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New Anglia Investment Appraisal Committee
Public Meeting Minutes (Confirmed)
23
rd
June 2021
Present:
Committee Members
David Ellesmere (DE)
Ipswich Borough Council
Dominic Keen (DK)
High Growth Robotics
Sandy Ruddock (SR)
Scarlett & Mustard
Kathy Atkinson (KA)
Kettle Foods
Alan Waters (AW)
Norwich City Council
In Attendance
Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)
New Anglia LEP
Chris Dashper (CD)
New Anglia LEP
Helen Wilton (HW)
New Anglia LEP
Melanie Richardson (MR)
New Anglia LEP
ACTIONS
GPF: Southwold Hospital - As not all members are familiar with the project a full proposal will be brought
to a future meeting – ID
SIGIF – Project endorsement to be completed by written procedures by 25
th
June - CD
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Welcome from the Chair
David Ellesmere (DE) welcomed everyone to the meeting.
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Apologies
Apologies were received from Tim Whitley, Andrew Proctor and Martin Williams
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Declarations of Interest
DE noted an interest in one of the projects listed in the Suffolk Inclusive Growth Investment Fund items.
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IAC & GBF Terms of Reference
The meeting reviewed the terms of reference for both bodies and agreed to adopt them.
It was agreed that a statement needs to be included in all project reports detailing the equality
implications of the project and that this would be minuted along with the decision to ensure transparency.
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Minutes of previous meetings
The minutes of the last meeting were agreed as accurate.
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Horizon Paper and GPF Repayments – Confidential
Ian Dunnett (ID) reviewed the report and highlighted key items.
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The Committee agreed:
To note the content of the report
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Growing Business Fund Programme Performance Report and GBF, SGS and GTI and grant
award appendices
Chris Dashper (CD) reviewed the reports as included in the pack.
The Committee agreed:
To note the content of the report
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Growing Business Fund- Grants by district supported by Growth Deal
CD confirmed that £600k had been spent in the first quarter and the programme continues to be popular.
There may be some clawback from projects but around £300k remains available at the current time. CD
advised that there are options to divert some projects to other funds but eventually some projects will be
unsuccessful when the pot has been exhausted.
As per the action CD highlighted the report in the papers detailing GBF grants split by district.
Sandy Ruddock (SR) asked if high level information on the sector could be included to demonstrate
whether targeted sectors are being included.
It was agreed that when complete the data will be circulated to attendees with a link to allow them to
manipulate the data.
The Committee agreed:
To note the content of the report
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Suffolk Inclusive Growth Investment Fund- Round 3 projects for approval - Confidential
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Getting Building Fund- Grant application - Confidential
AOB
None
