New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board Meeting
Wednesday 21st September 2022
10.00am - 11.30pm
By MS Teams
Agenda
No. Item
1. Welcome from the Chair
2. Apologies
3. Declarations of Interest
4. Actions / Minutes from the last meeting
Strategic
5. Norfolk & Suffolk Space Sector Strategy For Approval
6. Inward Investment Delivery Plan Progress Report Update
Operational
7. Business Support Proposal – confidential For Approval
8. Gt Yarmouth O&M Campus – confidential Update
9. Chief Executive’s Report Update
10. September Programme Performance Report & Dashboards Update
11. Board Forward Plan Update
12. Any Other Business Update
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Confidential
New Anglia Board Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)
27th July 2022
Present:
David Ellesmere (DE) Ipswich Borough Council
C-J Green (CJG) Brave Goose
John Griffiths (JG) West Suffolk Council
Pete Joyner (PJ) Shorthose Russell
Matthew Hicks (MH) Suffolk County Council
Dominic Keen (DK) Britbots
Steve Oliver (SO) SWECO
Corrienne Peasgood (CP) Norwich City College
Johnathan Reynolds (JR) Opergy
Alan Waters (AW) Norwich City Council
Attendees
Mike Todman (MT) BEIS
Carolyn Reid (CR) Norfolk County Council
Rob Hancock (RH) Suffolk County Council
Ellen Goodwin (EG) New Anglia LEP
Julian Munson (JM) New Anglia LEP
Melanie Richardson (MR) New Anglia LEP
Chris Starkie (CS) New Anglia LEP
Rosanne Wijnberg (RW) New Anglia LEP
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Actions from the meeting: (27.7.22)
Draft Annual Financial Statements – 31 March 2022 – Confidential
Board members are asked to return any outstanding Related Party Forms which are required
for the audit
All
1 Welcome from the Chair
C-J Green (CJG) welcomed all board members to the meeting.
2 Apologies
Apologies were received from Sandy Ruddock, Andrew Proctor, Claire Cullens, Kathy Atkinson,
Jeanette Wheele
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, Stuart Dark and Helen Langton.
3 Declarations of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
4 Actions/Minutes from the last Meeting
The minutes of the meeting held on 25th June were agreed as accurate.
CJG noted that there are no outstanding items on the action log.
5 Innovation Board Report
Julian Munson (JM) presented the New Anglia Innovation Board report and gave examples of
good progress with partners under each of the four main workstreams of innovation
infrastructure, public and private sector investment in Innovation, supporting the Innovation
Ecosystem and assisting and developing the best talent for delivering innovation.
JM highlighted that a key priority is sustaining the Connected Innovation programme beyond
the current funded phase as funding runs out March 2023.
JM noted the continued support to the delivery of the Innovation Grant Mentoring scheme with
7 businesses supported recently with mentoring.
JM highlighted the successful cross sector work being undertaken, for example, the Offshore
Wind meets Tech event which was hosted by OrbisEnergy and which was attended by 25
businesses. Also, the LEP is advancing relationships with the wider Catapult Network and
working with various agencies to support the innovation ecosystem in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Johnathan Reynolds (JR) noted the excellent progress being made across the innovation
agenda and acknowledged the work led by the LEP’s Sectors and Innovation Team. Good
progress is being made with the Catapult network, the Satellite Applications Catapult and
organisations such as Innovate UK. Important to continue to raise our national profile to
showcase our assets and capabilities. JR was pleased to see plans for a regional innovation
showcase event and work in train to develop a strategic plan and roadmap for innovation
activity across our region. The key focus is to support the progression of the Connected
Innovation activity and help identify any funding opportunities.
Corrienne Peasgood (CP) recognised the importance of this work and was keen to ensure
that the SAP and changes to the skills agenda is responsive to innovation and important that
the strong links continue to be made across skills and innovation
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
6 Clean Growth Taskforce
Pete Joyner (PJ) and Ellen Goodwin (EG) presented the Clean Growth Taskforce Update. EG
noted that the taskforce was launched 12 months ago and is a collaboration of the private
sector, public sector and representatives from our two counties.
