knowledge sharing and regional value chains.

The ‘Disruptors Series’ in collaboration with the UEA and EDP is continuing to shine the spotlight

on businesses in the Corridor and celebrate successful companies in the region as part of our

efforts to raise the profile of the region as a ‘tech destination’.

Last day for applications to the East of England Investment Catalyst was the 18^th September.

The catalyst programme will work with a small number of companies who will get the opportunity

to pitch their companies to investors on the 26^th November at Barclays Rise in London. The

purpose of the Investment Catalyst is to raise the profile of the region as a destination for

investors and to support companies to raise growth-funding to scale in the region. Over the

past few weeks the Tech Corridor team has also been working with Foresight Group who

announced their ‘East of England Investment Fund’ - a £100m VC Fund backed by

Cambridgeshire Pension Funds. The Tech Corridor team will continue to work with Foresight to

identify investment opportunities in the region.

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2) Strategy

National Industrial Strategy

Government are taking stock of the Local Industrial Strategy process following the appointment

of the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial

Strategy. Government have advised us to continue as planned with the aim to publish in October.

Development of Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy

See separate agenda item.

A number of workstreams sit alongside the development of the Local Industry Strategy and the

implementation of the national Industrial Strategy. This section summaries New Anglia LEP’s

involvement since the last board meeting.

Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy Evidence Base

The final draft of both the evidence base and the logic chains for the Local Industrial Strategy

have been completed and received very positive feedback from the cross Whitehall LIS analytical

panel. Feedback received states they consider our work to be an exemplar and has set the bar

for other areas. Following a deep-dive into each of the 3 strategic opportunities, additional

refinement and narrative has been developed, particular with regards to the ICT opportunity,

which the Independent Expert Panel had previously highlighted as requiring additional definition

and explanation, in terms of specific and distinct Norfolk and Suffolk strengths.

Industrial Strategy Sector Deals

Offshore Wind Sector Deal

The LEP Executive is working with EEEGR and other local partners ahead of offshore wind week

(w/c 18^th November) to set out how we can play an active role in delivering the Offshore Wind

Sector Deal at EEEGR’s event that week.

Nuclear Sector Deal

As set out previously, the Nuclear Industry Council’s has five working groups focused on

delivering the Nuclear Sector Deal. The Winning UK Business group is focused on boosting

growth and competitiveness of the UK supply chain and boosting exports in the sector.

Discussions have been ongoing to amend the Nuclear Supply Chain and Productivity

Improvement Programme business case with the Winning UK Business Group, with a targeted

submission of the business case at the end of September (following Winning UK Business

Group’s meeting on 20^th September).

The LEP jointly organised a roundtable with EDF for BEIS’ Deputy Director for Nuclear

Development and International Chris Bowbrick. Discussions focused around the nuclear sector

deal, workforce development, supply chain capacity and how this fits in with the LEP’s wider

approach with the All Energy Industry Council.

Inclusive Growth

Various feedback was received on the Local Industrial Strategy from the VCSE sector, enhancing

the narrative around inclusive growth.

The LEP Executive met with Suffolk VCSE stakeholders including CAS and MENTA and the

PowertoChange initiative on 12^th August, with a specific focus on support for community

businesses.

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Further meetings have taken place with CAS on 29^th August to discuss the Local Industrial

Strategy and Brexit. The LEP executive is also attending the VCS sector leads meeting on 17^th

September.

The latest meeting of the Inclusive Growth group for Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft took place

on 19^th September, with a specific focus on Brexit and the Local Industrial Strategy.

Clean Growth

The LEP Executive attended the East of England All Party Parliamentary Group’s Sustainability

and Circular Economy visit to Ingoldisthorpe and Wissington (Anglian Water and British Sugar)

on 13^th September.

Tourism Sector Deal

Following the publication of the Tourism Sector Deal on 28^th June, the LEP and Visit East of

England organised a workshop on the sector deal with key local stakeholders. The event took

place at Newmarket Racecourse and involved 50 representatives from Destination Management

Organisations (DMOs) and Local Authorities from Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

The event focused on the ambitions set out by Government and Industry and what we can do

locally to support the delivery, as well as including a particular focus around Tourism Zones

working with partners to assess what market failures we might want to address in a bid and what

geography we should focus on.

The next steps will be to write up all the feedback from the event. A set of proposals will be taken

to the Visitor Economy Sector Group meeting in October before the bidding opens in December.

New Anglia LEP Industry Councils

Three Industry Councils are being established to represent the strategic opportunity areas of the

Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy; Energy, ICT and Agri-Food. The All Energy Industry

Council met for the first time in June with a workshop planned for October to develop the delivery

plan for the group. It is Chaired by Mark Goodall, formally a LEP Board member

The Digital Tech Council met for the first time on 16 September at Adastral Park. With

representatives from across the digital, tech and ICT sector as well as the public and education

sectors, the Council were asked what a successful digital tech sector looks like and how the

Council might help to deliver the Local Industrial Strategy.

