New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board Meeting
Wednesday 27th November
10.00am to 12.30pm
The Hubble Room, 1st Floor, The Hub, Adastral Park, Martlesham
Ipswich IP5 3RF
Agenda
No.
Item
Duration
10 mins
1.
Welcome from the Chair
2.
Apologies
3.
Declarations of Interest
4.
Welcome from BT
5.
Actions / Minutes from the last meeting
Forward Looking
30 mins
Enterprise Adviser Network and Careers Hub:
Update and
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Insight from Enterprise Adviser Ben Miller
approval
EAN and Careers Hub Extension - confidential
Governance and Delivery
20 mins
Update and
7.
The LEP’s role in enabling infrastructure for growth
approval
Break
10 mins
Governance and Delivery
80 mins
Update and
8.
Towns Fund and the role of LEPs
approval
9.
ESIF Strategy
For Approval
10.
Brexit
Update
11.
Chief Executive’s Report including confidential items
Update
12.
November Programme Performance Reports including Dashboards
Update
13.
Board Forward Plan
Update
14.
Any Other Business
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New Anglia Board Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)
30th October 2019
Present:
Sam Chapman-Allen (SC)
Breckland Council
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
John Griffiths (JG)
West Suffolk Council
Pete Joyner (PJ)
Shorthose Russell
Dominic Keen (DK)
Britbots
Steve Oliver (SO)
MLM
Andrew Proctor (AP)
Norfolk County Council
Johnathan Reynolds (JR)
Nautilus
Lindsey Rix (LR)
Aviva
Sandy Ruddock (SR)
Scarlett & Mustard
Nikos Savvas (NS)
West Suffolk College
Alan Waters (AW)
Norwich City Council
Attendees
John Last (JL)
NUA - For Helen Langton
Shan Lloyd (SL)
BEIS
Sue Roper (SuR)
Suffolk County Council
Vince Muspratt (VM)
Norfolk County Council
Linn Clabburn (LC)
New Anglia LEP - For Item 6
Iain Dunnett (ID)
New Anglia LEP - For Item 8
Ellen Goodwin (EG)
New Anglia LEP - For Item 10
Julian Munson (JM)
New Anglia LEP - For Item 7
Chris Starkie (CS)
New Anglia LEP
Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)
New Anglia LEP
Helen Wilton (HW)
New Anglia LEP
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Actions from the meeting: (30.10.19)
Chief Executive’s Report
To receive an update on the progress of dualling of the A47 at Tuddenham
EG
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Welcome from the Chair
Doug Field (DF) welcomed everyone to the meeting including John Last (JL) who was observing for
Helen Langton.
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Apologies
Apologies were received from Jeanette Wheeler, Johnathan Reynolds, Tim Whitley and Helen
Langton.
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Declarations of Interest
Full declarations of interest can be found at http://www.newanglia.co.uk/about-us/the-board.
Steve Oliver (SO) noted an interest in item 8a - Growing Business Fund Large Company Scheme.
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Minutes of the last meeting 25th September 2019
The minutes were accepted as a true record of the meeting held on 25th September 2019.
Actions from last meeting updated as follows:
The one page summary of the Local Industrial Strategy was distributed to board members.
Chris Starkie (CS) asked for feedback.
The revised LIS Foreword had been issued to board members and the LIS has been
submitted to Government.
CS advised that Sam Chapman-Allen (SC) had requested a one page summary of board
outcomes. This had been circulated with board papers and CS asked for comments to be
sent to Helen Wilton (HW).
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Welcome from Cllr Sam Chapman - Allen
SC welcomed the Board to Thetford and provided the board with a brief overview of the area
noting the increase in home building. The board was advised that £20m had been allocated
to build 5000 new homes and work was also ongoing to improve existing estates with better
infrastructure and community facilities.
SC thanked the LEP for its contribution of £1.5m towards the roundabout at the Thetford
Enterprise Park and confirmed that work is continuing to secure further funding to develop the
site.
A number of collaborative projects are ongoing with West Suffolk College to support skills
development and training in the area.
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Cambridge - Norwich Tech Corridor
Linn Clabburn (LC) provided the Board with an overview of the Cambridge-Norwich Tech
Corridor (CNTC) which was set up using pooled business rate funding with the aim of
attracting new businesses and investment to the area.
LC advised that the study carried out by Cambridge Econometrics proposed the project
should focus on the existing science and technology strengths and assets in the Corridor and
build on these to develop complementing clusters. In doing so the Tech Corridor has the
potential to create 26,000 jobs and add £2.75bn to the local economy. LC also noted that the
term “Tech” covers a wide range but focuses on the key strengths in the region including, life-
science, biotech, pharma, agritech, ICT, digital, AI and robotics and engineering,
The team identified that the CNTC needs to be more than the establishment of a brand and
are working to create joined-up, complementing, clusters in order to attract inward investment
LC reviewed some on the work currently ongoing detailing how the corridor is being promoted
with the web site receiving 1000 unique visitors per month and social media reaching a wide
audience by targeting influential people with a high number of followers.
An ambassador network has been set up with over 100 members who promote the CNTC
within and outside the region.
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LC reviewed the next steps for the team including targeted sector promotion, international
partnerships and further work to develop the relationships and collaboration across the
Corridor and help the delivery of the Economic strategy and LIS.
John Griffiths (JG) noted the work also being carried out in West Suffolk and asked whether
the CNTC would be self-financing after the one year’s funding being requested was
complete.
CS advised that given the uncertainty over future funding from Government the practical
decision was to initially request funding for one year.
The meeting discussed the work being carried out to promote the Norwich end of the corridor
such as assisting with talent sharing for companies struggling to find the correctly skilled staff
and also links to other clusters outside the corridor ie energy around Gt Yarmouth. LC
confirmed that they were working with staff at NCC to identify areas for collaboration.
Matthew Hicks (MH) asked about the long term future of the project noting that it had the
potential to be bigger than the current corridor. LC agreed that there was potential for growth
and the partnership itself could agree the future direction.
John Last (JL) asked if there was a finite point for the project or whether success criteria had
been agreed. LC confirmed that indicators were being monitored but a final target had not
been set.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To continue supporting the CNTC by agreeing an allocation of £62k for the financial year
2020/21
To work with corridor partners to secure their future commitment to the project
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Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited
Julian Munson (JM) reviewed the successful launch of the new brand and the positive
feedback received especially from the private sector where over 60 brand ambassadors had
been signed up.
JM reviewed the next steps and the work going on the promote the brand both within the
region and externally.
CS reviewed the confidential appendix proposing the combining the inward investment teams
of the LEP, Norfolk County Council and Suffolk County Council to create a single team -
Invest Norfolk and Suffolk, which would create a single inward investment strategy and
promote the new brand.
Pete Joyner (PJ) asked how success would be measured. CS confirmed that there would be
hard targets around job creation and also softer targets established with the former measures
brought back to the board as part of the Inward Investment Strategy.
Andrew Proctor (AP) noted that this proposal was at an early stage and that further details
and measures would be established during the next phase.
The meeting discussed the financial implications of the establishment of the team.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To endorse the forward plan of activity for the development of the Norfolk & Suffolk
Unlimited Brand
To support the establishment of Invest Norfolk and Suffolk and the creation of a new post
of head of inward investment
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Growing Business Fund Large Company Scheme Applications - Confidential
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Equality and Diversity Action Plan
Rosanne Wijnberg (RW) presented the background to the production of the plan which has
been designed to support the statement and role of the diversity champion.
Three areas have been identified as priority areas of activity - recruitment and membership,
decision making and workforce.
RW confirmed that progress will be monitored and updates provided to the Board.
JL noted the issue of recruiting a diverse range of board members. David Ellesmere (DE)
noted that the initial drive from Government was for gender equality but agreed that further
diversification was an issue.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To endorse the Equality and Diversity Action Plan
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Housing Update
Ellen Goodwin (EG) presented the main points of the report summarising the work of the LEP
on the housing agenda and recommending activities to support SMEs in achieving targets for
house building.
DE felt that the LEP should be focussing on lobbying Government on those areas of housing
building where developers were facing issues. AP noted that closer involvement with SMEs
would support the LEP’s role as enabler to growth and development.
EG confirmed that the Building Growth Group is reviewing its work and Terms of Reference
and is looking to reengage with the local authorities as attendance at the meetings has been
limited.
AW updated the meeting on the recent visit of the Housing Minister to Goldsmith Street in
Norwich which provided an opportunity to present her with the main challenges to providing
good quality housing.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To commission a research piece to identify construction and housebuilding SME activity in
Norfolk and Suffolk including barriers to construction
To delegate authority to the Chief Executive to commission the above research once an
brief with partners has been agreed
To agree the reconstitution of the Building Growth Group to align with the Norfolk and
Suffolk Economic Strategy, the Local Industrial Strategy and the outputs of the Housing
Conference
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Brexit
CS reviewed the paper and noted that plans would be revised to the new Brexit deadline of
31st January 2020.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
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The Role of the Chair / Chair job description
RW presented the report and reviewed the process carried out for the production of the job
description.
LR observed that adding details of the time commitment of the role would be useful.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To endorse the job description for the Role of the Chair as attached
To delegate authority to the Chair to approve the job description for the Role of the Vice
Chair
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Skills Advisory Chair Panel
CS presented the paper advising that the Board needed to approve the new chair and that
Government guidelines stated that it should be a member of the LEP board but noting that, as
this may not always be possible, external candidates could be considered.
DF asked for nominations from the board and CS offered to discuss the role further with
anyone interested.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To approve the Skills Advisory Panel Terms of Reference
To formally acknowledge the work of Paul Winter as Chair of the Skills Board
To approve the proposal that a current LEP Board member takes on additional
responsibility for chairing the Skills Advisory Panel as recommended by Government.
To seek nominations for the role of Skills Board chair from the board or to externally
advertise if there are no candidates from the LEP board
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Chief Executive’s Report
CS noted some of the highlights of the report asked for questions from the board.
CS advised that investigations were ongoing into the possibility of joining the London stand at
MIPIM in Cannes to promote the NSU brand.
SC requested an update on the progress of the dualling of the A47 at Tuddenham. CS
agreed to request an update from EG.
SC asked if there was an opportunity for a regional energy strategy. CS noted that this has
already been written with the Hertfordshire LEP and the CPCA. The accountable body of the
Energy Hub will be changing which will help in getting traction on key projects.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To receive an update on the dualling of the A47 at Tuddenham
EG
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October Programme Performance Reports
Rosanne Wijnberg (RW) reviewed the reports for October and highlighted key areas noting
that Small Grants Scheme applications were ahead in Q1 and have now slowed down but
area still ahead of profile.
The Board agreed:
To note the contents of the reports
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Quarterly Management Accounts - Confidential
RW presented the accounts which include the table of programmes and their respective end
dates as requested by the Board.
RW highlighted key variances in spend and income.
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The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
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Board Forward Plan
CS reviewed the Forward Plan and advised that the planning of items for 2020 was ongoing.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the plan
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Any Other Business
DF advised that this would be Nikos Savvas’ (NS) last meeting and thanked him for his
commitment and contribution to the LEP during his time as a board member.
NS thanked board members and highlighted the growth and expansion of the LEP over his
term of office and expressed his support going forward.
Next meeting:
Date and time of next meeting:
10.00am - 12.30pm, 27th November 2019
Venue: The Hub, Adastral Park, Ipswich
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Actions from New Anglia LEP Board Meetings
Date
Item
Action
Update
Actioned
Target Date
By
30/10/2019
Chief Executive's Report
Receive an update on the progress of dualling of the A47 at Tuddenham
Included in the infrastructure update at the November meeting
EG
Complete
25/09/2019
Enterprise Zones
Details of the overall EZ investment and the funding split to be provided
Written update to be circulated to board members
JM
Nov-19
25/09/2019
Enterprise Zones
A confidential update on the stalled sites to be provided to the Board
Written update to be circulated to board members
JM
Nov-19
23/07/2019
July Programme Performance
A programme summary including performance against targets will be included in future NAC
To be included in the next NAC report in January 2020
Jan-20
CD
Reports
reports
25/06/2019
GE Update Report
To provide the Board with regular reporting of the pipeline of visits relating to inward
To be included in the next Inward Investment update report
JM
Jan-20
investment and subsequent outcomes
23/05/2019
Growth Hub Presentation
Growth Hub Annual review to be circulated to the Board when published
Expected autumn 2019
CD
Nov-19
23/11/2018
Infrastructure
For the LEP team to ensure that links are progressed with other sub-national transport bodies
Progress will be included in the next infrastructure update in November
EG
Complete
New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership
Board Decision Log - Public
Date
Decision
Decision Made
Making Body*
30/10/19
LEP Board
The Board made the following decisions:
Cambridge - Norwich Tech Corridor
To continue supporting the CNTC by agreeing an allocation of £62k for the financial year 2020/21
Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited
To endorse the forward plan of activity for the development of the Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited Brand
To support the establishment of Invest Norfolk and Suffolk and the creation of a new post of head of inward investment
Growing Business Fund Large Company Scheme Applications - Confidential
Equality and Diversity Action Plan
To endorse the Equality and Diversity Action Plan
Housing Update
To commission a research piece to identify construction and housebuilding SME activity in Norfolk and Suffolk including barriers to construction
and delegate authority to the Chief Executive to commission the above research once an brief with partners has been agreed
The Role of the Chair / Chair job description
To endorse the job description for the Role of the Chair as attached
Skills Advisory Chair Panel
To approve the Skills Advisory Panel Terms of Reference
To seek nominations for the role of Skills Board chair from the board or to externally advertise if there are no candidates from the LEP
board
30/10/19
Investment
The IAC made the following decisions:
Appraisal
Growing Places Fund Grant: - Confidential
Committee
Large Company Grant Application- Confidential
Revised IPF project request: NUA Connecting Creative Capital
The Committee agreed to leave the grant award at the original size of £100k with conditions applied - That the grant is paid by intern
placement, so each placement achieved would release a percentage of the funding and that this application is the final one of this type from
NUA.
2/10/19
Growing
The Panel ratified the following application:
Business Fund
Musks Limited - Agreed to support.
Panel
Approved Grant: £71,469
The Panel approved the following application:
Hollinger Print Limited - Agreed to support
Approved Grant: £57,000
Equipmake Limited - Agreed to support
Approved Grant - £121,997
Richmond Defence Systems Limited - Agreed to support
Approved Grant: £70,000
25/9/19
LEP Board
The Board made the following decisions:
Local Industrial Strategy
* 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 27th November 2019
Agenda Item 7
The LEP’s role in enabling infrastructure for growth
Author and presenter: Ellen Goodwin
Summary
The provision of high-quality infrastructure to support economic growth is a key element of the
LEP’s Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy.
The LEP plays a number of roles with partners in planning, securing and delivering this
infrastructure.
Appendix A, which will be presented to the board meeting by the LEP’s infrastructure manager,
outlines the different roles of the LEP and partners in the provision of infrastructure and
highlights the progress being made in key strategic projects.
Recommendation
The Board are asked to:
Note the update; and
Task the LEP’s sub boards and working groups responsible for infrastructure with
considering how the clean growth agenda might be achieved.
Background
The Economic Strategy states that “Infrastructure improvements underpin all our priority places
and themes”. Infrastructure is also one of the five foundations of productivity in the Local
Industrial Strategy which sets our collective aim to ‘Deliver integrated infrastructure to enable
productivity gains and clean growth and to create places that people want to live and work.’
The role of the LEP
The role of the LEP in the provision of infrastructure is threefold:
1. Leadership - the LEP, working with partners can help to identify infrastructure
improvements at both a strategic level and local level and demonstrate the economic
benefits these will bring.
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2. Influencing - the LEP, working with partners can help to influence national infrastructure
providers and funding bodies to invest in infrastructure improvements by promoting our
growth ambitions.
3. Funding - the LEP can directly fund infrastructure projects through the Growth Deal or
other funding sources open to the LEP where appropriate
It is critical for the Board and its partners to continue in their role of providing leadership,
influencing for improvements and securing as well as agreeing funding.
Appendix A outlines the key strategic infrastructure projects which we believe will help to unlock
growth across Norfolk and Suffolk. The update covers transport, utilities, digital and flooding and
does not cover innovation or skills infrastructure which is presented to the Board through other
agenda items throughout the year. It is not an exhaustive list of projects being worked on across
the area and there are many key partners involved in the delivery of this infrastructure.
It is designed to provide a key summary of the significant projects and programmes. The
presentation will be delivered at the Board meeting.
Link to the Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy
Boosting our infrastructure is central to delivering all our Economic Strategy ambitions and the
Local Industrial Strategy. As such is it a key underpinning priority throughout the Strategy.