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They noted that is has been a challenge to define what we need to do. The starting point has
been targets, focusing on what the LEP could directly impact. EG noted the long term
objective to move to a zero carbon economy so there is a need to set targets as the
landscape changes.
They highlighted that the initial focus is on 5 key areas – leadership and collaboration,
evidence and impact, decarbonising transport, transition business support and workforce for
the future.
They noted the ‘Clean Growth for Business’ programme of events scheduled for w/c 14
November which will coincide with COP27 which is due to take place between 7 and 18
November. This will bring businesses together across the region and be a mix of online and in
person sessions. This is building some momentum and PR nationally.
Board observations included the:
Importance of green curriculum, upskilling in industry, green skills and short ‘add-on’
courses
LEP role as an influencer and enabler needs to be drawn out
Work with Industry Councils and Innovation Board to broaden the clean growth work
throughout the LEP
The meeting discussed the need to build in wider trends into the strategy and bring everyone
together. It was noted that there are bids already looking at separate things but there was a
need to make sure these were brought together in a co-ordinated and joined up way.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To endorse the strategic direction of the Taskforce
To offer support and spread the collaboration and leadership message around the
November event/s entitled ‘Clean Growth for Business’
7 Alternative Fuel Strategy
EG presented the Alternative Fuels Strategy and Action Plan and outlined the importance of
public/private sector collaboration in terms of delivery as well as that of broader transport
decarbonisation, specifically Transport East. Element Energy were commissioned to
undertake the study with the Alternative Fuels Strategy being part of the solution.
Matthew Hicks (MH) raised whether the strategy is being delivered by others, e.g. Transport
East and that the Suffolk Climate Change Emergency Plan is not mentioned in the report. MH
highlighted the need to work collaboratively and questioned whether more work needs to go
into the paper before bringing it back to the Board.
Steve Oliver (SO) highlighted the influencer and enabler role and whether it is adequately
captured in the report.
John Griffiths (JG) raised concerns around duplication and that the report should be amended
with due regard to the Combined Authority and Transport East.
JR noted that the area was complex and integrated therefore need to align both energy and
infrastructure. As this is a joint piece of work we can look at collaborative solutions.
Board observations included:
Public sector role in this agenda, specifically the Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan,
needs to be mentioned to provide strategic context
Link to energy and water with respect to EVs and hydrogen and the criticality of
infrastructure integration
Wider ambitions of the disbanded Transport Board
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The Board resolved to:
Agree to adopt the Strategy in principle, noting the work being done by the public
sector in this space and the importance of collaboration/adding value and avoiding
duplication
Agree to ask the executive team to ensure the strategy connects with the work of key
partners including Transport East
Delegate the Clean Growth Taskforce to consider next steps with respect to
prioritisation and delivery pathways noting that the Combined Authority will not be
considering it until the autumn due to public consultation
Note the Clean Growth Taskforce observations with respect to the wider transport
decarbonisation agenda and agree to this direction of travel/approach
8 Chief Executive’s Report
Chris Starkie (CS) highlighted the launch of the Business Transition to Net Zero Grant (BTNZ)
and noted that some interesting proposals have come in but to be eligible businesses will
need to have a Net Zero action plan in place.
CS highlighted the work of the Growth Hub and noted how it has been particularly successful
through the pandemic however funding comes to a close at the end of June 2023. Funding
streams are being replaced by the UK Shared Prosperity fund with funding being devolved
down to districts. The LEP team has been working with the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce to
develop business proposals to extend the Business Growth Programme. An initial proposal
has gone to our local authorities.
CS noted that we are about to appoint contractors to deliver Skills Bootcamps – part of the
Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee.
CS noted that we continue to provide significant resource to Freeport East and that a Chief
Executive has been appointed.