The Agri-Food Industry Council met on 17 September at Easton and Otley College. The Council

is made up of representatives from the sector including primary agriculture, food and drink

processing and manufacturers, as well as academic and public sector representatives. The

Council discussed the national and regional context, including the National Food Strategy and

Local Industrial Strategy.

Skills

Skills Advisory Panels (SAPs)

The Board approved the transition of the LEP’s Skill’s Board to the Skill Advisory Panel in July.

£75, 000 has been provided by government to enhance our analytical base around skills. We

have received feedback on our June self-assessment report and are working through the actions.

The terms of reference, expectations of the Panel members and areas of focus are to be agreed

at the first SAP meeting on 17^th September after which they will be presented to the LEP Board

for sign off. We are also advertising for a voluntary sector member to ensure we meet all the

membership criteria laid down by the guidance.

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Suffolk Skills and Careers Festival

The LEP will have two stands at this event showcasing careers in the region generally (supported

by the Enterprise Adviser Team) and the AgriFood sector plus wider supply chain and linked

sectors. Over 4000 young people are going to be in attendance and we are supporting the

Festival team to ensure they have a good range of employers.

A planning meeting for the next Norfolk event takes place later this month which will have LEP

representation.

Infrastructure

Maritime UK - 13 August

The LEP was represented at a meeting of LEPs with Maritime UK in August. Other LEPs

represented included the Heart of South West, Cornwall, Dorset, Humber and Solent.

Ely Taskforce - 23 August

The LEP attended the latest meeting of the Ely Taskforce which discussed how we might deliver

the scheme using a programme approach.

Transport Board - 4 September

The latest Transport Board took place on 4 September and focussed on the Regional

Connectivity and Our Priority Places theme of the Integrated Transport Strategy. The meeting

heard about Norwich’s Transforming Cities bid, the importance of active travel and the move

towards integrated ticketing.

Great Eastern Mainline (GEML) Taskforce

Work on the evidence refresh for the Great Eastern Main Line is continuing. Network Rail has

published the GEML Study which is available on their website.

Jacobs have produced the first draft of a technical web-tag compliant Strategic Outline Business

Case which is being considered by the Project Board.

Lichfields has been appointed to refresh the wider economic benefits study (originally published

in 2014), which is expected to be finalised by the end of September. The project board is led by

the LEP and includes representatives from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk County Councils, the train

operator, Network Rail and DfT (in an advisory capacity).

The second in a series of three GEML Rail Conferences was held in Chelmsford on Thursday,

11^th July. The main purpose of the conference was to bring stakeholders up to speed with the

evidence refresh and to seek their views on how the Taskforce can enlist wider support from

business to help make the case for investment on the mainline from Norwich to London Liverpool

Street. The third conference will take place in Norwich in the Autumn to launch the new business

case for the Great Eastern Mainline.

Following Priti Patel MP’s promotion to Home Secretary, she has taken the decision to stand

down as chair of the Taskforce, although she will continue to take an active interest. A new chair

will be announced as soon as this has been agreed.

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Transforming Cities - 16 October

The LEP has recently joined the Transforming Cities Joint Committee for Norwich, represented

by Pete Joyner. The committee has been on a number of site visits to better understand the

projects being promoted as part of the bid currently being developed. Norwich is one of 12 cities

bidding for £1.2bn to transform transport to boost modal shift and social inclusion. Norwich has

also been invited to bid for Future Mobility Zone funding

Energy

Greater South East Energy Hub - 16 July/18 October

The latest meeting of the Hub was held on 16 July and considered a more strategic approach to

grid constraints across the 11 LEP geography.

European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF)

ERDF

There are open Calls for innovation and business support projects in Norfolk and Suffolk. There

is £2.3m available for business support projects and £6.9m for innovation projects, the remaining

funds available within the New Anglia notional allocation under the programme. Calls close on

the 30 September. Projects must be for a minimum £500k ERDF, at a 50% intervention

rate. The LEP is supporting several potential applicants in project development discussions, and

we expect both Calls to be oversubscribed. We are therefore actively investigating the

opportunity generated by the proposed National Reserve Calls for early 2020, combining all

national remaining funds in one set of Calls.

ESF

A new £2m Sector Skills Development Call was launched on 12 September. The LEP ran two

workshops in July and August on this opportunity, attended by over 50 people from colleges and

universities, training providers and sector lead organisations. Successful projects will deliver

priorities in the ESF-funded Sector Skills Plans. A further Call for projects which engage SMEs

more effectively with careers activity in local schools is in development and will be launched in

October.

EAFRD

A National Reserve Fund of around £30m is likely to be made available this autumn, for rural

projects under food processing, business development and tourism themes.

3) Engagement

This section covers engagement activity with local stakeholders, including local authorities, local

businesses and MPs. It also covers activity with Government and our wider international activity.

The Communications and Engagement Dashboard is included as Appendix A to this report.

Place Branding Update

The place brand will be launched at an event following the LEP AGM on 25 September.

The event includes business speakers from global car company Lotus and sustainable clothing

firm Duco, talking about their bases in the region and their global activity.