Our key policies associated with infrastructure are:
Build the right kind of housing and commercial space where it is needed
Use new rail investment to further improve connectivity
Prioritise digital and physical infrastructure projects
Commit to further supporting businesses through a smoother planning system,
At a regional level, continue to work with other areas, in particular Cambridge and
Essex, on major physical and digital infrastructure improvements.
Given the Local Industrial Strategy’s golden thread of clean growth, we think the board should
invite the LEP’s sub boards and groups responsible for infrastructure to look at how clean
growth can be built into their plans.
Recommendation
The Board are asked to:
Note the update; and
Task the LEP’s sub boards and working groups responsible for infrastructure with
considering how the clean growth agenda might be achieved.
Appendix A - Infrastructure presentation to the board
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 27th November 2019
Agenda Item 8
Towns Fund and the role of LEPs
Author: Chris Starkie Presenter: Chris Starkie
Summary
This report provides an update for the board on the new Towns Fund announced by
Government and the role of LEPs.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to note the contents of the report.
Background
Earlier this month the Government published a prospectus giving details of the new £3.6bn
Towns Fund.
It follows the earlier naming of 101 towns in England which have been invited to put forward
bids to the Towns Fund. Each town can bid for up to £25m.
In Norfolk and Suffolk there are five: Norwich, Ipswich, King’s Lynn, Great Yarmouth and
Lowestoft.
The objective of the fund is to drive the economic regeneration of towns to deliver long term
economic and productivity growth through:
1 Urban regeneration, planning and land use. Ensuring towns are thriving places for people to
live and work.
2 Skills and enterprise infrastructure. Driving private sector investment and ensuring towns
have the space to support skills and small business development.
3 Connectivity. Developing local transport schemes that complement regional and national
networks, as well as supporting the delivery of improved digital connectivity.
Key issues
Each of the towns has been asked to put together a Town Deal Board by end of January 2020
and produce a Town Investment Plan by summer 2020.
In each location the district or borough council has been nominated as the lead and will be
awarded capacity funding of between £140,000 and £173,000 to support this work, depending
on the size of their town (or in Norwich’s case city).
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Each area can determine the precise governance structure of the Town Deal Board, but it must
include all tiers of local Government and the LEP as well as representatives from large and
small employers and the voluntary/community sector.
Other institutions such as Business Improvements Districts, universities and colleges, Job
Centre Plus, cultural bodies can also be included.
There is an expectation that the board chair will be from the private sector, although not
mandatory.
The Town Investment Plans should set out investment priorities that could drive economic
growth, supported by clear evidence and targeting of investment into the economic
infrastructure.
They should also complement other existing strategy documents including the Local Industrial
Strategy and Economic Strategy, the work of the Skills Advisory Panel, local plans and local
transport plans.
It should be aligned with the Government’s clean growth objectives where possible and capture
existing government and local initiatives and suggest ways of better coordinating investments in
a place.
Role of the LEP
The role of the LEP in the development of the Town Deal Board and Town Investment Plan is
very clearly stated in the prospectus.
The fund and investment plans must be aligned to the Economic Strategy and the Local
Industrial Strategy. The fund therefore presents a huge opportunity to accelerate delivery of
these strategies in the five places - which are all priority places in the Economic Strategy.
At the same time the very significant evidence base gathered as part of the LIS and ES
development will be helpful for local partners developing Town Investment Plans for each
place.
There is also an opportunity to align LEP activity and interventions alongside those proposed in
the town fund to create a much stronger and coherent Town Investment Fund.
For example the Town Fund offers the opportunity to:
Strengthen the LEP’s role in business support - via the Growth Hub and grant
programmes such as Growing Business Fund and the Small Grants Fund.
To accelerate development of many of our Enterprise Zone sites.
To build on skills investments made by the LEP in all five locations.
To build on transport investments made by the LEP in all five locations.
Areas not included
Whilst the investment in the five towns is welcome - it is important to recognise that much of
the LEP area will not benefit from this investment, for example West Suffolk and Breckland,
North Norfolk, Babergh and Mid Suffolk.
There is to be a call for a further round of town deals, and we will support colleagues in their
bids.
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And we also need to continue to make the case for further investment, particularly in our market
towns and rural areas.
LEP actions
The LEP team has begun work with the five towns to support their work in establishing boards
and developing the Town Investment Plans.
A lead officer from the LEP leadership team has been allocated a town to act as our single
point of contact.
At the same time we are also developing a support offer for each town.
This will cover our expertise in strategy development and economic evidence and data, as well
as expertise around key topics such as skills, business support, inward investment and
development.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to note the contents of the report.
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 27th November 2019
Agenda Item 9
European Investment Strategy Update November 2019
Author: Emma Taylor Presenter: Lisa Roberts
Summary
This report introduces an update of the European Investment Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk
which underpins the strategic allocation of the £86.43m European Structural and Investment
(ESIF) funding allocated to the New Anglia LEP area under the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF), European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Agricultural Fund
for Rural Development (EAFRD), explaining the purpose of the document, and the key themes
covered.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to approve the contents of the European Investment Strategy Update and
note its adoption by the New Anglia ESIF Committee, which is a Committee of the National
Growth Programme (ESIF) Board.
Background
Responsibility for the administration of the £86.43m European Structural and Investment Funds
(ESIF) notionally allocated to New Anglia is with the three Government departments - the
Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government, The Department for Work and
Pensions and the Department for Food and Rural Affairs.
The ESIF funds are also known as the Growth Programme and there is a National Growth
Programme Board which sets the strategic direction of the Programme, assisted in each LEP
area by an ESIF Committee comprising members from across the public, private and voluntary
sectors in the area and from the LEP. For New Anglia, the ESIF Committee Chair is Richard
Powell OBE, who also sits on the national Growth Programme Board. Emma Taylor, LEP
funding manager, attends the committee on behalf of the LEP.
The ESIF sub-Committee is responsible for the development and adoption of a European
Investment Strategy which provides the strategic basis for their assessment of the strategic fit
of applications.
New Anglia LEP, in collaboration with EU funding colleagues in Norfolk and Suffolk County
Councils, is responsible for the drafting of the Strategy for approval and must be signed off the
by the LEP board.
As part of this process the LEP Board approved a substantial update of the Strategy at its
March 2019 meeting.
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The European Investment Strategy Update November 2019 (Appendix One) retains almost all
of the content of the version agreed in March 2019 but has been updated to align with the Local
Industrial Strategy.
Apart from some minor factual updates, it has been amended in one significant respect - the
addition of ERDF priorities 2, 5 and 6 for potential investment when the National Reserve Fund
Call for the ERDF Programme is issued in 2020. The updates are highlighted in yellow in
appendix one.
Key Considerations
The New Anglia ESIF Committee originally decided to allocate its notional programme funding
to the innovation, business support and low carbon priorities in the ERDF programme.
There is an opportunity in 2020 for local projects to apply to the National Reserve Fund for
ERDF funds across all priorities where there is unallocated funding. The European Investment
Strategy Update November 2019 includes the following additional ERDF priorities -
Priority 2 - Enhancing Access to, and use and Quality Of, ICT.
Priority 5 - Promoting Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Prevention and Management
Priority 6 - Preserving and Protecting the Environment and promoting Resource
Efficiency
This update, which was approved by the ESIF Committee on 11 November 2019, would enable
local bids under these priorities to apply to the National Reserve Fund Call.
It is worth stressing that the strategy needs to be updated irrespective of the UK’s decision to
leave the EU.
That is because the Government has pledged to underwrite projects funded through ESIF in the
event of a UK departure before the end of the ESIF programme. In essence this means that
funding is expected to be available for projects through the programme either via the EU or UK
Government.
Link to the Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy
The Strategic Context and Programme Priorities sections of the Strategy Update link ESIF
Programme priorities with the relevant Economic Strategy high level objectives and explain how
future projects are expected to deliver against these objectives.
The link with the Local Industrial Strategy and its Foundations of Productivity is also made.
In particular, priority 2 could enable some key strategic digital /ICT projects identified in the
Local Industrial Strategy to secure funding, and priority 5 and 6 are relevant to the Local
Industrial Strategy vision for clean growth.
Next Steps
The National Reserve Fund opportunity will be actively promoted and aligned with priority
projects were relevant.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to note the contents of the European Investment Strategy Update
November 2019 and endorse its adoption by the ESIF Committee.
Appendix 1 - The European Investment Strategy Update November 2019.
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Appendix 1
European Investment Strategy: Update November 2019
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Contents
Introduction
3
European Investment Strategy and ESIF Committee
3
Strategy Update
3
Strategic context
4
Alignment with the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy
4
Local Industrial Strategy
6
Progress so far
8
European Investment Strategy - Programme Priorities
9
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy data sets
9
Headline Programme Targets
9
European Social Fund
11
Programme priorities
11
Sector Skills Deals and Youth Pledge
11
Calls for Projects
11
Funding allocations and technical assistance
11
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy priorities for ESF delivery
12
Specific ESF Priorities and Calls
14
European Regional Development Fund
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Programme priorities
25
Calls for Projects
26
Low Carbon Financial Instrument
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National Reserve Fund opportunity
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Funding allocations and technical assistance
26
Role of the Growth Hub
26
ERDF Changes to investment priorities
26
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy priorities for ERDF delivery
27
Specific ERDF priorities and calls
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European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
43
Programme priorities
43
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy priorities for EAFRD delivery
43
Annex
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Introduction
In the 2014-20 EU Funding Programme period, New Anglia LEP has an allocation of
over £86m to invest in business growth and skills across our economy, administered
directly by Government departments with LEP input on strategic fit.
European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)
New Anglia
Fund
Purpose
Administration
allocation
European Regional
SME
Ministry for
£43.6m
Development Fund
competitiveness,
Housing,
(ERDF)
innovation and the
Communities and
low carbon economy.
Local Government
European Social
Employability,
Department for
£39.82m
Fund (ESF)
training and skills
Work and
Pensions
European
Rural business
Department for
£13.01m
Agricultural Fund
growth
Food and Rural
for Rural
Affairs
Development
(EAFRD)
Total ESIF Funds
£86.43m
European Investment Strategy and ESIF Committee
New Anglia LEP area has a European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)
Committee which determines applications to the Programme against local Strategic
fit, and which was responsible for the development of the original European
Investment Strategy in 2014, updated in 2016, and March 2019.
Strategy Update
This European Investment Strategy Update provides a snapshot of Programme
progress to date, setting the ESIF Programme priorities in the context of the Norfolk
and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
The Treasury Guarantee agreed in 2018 means that the ERDF and ESF
Programmes will run to 2020 with spend to 2023 as originally planned. The EAFRD
rural Programme will see a further National Reserve Fund Call in 2019-20 to contract
a final cohort of projects.
The priorities set out in this document are aligned to the Norfolk and Suffolk
Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy. They are also relevant even if there
are changes in the administration of the Programme or in the wider economic
climate.
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Strategic context
The New Anglia European Investment Strategy is part of a set of strategic
documents which provide a framework for the delivery of the Norfolk and Suffolk
Economic Strategy.
The Economic Strategy Delivery Plan sets out the principal interventions proposed
by the LEP and key partners to achieve the ambitions and goals set out in the
Economic Strategy. A new Funding Framework and Investment Plan will be
developed during 2019/20 to help focus on funding opportunities that will deliver the
biggest gains for delivery. This will be accompanied by an Investment Plan, a live
document which sets out interventions for which some will require significant funding
will be sought. The LEP ESIF Strategy sits alongside this Investment Plan providing
the strategic basis for allocating the significant sums available through the ESIF
funds.
Any new applicants to the Programme will be expected to test their proposals
against the priorities in this Strategy, but it will also provide a useful tool for projects
already up and running to measure their performance against Economic Strategy
priorities and ambitions, and for the LEP to assess the impact of the Programme on
completion.
Alignment with the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy
The programme targets in this European Investment Strategy have clear alignment
with the headline ambitions of the Norfolk and Economic Strategy and its Priority
themes.
Norfolk and Suffolk
Economic Strategy
ESIF Programme links
Ambitions
ERDF Priority 3 SME competitiveness seeks to fund
projects which deliver high growth.
The place where high
Success to date: the New Anglia Business Growth
growth businesses with
Programme has been prioritising investment and support
aspirations choose to be
to high growth firms. It has supported over
1,000
businesses to date.
ERDF Priority
3 SME competitiveness will fund
An international facing
business support programmes which provide specialist
economy with high value
export advice.
exports
Success to date: Get Exporting 2 is a multi-LEP project
delivering export support. It has worked with
79
businesses in New Anglia during that period.
ERDF Priority 1 innovation supports projects which
help businesses to innovate, ERDF Priority
3 SME
A high performing,
competitiveness supports projects which work with
productive economy
businesses to develop and improve their business model
and to invest in their growth. ESF Priority 2 supports
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project which provides the training and skills support to
improve workforce skills and productivity.
Success to date: over 770 jobs have been created as a
direct result of ERDF investment so far in this
programme, over
600 new businesses have been
supported to start up and almost 40 new products have
come to market.
Both ERDF Priority 1 innovation and ERDF Priority 3
SME competitiveness encourage projects to develop
clusters, knowledge networks and ERDF Priority
1
innovation actively seeks projects which deliver
knowledge transfer between specialist institutions and
SMEs. New Anglia LEP works with other LEPs to share
A well connected place
good practice and knowledge across projects.
Success to date: The Transport and Logistical
Efficiencies (TALE) project is funded by ERDF Priority 3
SME competitiveness to work with businesses in the
logistics sector to improve efficiency, Keep+ is a multi-
LEP project funded through ERDF Priority 1 innovation to
connect university expertise with business need.
ESF Priority 1 supports projects which help unemployed
and inactive people back into work. ESF Priority 2
supports businesses to up-skill employees and also
An inclusive economy with
supports projects which bring businesses and skills
a highly skilled workforce
providers closer together in collaboration.
Success to date: Over £38m ESF funding committed to
date delivering to over 14,000 participants.
Both ERDF Priority 1 innovation and ERDF Priority 3
SME competitiveness encourage targeted support to
key sectors. ERDF Priority 4 low carbon economy
supports projects which reduce carbon emissions and
A centre for the UK’s clean
deliver low carbon innovation.
energy sector
Success to date: BEE Anglia has supported
100
businesses with clean energy actions to date and
Innovation New Anglia has invested in 21 collaborations
between business and the academic sector, building a
cleantech network of businesses.
New Anglia LEP is keen to ensure that its ESIF allocation
is spent on high quality projects which deliver growth and
A place with a clear,
improved skills, and develop an excellent investment
ambitious offer to the
offer in Norfolk and Suffolk.
world
Success to date: Invest East is a new project seeking to
generate significant investment into the Norfolk and
Suffolk business community.
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Local Industrial Strategy
The Government has asked all parts of England to develop a Local Industrial
Strategy. The draft Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy has been compiled
in consultation with a wide range of local stakeholders and adopted locally by the
LEP Board and endorsed by all Local Authorities. It reflects a broad consensus on
the strengths of the Norfolk and Suffolk economy and the strategic economic
opportunities we want to build on.
The Local Industrial Strategy is the next stage in the evolution and implementation of
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy. It looks in more detail at our competitive
strengths and high growth sectors, focussing on what makes our region stand out
against the rest of the UK and identifies key interventions to help drive clean growth.
It sets out a vision for Norfolk and Suffolk as the UK’s clean growth region, supported
by our underpinning sectors. Norfolk and Suffolk seek to play a major role in the
UK’s transition to a post carbon economy and to continue at the forefront of tackling
the challenges and opportunities of climate change. To support this aspiration,
we would like to enable local projects to seek support under Priority 5
Promoting Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Management, and Priority 6
Resource Efficiency under the National Reserve Fund opportunity.
As the Local Industrial Strategy highlights, Norfolk and Suffolk have a significant
issue with water shortage, which hampers sustainable growth, especially in the
agrifood sector. There is also a growing commitment to soil sustainability and
increasing and maintaining biodiversity, reflected in our clean growth planning, which
also provides opportunities to our digital and clean energy sectors.
Future investment under Priority axis 6 would enable the delivery of these priorities.
Investment under priority axis 5 would enable the best possible land management for
the mitigation of climate change, as well as supporting the protection of homes and
key economic assets at risk of flooding, especially in our coastal towns. Investment
under priority 2 could also support our wider digital infrastructure and enable us to
deliver our ambitions for this key sector.
The following tables highlight some of the links between Local Industrial Strategy
priorities and ERDF priority axes, but are not intended to be comprehensive.
Norfolk and Suffolk
European Investment
Local Industrial Strategy -
Strategy Programme
key opportunities
Priorities
Clean Energy - powering the world
Norfolk and Suffolk is well placed to be a global exemplar for
ERDF Priority 1 innovation
clean, low carbon energy production, exporting services and
skills globally, whilst increasing the availability of affordable
ERDF priority 4 Low Carbon
sustainable energy for local communities and businesses.