The brand will be formally unveiled by LEP board member Jeanette Wheeler, with a video and

prospectus. We are expecting over 150 attendees at the launch event.

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board

Wednesday 25^th September 2019

Agenda Item 12 - Chief Executive’s Report

The new brochure website will also be live in time for the launch.

The website includes pages for those looking to invest, find property/land in the region, details

about our key sectors, information about our local talent, universities and colleges and videos

from a range of businesses including 3Sun Group, the John Innes Centre and BT.

MIPIM UK 2019 - 14-15 October 2019 - Update

Following approval by the LEP Board in June, New Anglia LEP, working with Local Authority

partners, will be taking exhibition space at MIPIM UK in October with a focus on six key strategic

sites that are actively seeking investment or development partners. The sites are all located in

priority areas, for example, the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor, A14 Trade Corridor, Great

Yarmouth/Lowestoft and King’s Lynn.

The six sites being actively promoted are Nar Ouse Enterprise Zone (King’s Lynn), Norwich

Research Park Enterprise Zone (Norwich), North Quay/Conge (Great Yarmouth), Hornbill

Business Park/Enterprise Zone (Beccles), Snetterton Heath (A11/Breckland) and Western Way

(Bury St Edmunds). A high-level marketing brochure has been developed utilising the new

branding.

MIPIM UK is moving to a new venue this year (Old Billingsgate, London) and has a revised

format with a greater focus on corporate hospitality and a more targeted approach to engaging

potential investors.

As part of the sponsorship package, New Anglia LEP with support from County Councils, is

arranging a business breakfast to be held on 15^th October in conjunction with Chancerygate, the

UK’s largest multi-unit industrial property developer. Doug Field, New Anglia LEP will introduce

the session which has the theme of ‘Britain’s fast growth cities - a Norfolk and Suffolk

perspective’ with a focus on the investment opportunities in Norwich and Ipswich.

Chancerygate will be speaking about their recent £4.7 million acquisition of development sites in

Norwich and Ipswich and their experience of doing business in this area. The target audience for

the session will be industrial agents, developers, investors and intermediaries.

In addition to presenting our immediate commercial investment opportunities, the other key

objective is to launch and raise awareness of the new ‘Norfolk and Suffolk’ brand campaign in

London (following the ‘regional launch’ in September).

South Suffolk Taskforce

Members of the LEP executive are continuing to support the South Suffolk Taskforce which is

chaired by South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge. The taskforce has met twice over the summer - to

consider the proposed sale of the Delphi site in Sudbury and also to view the Brantham

development site.

Visit by HMT officials

The LEP executive hosted a visit by a number of HM Treasury officials during late August. The

team briefed the officials on the work of the LEP and our use of Growth Deal funds. The visit also

included a tour of the aviation academy in Norwich, one of our flagship Growth Deal schemes.

4) Governance, Operations and Finance

This section provides an update for the board on any key operational matters as well as a

headline summary of the LEP’s core finances.

Appendix B

Communications &

Engagement August 2019

This dashboard sets out the outcomes and impact of communication during July

2019 through owned media - the information which we control and issue ourselves -

and earned media (third-party outlets). (*Refers to pre-GDPR numbers)

Owned media - social media and e-newsletters

July 2019

Aug 2019

Aug 2018

Number of Twitter followers

7,904 (up

7,923 (up

7,136

67)

19)

Number of clicked links per month

154 (down

157 (up

N/A

65)

three)

Average Twitter engagements per day

51.3

28.8

43.1

(likes, retweets etc.)

Number of impressions (number of times

95.4K

79.1K

159K

users saw our tweet)

Number of LinkedIn company page

977

1,004

353

followers

E-newsletter: open rate

38.3%

38.66%

34.84%

E-newsletter: click-through rate

28.42%

28.5%

21.34%

Earned media - coverage achieved through third-party outlets

July 2019

August 2018

Coverage of our press releases in target media list

100%

(EDP, EADT, Lynn News, Ipswich Star, Bury Free

Press, BBC, ITV)

Top Tweet

Our top tweet for August promoted

the region as world-leading in agri-

food and innovation, highlighting the

work being done at Norwich

Research Park.

This tweet had 5,081 impressions

with 83 engagements, including 25

likes and 19 media engagements.

Media coverage

We had some excellent media

coverage during August, including

this BBC News Online report about

the re-opening of Great Yarmouth’s

Venetian Waterways, which was

part funded by the LEP. The story

was also covered by the Daily Mail

Online, EDP and Great Yarmouth

Mercury.

Plans by Chinese company Wolong

LDG to increase manufacturing

output at its Lawrence Scott factory

in Norwich attracted coverage on

the China Daily website.

The East Anglian Daily Times

meanwhile wrote about the

announcement by recyclable glass

and plastics food packaging firm

Aegg that it is to open a major new

warehouse and manufacturing plant

at Eye in Suffolk.