Economy
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Agri-food - feeding the world
Norfolk and Suffolk has the innovation and expertise to
ERDF Priority 1 innovation
develop, pioneer and apply new approaches to sustainable
agriculture, utilising clean energy and innovative water
ERDF priority 6 - preserving
management, and increase value added processing and
and protecting the
exports through the applications of new technologies and
Environment and Promoting
systems.
Resource Efficiency
Information and Communications Technology
ERDF Priority 1 innovation
and Digital Creative- connecting the world
Grow and secure the information and communications
ERDF priority 2 access to and
technology and digital creative clusters at Adastral Park and
quality of ICT
Norwich as national assets. Build the integrated networks that
business need including the UK’s first advanced highspeed
ERDF priority 4 Low Carbon
optical wireless network.
Economy
Industrial Strategy
Norfolk and Suffolk
European Investment
Foundations of
Economic Strategy
Strategy Programme
Productivity
Priority Themes
Priorities
Competitive Clusters
ERDF Priority 1 innovation
close to Global
Ideas
Centres
ERDF priority 4 Low Carbon
The world’s most innovative
Economy
economy
Collaborating to Grow
ESF Priority 1 and 2 Inclusive
Labour Markets and Skills for
Growth
People
Driving Inclusion and
Good jobs and greater
Skills
ERDF all priorities
earning power for all
EAFRD - investment leading
to the creation of quality jobs
Targeted infrastructure
Priority axis 6 promoting
development supports delivery
resource efficiency (especially
Infrastructure
of all priority themes
in relation to water and land
A major upgrade to the UK’s
resources)
infrastructure
Priority 2 Access to, and
quality of, ICT.
Our Offer to the World
Business environment
ERDF Priority 3 SME
The best place to start and
Driving Business
competitiveness
grow a business
Growth and
Productivity
Places
Priority axis 5 Promoting
Prosperous communities
Relevant to all priority themes
Climate Change adaptation
across the UK
and places
and risk management
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Progress so far
European Regional Development Fund
Headline achievements in New Anglia since 2015
£26m contracted in 13 projects, almost
Over 4,800 businesses due to receive
60% of the programme total, with a
support, more than double the
further £10m in the application process
programme target of 2,325.
Target for businesses supported 84%
More than 275 businesses have
achieved already with more than 1,967
received direct grants from ERDF-
businesses supported with specialist
funded Programmes, 22% of the target.
advice and/or grants.
38 new to the market products
608 start-ups have been supported
developed thanks to ERDF funding,
to establish and grow,
over 63% of the target of 60.
92% of the 657 target.
771 jobs created as a result of ERDF
2370 businesses receiving specialist
investment in businesses, 119% of the
information and diagnostics, almost
target of 647 jobs.
20 times exceeding the target of 119.
European Social Fund
Headline achievements in New Anglia since 2015
£31m contracted with 17
Over 14,522 individuals
30% of unemployed
projects
due to receive
participants receiving
employability or training
employability support
support
predicted to find work as
a result
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Headline figures to end 2018
Programme fully
16 food processing
27 business development
committed with over
projects approved or
projects including
£13m awarded to projects
contracted including 4
investment in tourism,
or in the application
projects with around £1m
brewing and rapeseed oil
process
investment
production
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European Investment Strategy - Programme Priorities
The following pages set out the following elements for each of the three ESIF
Programmes - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Social
Fund (ESF) and European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD):
Key Programme priorities linked to the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy
and Local Industrial Strategy.
Programme-specific information about Calls for projects or ESIF targets
Aspirations for programme delivery set against Norfolk and Suffolk Economic
Strategy high level objectives
National and local objectives against each priority within each programme and
New Anglia LEP official targets for those objectives
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy data sets
The development of the Economic Strategy was supported by the collation of a
substantial dataset, which applicants to all programmes should use to inform project
development and post-project evaluation.
Headline Programme Targets
These are some of the key targets at Programme level which New Anglia will be
using to determine progress and delivery against this Strategy and against the
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy. Each target is broken down by sub-priority
in the sections which follow. This table also indicates where ESIF Programme
targets correlate directly with Norfolk and Suffolk Indicators used to measure delivery
of the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
Target
Target
Programme
Performance
%
Economic
reference
Target
to end 2018
achieved
Strategy
(processed
Indicator
claims)
European Regional Development Fund
CO01
Number of
enterprises
2325
1967
84%
receiving
support
CO02
Number of
enterprises
1247
275
22%
receiving
grants
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CO05
Number of
Businesses
new
657
608
92%
- 2%
enterprises
annual
supported
growth
CO08
Employment
Jobs -
increase in
647
771
119%
0.5%
supported
annual
enterprises
growth
CO28
Number of
60
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63%
enterprises
supported to
introduce new
to the market
products
P13
Number of
enterprises
119
2370
1991%
receiving
information,
diagnostic and
brokerage
European Social Fund
01
Number of
participants
28,110
R1
Number of
participants in
1659
priority 1 into
employment
R7
Number of
Skills,
participants
1489
increase in
receiving
NVQ3+ by
training
1.4% over 5
achieving level
years
3 or above
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Jobs created
Jobs -
as a result of
130
0.5%
investment
annual
growth
The results to date for the ESF and EAFRD programmes are not available at LEP
level. We will be working with the Programmes and successful projects to collate
this data on a regular basis.
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European Social Fund
Programme priorities
One of the five priority themes in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy is
Driving Inclusion and Skills. The Norfolk and Suffolk aspiration is that -
Our people, whether in traditional careers, micro businesses, arts and culture or
supporting others in the community, are central to all our ambitions and goals. We
want to raise and support aspiration across all ages. Good progress has been made
in raising skill levels, but we want to go further and faster, particularly for those
already in work. We will help our young people set their ambitions high and
understand the exciting local careers available to them.
There are a number of high-level objectives under this theme which provide the
focus for interventions in the Economic Strategy Delivery Plan. ESF-funded projects
to date have contributed to the delivery of a number of these objectives as detailed
below and we would expect any future projects to deliver against at least one of
these objectives. Suggestions for possible future activity are also outlined.
Sector Skills Deals and Youth Pledge
A key driver of Norfolk and Suffolk skills activity is the Sector Skills Deals, developed
with ESF funding, and now providing the starting point for focused skills activity
tailored to the needs of our key sectors. The New Anglia Youth Pledge is also a
focus for our aspiration to ensure that all young people are given a good start to their
careers.
Calls for Projects
ESF operates through targeted Calls for projects. The Calls to date in Norfolk and
Suffolk are listed in the Priority sections below. All Call documents are approved by
the LEP ESIF sub-Committee, which includes specialists from the skills and
employability sector.
There is still some scope for additional local Calls in Priority 2. Later in 2019, there
are likely to be national Calls for projects. This Strategy Update will help the New
Anglia ESIF Committee to test the strategic impact of any New Anglia projects put
forward nationally.
Funding allocations and technical assistance
The funding allocated to the New Anglia LEP area is in euros, and therefore the
amount in £ can change. The ESF Programme was revalued in 2018 and the figures
in this document are all up to date at February 2019
New Anglia LEP has worked closely with colleagues in Norfolk County Council and
Suffolk County Council to deliver Technical Assistance projects in ERDF and ESF
which support potential applicants through the funding process and promote the
Programmes.
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Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy priorities for ESF delivery
Theme: Driving Inclusion
ESIF delivery to date and future
ESF
and Skills
direction
Priority
High Level Objective:
Sector Skills Plans received £300,000
(DIS1):
funding under Priority 2.1 and the
2
completed plans are published here.
Through the development of
sector skills plans produce
The New Anglia LEP Skills Board and
clear statements about the
Sector Working Groups are working on
skills businesses need now
the delivery of the Plans.
and in the future, to
Future projects may address
influence providers,
challenges identified in the sector
business investment and
skills plans.
personal choices by new
students and those already
in the workforce.
High Level Objective:
(DIS2):
Skills training for businesses in the ESF
2
Develop an integrated skills
programme have been concentrated in a
offer for businesses across
small number of high impact projects to
Norfolk and Suffolk, to make
date, and have included a wide range of
it easier for them to navigate
training options, including technical skills.
and access the initiatives
and providers that are
available. We will focus
Future projects may focus on the
particularly on long term
technical skills gaps identified in
development of technical
sector skills plans, and should also
skills in our existing
work towards an ‘integrated skills
workforce.
offer’ with other initiatives.
High Level Objective:
(DIS3):
While the ESF Programme does not fund
2
Prioritise capital investment
capital interventions, the LEP Funds
on provision that will deliver
invested in capital interventions in our
the future skills our sectors
colleges have helped support them to
and workforce need. Take a
deliver a range of ESF employability and
commissioning approach
training activity in the ESF Programme to
and being clear about what
date.
must be provided. We will
Skills Deal funding has been used to
use the Skills Deal
match fund ESF investment and has
programme to drive
included a major work trials project for
innovation aligned to local
young people leaving care.
economic need.
Future projects may be generated by
the sector skills plans or sector
groups, and may align capital
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investment with new programme
delivery which meets our priorities.
High Level Objective:
(DIS4):
The College of West Anglia has run a
2
Skills Support for Emerging Leaders
Prioritise leadership support
programme with £375,000 ESF funding,
for our entrepreneurs and
and through the ESF -funded LIFT
those in new high growth
Programme, Hethel Innovation are
businesses, through further
offering a start-up advice programme to
accelerator support and
budding entrepreneurs.
business mentorship. We
will provide the ecosystem
Future projects may consider how to
that new entrepreneurs
nurture the skills needed for
need to succeed.
successful entrepreneurship.
High Level Objective:
(DIS5):
There have been two ESF Calls
1
specifically requesting projects
Deliver the Youth Pledge for
addressing the Youth Pledge, one under
all our young people,
investment priority 1.2 seeking
providing an integrated offer
programmes of support from providers
that shows and inspires
and the other under 2.2 to develop better
them about the
links with businesses committed to the
opportunities that exist and
Youth Pledge.
provides support to enable
them to access them,
Two major multi-partner ESF projects -
including support into
run by the Matthew Project and
employment.
Community Action Suffolk respectively -
have also provided a significant package
of support for young people facing
barriers to employment.
Future projects will consider what
further interventions are needed in
addition to existing provision, and will
ensure a good fit with other services.
High Level Objective:
(DIS6):
ESF is supporting a number of projects to
2
create new apprenticeships and there have
Step up our efforts to
been two specific apprenticeship calls under
promote and support the
Priority 2.1 and 2.2.
delivery of high quality
apprenticeships providing
Future projects will consider the existing
clear entry routes into our
landscape of provision in identifying gaps
focus sectors, directly
where intervention will increase the
number and/or quality of apprenticeships.
produce the skills and
capabilities our economy
needs - including higher
level technical skills through
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degree and higher level
apprenticeships.
High Level Objective:
(DIS10):
ESF has over £18m of support allocated
1
to supporting people into work who face
Develop new approaches
barriers to employment. Projects include
and remove barriers to get
Opportunity Suffolk, which has to date
people back into work,
worked with 535 long-term unemployed
especially for those further
people, 82 of whom have gone into work,
from the job markets and
95 into further training and 36 into active
provide support for all into
job search.
sustained employment
Future projects will review the lessons
learned from current and previous
interventions and identify a clear gap
in provision where further intervention
is needed.
Specific ESF Priorities and Calls
ESF Priority 1 - Inclusive Labour Markets
Funds available
New Anglia ESF Funding Allocation
€21,127,293 (fixed)
£18,380,745*
Investment Priority 1.1: access to
€4,185,130 (fixed)
employment
£3,641,063*
Investment Priority 1.2: sustainable
€4,995,990 (fixed)
integration of young people into the labour
£4,346,511*
market
Investment Priority 1.4: Active inclusion
€11,946,173 (fixed)
£10,393,171*
Total spend (including match funding)
€42,254,586
£36,761,490*
*Based on exchange rate revaluation of the Programme in January 2019.
INDICATORS (by Investment Priority)
ID
Output Indicators
IP 1.1
IP 1.2
IP 1.4
Total
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O1
Number of Participants
4,120
5,380
9,500
O1 Participants - Male
2,260
2,960
5,220
O1 Participants - Female
1,860
2,420
4,280
O2
Participants (below 25 years of age)
4,990
4,990
who are unemployed or inactive
O2 Participants - Male
2,740
2,740
O2 Participants - Female
2,250
2,250
O4
Participants over 50 years of age
970
1,130
2,100
O5
Participants from ethnic minorities
180
190
240
610
O6
Participants without basic skills
730
880
1,610
CO01
Unemployed, including long-term
3,490
2,830
6,320
unemployed
CO03
Inactive participants
1,030
1,250
2,160
4,440
CO14
Participants who live in a single adult
410
150
560
household with dependent children
CO16
Participants with disabilities
1,060
560
1,370
2,990
ID
Result Indicators
IP 1.1
IP 1.2
IP 1.4
R1
Unemployed participants into employment
22%
14%
(including self -employment) on leaving
R2
Inactive participants into employment, or job
33%
27%
search on leaving
R3
Participants gaining basic skills
4%
4%
R4
Participants with childcare needs receiving
36%
36%
childcare support
R5
Participants (below 25 years of age) in
43%
employment, including self-employment, or
education/training upon leaving
CR02
Participants in education or training on leaving
17%
CR06
Participants in employment, including self-
34%
34%
employment, 6 months after leaving
ESF Priority 1.1 - Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
Access to employment for job seekers and the inactive
National
1.1 Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people,
priorities
including the long-term unemployment and people far from
the labour market. Also through local employment initiatives
and support for labour mobility.
1.1.1 To improve the employability of long-term
unemployed people, so that they can compete
effectively in the labour market.
1.1.2 To provide individuals from groups which face
particular labour market disadvantage with additional
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support so that they can compete effectively in the
labour market.
1.1.3 To encourage inactive people to participate in the
labour market and to improve their employability.
1.1.4 To address the basic skills needs of unemployed
and inactive people so they can compete effectively in
the labour market.
1.1.5 To provide support for women at a disadvantage in
the labour market, and particularly those who are
currently inactive, to contribute to our efforts to reduce
the gender employment gap.
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high-level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
The needs of employers across the key sectors of the
New Anglia economy and where relevant, skills gaps
identified in the Sector Skills Plans.
How their projects contribute to the delivery of the New
Anglia Youth Pledge which makes a commitment to
giving young people the support they need to get into
further training or work within 3 months of leaving
education or employment.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full range
of other provision locally and how they will reach their
target market. Employability provision can be confusing
for participants, so successful applications will evidence
good partnership working and effective networks in their
delivery model.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Potential partnerships which could harness the skills of a
range of organisations in a coordinated programme.
Calls and opt-
Grassroots Community Programme - open call
ins to date
Work and Health Integrated Services - open call
Projects
LIFT Jobs, a grassroots
£373,760
contracted to
employability grant scheme
date
for rural initiatives run by
Norfolk County Council.
Projects in the
Three ambitious multi-partner initiatives under the Work and
application
Health Integrated Services Call are in the contracting process.
process
These projects aspire to work across the public and VCSE
sectors to deliver a seamless programme of interventions to
support people with long-term health issues into work. Linked
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projects are under consideration for those even further from the
workplace under Priority 1.4.
Future
Unlikely to be further Calls under this priority if the projects
opportunities
currently in the pipeline are approved.
ESF Priority 1.2 - Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
Sustainable integration of young people into the labour market
National
1.2 Sustainable integration into the labour market of young
priorities
people, in particular those not in employment, education or
training, including young people at risk of social exclusion
and young people from marginalised communities, through
implementation of the Youth Guarantee.
1.2.1 To support the rise in the participation age by
providing additional traineeship and apprenticeship
opportunities
1.2.2 To engage marginalised 15-18 year olds and
support them to re-engage with education or training
1.2.3 To address the basic skills needs of young
NEETS so that they can compete effectively in the
labour market
1.2.4 To provide additional work experience and pre-
employment training opportunities to unemployed 18-
24 year olds
1.2.5 To support young lone parents to overcome the
barriers they face in participating in the labour market
(inc. childcare)
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
The needs of employers across the key sectors of the
New Anglia economy and where relevant, skills gaps
identified in the Sector Skills Plans.
How their projects contribute to the delivery of the New
Anglia Youth Pledge which makes a commitment to
giving young people the support they need to get into
further training or work within 3 months of leaving
education or employment.
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How their proposed provision is aligned with the full range
of other provision locally and how they will reach their
target market. Employability provision can be confusing
for participants, so successful applications will evidence
good partnership working and effective networks in their
delivery model.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Potential partnerships which could harness the skills of a
range of organisations in a coordinated programme.