Public Engagements

The LEP was represented at 13

events around and outside the

region during August. These

included the visit of Chris Bowbrick,

Deputy Director for Nuclear

Development & International, BEIS,

to Sizewell, a Local Industrial

Strategy and Ageing Society Grand

Challenge workshop in Leeds, and

a Suffolk Chamber lunch briefing

with the Bank of England.

Growth Deal Performance Report

Q1 2019/20

Programme Overview - What is the Growth Deal?

• Programme duration: April 2015 - March 2021.

• Value: £223.5 million (excluding funding awarded directly to Norfolk County Council).

• Aims: to boost the region’s skills, drive innovation, target support to help small businesses to grow and improve transport and infrastructure.

• Contribution to the Economic Strategy: estimated to create 54,750 new jobs, 6,800 new homes and to generate an additional £628m public and private investment.

Capital Projects

Growing Places Fund

Growing Business Fund

EZ Accelerator Fund

Total £m

£164

£25

£19.5

£15

£223.5

What is the Overall Programme Status?

Finance

Amber↑

Likely that some grants will not be claimed in accordance with forecast draw down schedule and funding profile.

Outputs

Green↓

Reasonably on track to meet our forecast outputs, with some areas at risk of late or low achivement..

Delivery

Green↓

Some slippage on the delivery schedule has occurred but is still within reasonable parameters overall.

What are our Key Updates?

• Programme progress: generally good; only a few projects have significant variations.

• Refining the forecast of expenditure for remaining Growth Deal period to March 21 with the cooperation of all approved projects.

• Key concerns: Delay in project delivery will undermine outturn for the remaining financial years.

What is our Financial Position?

Financials (£ million)

Actual

Forecast

Financial Year

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

Total

Brought Forward

0.000

12.008

0.000

19.189

18.060

-0.255

Gov Allocation

36.900

38.549

41.334

34.660

24.662

47.412

223.517

Spend [Act/Fcst]

-24.892

-50.556

-22.145

-35.789

-42.977

-40.290

-216.650

Unallocated

0.000

-4.130

Carried forward

12.008

0.000

19.189

18.060

-0.255

2.737

Spend progress quarter by quarter:

2019/20 Expenditure Profile

•Q1 spend below forecasts due to some late claims &

Financial Quarters

continued work on Grant Agreements

Forecast

Unallocated:

Available LGF

& Claims

•Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund £4.130m

(£m)

Q1-19/20

Q2-19/20

Q3-19/20

Q4-19/20

Qtrly Forecast

8.654

10.808

11.256

12.259

Qtrly Claims

7.399

Available LGF

42.583

35.184

What is our contribution to the Economic Strategy?

Quarter/ year:

1 (Apr-Jun) 2019

Forecast to

Percentage

Outputs - Cumulative from April 2015 to Quarter 1 2019/20

Actual to date

Change

2021

Progress

New Homes

476

695

68%

231

New Jobs

2,221

2,219

100%

New Learners

1,136

2,929

39%

Match Funding (‘Non-LGF Expenditure’)

£514.445m

£618.875m

83%

£22.425m

Note: this data refers to Q1 of 2019/20 FY. Forecasts have been updated to included Jobs, Learners & Match Funding from new projects anticipated before March 2021.

• Homes: forecast to be met by development of housing sites associated with Lynnsport Access Road, Bury St Edmunds Eastern Relief Road and the Wine Rack.

• Jobs: forecast to be met primarily through Growing Business Fund.

• Learners: 2020/21 Academic Year forecasts for CCN, SNC, UoS & UEA now included, so % progress fell. First new learners for ECC & WSC anticipated autumn 2019.

• Match funding: forecast to be met following completion of projects, particularly large scale infrastructure projects.

What is the Project Delivery Status?

Overall:

Green→

Physically

Significant

Under

Complete

On track

Small Variation

Total Projects

Complete

Variation

Development

Black

Blue

Green

Amber

Red

Purple

Change

-1

• Projects change / callout: Hempnall Roundabout & Eye Airfield Access Link Road Grant Letters in place. NATs .

• Projects change / callout: NATs City Centre project has improved spend (fm Red to Amber) , Ely Rail affordability challenge delaying progress (fm Amber to Red).

• Projects in development:, in negotiation with EA over Great yarmouth Flood Defences. Remaining Grant Agreement in draft (UoS, CCN, SNC, Innovation Network & UEA IoP).

What are the Next Steps?

•Complete and issue Grant Agreements for projects approved since March 2019.

•Proceed with Evaluating completed Projects, .

•Support developing a list of future projects to meet the ambitions of the Economic Strategy & Local Industrial Strategy in preparation for future funding.

Appendix 1 - Growth Deal Performance Report for September 2019

Below is an update on all Growth Deal projects, reflecting the ‘Project Status’ section of the

Performance Report.

Purple: Great Yarmouth Flood Defences- approved by the board in May 2018, to upgrade or

replace existing sea defences to protect more homes, business & critical infrastructure. The

Environment Agency have proposed changes to our standard Grant Agreement, negotiations

continue. EA plan to claim just £500k this financial year of the £8.2 million allocated.