Calls and opt-
Greater Ipswich Youth Guarantee - open Call
ins to date
NEET Prevention - ESFA opt-in
Youth Pledge in New Anglia - open Call
Projects
My Go project, delivering a
£1,565,779
contracted to
youth employment service in
date
Ipswich.
Norfolk NEET prevention
£332,721
project led by City College,
Norwich
Projects in the
The Youth Pledge Call closed in February 2019.
application
process
Future
Unlikely to be further Calls under this priority if the projects
opportunities
currently in the pipeline are approved, as Priority 1 is fully
committed.
ESF Priority 1.4 - Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
Active inclusion
National
1.4 Active inclusion, including with a view to promoting equal
priorities
opportunities and active participation, and improving
employability.
1.4.1 To support people with multiple and complex
barriers to participation to address these underlying
issues and to move closer to or into the labour market
1.4.3 To engage marginalised individuals and support
them to re-engage with education, training, or into
employment
Local priorities
The needs of employers across the key sectors of the
New Anglia economy and where relevant, skills gaps
identified in the Sector Skills Plans.
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How their projects contribute to the delivery of the New
Anglia Youth Pledge which makes a commitment to
giving young people the support they need to get into
further training or work within 3 months of leaving
education or employment.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full range
of other provision locally and how they will reach their
target market. Employability provision can be confusing
for participants, so successful applications will evidence
good partnership working and effective networks in their
delivery model.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Potential partnerships which could harness the skills of a
range of organisations in a coordinated programme.
Calls and opt-
Long term unemployed and young people opt-in
ins to date
opportunities from Building Better Opportunities, the Big
Lottery Fund opt-in Programme.
Grassroots Community Programme - Open Call
Work and Health Integrated Services Open Call
ESFA Opt-in Community Grants programme
Projects
Norfolk Community College, for long-term
£967,100
contracted to
unemployed people in Norfolk, led by
date
East Coast College. BBO opt-in.
Opportunity Suffolk, for long-term
£967,100
unemployed people in Suffolk, led by
TCHC. BBO opt-in.
On Track, for young people in Norfolk, led
£830,450
by the Matthew Project. BBO opt-in.
Minding the Gap, for young people in
£830,450
Suffolk, led by Community Action Suffolk.
BBO opt-in.
Place 21(c) , a grassroots project working
£293,904
with people furthest from the labour
market, led by West Suffolk College
Great Yarmouth Inclusion Project, a
£349,746
grassroots project supporting
neighbourhood employability projects in
the Great Yarmouth area and run by
Great Yarmouth Borough Council.
LIFT Community Grants Programme, an
£1,030,292
opt-in 100% grant programme with co-
funding from the ESFA, run by Norfolk
County Council.
Projects in the
Three ambitious multi-partner initiatives under the Work and
application
Health Integrated Services Call are in the contracting process.
process
These projects aspire to work across the public and VCSE
sectors to deliver a seamless programme of interventions to
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support people with long-term health issues into work. Linked
projects are under consideration for those even further from the
workplace under Priority 1.1.
Future
Unlikely to be further Calls under this priority if the projects
opportunities
currently in the pipeline are approved, as Priority 1 is fully
committed, with high levels of commitment and spend in priority
1.4
ESF Priority 2: Skills for Growth
Funds available
Local ESF Funding Allocation
€24,638,009 (fixed)
£21,435,067*
Investment Priority 2.1: access to
€20,369,175 (fixed)
lifelong learning
£17,721,182*
Investment Priority 2.2: improving
€4,268,833 (fixed)
the labour market relevance of skills
£3,713,885*
provision
Total spend (with match)
€49,276,018
£42,870,134*
*Based on exchange rate revaluation of the Programme in January 2019. New
values of New Anglia funding as confirmed to the ESIF Committee.
INDICATORS (by Investment Priority)
ID
Output Indicator
IP 2.1
IP 2.2
O1
Number of participants
18,610
Participants - Male
9,120
Participants - Female
9,490
O4
Participants over 50 years of age
4,300
O5
Participants from ethnic minorities
810
O6
Participants without basic skills
3,280
CO14
Participants who live in a single adult
730
household with dependent children
CO16
Participants with disabilities
1,400
CO23
Number of supported micro, small and
330
medium-sized enterprises (including
cooperative enterprises and enterprises of
the social economy)
ID
Result Indicator
IP 2.1
IP 2.2
R3
Participants gaining basic skills
11%
R6
Participants gaining level 2 or below or a
25%
unit of a level 2 or below qualification
(excluding basic skills)
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R7
Participants gaining level 3 or above or a
8%
unit of a level 3 or above qualification
R8
Employed females gaining improved
35%
labour market status
R9
Small and medium enterprises
75%
successfully completing projects (which
increase employer engagement; and/or
the number of people progressing into or
within skills provision)
ESF Priority 2.1 - Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
Skills for Growth: access to lifelong learning
National
2.1 Enhancing equal access to lifelong learning for all age
priorities
groups in formal, non-formal and informal settings, upgrading
the knowledge, skills and competencies of the workforce, and
promoting flexible learning pathways including through career
guidance and validation of acquired competencies
2.1.1 To address the basic skills needs of employed
people, particularly in SMEs and Micro businesses.
2.1.2 To increase the skills levels of employed people
from the existing level to the next level up, to
encourage progression in employment.
2.1.3 To increase the number of people with technical
and job specific skills, particularly at level 3 and
above and into higher and advanced level
apprenticeships, to support business growth.
2.1.4 To increase the skills levels of employed
women to encourage progression in employment to
help address the gender employment and wage gap.
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
The priorities identified in the Sector Skills Plans.
Involving businesses in delivery from the start to ensure
that provision meets their needs.
Local networks and providing evidence of
understanding of the New Anglia business landscape
which will enable effective promotion and take-up of
new provision.
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How their proposed provision is aligned with the full
range of other provision locally and how they will reach
their target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Calls and opt-
ESFA opt-in Sector Skills Plans
ins to date
ESFA opt-in Skills Support for the Workforce
ESFA opt-in Skills Support for Emerging Leaders
ESFA opt-in Skills Support for Redundancy
ESFA opt-in Skills Support for Redundancy and the
Workforce (follow on tender)
Grassroots Community Programme - Open Call
In-work pay and progression - health and social care -
Open Call
Local workforce development - Open Call
Apprenticeships Progression - Open Call
Basic Skills in Employment - open Call (no bids
submitted)
Projects
Sector Skills Plans, developed by Skills
£300,000
contracted to
Reach in collaboration with New Anglia
date
LEP, and bringing together skills planning
for key sectors New Anglia
Skills Support for the Workforce run by
£4,999,500
SEETEC, a major programme of workplace
training opportunities.
Skills Support for Emerging Leaders, run
£375,000
by the College of West Anglia, offering
targeted leadership training across New
Anglia.
Skills Support for Redundancy, a
£349,803
programme to help people equip
themselves for a career and job change
after redundancy, run by TCHC
Place 21a, a grassroots training
£293,904
programme run by West Suffolk College
LIFT Skills, a grassroots grant programme
£530,638
funding bespoke training projects for rural
businesses
Projects in the
A Skills in Health and Social Care project is in the contracting
application
process. Applicants to the Local workforce development calls
process
are still in the application process.
A Call for projects under the theme of Apprenticeships
Progression was launched in February 2019 but closed with
no applications and the funds were reallocated.
A combined Priority 2.1 and 2.2 Call for Sector Skills
Development projects closes in December 2019.
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ESF Priority 2.2 - Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
Skills for Growth: labour market relevance of skills provision
National
2.2 Improving the labour market relevance of education and
priorities
training systems, facilitating the transition from education to
work and strengthening vocational education and training
systems and their quality, including through mechanisms for
skills anticipation, adaptation of curricula and the
establishment and development of work-based learning
systems, including dual learning systems and apprenticeship
schemes.
2.2.1 To promote improvements in the labour market
relevance of skills provision through active
engagement with relevant institutions and
employers, particularly SMEs and Micro businesses.
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
The priorities identified in the Sector Skills Plans.
Involving businesses in delivery from the start to ensure
that provision meets their needs.
Local networks and providing evidence of
understanding of the New Anglia business landscape
which will enable effective promotion and take-up of
new provision.
How their projects contribute to the delivery of the New
Anglia Youth Pledge.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full
range of other provision locally and how they will reach
their target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Potential partnerships which could harness the skills of
a range of organisations in a coordinated programme.
Calls and opt-
Grassroots Community Programme - Open Call
ins to date
New Anglia Youth Pledge Marque - Open Call
Apprenticeships Support for Employers - Open Call
Projects
Place 21b, engaging employers and young
£293,904
contracted to
people in the development of training
date
provision
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LIFT Trials, a grassroots rural grant
£530,639
programme for workplace trials projects.
Projects in the
The New Anglia Youth Pledge Marque call closed in February
application
2019 and the Apprenticeships Support for Employers Call
process
closes in May 2019.
A combined Priority 2.1 and 2.2 Call for Sector Skills
Development projects closes in December 2019.
Future
A further Call for a Careers Hub project or projects opened in
opportunities
October 2019.
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European Regional Development Fund
Programme priorities
As discussed in the Strategic Context section, European Regional Development
Fund priorities align closely to the following Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy
priority themes:
Our Offer to the World
Improving and communicating a clear,
ambitious offer to the world is central to
all our ambitions and targets and to
attracting the people, investors and
businesses of the future
Driving Business Growth and
Our diverse economy is a real strength.
Productivity
Our key businesses and institutions see
well established businesses and supply
chains across our sectors.
Our work to support business will be
driven by three goals:
• Increasing investment.
• Driving productivity.
• Helping our firms move into new
markets and products
Collaborating to Grow
The competition we face does not come
from within Norfolk and Suffolk. Many of
the opportunities we have come from
our proximity to Cambridge and London
as well as global markets. The new
markets and investment opportunities
we seek are national and global.
Competitive Clusters close to global
Within our business sectors, Norfolk
centres
and Suffolk have a number of
recognised national and global clusters
of business, with excellent access to
national and global markets and to
London and Cambridge.
There are a number of high-level objectives under these themes which provide the
focus for interventions in the Economic Strategy Delivery Plan. ERDF-funded
projects to date have contributed to the delivery of a number of these objectives as
detailed below and we would expect any future projects to deliver against at least
one of these objectives. Suggestions for possible future activity are also outlined
here.
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Calls for Projects
ERDF operates through targeted Calls for projects. The Calls to date in the New
Anglia LEP area are listed in the Priority sections below, and have in the most part
been quite general to encourage the highest possible application rate.
Low Carbon Financial Instrument
In addition, New Anglia LEP in collaboration with the Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough Combined Authority and Hertfordshire LEP has supported the
development of a Low Carbon Financial Instrument under Priority 4. This project
was contracted during 2019 and is run by Norfolk County Council with the University
of East Anglia.
National Reserve Fund opportunity
The final local Calls closed at the end of September 2019. There are further strong
projects under priorities 1, 3 and 4 which may seek further funding when the National
Reserve Fund opens soon. There is also an opportunity to develop initiatives under
other priorities which were not included in the local allocation, but which have a
strong synergy with the aims of the Local Industrial Strategy - an indication of local
priorities to guide applicants under these priorities is set out below.
Funding allocations and technical assistance
The funding allocated to the New Anglia LEP area is in euros, and therefore the
amount in £ can change. The ERDF and ESF Programmes have been revalued in
2018 and the figures in this document are all up to date at February 2019. During
2019, any allocated funding not committed by individual LEPs in these two
programmes will be made available through a competitive national process. This
Strategy Update will help the New Anglia ESIF Committee to test the strategic
impact of any New Anglia projects put forward nationally.
New Anglia LEP has worked closely with colleagues in Norfolk County Council and
Suffolk County Council to deliver Technical Assistance projects in ERDF and ESF
which support potential applicants through the funding process and promote the
Programmes.
Role of the Growth Hub
The LEP has also successfully bid for funding, notably to deliver the Business
Growth Programme. Our Growth Hub plays a key role in raising awareness of the
full range of ERDF, EAFRD and ESF support available to businesses.
ERDF Changes to investment priorities
Priority 1a, which enables capital investment in research infrastructure, was not
included in the original New Anglia ESIF Investment Strategy - the thinking being at
the time that we didn’t want to spend a relatively small ERDF allocation on building
projects, but rather on activity within existing buildings and on joining up innovation
activity across Norfolk and Suffolk.
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However, it was agreed by the New Anglia LEP ESIF Committee at its November
2018 meeting to include PA1a as an option for investment for the remaining funds for
the following reasons -
A number of the priorities in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy may
require capital investment as part of successful delivery.
Experience of delivering the current ERDF Programme has shown that
revenue projects generally rely heavily on private sector match funding. It
would be helpful to offer another match funding option in the form of capital
investment to widen the pool of potential applicants.
PA1 is proving the hardest priority nationally to successfully commit and
spend, and we would like to give potential applicants the widest possible
range of options for the structure of PA1 projects, provided these deliver
against local priorities.
A local Call under the new combined Priority 1a and 1b was issued in 2019.
As indicated above, we would also like to enable local projects to receive funding
under the National Reserve Fund opportunity under priorities 2, 5 and 6 in addition to
the priorities included in the LEP allocation. Local context and priorities for these are
set out below.
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy priorities for ERDF delivery
Theme: Our Offer to the World
Relevant
Objective
Success to date/ future actions
ERDF
Priority
High Level Objective
Invest East is a partnership project involving
3
(OOW1):
the LEP and local authority partners, with a
Work across all local
£906,000 ERDF grant to develop the
authorities to integrate
investment readiness of Norfolk businesses
our inward investment
and improve our inward investment offer.
and business location
offer, campaigning at
Future projects may consider how to
scale in new markets
support businesses to improve their
and working with
investment potential and development into
national Government.
new markets.
High Level Objective
(OOW5):
SCORE has been supported to deliver
1 or 3
Work with Government
innovation activity in the energy sector.
to ensure that the
unique contribution of
Future projects could consider what
our energy sector is
further activity is needed to support this
sector to grow.
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well understood and
supported.
High Level Objective
(OOW6):
While ERDF does not support infrastructure
1a
Build the right kind of
projects, it can support the development of
housing and
commercial and innovation premises where
5
commercial space
these lead directly to planned business
where it is needed and
support or innovation activity.
6
integrate utility, road,
rail and green
Future projects may take advantage of the
infrastructure to build
inclusion of Priority 1a in our ERDF
the communities and
innovation offer, and develop research or
places people want to
innovation facilities where there is
live.
evidence of need.
High Level Objective
(OOW7):
Start East has received an ERDF grant of
3
Develop a year-round
£610,000 to deliver bespoke business support
visitor offer by
in the cultural sector in Norfolk and Suffolk.
investing in the
strategic projects such
Future projects may consider how this
as attractions, heritage
support might be continued or enhanced.
and cultural institutions
that also will increase
visitor spend.
Theme: Driving Business Growth & Productivity
Relevant
Objective
Success to date/ future actions
ERDF
Priority
High Level Objective
(DBGP1):
The New Anglia Growth Programme has
3 or 4
Sharpen our high-
received £12.89m for a major programme of
quality business support
business support, including in-depth advice
offer to ensure it meets
and grants.
the changing needs of
businesses adapting to
Future projects will consider the current
new ways of working
support offer, and identify gaps in
and technology. This
particular sectors or types of support
will include leadership
where there is clear evidence of demand
development, and the
for provision.
ecosystem firms need
to share knowledge and
services across sectors.
High Level Objective
(DBGP2):
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Enable our SMEs to
The Business Growth Programme,
grow and increase
Innovation New Anglia, TALE, and BEE
3 or 4
exports by focusing
Anglia all work with businesses on improving
grant programmes and
growth, efficiency and productivity.
other support on
growth, innovation, and
Future projects will consider lessons
productivity.
learned from previous and current
initiatives and consider how to target
support for the highest possible impact
on growth and productivity.
High Level Objective
Supply chain development is eligible for
3
(DBGP3):
support in the ERDF programme and the
Lead a cross sector
Business Growth Programme works on this
“trade global, supply
as part of their package of support for local
local” campaign, to
businesses.
open up support chain
opportunities for local
Future projects could be developed
businesses.
around supply chain potential and
development.
High Level Objective:
(DBDP4):
ERDF can support aspects of the
3
Prioritise digital and
development of business premises,
physical infrastructure
especially where there is a central hub
2
projects to support
providing support or training to the
businesses to develop
businesses on site.
and provide the space
that new and existing
Future projects may develop a bespoke
firms need to grow.
support service linked to a new business
facility, based on clear evidence of need.
High Level Objective:
(DGBP5):
Keep + and Innovation New Anglia make
1 or 3
Set up new schemes to
links between the university sector and
help high growth
business.
businesses and make it
easier to access advice
Future projects could consider the gaps
and funding for
where interventions to support the
commercial innovation
commercialisation of research could
and commercialising
deliver growth, especially focussed
business and university
around Industrial Strategy key sectors
R&D
Digital ICT, Agritech and Clean Energy.