Purple: UoS Digital Skills & Innovation Accelerator- approved by the board on 27 Mar 19, to

establish a number of laboratories at Adastral Park for ICT education, training & collaboration.

Purple: CCN Digi-Tech Factory- approved by the board on 27 Mar 19, to produce an

inspirational facility for digital skills development for growing the numbers of students of all ages.

Purple: SNC Digital & Technology Skills Hub- approved by the board on 27 Mar 19, to create

tailored workshops & spaces to enhance technology & digital sector training provision &

qualifications to meet the needs of employers.

Purple: Norfolk & Suffolk Innovation Network- approved by the board on 27 Mar 2019, to

create a network of masts across Norfolk & Suffolk to support an Internet of Things technology.

Purple: UEA Institute of Productivity- approved by the board on 26 Jun 2019, to develop a

regional hub for innovative engineering, technology and business management solutions.

Red: Ely Area Rail Enhancement Scheme- Progress is slower than anticipated. Integration of

road scheme for Queen Adelaide level crossings and scale of interventions is complicating

solution & increasing cost. Transport Secretary and Rail Minister issued an affordability

challenge which may prevent Network Rail completing the development work and products

required to achieve stakeholder objectives.

Amber: Norwich Area Transportation Strategy - City Centre Package- Prince of Wales

Road gyratory being delivered slower than planned and drawdown of grant is significantly later

than initially anticipated. Remaining risk to Plumstead Road Roundabout scheme.

Amber: Norwich Area Transportation Strategy - A11 Corridor- work in progress. The size

and scope of the Daniels Road scheme is now reduced, and savings transferred to the NATS

City Centre Package.

Amber: Attleborough Sustainable Transport Package- Delivery of schemes has begun,

although later than forecast and additional delays continue to slow delivery & drawdown of grant.

Amber: Great Yarmouth Transport Package- delivery of cycle and pedestrian schemes has

improved following delays due to extensive consultation. Delivery remains slower than

anticipated, although preparation & planning activity increased, and expenditure has also risen.

Amber: Snetterton Employment Area- Delivery was delayed and only a small amount of grant

has so far been claimed. Activity is expected to increase considerably over the forthcoming year.

Amber: Great Yarmouth Rail Station Interchange- Delay and uncertainty remain over the

Vauxhall Gardens element of the package and potential to request transfer of funding for

improvement elsewhere in the town.

Amber: Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project- Tidal barrier cost increased significantly.

Planning application, objections and landowner agreements are delaying construction by 6-9

months, but still anticipate accelerated construction & expenditure throughout 2019-20 FY.

Amber: Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund- no new delivery took place during the 2018/19

financial year. Two projects have been approved and delivery is expected to improve this FY.

Green: Growing Business Fund (Subject to separate Performance Report).

Green: Growing Places Fund (Subject to separate Performance Report).

Green: West Suffolk College Engineering and Innovation Centre.

Green: Suffolk Broadband Programme.

Green: A47/A1074 Longwater Junction, Norwich

Green: Ipswich Transport Package (‘Ipswich Radial Corridor’).

Green: Thetford Transport Package.

Green: Ipswich Cornhill.

Green: East Coast College Energy Skills & Engineering Centre

Green: Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing

Green: Cefas Marine Science Hub.

Green: Snape Maltings Flood Defences.

Green: Bacton to Walcott Coastal Management Scheme.

Green: Eye Airfield Access Link Roads.

Green: A140 Hempnall Roundabout.

Green: Honingham Thorpe Food Enterprise Park.

Blue: Easton & Otley College Construction Training Centre.

Blue: Lynnsport Access Road (King's Lynn).

Blue: Bury St Edmunds Eastern Relief Road.

Blue: King's Lynn Innovation Centre.

Blue: Ipswich Waterfront Innovation Centre.

Blue: International Aviation Academy Norwich

Blue: South Lowestoft Industrial Estate - Phoenix Park officially opened.

Blue: Norwich Northern Distributor Road.

Black: College of West Anglia University Centre.

Black: Upper Orwell Crossing Feasibility study.

Black: Lowestoft Third Crossing Feasibility study.

Black: Norfolk Broadband programme.

Black: Beccles Southern Relief Road.

Black: Bury St Edmunds Sustainable Transport Package.

Black: Haverhill Innovation Centre.

Black: Growth Hub Programme.

Black: Sudbury Western Bypass Study.

Black: Felbrigg Junction Improvement.

Enterprise Adviser Network and Careers Hub

Programme Overview - What is the Enterprise Adviser Network and Careers Hub.

The Enterprise Adviser Network was created and commissioned by the Careers and Enterprise Company which in turn was commissioned by the Department for Education.

The Enterprise Adviser Network consists of eight Enterprise Coordinators and one Enterprise Adviser Manager.

The New Anglia Enterprise Adviser Network is accountable to the LEP Board with direct input from the Skills Board.

With current funding from the Careers and Enterprise Company along with match funding from the LEP the EAN Network and Careers Hub will currently run until August 2020.