High Level Objective:
(DGBP6):
The New Anglia Business Growth
3 or 4
Programme aims to provide a clear ‘front
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Provide improved
door’ to all available support. The proposed
access to finance and
Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 will if
assist business
successful provide a source of investment
capability in identifying
for relevant early stage companies.
skills deficits. We will
make it easier to access
Future projects will ensure a good fit
these services through
within the support landscape and
a new “front door” for
synergy with the Business Growth
funding support.
Programme, as well as ensuring they
have the expertise to support businesses
to explore finance options.
High Level Objective:
(DGBP7):
This ERDF programme has not to date
1a
Establish new centres
supported capital development, although it
of excellence to
has supported business support and
improve productivity
innovation activity at existing centres of
and innovation
excellence, Hethel Innovation and Orbis.
providing new skills for
business leaders and
Future projects could identify effective
employees.
locations and partnerships to deliver new
centres of excellence where there is a
clear need and demand, a strong support
and innovation offer and access to
relevant expertise.
Theme: Collaborating to Grow
Relevant
Objective
Success to date/ future actions
ERDF
Priority
High Level Objective:
CtC1
Working Across
The New Anglia Business Growth Hub links
3
Sectors
all the business support and innovation
projects in New Anglia, cross referring
Help businesses
where helpful and signposting to the most
collaborate on
appropriate support.
increasingly common
requirements for
Future projects might look at cross-
technical know-how
sector support opportunities and supply
and access to new
chain support
markets and
techniques.
Link up innovation
hubs and wider
business support offer,
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focusing on specific
places where it makes
sense to do so, for
example in the
opportunities to link up
culture, digital, fin-tech
and creative firms in
Norwich
Build on the success of
our growth hub and
sector groups to help
people and businesses
find the support and
funding needed
Ensure our work on
opening up supply chain
opportunities crosses
sectoral boundaries
High Level Objective:
CtC3
Working with other
Several projects work across several LEP
3 or 1
regions
areas, bringing together partners and
experts across a wide geography. For
Work with other parts
example the Innovation Bridge and Keep +
of the UK on
projects deliver innovation activity across
enhancing supply
several LEP areas.
chains, learning best
practices, influencing
Future projects could consider
government and drive
partnerships and activity across a wide
efficiency around
geography, especially where this drives
procurement,
efficiency, or develops supply chains.
maximising
opportunities for our
firms who are part of
national and global
supply chains and
sectors.
Collaborate with
sector groups and
trade organisations
nationally and
globally, where there
is the opportunity for
our businesses to
work with others to
develop new
opportunities and
markets
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Theme: Competitive Clusters close to Global Centres
High Level Objective:
CCCGC1
Innovation New Anglia has developed
3 or 1
Develop a
clusters and associated activity for a
commercially led plan
number of sectors. Invest East is
for each cluster that:
supporting the development of investment
opportunities.
Encourages new
companies and
Future projects could develop a package
commercial investment.
of cluster-based activity.
Establishes global and
national links.
Maximises local supply
chain benefits. Markets
the commercial
opportunity. Develops
the ecosystem that
enables the cluster to
thrive
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Specific ERDF priorities and calls
ERDF Priority 1 : Promoting Research and Innovation
Funding available
Local ERDF Funding Allocation
€12,214,186(fixed)
£11,033,074*
Total spend (with match)
€24,428,372
£22,066,148*
*Based on exchange rate revaluation in January 2019 - €1=£0.87.
INDICATORS (by Investment Priority)
ID
Indicator
IP1a
IP1b
CO01
Number of enterprises receiving support
385
CO02
Number of enterprises receiving grants
258
CO03
Number of enterprises receiving financial
7
support other than grants
CO04
Number of enterprises receiving non-financial
116
support
CO05
Number of new enterprises supported
33
CO06
Private investment matching public support to
€3,261,521
enterprises (grants)
CO07
Private investment matching public support to
€456,552
enterprises (non-grants)
CO08
Employment increase in supported enterprises
37
CO25
Number of researchers employed in improved
6
research facilities
CO26
Number of enterprises cooperating with
253
research institutions
CO28
Number of enterprises supported to introduce
37
new to the market products
CO29
Number of enterprises supported to introduce
74
new to the firm products
P2
Public or commercial buildings built or
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202
renovated
Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
ERDF Priority 1
Promoting research and innovation
National
1a) enhancing research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure
priorities
and capacities to develop R&I excellence, and promoting
centres of competence, in particular those of European
interest
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increase investment in research and innovation
infrastructure that catalyses collaboration with the
research community especially in sectors identified
through smart specialisation
1b) Promoting business investment in R&I:
developing links and synergies between enterprises,
research and development centres and the Higher
Education sector, in particular promoting investment in
product and service development, technology transfer,
social innovation, eco-innovation, public service
applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters
and open innovation through smart specialisation;
supporting technological and applied research, pilot
lines, early product validation actions, advance
manufacturing capabilities and first production, in
particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of
general purpose technologies.
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
How their project will deliver in the priority places
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
The needs of key sectors identified in the Norfolk and
Suffolk Economic Strategy and Local Industrial
Strategy.
Involving businesses in developing project activity and
ensuring clear evidence of need.
Developing partnerships with a high level of expertise in
innovation and growth and which have the potential to
generate significant impact.
Local networks and providing evidence of
understanding of the New Anglia business landscape
which will enable effective promotion and take-up of
new provision.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full
range of other provision locally and how they will reach
their target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Calls and opt-
Regular general calls for innovation projects under priority 1b
ins to date
throughout the Programme to date, and a 2019 Call under
priority 1a and 1b.
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Projects
Breakthrough, a Hethel Innovation project
£598,176
contracted to
with Cambridge/Norwich Tech Corridor,
date
Norfolk County Council, NUA and UEA
among its partners.
Innovation New Anglia, the precursor of
£528,252
Breakthrough, delivering innovation advice
and network development across key
sectors.
Keep+, an innovation and knowledge
£9,303,112
exchange project across several LEP
areas, with University of Suffolk a delivery
partner.
SCORE, an innovation project for the
£3,000,000
offshore wind sector.
Innovation Bridge, a multi-LEP project
£623,371
providing access to university expertise to
help businesses to grow, with University of
Suffolk a partner.
Projects in the
There is one further projects in the application process, and
application
further applications have been submitted to the final local Call
process
under this priority.
Future
National Reserve Fund.
opportunities
National Reserve Fund opportunity
ERDF Priority 2
Enhancing Access to, and use and Quality Of, ICT.
National
2(a) extending broadband deployment and the roll-out of high-
priorities
speed networks and supporting the adoption of emerging
technologies and networks for the digital economy.
2.(b) developing ICT products and services, ecommerce, and
enhancing demand for ICT
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
How their project will support the delivery of clean
growth in Norfolk and Suffolk.
How their project will deliver in the priority places
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
The needs of key sectors and strategic opportunities
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy
and Local Industrial Strategy.
Involving businesses in developing project activity and
ensuring clear evidence of need.
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Developing partnerships with a high level of expertise in
innovation and growth and which have the potential to
generate significant impact.
Local networks and providing evidence of
understanding of the New Anglia business landscape
which will enable effective promotion and take-up of
new provision.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full
range of other provision locally and how they will reach
their target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Calls and opt-
None in Norfolk and Suffolk. This priority was not included in
ins to date
the New Anglia allocation.
ERDF Priority 3: Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs
Funding available
Local ERDF Funding Allocation
€22,857,024 (fixed)
£23,164,985*
Total spend (with match)
€45,714,048
£46,329,970*
*Based on exchange rate revaluation of the Programme in January 2019.
INDICATORS (by Investment Priority)
ID
Indicator
IP 3a
IP 3c
IP 3d
Total
CO01
Number of enterprises receiving
298
761
425
1,484
support
CO02
Number of enterprises receiving
196
509
284
989
grants
CO03
Number of enterprises receiving
27
70
40
137
financial support other than
grants
CO04
Number of enterprises receiving
76
198
110
384
non-financial support
CO05
Number of new enterprises
231
239
135
605
supported
CO06
Private investment matching
€1.036m
€3.22m
€1.98m
€6.24m
public support to enterprises
(grants)
CO07
Private investment matching
€33.5k
€1.04m
€663k
€1.74m
public support to enterprises
(non-grants)
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CO08
Employment increase in
121
312
177
610
supported enterprises
CO28
Number of enterprises
23
23
supported to introduce new to
the market products
CO29
Number of enterprises
119
68
187
supported to introduce new to
the firm products
P2
Public or commercial buildings
37
95
53
185
built or renovated (sq. m)
P11
Number of potential
942
942
entrepreneurs assisted to be
enterprise ready
P13
Number of enterprises receiving
76
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information, diagnostic and
brokerage
Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
ERDF Priority 3
Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs
National
3a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the
priorities
economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation
of new firms, including through business incubators.
3c) supporting the creation and the extension of advanced
capacities for products, services and development.
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
How their project will deliver in the priority places
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
The needs of key sectors identified in the Norfolk and
Suffolk Economic Strategy and Local Industrial
Strategy.
Involving businesses in developing project activity and
ensuring clear evidence of need.
Developing partnerships with a high level of expertise in
business support and growth and which have the
potential to generate significant impact.
Local networks and providing evidence of
understanding of the New Anglia business landscape
which will enable effective promotion and take-up of
new provision.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full
range of other provision locally and how they will reach
their target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
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Calls and opt-
Regular general calls for Priority 3 projects throughout the
ins to date
programme, with one specific call for Grassroots projects
which has not generated any contracted projects.
Projects
New Anglia Business Growth Programme,
£12,893,947
contracted to
incorporating the New Anglia Growth Hub.
date
Get Exporting 2, an export readiness
£3,925,000
project from Exemplas in collaboration with
the Department for International Trade.
TALE, the Transport and Logistical
£2,874,974
Efficiencies project from Haven Gateway,
works with businesses in the logistics
sector.
Building the Cultural Economy in New
£609,769
Anglia, a business support programme for
the cultural sector.
Invest East, a project supporting
£906,910
businesses to explore investment options,
expand and grow.
Better off in Business, a business support
£64,327
programme for young people from the
Princes Trust
Manufacturing Growth Programme, a multi-
£500,000
LEP programme supporting manufacturing
SMEs to grow
Projects in the
Two further projects in the contracting process. Limited
application
funding still available was issued in a final local Call in 2019.
process
Future
National Reserve Fund.
opportunities
ERDF Priority 4 - supporting the shift towards a Low Carbon economy in all
sectors
Funding available
Local ERDF Funding Allocation
€10,475,192 (fixed)
£9,462,000*
Total spend (with match)
€20,950,384
£18,924,000*
*Based on exchange rate revaluation of the Programme in January 2019. New
values of New Anglia funding as confirmed to the ESIF Committee.
INDICATORS (by Investment Priority)
ID
Indicator
IP 4a
IP 4b
IP 4f
Total
CO01
Number of enterprises
27
354
75
456
receiving support
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CO05
Number of new enterprises
6
13
19
supported
CO26
Number of enterprises
6
6
cooperating with research
institutions
CO29
Number of enterprises
10
10
supported to introduce new
to the firm products
CO30
Additional capacity of
3 MW
3 MW
renewable energy
production
CO34
Estimated annual decrease
2,033
1,726
971
4,730
of GHG (tonnes of CO2
equivalent)
Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
ERDF Priority 4
Supporting the shift towards a Low Carbon economy
National
4a) Promoting the production and distribution of energy derived
priorities
from renewable sources
4b) Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in
enterprises
4f) Promoting research and innovation in, and adoption of, low
carbon technologies.
Local priorities
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked to
consider -
How their project will deliver in the priority places identified
in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
The needs of key sectors identified in the Norfolk and
Suffolk Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy.
Involving businesses in developing project activity and
ensuring clear evidence of need.
Developing partnerships with a high level of expertise in
business support and growth and which have the potential
to generate significant impact.
Local networks and providing evidence of understanding of
the New Anglia business landscape which will enable
effective promotion and take-up of new provision.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full range
of other provision locally and how they will reach their
target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery
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Calls and opt-
Regular general calls during the Programme in addition to the
ins to date
ongoing development of a multi-LEP low carbon financial
instrument with the approval of the LEPs’ ESIF sub-Committees.
Projects
BEE Anglia, a low carbon advice and grant
£2,808,472
contracted to
programme
date
Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2, a financial
£4,300,000
instrument from Norfolk County Council
and the University of East Anglia.
Projects in the
None
application
process
Future
There are no further local calls under this priority.
opportunities
National Reserve Fund opportunity
ERDF Priority 5
Promoting Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Prevention
and Management
National
5b Promoting investment to address specific risks, ensuring
priorities
disaster resilience and developing disaster management
systems
Local priorities
Clean growth is the core vision of the Norfolk and Suffolk Local
Industrial Strategy, and underpins all its objectives. The area
is at the forefront of tackling the challenges and opportunities
of climate change - the area affected earliest by rising sea
levels and changing rainfall pattern and with major research
and business strengths in adapting to the change. Many
businesses are directly threatened by a high level of flood risk,
especially in coastal towns and villages, so managing that risk
effectively will help to secure the economic future of our
coastal communities.
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
How their project will support the delivery of clean
growth in Norfolk and Suffolk.
How their project will deliver in the priority places
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
The needs of key sectors and strategic opportunities
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy
and Local Industrial Strategy.
Involving businesses in developing project activity
where relevant and ensuring clear evidence of need.
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Developing cross-sector partnerships with a high level
of expertise and which have the potential to generate
significant impact.
Local networks and providing evidence of
understanding of the New Anglia business landscape
which will enable effective promotion and take-up of
new provision.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full
range of other provision locally and how they will reach
their target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery.
Calls and opt-
None in Norfolk and Suffolk. This priority was not included in
ins to date
the New Anglia allocation.
National Reserve Fund opportunity
ERDF Priority 6
Preserving and Protecting the Environment and
promoting Resource Efficiency
National
6d - Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and
priorities
promoting ecosystems, including through Natura 2000 and
green infrastructure.
6f - promoting innovative technologies to improve
environmental protection and resource efficiency in the waste
sector, water sector and with regard to soil, or to reduce air
pollution
Local priorities
Clean growth is the core vision of the Norfolk and Suffolk Local
Industrial Strategy, and underpins all its objectives. We also
have many businesses directly threatened by a high level of
flood risk, especially in coastal towns and villages, so
managing that risk effectively will help to secure the economic
future of our coastal communities.
In addition to addressing the high level objectives listed above
and the priorities given in individual Calls, applicants are asked
to consider -
How their project will support the delivery of clean
growth in Norfolk and Suffolk.
How their project will deliver in the priority places
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy.
The needs of key sectors and strategic opportunities
identified in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy
and Local Industrial Strategy.
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Involving businesses in developing project activity
where relevant and ensuring clear evidence of need.
Developing partnerships with a high level of relevant
expertise and which have the potential to generate
significant impact.
Local networks and engagement.
How their proposed provision is aligned with the full
range of other provision locally and how they will reach
their target market.
Lessons learned from previous delivery
Calls and opt-
None in Norfolk and Suffolk. This priority was not included in
ins to date
the New Anglia allocation.
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European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Programme priorities
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development align most closely to the Norfolk
and Suffolk Economic Strategy priority theme Driving Business Growth and
Productivity. The Norfolk and Suffolk aspiration is that -
Our diverse economy is a real strength. Our key businesses and institutions see well
established businesses and supply chains across our sectors.
Our work to support business will be driven by three goals:
• Increasing investment.
• Driving productivity.
• Helping our firms move into new markets and products
In providing investment in tourism infrastructure projects, this Programme also
supports Our Offer to the World with investment in our tourism offer.
There are a number of high-level objectives under these themes which provide the
focus for interventions in the Economic Strategy Delivery Plan. EAFRD-funded
projects to date have contributed to the delivery of a number of these objectives as
detailed below and we would expect any future projects to deliver against at least
one of these objectives.
As investment is at business level and over 50 projects have been contracted or are
in the pipeline, a summary of the range of investments is given below. A National
Reserve Fund Call is due in 2019, and Norfolk and Suffolk applicants will be
expected to deliver against the priorities below.
Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy priorities for EAFRD delivery
Theme: Our Offer to the World
High Level Objective (OOW7):
Develop a year-round visitor offer by
EAFRD is investing over £3.7m in
investing in the strategic projects such
tourism infrastructure projects, including
as attractions, heritage and cultural
a development at the Museum of East
institutions that also will increase visitor
Anglian Life, a number of footpath
spend.
projects and a Deep History Coast
interpretation project in North Norfolk.
Business development projects
approved include a number of holiday
accommodation facilities.
Future projects may particularly
consider the challenge of enhancing
the year-round offer
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Theme: Driving Business Growth & Productivity
High Level Objective (DBGP2):
Enable our SMEs to grow and increase
EAFRD invests in business projects
exports by focusing grant programmes
which create new jobs and growth. It
and other support on growth,
aims to only support projects which
innovation, and productivity.
create higher value jobs.
Future projects should be focused
on the creation of high value jobs
and improved productivity.
Current projects and remaining funding opportunities
Sub-Measure 4.2 Investments in processing, marketing and development of
agricultural products
New Anglia ESIF
Measure 4 - Investment in physical assets
Priority
Sub-Measure
4.2 investments in processing, marketing and development of agricultural
products
Total ESIF Allocation 2014-20
€ 2,438,367 EAFRD
£6,320,491
EAFRD Intervention Rate
40%
Distribution method
Open Call process
Output Indicator
Programme Target
Number of jobs created
55
Number of beneficiaries
45
Projects approved to date include : £1,000,000 for the Openfield Group towards a major
new grain processing facility for the region, £436,261 for Place UK Ltd for a fruit
packaging and storage project to enable them to supply more fruit to the smoothie
market, and £1,000,000 to Condimentum for a mustard milling project at the Norfolk Food
Enterprise Park
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Sub-Measure 6.4 Investments in creating and developing non-agricultural
activities
New Anglia ESIF
Measure 6 - farm and business development
Priority
Sub-Measure
6.4 investments in creating and developing non-agricultural
activities
Total ESIF Allocation 2014-20
€ 2,438,367 EAFRD
£3,593,088
Distribution method
Open Call process
Output Indicator
Programme Target
Number of jobs created
55
Number of beneficiaries
45
Projects approved to date include: £77,905 for new facilities at Yare Valley Oils,
£169,990 towards the development of a new boutique hotel in Suffolk, and
£178,280 towards the expansion of a major garden centre to enhance its tourism
potential.
New Anglia ESIF
Measure 7 - Basic services and village renewal in rural
Priority
areas
Sub-Measure
7.5 support for investments for public use in recreational
infrastructure, tourist information and small scale tourism
infrastructure
Total ESIF Allocation 2014-20
€1,625,575 EAFRD
£2,413,441
Distribution method
Open Call process
Output Indicator
Programme Target
Number of Jobs Created
20
Projects approach contract stage include new tourist attractions, major footpath
development projects and tourism interpretation initiatives.
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Annex
ERDF Project snapshot: New Anglia Business Growth Programme
The Business Growth Programme is being
delivered by New Anglia LEP in partnership with
Menta, NWES, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
and Suffolk County Council, with £12.9m support
from ERDF.
The Business Growth Programme delivers
proactive, targeted ‘wrap-around’ support to
existing and start-up businesses which have the
potential to grow exponentially. The package of support includes:
A Growth Hub, providing in-depth advice and guidance to businesses.
The provision of a Small Grant Scheme to enable business growth.
A Start-Up programme, supporting individuals during prestart stage and
businesses during the first two years of operation.
The New Anglia Business Growth Programme achievements -
1050
£2.7m grants
Enabling a
businesses
awarded to 271
projected 67 new
supported with
businesses
jobs
in-depth advice
More than
7,886 businesses
Leveraged over
38,723 hours of
engaged with the
£11.3m private
business
Programme
sector match funds
support given
The Business Growth Programme has invested across Norfolk and Suffolk with the
following spread of Small Grants awarded to date:
Awarded Grants Value (£) - Norfolk
217,322
Breckland
217,586
Broadland
143,172
125,484
Great Yarmouth
North Norfolk
261,794
226,961
Norwich
88,898
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ERDF project snapshot: Innovation New Anglia
Innovation New Anglia was an
innovation-led business support program
under Priority 1, operating from October
2015 - October 2018 with £538,252
ERDF funding. With 5 delivery partners of Hethel Innovation, Norfolk County
Council, Suffolk County Council, Norwich Research Park & the Institute of Food
Research, the project aimed to -
encourage innovation leadership through sharing knowledge and best
practice;
create and grow innovation infrastructure, including networks around
innovation hubs;
create/develop knowledge networks through linking the emerging and
enabling sectors;
grow knowledge intensive business/community innovation clusters.
Innovation New Anglia achievements -
270 businesses
22 new to the
18 start-ups
109 jobs created
supported to
market products
supported
as a result of
innovate
developed
support
Hethel Innovation are building on the success of Innovation New Anglia with a follow-
up project, Breakthrough, which launched at the end of 2018.
ERDF Project snapshot: BEE Anglia
BEE Anglia is a £2.8m
Suffolk County Council
Priority 4 project,
delivering advice and
grants to support
businesses to reduce their
carbon footprint. Norfolk
County Council,
Groundwork and NWES
are partners in the delivery
of the project.
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ESF Project snapshot: Norfolk Community College
Norfolk Community College
supports long-term unemployed
people facing multiple and
complex barriers with training,
work placements, advice and volunteering opportunities. The project is funded as
part of the Building Better Opportunities programme, funded by the National Lottery
Community Fund and European Social Fund.
Norfolk Community College achievements so far -
461 participants
235 disabled
56 participants have
112 education or
receiving
participants
secured employment
training qualifications
support
gained by
participants
ESF Project snapshot: Skills Support for the Workforce
The Skills Support for the Workforce project
provided a wide range of training opportunities
to the region’s businesses. The programme
was co-funded by the Employment and Skills
Funding Agency and European Social Fund
and provided free training to businesses.
Skills Support for the Workforce achievements -
3,386 employees
730 SMEs were
850 participants
418 learners
receiving training
engaged with the
achieved career
achieved Level 3
project and
progression within
qualifications
completed a
work as a result of
learning needs
their training
analysis
EAFRD Project snapshot
Condimentum Ltd were awarded £1m from
the EAFRD programme towards a new
mustard milling facility at the new Food
Enterprise Park at Honingham Thorpe. They
were also awarded £391,350 by New Anglia
LEP’s Growing Business Fund, which will
enable mustard processing to remain in the
area when the Unilever-owned Colman’s
factory in Norwich closes. This initiative will
be the first business on site at the Food
Enterprise Park, which has benefitted from
Growth Deal funding to install initial infrastructure.
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Agenda Item 10
Brexit
Author: James Allen Presenter: Chris Starkie
Summary
This report provides an update on the latest activity undertaken by the LEP ahead of the UK’s
anticipated departure date from the EU on 31st January 2020.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to note the contents of the report.
Background
Building on the previously agreed approach on Brexit, the LEP has received funding through a
series of government pots to assist with Brexit preparedness, Brexit intelligence and Growth
Hub support.
New Anglia LEP has been awarded the following:
o
£59.5k for Brexit preparations to be used by the end of March.
o
£28k on Brexit intelligence to be used by the end of March.
o
£31.5k until the end of March for additional staffing resource in the Growth Hub.
Interviews took place during the week commencing 11th November 2019 for the two Growth
Hub adviser roles funded by BEIS. Appointments have now been made.
As the deadline for leaving the EU has now moved to 31st January 2020, Government’s advice
has been to signpost businesses to the dedicated Brexit website and focus conversations
around wider business resilience during purdah.
Brexit intelligence
The LEP and Growth Hub continue to report weekly into central government, setting out known
impacts and opportunities for businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk. There has been a slow
down in intelligence coming in from businesses, citing the postponement of the Brexit deadline
from the end of October to the end of January and the upcoming General Election as key
factors.
Government is still requesting weekly updates from the LEP and Growth Hub, with an additional
focus now on the ability of LEPs and Growth Hubs to support economic shocks.
In the recent intelligence submissions, there have been a number of companies highlighting
that the price of their materials has increased because of Brexit, with some looking to replace
mainland European suppliers with UK-based companies.
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Brexit consultancy work
The LEP Executive has appointed Metro Dynamics to update the work done in 2017 on the
potential impacts of Brexit for Norfolk and Suffolk.
This piece of work will be completed in early January to ensure that it captures the different
Brexit scenarios that remain on the table following the general election and how they will affect
Norfolk and Suffolk’s key sectors.
The findings of this work will be presented to the Board at the January 2020 meeting.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to note the contents of the report.
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Agenda Item 11 - Chief Executive’s Report
Author: Chris Starkie
Summary
This report provides an overview of LEP team activities since the October board, structured
around:
1) Programmes
2) Strategy
3) Engagement and promotion
4) Governance, Operations and Finance
The media dashboard is attached as an appendix to the report.
There is one item for board decision - under the Greater South East Energy Hub.
Recommendations
The board is asked to:
Note the contents of the report
Nominate LEP CEO Chris Starkie as New Anglia LEP representative on the Greater
South East Energy Hub with head of strategy Lisa Roberts as alternate.
Agree that the LEP representative can make financial decisions involving funding
attributed to the Energy Hub on behalf of New Anglia LEP.
1) LEP Programmes
Growth Deal
The Energy Skills & Engineering Centre at East Coast College (£10m award) was officially
opened on 12th November and the student uplift and apprenticeship outputs look very promising.
Significant media coverage of the event was secured.
Progress is being made with sign-off of the Grant Agreements for the six projects approved in
March 2019 with final preparations underway for the Norfolk & Suffolk Innovation Network
(£440K) project.
The Princess Royal unveiled a plaque at Adastral Park to mark the launch of the University of
Suffolk digi-tech centre, one of the six March projects. Doug Field, Tim Whitley and Helen
Langton were in attendance.
The overall financial status has declined from green to amber as it’s likely that some grants will
not be claimed in accordance with the forecast draw down schedule and funding profile.
However, achievement of Outputs and Delivery remains reasonably on track to meet forecasts
even though some projects are at risk of late or lower than expected achievement.
The Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project (£10m) has experienced delays with planning
permission, land & marine investigations and the navigational risk assessment.
The Eye Airfield Access Link Road (£1.46m) project delivery is being delayed 6+ months to
spring 2020 on the contractors advice that greater progress could be made during better weather
conditions. More information on the Growth Deal can be found in the Programme performance
report (agenda item 12).
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Growth Programme
The Business Growth Programme is ahead of its overall output target and cumulative spend
profile (by £700,000) despite a reduction in approvals and payments of the Small Grant Scheme
over the last few months.
The latest financial claim covering the period July - September (actual June - August 2019) in
the value of just over £1m was submitted to MHCLG.
In September 2019 an £1.1m application to extend the Growth Hub activity for further three
months (to end of November 2021) and employ two additional Business Growth Advisers was
submitted to MHCLG (waiting for a decision).
The recruitment process of existing vacancies at the Growth Hub (Senior Adviser and a
replacement of the Growth Hub Manager, who is leaving at the end of January 2020 due to
retirement) is in progress.
The submitted Application for the Innovation, Research and Development Grant Scheme is still
being considered by MHCLG. Answers to the raised questions have been provided; we are still
waiting for a decision, hoping to the start the scheme in December 2019.
Growing Business Fund
Growing Business Fund remains buoyant albeit slower than in the past with lover value
applications.
It is taking longer for the applications to come to panel however we are seeing good quality
growth projects coming forward, many linked to the purchase of new premises or relocations and
other LEP projects such as EZs.
Eastern Agri tech Initiative
The Eastern Agri tech initiative continues to deliver a steady interest however it would benefit
from a marketing boost to encourage new applications across our region- this is being discussed
with the CPCA administration.
Over 50% of the available fund has been paid out so far in support of 12 projects, a mix of R&D
and growth grants in the Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority area. A number of
projects in the New Anglia area are expected to come forward to future panels.
Improvements to the governance of the programme have been made, a requirement of the New
Anglia funding.
Growing Places Fund
Following the October meeting of the Investment Appraisal Committee, the LEP has offered a
£250,000 grant from the Growing Places Fund to the Nest Project in North Norwich. The project
is developing a sport-based community enterprise project with strong skills and employability
elements in the project.
The November IAC meeting includes four projects for discussion for funding through GPF, both
grant and loan and there are a number of other projects in the pipeline.
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Growing Places Fund: Confidential
New Anglia Capital: Confidential
LEP Innovative Projects Fund
2018 Call of the Innovative Projects Fund - £500,000.
A revised proposal for NUA’s Connecting Creative Capital Project was approved at a meeting of
the IAC on 30th October. The project was awarded £100,000 and will create 15 jobs, support 22
businesses and lever in £63,137 of match funding. The project will demonstrate the benefits of
employing graduates from the creative industries within a cross sector of industries. These are
businesses/sectors that have not traditionally employed creative graduates.
Total grant amount awarded is £430,268.
Claims from 3 projects have been received for Quarter 2, requesting a total payment of
£69,700.11.
To date, 4 jobs have been created and 6 businesses have received support.
Total claimed (including Quarter 2) for the 2018 call is: £76,280.11
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2019 Call of the Innovative Projects Fund (Norfolk & Suffolk) - £1.5m.
The 2019 Call of the Innovative Projects Fund was launched on Monday 7th October.
50 enquiries have been received to date (15/11/2019).
Information relating to the call has been shared through local media, with Local
Authorities, the New Anglia Growth Hub and Social Media platforms.
The guidance document is available via the New Anglia LEP Website.
Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund: Confidential
Enterprise Zones - Confidential
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2) Strategy
Greater South East Energy Hub
New Anglia LEP is a partner in the Greater South East Energy Hub together with the 10 other
LEPs covering the Greater South East area.
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The establishment of the hub has been funded by the Department of Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy to support the development of an energy strategy for the area and the
development of local energy projects.
The board provides a good opportunity for Norfolk and Suffolk to secure funding for energy
projects, particularly in areas where a lack of energy is holding back development and also in
support of the LEP’s clean growth ambitions.
The LEP board received an update on the progress of the hub in May’s at May’s board meeting,
and gave authority for the LEP chief executive to sign the accountable body agreement, which
governs the operation of the hub. That has now been done.
The board also agreed for Lisa Roberts, LEP head of strategy to be the LEP’s representative on
the Energy Hub board, with Ellen Goodwin as deputy.
However given the make up of the board and the ability of the board to select projects for
funding, the board is asked to nominate Chris Starkie, LEP CEO as the board representative,
with Lisa Roberts as deputy.
Further the board is also asked to give authority to the LEP board representative to make
spending decisions at the hub board on behalf of the LEP.
These funding decision would not involve LEP funding, but funding which has been provided to
the Greater South East Energy Hub by BEIS or other sources. Without this authority the LEP
would not be able to participate as a full member of the energy hub board.
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
Nominate LEP CEO Chris Starkie as New Anglia LEP representative on the Greater South East
Energy Hub with head of strategy Lisa Roberts as alternate.
Agree that the LEP representative can make financial decisions involving funding attributed to the
energy hub on behalf of New Anglia LEP.
Economic Strategy Delivery Co-ordinating Board (ESDCB) - Skills Deep Dive
The ESDCB have identified 14 priority objectives from the Economic Strategy which they focus
on during 2019/20. The Board meets every 6 to 8 weeks.
At each meeting there is a deep dive into a grouping of these objectives which covers a
presentation of evidence and understanding the current activity and testing to see what more can
be done to ensure maximum impact of current activity. In addition, there is a discussion on gaps
and the actions required to fill them.
The session on the 16th October focused on three skills related objectives and the discussion has
informed enhancements in interventions and will form a part of the work undertaken to develop a
shared approach to our SAP evidence base and monitoring indicators.
Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy
The LIS was due to be discussed at the government LIS Implementation Board on 5th November
however due to purdah the meeting was canceled. We are waiting to hear what the next steps
will be following the general election.
Local Industrial Strategy Innovation Sprint
A short sprint session took place on 14th November which examined the ambition to ‘Introduce a
new integrated offer and programme of activity that will stimulate collaboration and innovation’ an
intervention in the LIS. The session was facilitated by Simon Burckitt from Aviva and attended by
a mix of businesses, academia and LEP executives. A number of ideas were generated, and a
plan is now being developed to take these forward. A second sprint is taking place on 19th
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November and will look at business support in particular how large companies could support
small scale up companies through a volunteering mentoring scheme.
LEP Programme of Evaluation
Following the development of the LEP’s programme of evaluation, the LEP is now in the early
stages of conducting evaluations on the first of its Local Growth Fund projects including Easton
and Otley College Construction Training Centre, College of West Anglia University Centre and
the Norfolk Broadband Programme and on New Anglia Capital, our co-investment fund which
brings angel investors together to kick-start new products and innovative ideas as well as
supporting existing high-growth companies.
The evaluation approach and scope for the New Anglia Capital evaluation will be reported to the
LEP Board in January and the evaluation report will be provided to the LEP Board in July 2020.