• Enterprise Advisers are Senior Business Volunteers recruited to support schools with assisting pupils to experience the work place and have meaningful encounters with employers

• The Careers Hub comprises 32 schools across East Anglia with the aim of all schools achieving all eight Gatsby Benchmarks by Aug 2020. Please see appendix 1 for description of the Benchmarks.

What is the overall Programme Status?

Finance

Green

Meeting the contract approved Careers and Enterprise Grant Claim which is 50% of the running costs and resources for the EAN.

Outputs

Green

Targets for August 2019 have been met and we are on track to meet the targets set for August 2020.

Delivery

Green

The Programme is performing well in terms of delivery with new schools and EA's being brought in to the Network.

What are our key updates?

• 67 Mainstream and FE Institutes to be matched to an EA by the end of August 2019 - Target Achieved

• 105 Mainstream and FE Institutes to be matched to an EA by the end of August 2020

• 50% of matched schools to be fully achieving BM5 by the end of August 2019 - Target Achieved

• 70% of matched schools to be fully achieving BM5 by the end of August 2020

• 45% of matched schools to be fully achieving BM6 by the end of August 2019 - Target Achieved

• 55% of matched schools to be fully achieving BM6 by the end of August 2020

What is our financial position?

Financials (£)

Year

2018 - 2019

2019 - 2020

Quarter

Qtr. 1

Qtr. 2

Qtr. 3 (Sep to Dec)

Qtr. 4 (Jan to Mar)

Qtr. 1 (Apr to Jun)

Qtr. 2 (Jul - Aug)

Qtr. 3 (Sep to Dec)

Qtr. 4 (Jan to

Mar)

LEP Costs

£101,058.23

£81,213.55

£83,051.56

CEC Grant Claim

£52,200.85

£39,247.70

£49,350.30

Funding claims to the CEC are made four times a year (quarterly).

CEC pay 50% of the EAN and contribute 100% of the Careers Hub Manager Salary. One of the Enterprise Coordinators works 50% of the time on the Lowestoft Rising Project and 50% of his cost is covered by

this LR Project

Outputs

Targets -

Target - August

Outputs

End of Aug 2019

Diff

Notes

August

2019

2020

Mainstream and FE Schools Signed up to the Network

105

Mainstream and FE Schools matched to an EA

105

Matched schools fully achieving BM5 by the end of July 2019

50%

62.80%

12.80%

70%

Matched schools fully achieving BM6 by the end of July 2019

45%

46.00%

1.00%

55%

Hub Schools matched to an EA fully achieving BM5

55%

56.25%

1.25%

100%

Hub Schools matched to an EA fully achieving BM6

50%

53.13%

3.13%

100%

What is the project status?

Overall:

Green →



EAN Network

Green →

The EAN Network is on track to meet its revised CEC targets.

Careers Hub

Green →

The Careers Hub is on track to meet its targets.

What are the next steps?

• The recruitment of Quality EA's is the priority for the coming months to ensure we are able to meet our target of matching schools to an EA.

• Engaging EA's to support with the achievement of BM5 and BM6 targets.

New Anglia LEP quarterly economic dashboard - Q4 2018/19

Data as of September2019, covering period Jan-Mar 2019

Labour market

Economic output & growth

Housing market

Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators

NOTE: Proxy metrics (used below) are leading indicators used to informally track quarterly trajectory and

context - actual progress of ES indicators will be officially reported annually (Feb)

Comparator profile - Q4 18-19

Comparator profile - Q1 19-20

Comparator profile - Q4 18-19

The employment rate

For the second consecutive quarter growth in

Local housing delivery continued

remains in a compara-

output figures in the regional economy of the

on a strong trend, building on the

tively healthy state,

East, (encompassing Norfolk and Suffolk) was

progress through the previous

tracking ahead of the

negative, as any figure below 50 indicates a

quarter

UK figure.

negative outcome. This trend was shared by

both the South West and the East Midlands,

The unemployment rate

with all 3 falling behind the 50 point mark.

has increased very mar-

ginally, from 3.2% in the

It is worth remembering that this indictor is

Although still somewhat below the OAN targets for Norfolk and Suffolk, this trajec-

previous quarter, to 3.6% in the latest quarter, this increase is broadly in-line with the

updated comparatively regularly, with figures

tory is encouraging

East of England, which rose from 2.9% up to 3.4%.

relating to conditions between Apr and June of this year, a time where there has

Regards the affordability ratio, we are awaiting revised data , so it has not been

been considerable political and economic uncertainty, a trend which looks likely to

possible to provide a specific update on these this quarter, the figures shown above

continue through the rest of this year.

are reflective of the previous quarters’ prices.

The UK unemployment rate dropped very slightly from 4.1% in the previous quarter,

to 3.8% in the latest figures.

There was a slight dip in median salaries advertised across Norfolk and Suffolk for

the quarter, so its unlikely much has shifted in terms of the affordability ratio.

The data suggests regional purchasing managers throughout the UK are not posi-

The East Midlands saw both an the increase in their employment rate, and a decrease

tive with regards to the growth prospects of the broader economy, with the highest

in their unemployment rate.