Skills
Skills Advisory Panels (SAPs)
We are currently seeking nominations for the Chair and hope this process will move forward
seamlessly. Stuart Rimmer is chairing the November meeting as he has offered to host the SAP
meeting. It coincides with Offshore Wind Week and the Energy Centre being completed so he is
keen to show Panel members around.
Tom Brown, CEO from the Green Light Trust has been recruited as the voluntary sector member.
The Trust uses the natural environment to transform lives. They work with children and adults
who are marginalised or disadvantaged and help them to refocus and rebuild their lives. Tom
worked at Otley College and is a qualified lecturer. He is involved in providing accreditation for
Forest School trainers, sits on various arboriculture groups and has been involved in writing the
new apprenticeship standard.
He has recently completed an MBA at the University of Suffolk looking at what businesses expect
of charities. The Green Light Trust are involved with a lot of projects that the LEP support and are
working in 4 schools in Ipswich. Mark Pendlington is their patron.
Apprenticeship Levy Transfer
Alison Ward starts as our Apprenticeship Levy Sharing Coordinator at the beginning of
December. This role will work with partners to identify businesses which want to take part in levy
sharing and will match them with one another and potential apprenticeship providers.
We had our launch at the Suffolk Skills and Careers Festival on October 16th at Trinity Park. This
was well attended and we have a lot of positive discussions on the day and enquiries afterwards.
Suffolk Skills and Careers Festival
The LEP had two stands at this event showcasing careers in the region supported by the
Enterprise Adviser Team and the AgriFood sector plus wider supply chain and linked sectors.
Over 4000 young people attended and feedback has been positive.
A planning meeting for the next Norfolk event has taken place later and we are awaiting dates for
further meetings. Hannah Colledge is also supporting them with their SEND offer to the festival
as everyone is keen to support this group appropriately.
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Infrastructure
Maritime Cluster Development Lunch - 24 October
The LEP and partners are working with Maritime UK to explore the possibility of a Norfolk and
Suffolk maritime cluster. An initial meeting was held in Great Yarmouth on 24 October. Themes
explored included the need to think about geography and focus/theme. Opportunities that were
considered included east-west connectivity, blue tech and using short distance maritime as an
alternative to road/rail.
Transport Board - 19 November
The latest Transport Board took place on 19 November and focused on the Connecting the East,
Accessing the World theme of the Integrated Transport Strategy. The agenda looked at the
importance of port connectivity, BREXIT and the delivery of the Integrated Transport Strategy.
Ely Taskforce - 22 November/20 December
Recent discussions include how we might deliver the scheme using a programme
approach. Discussions have also involved how to bolster the strategic case for delivery and
further political support.
Integrated investment in flooding - 27 November
As a result of a meeting with the Rt Hon Therese Coffey which Doug Field attended, Coastal
Partnerships East is holding a session in late November to consider how to consider how we
might integrated flooding investment in the longer term.
Transforming Cities - 28 November submission/18 December
The LEP is a member of the Transforming Cities Joint Committee for Norwich, represented by
Pete Joyner. Norwich is one of 12 cities bidding for £1.2bn to transform transport to boost modal
shift and social inclusion. Norfolk County Council will be submitting the approved bid to DfT on
28 November.
European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF)
ESIF Committee
The New Anglia area Programme Committee for ERDF, ESF and EAFRD met on 11 November
at Hethel Innovation Centre.
Two ESF projects were approved with a number of conditions, and four ERDF projects were
given approval at outline stage, with more detail to be developed in full applications in the next
few months.
The ESIF Committee also approved a further revision to the EU Investment Strategy, to enable
projects under a wider range of programme priorities to be considered under the National
Reserve Fund Call. More detail on this can be found under Agenda item 9.
National Reserve Calls - EU funding
We have now almost reached the end of committing the notional allocations made to each LEP
area under the ESF, ERDF and EAFRD (Rural Growth) Programmes. The remaining funds from
across the Programmes are being made available in final national Calls for activity to 2023.
The ESF National Reserve Fund opportunity is already open, and the LEP is working with County
Councils and other partners to identify potential projects.
EAFRD, the Rural Growth Programme, has National Calls open, which we have promoted widely
through social media and our networks.
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The ERDF National Reserve Fund Call opens in the spring of 2020, and we are working with
partners to develop a pipeline of suitable projects. To this end, we have secured ESIF
Committee approval for widening the scope of our EU Investment Strategy to show the local
strategic fit for the full range of ERDF opportunities available.
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.
Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited
Lesley Van Dijk has returned to the LEP on a part-time, fixed term contract (to end March 2020)
as Brand Manager for our place brand work. She will focus on building our regional ambassador
programme, ensuring we’re engaging with businesses who can help to promote our message
and deliver game-changing outcomes for the region. She will support the growing programme of
international events and will continue to develop the brand’s website, marketing materials and
online presence.
Two ambassador breakfast events for local businesses are being held in early December to
update supporters on our plans for 2020. This will be a great opportunity for us to meet
businesses who want to be more involved and find out how they see the branding
complementing their existing work.
New Anglia LEP website redevelopment
We have commissioned an agency to support the redevelopment of the LEP website, including a
new page template, some new interactive features (including an interactive investment map) and
support to redesign the navigation. We are undertaking some user experience assessments,
using our analytics to create journeys through the site based on what visitors are searching for.
This should ensure that the information on the site is more user-friendly and easier to find. This
work will be completed in March 2020.
Key diary dates
The LEP is involved in a number of key launches and events over the next few months.
Listed below are some of the key events planned.
21/22 November
Offshore Wind Conference
6 December
West Suffolk College STEM centre launch
13-16 January 2020
Horecava in Amsterdam
Q4 (early 2020)
Launch of Growth Through Innovation fund (name TBC)
19 February 2020
NAAME conference
24 to 27 Feb 2020
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
3 and 4 March 2020
Innovation stakeholders dinner and conference
10-13 March 2020
MIPIM Cannes
July 2020
Expected completion of building work on new CEFAS headquarters
2020/21 academic
UEA, UoS, City College Norwich and Suffolk New College projects to
year
launch
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Agenda Item 11 - Chief Executive’s Report
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 operational finances.
Governance
The Government’s Review of LEPs recommended that accountability should be strengthened
through a combination of local and national review.
As part of this, LEPs are now required to develop an appropriate scrutiny mechanism. This can
either be by establishing their own scrutiny panel or by asking a local authority to fulfil this
function.
We have previously attended Suffolk County Council’s Scrutiny Committee and will do again in
2020. Doug Field and Chris Starkie are also scheduled to attend Norfolk County Council’s
Scrutiny Committee on 17th December.
In addition, Government strengthened its assurance process by introducing a mid-year review of
LEPs. Our meeting was held on the 19th September and we have received the notes from that
discussion.
We are now working on the requirements for the Annual Performance Review, and this meeting
has been scheduled for 7th February 2020.
In addition to these performance reviews we are in discussion about a process of Peer Review,
to enable the sharing of best practice. We have been paired with the Heart of the South West
LEP and are scheduled to meet in London on 10th January 2020. The meeting will be supported
by an independent representative from the Centre for Public Scrutiny.
Finance
The next set of management accounts will be Quarter 3 (April 19 - Dec 19). These will be
published in the January 2020 board papers. Since the last board meeting there have been no
extraordinary or unexpected costs.
As reported last month the LEP’s annual funding letters for 2019/20 have been sent out to local
authorities. These contributions are beginning to be paid.
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
Note the contents of the report
Nominate LEP CEO Chris Starkie as New Anglia LEP representative on the Greater
South East Energy Hub with head of strategy Lisa Roberts as alternate.
Agree that the LEP representative can make financial decisions involving funding
attributed to the energy hub on behalf of New Anglia LEP.
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Appendix A
Communications & Engagement
October 2019
This dashboard sets out the outcomes and impact of communication during October
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 channels and e-newsletters
Oct 2018
Sept 2019
Oct 2019
New Anglia LEP
Number of Twitter followers
7,271
7,967
8,051
Number of clicked links per month
N/A
164
329
Average Twitter engagements per
72.2
36.5
41.2
day (likes, retweets etc.)
Number of impressions (number of
113K
80.4K
86.9K
times users saw our tweet)
Number of LinkedIn followers
496
1,118
1,247
E-newsletter: open rate
N/A
46.45%
34.43%
E-newsletter: click-through rate
N/A
18.63%
28.89%
Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited
Number of Twitter followers
N/A
152
211
Number of clicks per month
N/A
49
99
Average Twitter engagements per
N/A
24.9
27.8
day (likes, retweets etc.)
Number of impressions (number of
N/A
41.5K
62.2K
times users saw our tweet)
Number of LinkedIn followers
N/A
267
343
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Top Tweet - New Anglia LEP
Once again, our top tweet for the month
related to Brexit, this time signposting
people to advice from Tech Nation. This
earned 3,882 impressions.
Top Tweet - Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited
Our tweet ahead of the launch of the
region’s news brand continued to have an
impact during October, earning 3,514
impressions. In total, this tweet attracted
5,300 impressions and 46 engagements.
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Media coverage - New Anglia LEP
The region’s growing importance in the
offshore wind sector was the focus of a
buoyant EDP story. Chris Starkie was
quoted and highlighted our £10 million
investment in the Energy Skills Centre at
East Coast College.
News that giant greenhouses are to be
built in Norfolk and Suffolk to provide 10
per cent of the UK’s tomatoes was covered
by the BBC. Chris Starkie was interviewed
for the story which reported how the £120
million greenhouses in Trowse in Norfolk
and Ingham in Suffolk could deliver 136
permanent jobs and 120 seasonal ones.
This story was also covered by The
Guardian, Eastern Daily Press and East
Anglian Daily Times.
Other media coverage included an EDP
story about our Innovative Projects Fund,
with comments from Chris Starkie and
Doug Field.
Public engagements
The LEP was represented at more than 45
events in and around the region during
October.
This included the UK’s leading property
event MIPIM in London, the Defra LEP
Roundtable in London, Suffolk Skills &
Careers Festival at Trinity Park, and a
Ports Cluster Business Lunch in Great
Yarmouth.
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Google Analytics - New Anglia LEP website
In October, the LEP website had
19,064 page views (up 1,190 on the
previous month). Most viewed pages
were news, our team and small grants
scheme.
Visitors spent an average of 1.48
seconds on the site (up two seconds
on the previous month).
Of those visiting the site, 64.7% were
new visitors (down 2.5%) and 35.3%
were returning (up 2.5%).
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Agenda Item 12
November Programme Performance Reports
Author: Programme leads
Presenter: Rosanne Wijnberg
Summary
The following reports follow for review by the LEP Board this month:
-
Growth Deal; Jonathan Rudd / Chris Dashper
-
Programmes Dashboard; Simon Papworth
-
Economic Dashboard; Simon Papworth
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
-
Note the PPR reports
-
Approve the Growth Deal Dashboard
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Growth Deal Performance Report
Q2 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
Actual
Actual
Actual
Forecast
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
5.000
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
-37.722
-40.290
-211.395
Unallocated
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
-4.130
-4.130
Carried forward
12.008
0.000
19.189
18.060
5.000
7.992
7.992
Spend progress quarter by quarter:
2019/20 Expenditure Profile
•Q2 spend well below forecasts due to some late
Financial Quarters
20
claims & absense of Grant Agreements
40
15
Forecast
•Delayed delivery to a small number of projects has
30
Available LGF
& Claims
introduced forecast rollover of approx. £5m
20
10
(£m)
(£m)
10
5
Unallocated:
0
0
•Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund £4.130m
Q1-19/20
Q2-19/20
Q3-19/20
Q4-19/20
Qtrly Budget
8.654
10.808
11.256
12.259
Qtrly Claims
7.399
5.066
-
Available LGF
42.583
35.184
30.118
30.118
What is our contribution to the Economic Strategy?
Quarter/ year:
2 (Jul-Sep) 2019
Forecast to
Percentage
Outputs - Cumulative from April 2015 to Quarter 2 2019/20
Actual to date
Change
2025
Progress
New Homes
676
1005
67%
200
New Jobs
2,304
2,478
93%
83
New Learners
1,530
6,707
23%
394
Match Funding (‘Non-LGF Expenditure’); forecast to 2021
£546.848m
£618.875m
88%
£32.383m
Note: this data refers to Q2 of 2019/20 FY. Forecasts have been updated to include Homes, Jobs & Learners from projects anticipated out to 2025.
• Homes: 50 further houses associated with Lynnsport Access Road and 150 dwellings from the Winerack development.
• Jobs: forecasts being met primarily through Growing Business Fund.
• Learners: 92 from IAAN & 302 from ECC. Forecasts now include CCN, SNC, UoS & UEA through to 2025.
• 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
-
10
8
15
9
2
5
49
Change
+1
-1
-1
+1
+1
-1
0
• Project change: Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project delayed by planning permission, land & marine investigations, and navigational risk assessment. Amber to Red.
• Project change: Eye Airfield Access; delivery delayed 6+ months to spring 2020 due to contractor’s advice regarding progress during better weather. Green to Amber.
• Project change: Snape Maltings Flood Defences; delayed by Internal Drainage Board (IDB) application for Flood Defence Grant in Aid (FDGiA). Green to Amber.
• Projecs change: Thetford Transport Package; delivery & spend improving, moved from Amber to Green.
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.
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Appendix 1 - Growth Deal Performance Report for November 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
existing sea defences to protect more homes, business & critical infrastructure. The Environment
Agency have approved the Grant Agreement and plan to claim £500k this financial year.
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: 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: Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project- Delivery has not yet accelerated as
predicted. Planning permission is still outstanding, ABP have delayed land & marine based
investigations, and a navigational risk assessment is also required. Construction of tidal walls
now delayed between 9 and 12 months.
Red: Ely Area Rail Enhancement Scheme- Integration of road scheme for Queen Adelaide
level crossings and scale of interventions is complicating solution & increasing cost. Transport
Secretary and Rail Minister affordability challenge may prevent Network Rail completing the
development work to agreed standard and products required to achieve stakeholder objectives.
Amber: Norwich Area Transportation Strategy - City Centre Package- Delivery of Prince of
Wales Road gyratory scheme progressing well, although there is a remaining risk to the
Plumstead Road Roundabout scheme.
Amber: Norwich Area Transportation Strategy - A11 Corridor- works progressing well.
Amber: Attleborough Sustainable Transport Package- Delivery of schemes has begun,
although later than forecast and additional delays due to public consultation, land purchase and
planning permission 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 had been delayed by 3 months due to a 30%
cost plan estimate increase and contract renegotiation between Breckland DC and UK Power
Network. Activity has now restarted and a further grant claim is expected shortly.
Amber: Great Yarmouth Rail Station Interchange- Delay and uncertainty remain over the
Vauxhall Gardens element of the package for which a CPO may be used to acquire land.
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 begin this FY.
Amber: Eye Airfield Access Link Roads- delivery delayed by more than 6 months to spring &
summer 2020 in accordance with contractor’s advice regarding progress during better weather.
Amber: Snape Maltings Flood Defences- delivery delayed by an ongoing Internal Drainage
Board (IDB) application for Flood Defence Grant in Aid (FDGiA).
Green: Growing Business Fund (Subject to separate Performance Report).
Green: Growing Places Fund (Subject to separate Performance Report).
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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: Bacton to Walcott Coastal Management Scheme.
Green: A140 Hempnall Roundabout.
Green: Honingham Thorpe Food Enterprise Park.
Green: CCN Digi-Tech Factory.
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.