The rate of Norfolk and Suffolk’s increase in house building does appear to excep-

ranking region being the South East, which registered an index score of 50.8.

tional for this quarter, compared to the rate of decrease in comparator areas. As a

The picture was somewhat mixed for the other regions, with the South East seeing a

consequence, we will monitor subsequent data closely over the next few quarters.

Investment and confidence remains comparatively uncertain across the UK, and the

slight dip in employment rates, and an increase in unemployment rates. While the

wider macroeconomic landscape.

South West saw a very slight drop in employment rate, but also a drop in the unem-

ployment rate.

Overall, the picture remains comparative healthy, in terms of progress towards the

associated ES indictors.

New Anglia LEP quarterly economic dashboard - Q4 2018/19

Data as of September 2019, covering period Jan-Mar 2018

Business & enterprise

Earnings & income

Skills & qualifications

Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators

NOTE: Proxy metrics (used below) are leading indicators used to informally track quarterly trajectory and

context - actual progress of ES indicators will be officially reported annually (Feb)

Comparator profile - Q4 18-19

Although the East of England overall

Indictors for the fourth quarter of

Between January and March of

count per 10k of residents is still some

2018-19 showed little indication

2019, 53.4% of all job opportunities in

way ahead of the local rate at 37.8 busi-

the two counties required a degree

of wage growth across the UK,

nesses per 10k of population, compared

level qualification (Lever 4 equivalent

and average median wages

to 25.2.

and above), compared with 63.8%

across Norfolk and Suffolk actual-

across the UK.

ly appeared to contract slightly.

However, higher skilled job opportu-

Although Norfolk and Suffolk have

Across the UK, wage growth was

nities continue to increase in number.

closed the gap in terms of their rate of

negligible across all regions, it is

In Norfolk and Suffolk.

entrepreneurialism on some compara-

worth bearing in mind that these figures are based only on advertised sala-

tors, this indictor remains a very challenging area for improvement, and is still

Norfolk and Suffolk’s rate of increase in higher skilled job postings appears to have

ries, and therefore many elements of the actual wage market may not be be-

some way off the overall national rate of 45 businesses created per 10k residents.

been higher than the national average through this quarter, running at a 2.6%, com-

ing captured, particular those roles that rely heavily on additional hours

While there was a slight dip in the proportion of leisure and hospitality businesses

pared to 1.4%. This indicates that progress is being made towards narrowing the

worked, and/or performance related pay.

registered, there was a similar scale increase for financial and business services

persistent gap in terms of higher skilled job opportunities across the two counties

related enterprises.

Sectoral profile - Q3 18-19

It is also worth bearing in mind that in the previous quarter, median wages

increased in Norfolk and Suffolk, whilst median wage levels contracted in all

other comparator areas.

That said, Norfolk and Suffolk still lag behind in terms of actual median salary

levels, and while progress towards the ES indictor is steady, there remains

much potential for improvement.

New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q1 2019/20

Data as of Sept 2019

Jobs created

Private sector investment unlocked

New dwellings supported

Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported

Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2019):

149

£58.3m

180

Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):

Delivery, year to date (2018-19 financial year):

149

£58.3m

180

With a proven track record of creating jobs and supporting employment

LEP programmes continue to leverage in significant private sector invest-

Though typically small-scale and limited in terms of direct tangible out-

opportunities in the local economy, LEP programmes have a demonstra-

ment, helping to unlock jobs, housing, capital and growth. In fact, the IMF

puts, LEP programmes still have a demonstrable role in supporting the

delivery of new homes and leveraging in resources to unlock sites and

ble and clearly measurable impact on the ambitions of the ES and associ-

estimates every £1 of private sector investment can stimulate a further £3

development.

ated indicators.

of economic growth, highlighting its direct impact on the delivery of the

aims and ambitions in the ES.

Outputs have been received from both Lark Grange in Bury St Edmunds

The Growth Deal, Growing Business Fund and Business Growth Pro-

and the Winerack in Ipswich.

grammes are the primary drivers of the jobs created to date in 19/20.

A very successful quarter, the majority of the private match funding coming

With the average grant size falling across GBF and the Small Grant

from the investment made by LDH La Doria on the Sproughton Enterprise

The Lark Grange outputs have been generated as a result of the LEP in-

Scheme, fewer jobs have been created this quarter.

Zone in Ipswich. The project received a £500k award from the Growing

vestment in the nearby Eastern Relief Road and the Winerack is a £5m

Growing Places Fund investment matching an HCA contribution of £15m

Business Fund.

The figures for Q1 do not currently include any jobs created in the Enter-

to the project investments package.

prise Zones. The first of the EZ returns will be included in the Q2 report.

Both projects will continue to create further investments during 19/20,

The EZ programme is forecast to create at least 1140 jobs during 19/20.

Target, this year (2019-20 financial year):

2,183

Target, this year (2019-20 financial year):

£55m

Target, this year (2019-20 financial year):

209

Delivery, year to date, as % of target:

Delivery, year to date, as % of target

106%

Delivery, year to date, as % of target:

86%

New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q1 2019/20

Data as of Sept 2019

New businesses created

Jobs paying above the median salary*

Learners & apprenticeships supported

Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported

Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2019):

180

Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2019):

Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):

180

Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):

Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-):

1,312

Delivery, cumulative to date (2017-):

27%

Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-):

1,524

The scale and breadth of the LEPs activity within enterprise support

Delivering quality jobs though its programmes and interventions - particu-

LEP programmes play an important role in creating and supporting

means it has a vital and unrivalled role to play in supporting and stimu-

larly in terms of remuneration - is important for the LEP to achieve the aims

learners and apprenticeships, ensuring a demonstrable impact on the

lating the uplift in enterprise required to achieve the aims and ambitions

and ambitions around inclusive growth and its associated ES indicators.

ambitious skills-related aims of the ES and associated indicators.

of the ES.

Delivery for Q1 has been subdued, though like housing this specific

Between April and June, 24% of new LEP-supported jobs* were paying

output follows a volatile and unpredictable pattern of delivery (and thus

A positive start to the 19/20 delivery year and a new challenging target.

above the median wage as a starting salary. This reflects the average figure

for the previous 18/19 financial year.

is difficult to forecast and set targets for).

Figures do not yet include any new businesses created on the Enterprise

Zones. These will be included in the Q2 Dashboard.

Targeted delivery for the year stands at 919 new learners and appren-

Year to date delivery of 24% of jobs paying above the median wage falls

ticeships with a number of capital-related projects expected to drive

below the target for a third to all jobs to be paying above the median sala-

On this momentum the target for the year will be achieved.

delivery for the year.

ry.

Q2 will demonstrate a significant increase in outputs, following the tra-

*Please note currently data is only available for two LEP programmes;

ditional academic year.

Growing Business Fund and the Small Grant Scheme. Stated totals may

therefore not be reflective of LEP delivery as a whole..

Target, this year (2019-20 financial year):

322

Target, this year (2019-20 financial year):

30%

Target, this year (2018-19 financial year):

919

Delivery, year to date, as % of target:

20%

Delivery, year to date, as % of target:

24%

New Anglia LEP Board Forward Plan - 2019

Date

Venue

Forward Looking

Governance & Delivery

30^th January

The Innovation Centre,



Aims and Objectives for the Year



Election of deputy chair

University of Suffolk



Place Branding update



New Anglia LEP Diversity Champion



Brexit



Amendments to Committee Terms of Reference



Growth Programme and Enterprise Zones Performance Report



NAC Bi-Annual Report

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Remuneration Committee Update

27^th February

The Ideas Factory,

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Place Branding in Norfolk & Suffolk presentation

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Private Sector Board Appointments

Norwich University of the

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Local Industrial Strategy

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Economic and Programme Dashboards

Arts

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All Energy Industry Council

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Growth Deal Performance Report

27^th March

Birketts Solicitors,

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Delivery Plan

Ipswich

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2019/2020 Budget

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ESIF strategy amendments

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Capital Growth Programme Call

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LEP Local Assurance Framework

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Amendments to Articles of Association

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Enterprise Zones and Agritech Performance Reports

April

No Board Meeting

23^rd May

King’s Lynn Town Hall

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Growth Hub

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Growth Programme and Growth Deal Performance Reports

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Economic and Programme Dashboards

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EZ Norwich Research Park Proposal

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Capital Budget 19/20

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South East Energy Hub

25^th June

University of Suffolk,

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LEP Programme Beneficiaries

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GE Update Report

Ipswich, Suffolk

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Enterprise Advisor Network

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MIPIM Update and Proposal for 2019

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Agritech, Enterprise Zones and EAN Performance Reports



Innovation Board Chair Appointment

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LEP Operating and HR Policy Updates

23^rd July

Norwich Castle, Norfolk

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Climate Change Adaptation and Carbon Reduction Strategy

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Apprenticeships Virtual Levy Share Pool

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Skills Board Update

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Growing Business Fund Large Company Scheme

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Growth Programme Performance Report / NAC Bi-Annual Report

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Finance Report including Accounts

August

No Board Meeting

25^th September

Kesgrave Hall, Suffolk

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Enterprise Zone Update

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Local Industrial Strategy Sign Off

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Apprenticeships Virtual Levy Share Pool

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Voluntary and Community Sector

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Enterprise Zones and Growth Deal Performance Reports

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Economic and Programme Dashboards

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Innovative Projects Fund

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Working Agreement with CPCA

25^th September

Kesgrave Hall,

New Anglia LEP AGM

30^th October

The Carnegie, Thetford,

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Infrastructure including housing

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Growth Programme Performance Report

Norfolk

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Cambridge - Norwich Tech Corridor Update

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Agritech Report

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Quarterly Finance Report

27^th November

Adastral Park,

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Economic and Programme Dashboards

Suffolk

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Growth Deal Performance Report

December

No Board Meeting