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Growth Deal Dashboard
LEP Name
New Anglia LEP
Growth Deal Performance
Area lead comments
This Quarter:
Q2_1920
G
Deliverables Progress
Financial Progress
Financial Year
2015-16
2016-17
17-18
18-19
19-20
20-21
Total
This Quarter
15-17
Total
LGF Award
Housing
17-18
18-19
19-20
20-21
21-25
£36,900,000
£38,548,555
£41,334,111
£34,659,957
£24,661,848
£47,412,132
£223,516,604
Houses Completed
200
176
7
62
431
0
-
676
Forecast for year
350
0
40
150
350
155
310
1,005
Financial Year
15-17
Total
Progress towards forecast
57%
-
18%
41%
123%
0%
-
67%
LGF Outturn
This Quarter
17-18
18-19
19-20
20-21
Actual
£
5,066,283
£
75,448,555
£
28,621,444
£
29,312,509
£
12,465,163
£
-
£
145,847,672
Jobs
Forecast for year
£
43,547,372
£
75,448,555
£
28,621,445
£
35,420,467
£
43,547,372
£
40,242,892
£
223,280,731
Jobs Created
83
173
1,345
649
112
0
-
2,279
Progress towards forecast
12%
100%
100%
83%
29%
0%
65%
Apprenticeships Created*
0
8
7
10
0
0
-
25
Jobs including Apprenticeships
83
181
1,352
659
112
0
-
2,304
LGF Expenditure
Forecast for year
407
598
393
605
407
216
259
2,478
Actual
£
5,066,283
£
73,694,786
£
22,489,457
£
37,198,266
£
12,465,163
£
-
£
145,847,672
Progress towards forecast
20%
30%
344%
109%
28%
0%
-
93%
Forecast for year
£
43,547,372
£
75,448,555
£
22,144,992
£
41,896,919
£
43,547,372
£
40,242,892
£
223,280,730
* Apprenticeships included within jobs totals prior to 2017
Progress towards forecast
12%
98%
102%
89%
29%
0%
65%
Skills
Non-LGF Expenditure
Area of new or improved floorspace (m2)
2,535
3,944
4,849
0
2,535
0
-
11,328
Actual
£
32,403,280
£
44,410,132
£ 156,718,635
£ 290,891,617
£
54,828,028
£
-
£
546,848,412
Forecast for year
6,125
2,930
4,849
0
6,125
5,968
0
19,872
Forecast for year
£
122,698,974
£
46,410,132
£
55,432,686
£ 286,366,003
£
122,698,974
£
107,966,956
£
618,874,751
Progress towards forecast
41%
135%
100%
-
41%
0%
-
57%
Progress towards forecast
26%
96%
283%
102%
45%
0%
88%
Number of New Learners Assisted
394
153
275
708
394
0
-
1,530
Total LGF + non-LGF Expenditure
Forecast for year
870
72
279
846
870
862
3,778
6,707
Actual
£
37,469,563
£ 118,104,918
£ 179,208,092
£ 328,089,883
£
67,293,191
£
-
£
692,696,084
Progress towards forecast
45%
213%
99%
84%
45%
0%
-
23%
Forecast for year
£
166,246,346
£ 121,858,687
£
77,577,679
£ 328,262,922
£
166,246,346
£
148,209,848
£
842,155,482
Progress towards forecast
23%
+97%
+231%
+100%
+40%
+0%
82%
Transport
Length of Road Resurfaced
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
-
1.3
Length of Newly Built Road
0.7
1.4
2.5
23.1
0.7
0.0
-
27.7
Length New Cycle Ways
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.0
1.5
0.0
-
11.4
Project RAG Ratings
Contractual Commitments (manual entry)
Previous Quarter
This Quarter
Previous Quarter
This Quarter
15-17
17-18
18-19
19-20
20-21
Total
Project Name
Q1_1920
Q2_1920
Project Name
Q1_1920
Q2_1920
Forecast
£ 107,828,427
£
23,950,927
£
28,880,126
£
48,366,770
£
7,200,000
£
216,226,250
Actual
£ 107,828,427
£
23,950,927
£
27,769,336
£
9,288,770
£
168,837,460
Easton and Otley College
G
G
Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing
G
G
Variance
+0%
+0%
-4%
-81%
-100%
-22%
College of West Anglia
G
G
Lowestoft Flood Risk Management
AR
AR
Lynnsport Access Road
G
G
Ely Area Rail Capacity Enhancement
AR
R
Bury St Edmunds Relief Road
G
G
Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund
A
A
Commentary
Kings Lynn Innovation Centre
G
G
Cefas Marine Science Hub
G
G
1. New Anglia have approximately £4.13 million of Local Growth Fund alloted to its Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund that still requires formal allocation to projects.
Growing Business Fund
G
G
Bacton to Walcott Coastal Management Scheme
AG
AG
2. Our Forecast LGF Outturn, Expenditure and Contract Commitments do not include our 7% Running Costs.
Growing Places Fund
G
G
Eye Airfield Access Link Road
G
A
3. The addition of a considerable number of forecast learners from new skills projects out to 2025 has significantly reduced our percentage progress.
West Suffolk College
AG
G
Snape Maltings Flood Defence
AG
AG
4. Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project which has the most significant risk of delay and underspend was an LGF award and government priority specified in New Anglia's Growth
Norfolk Broadband Programme
G
G
Great Yarmouth Flood Defences
A
AG
Deal.
Suffolk Broadband Programme
G
G
A140 Hempnall Roundabout
AG
AG
A47 Longwater Junction
G
G
Honingham Thorpe Food Enterprise Park
G
G
Norwich Area Transportation Strategy (NATS) C
A
A
UoS Digital Skills & Innovation Accelerator
G
G
Norwich Area Transportation Strategy (NATS) A
AG
AG
CCN Digital Technology Factory
G
G
Ipswich Waterfront Innovation Centre
G
G
SNC Digital & Technology Skills Hub
G
G
International Aviation Academy
G
G
Norfolk & Suffolk Innovation Network
G
G
Beccles Southern Relief Road
G
G
UEA Institute of Productivity
G
G
Haverhill Innovation Centre
-
-
Running Costs
G
G
South Lowestoft Industrial Estate
G
G
-
-
-
Sudbury Western Bypass Study
G
G
-
-
-
Attleborough Sustainable Transport
AG
A
-
-
-
Bury St Edmunds Sustainable Transport
G
G
-
-
-
Great Yarmouth Transport Package
G
G
-
-
-
Ipswich Radial Corridor Improvements
G
G
-
-
-
Section 151 Officer Approved
Thetford Transport Package
G
G
-
-
-
Name
East Coast College
G
G
-
-
-
Felbrigg Junction Improvemnet
G
G
-
-
-
Signature
Ipswich Cornill
G
G
-
-
-
Snetterton Employment Area
AG
AG
-
-
-
Norwich Northern Distributor Road
G
G
-
-
-
Date
Great Yarmouth Rail Station Interchange
AG
AG
-
-
-
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New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q2 2019/20
Data as of Sept 2019
Jobs created
Private sector investment unlocked
New dwellings supported
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2019):
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2019):
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2019):
200
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£7.2m
Delivery, year to date (2018-19 financial year):
Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):
700
Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):
£61.2m
380
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.
A number of additional outputs have been achieved for quarter 2, but
The Enterprise Zone, Growing Business Fund and Business Growth Pro-
not yet captured in the monitoring cycle. We anticipate that both the
grammes are the primary drivers of the jobs created to date in 19/20.
Following a very successful quarter Q1, the majority of the private match
Lark Grange development in Bury St Edmunds and the Winerack project
With the average grant size falling across GBF and the Small Grant
funding for this quarter came via the Growing Business Fund, which re-
in Ipswich will contribute further outputs for 2019/20 to be captured in
Scheme, lower job creation continues to impact quarterly job returns.
quires a minimum of 80% private match funding from approved applica-
Q3.
tions.
The figures for Q2 include some of the forecast jobs due to be created in
Both projects will continue to add further dwellings as a result of LEP in-
the Enterprise Zones, overall, we anticipate the EZ programme to create
tervention during 19/20,
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:
32%
Delivery, year to date, as % of target
111%
Delivery, year to date, as % of target:
182%
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New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q2 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
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2019):
84
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2019):
17
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2019):
94
Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):
185
Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):
25
Delivery, year to date (2019-20 financial year):
97
Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-):
1,396
Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-):
1,618
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
learners and apprenticeships, ensuring a demonstrable impact on the
lating the uplift in enterprise required to achieve the aims and ambitions
aims and ambitions around inclusive growth and its associated ES indica-
ambitious skills-related aims of the ES and associated indicators.
of the ES.
tors.
Targeted delivery for the year stands at 919 new learners and appren-
ticeships with a number of capital-related projects expected to drive
A positive start to the 19/20 delivery year and a new challenging target,
Between April and June, 24% of new LEP-supported jobs* were paying
delivery for the year.
which we are now just over half way to achieving at the end of Q2.
above the median wage as a starting salary. This reflects the average figure
for the previous 18/19 financial year.
Delivery for Q2 has picked up, however the majority of delivery schemes
Figures do not yet include any new businesses created on the Enterprise
follow an academic year cycle so the traditional September learner in-
Zones. These will be incorporated into the Q3 Dashboard.
Year to date delivery of 24% of jobs paying above the median wage falls
takes will be reflected in reporting for Q3 and will demonstrate a signif-
below the target for a third of all jobs to be paying above the median sala-
On this momentum the target for the year will be achieved.
icant increase in outputs, as figures are compiled.
ry. Further regional data will be available for Q3 reporting.
* While the proportion of jobs created above the median salary level appears to be low,
this is reflective of the median salary job creation profile for the Norfolk and Suffolk econo-
my as a whole..
Target, this year (2019-20 financial year):
322
Target, this year (2019-20 financial year)
720
Target, this year (2019-20 financial year):
919
Delivery, year to date, as % of target:
57%
(33% of all jobs created)
Delivery, year to date, as % of target
11%
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New Anglia LEP quarterly economic dashboard - Q1 2019/20
Data as of November2019, covering period Apr-Jun 2019
Labour market
Economic output & growth
Housing market
Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators
Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators
Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators
NOTE: Proxy metrics (used below) are leading indicators used to informally track quarterly trajectory and
NOTE: Proxy metrics (used below) are leading indicators used to informally track quarterly trajectory and
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)
context - actual progress of ES indicators will be officially reported annually (Feb)
context - actual progress of ES indicators will be officially reported annually (Feb)
Comparator profile - Q1 19-20
Comparator profile - Q1 19-20
Comparator profile - Q1 19-20
Unlike the rest of the
metrics in this dash-
The employment
board, PMI figures are
rate In New Anglia
available on a regular
remains in a com-
monthly basis, allowing
paratively healthy
us to track data from Q2,
state, tracking in
July-September.
line with the over-
all UK figure.
It is always worth bearing
in mind that this particular metric measures performance across the whole of the
The unemployment rate decreased marginally, from 3.7% in the previous quarter, to
East of England, rather than New Anglia in isolation. A score above 50 indicates
3.2% in the first quarter of 2019-20, this decrease was shared by the East of England,
Local housing delivery continued on a strong trend, building on the progress
purchasing managers are expecting economic growth to improve, and a score be-
and the South East. Both the East Midlands and South West saw marginal increases
through the previous quarter.
low 50 indicates they expect economic growth to contract.
of 0.2% in their unemployment rates.
Through the first quarter of 2019-20 the rate of house building came close to
The regional economy for the East of England, (encompassing Norfolk and Suffolk)
While the UK employment rate increased by 1.1% to 75% in the first quarter of 2019-
reaching the (Objectively Assessed Need) OAN targets for Norfolk and Suffolk, this
somewhat bucked the comparators’ trend for the July to September period, seeing
20, the unemployment rate remain fixed at 3.8%.
trajectory is encouraging.
a very healthy return, though it worth noting the two previous quarters had
The East Midlands was the only comparator to see an increase in its unemployment
returned negative indicators.
The affordability ratio, appears to have largely levelled off over the past 3 quarters.
rates, and a decrease in its employment rate — though both movements were very
It is worth remembering that throughout the year there has been considerable po-
There was an increase in the median advertised salaries across Norfolk and Suffolk
marginal.
litical and economic uncertainty, a trend which looks likely to continue through the
in the first quarter of 2019-20, which is encouraging, this will have had a very mar-
New Anglia, East of England, and the South East all saw increases in their respective
rest of this calendar year.
ginal positive impact on the affordability ratio.
employment rates, and decreases in their unemployment rates through the first
The data suggests regional purchasing managers throughout the UK are not
The rate of house building increased across the England, except for the South West,
quarter of 2019-20.
positive with regards to the growth prospects of the broader economy, and confi-
where it actually contracted. New Anglia ranked second behind the East Midlands,
Overall, the picture remains comparative healthy, in terms of progress towards the
dence remains comparatively uncertain across the UK, and the wider
and was broadly in line with the East of England as a whole.
associated ES indictors — though in real terms performance is somewhat flat.
macroeconomic landscape.
*In order to meet quarterly reporting schedule, data does not perfectly align with
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*Data taken from snapshot survey, draw
that used for annual Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy review.
New Anglia LEP quarterly economic dashboard - Q1 2019/20
Data as of November 2019, covering period Apr-Jun 2019-20
Business & enterprise
Earnings & income
Skills & qualifications
Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators
Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators
Associated Economic Strategy (ES) indicators
NOTE: Proxy metrics (used below) are leading indicators used to informally track quarterly trajectory and
NOTE: Proxy metrics (used below) are leading indicators used to informally track quarterly trajectory and
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)
context - actual progress of ES indicators will be officially reported annually (Feb)
context - actual progress of ES indicators will be officially reported annually (Feb)
Comparator profile - Q1 19-20
Comparator profile - Q1 19-20
Comparator profile - Q1 19-20
It is worth highlighting that this quar-
ters’ data incorporates a UK-wide
annual update on population
estimates across the UK— which may
go someway to explain the unilateral
dip in enterprise rates.
However, the East of England overall
count per 10k of residents is still
some way ahead of the New Anglia,
though the gap between the two
slightly narrowed through the first quarter of 2019-20.
Indictors for the first quarter of 2019-20 showed a consistent trend of wage
Between April and June of 2019, 49.8% of all job opportunities in Norfolk
Although Norfolk and Suffolk have closed the gap in terms of their rate of entre-
growth across the UK, and average median wages across Norfolk and Suffolk
and Suffolk required a degree level qualification (Lever 4 equivalent and
preneurialism on some comparators, this indictor remains a very challenging area
increased by a very healthily 3.8%, following a slight contraction in the fourth
for improvement, and is still some way off
above), compared with 60.3% across the UK.
Sectoral profile - Q1 2019-20
quarter of 2018-19.
the overall national rate of 43.2 businesses
However, overall higher skilled job opportunities continue to increase in
It is worth bearing in mind that these figures are based only on advertised
created per 10k residents.
number in Norfolk and Suffolk.
salaries, and therefore many elements of the actual wage market may not be
being captured, particularly those roles that rely heavily on overtime hours
Except for the East of England, all comparator regions saw a contraction in
*Data is drawn from a
worked, and/or performance related pay.
the proportion of jobs that required a higher level of qualification, and the
broad base, and does
national trend also saw a slight dip of 0.9%.
Norfolk and Suffolk still lag behind in terms of actual median salary levels,
reflect the data sample
used in the Economic
and while progress towards the ES indictor is steady, there remains much
Strategy annual review
potential for improvement.
process.
*Data is taken from a comparatively small sample size, and is reliant on information
*Data is taken from a comparatively small sample size, and is reliant on the
provided by respective employers in the actual job advert.
information provided by respective employers in the actual job advert.
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New Anglia LEP Board Forward Plan - 2020 (provisional)
Date
Venue
Forward Looking
Governance & Delivery
29th January
Liftshare
Aims and Objectives for the Year
Local Industrial Strategy - progress report
Norwich
Brexit impact report
Digital Skills Project - for approval
Growth Programme and Enterprise Zones Performance Reports
New Anglia Capital Bi-Annual Report
Finance Report
26th February
Ipswich Town Hall,
Establishment of Clean Growth Industry Council and
Governance - reporting from industry councils and other sub-
Ipswich
development of action plan
boards
Development of Tourism sector action plan
Economic and Programme Dashboards
Growth Deal Performance Report
25th March
Dudgeon Offshore Wind
LEP Delivery plan 20/21
LEP updated Local Assurance Framework 20/21
Farm Base
LEP Operating Budget 20/21
Gt Yarmouth
Enterprise Zones and Agritech Performance Reports
Economic Strategy Annual Review
April
No Board Meeting
20th May
West Suffolk College
Inward investment strategy
Growth Programme and Growth Deal Performance Reports
Bury St Edmunds
Skills Advisory Panel plans and progress
Economic and Programme Dashboards
Capital Budget 20/21
Finance Report
23rd June
Norfolk
Energy Industry Council progress report
Tourism Action Plan
Opportunity Areas progress report
Enterprise Zones and Agritech Performance Reports
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Policy Report
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking statement
21st July
Felixstowe Port
Innovation Board progress report
Draft accounts
Felixstowe
Transport Board progress report
Growth Programme Performance Report
NAC Bi-Annual Report
Apprenticeship Levy Pool
Finance Report
August
No Board Meeting
23rd September
Norfolk
Enterprise Zones
Enterprise Zones Performance Report
Agritech Industry Council progress report
Economic and Programme Dashboards
Growth Deal Performance Report
23rd September
New Anglia LEP AGM
21st October
Sutton Hoo
Skills Advisory Panel update
Evaluation on LEP programmes
Suffolk
ICT Digital Industry Council progress report
Growth Programme Performance Report
Agritech Report
Finance Report
25th November
Growth Deal
Economic and Programme Dashboards
Growth Deal Performance Report
December
No Board Meeting
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Standing Items / Items to be Scheduled
Standing Items
Brexit
Local Industrial Strategy
IAC recommendations
Chief Executive’s Report including updates on
o Programmes
o Strategy
o Engagement and promotion
o Governance, Operations and Finance
Board Forward Plan
Items to be Scheduled
Equality & Diversity Training
Investment Plan
Social Investment
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