Pete Joyner (PJ) queried progress of the LEP review. CS responded that talks are still
progressing but nothing material has changed since the last update. We have agreed to start
budgeting for next year as the timeline is expected to run to April 24.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
9 Draft Annual Financial Statements – 31 March 2022 - Confidential
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10 Quarterly Management Accounts - Confidential
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
11 Proposed Amendments to Articles of Association
RW advised that some private sector board members were coming to the end of their term as
directors and, given the extended timescales to agree County Deals, it was felt that it would
be beneficial to have more flexibility around private sector director tenure.
RW presented the revised Articles of Association which would provide additional flexibility and
allow for an extension of the term of a private sector director if necessary. RW confirmed that
appropriate legal advice had been taken.
RW advised that the written resolutions would be circulated to all members of the LEP for
signing. This process will commence in the middle of August to accommodate the holiday
period and to allow for the 28 day return window to extend into September.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
To approve the following:
oThe recommendation that we amend the Articles of Association as detailed to extend
the term of a private sector director if necessary.
oThe Articles of Association of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Limited,
amended to reflect the proposed changes to the LEP Board.
oThe special resolution to be sent to the LEP’s members to approve the adoption of the
new articles.
oThe letter to the company’s auditors informing them of the proposed written resolution.
Subject to the passing of the written resolution:
oIt was noted that the company is required to keep records comprising copies of the
Written Resolutions in accordance with section 355 Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006)
and to ensure that the same is available for inspection in accordance with section 358
CA 2006; and
oA director of the Company was instructed to arrange for the filing of the Written
Resolutions and a copy of the newly amended articles of association of the Company
at Companies House within 15 days in which the Written Resolutions were passed.
12 July Programme Performance Reports
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RW presented the reports and highlighted key items to the Board.
Business Growth Programme – the quarterly forecast for Qtr 1 shows £1.1m. with spend at
£369k. The gap to forecast is due to delays in businesses claiming grant awards. We will
focus on promoting the grant scheme. There is also a lag on output targets as we struggle to
gather some evidence from the Growth Hub.
Community Renewal Fund – RW highlighted the intention to report twice on this scheme and
noted the fact that there were 4 sub programmes – Road to Net Zero (RTNZ) and Enabling
Self Employment (ESE) which are delivered in Norfolk and Suffolk. This programme is
progressing well with RTNZ grants largely allocated and good spend across Norfolk and
Suffolk. ESE support has been red flagged but the assumption was that this would be back
ended, but the focus will now be on these as other programmes have ended.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
13 Board Forward Plan
CJG reviewed the items on the agenda for the September meeting.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the plan
14 Any Other Business
It was noted that this was Corrienne Peasgood’s last meeting as she is due to retire although
she will continue as Chair of the Agritech Industry Council. CJG thanked Corrienne for her
contribution to the Board and Audit and Risk Committee and wished her well in her retirement.
She was presented with a gift from the LEP as a mark of appreciation of all her work as a board
member.
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Date Item Action Update Actioned
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Target Date
27/07/2022 Draft Annual Financial
Statements – 31 March 2022
– Confidential
Board members are asked to return any outstanding Related Party Forms
which are required for the audit
Board members have been asked to return all outstanding forms as
a matter of urgency,
All Complete
Actions from New Anglia LEP Board Meetings
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Agenda Item 5
Norfolk and Suffolk Space Sector Strategy
Author and Presenter: Julian Munson
Summary
This paper provides an update on the work by New Anglia LEP and partners in developing a
strategy for the space sector opportunities in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Recommendations
The Board is invited to approve the Space Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk and outlined
approach.
Background
The UK space sector is worth more than £16.4 billion per year (2018/2019) and currently
directly employs more than 45,000 people (UK Space Agency Size & Health of the UK Space
Industry 2020). Space plays a critical role in our daily lives with satellites connecting us,
monitoring our climate, keeping us secure, helping us navigate roads and seas, providing
weather forecasts and a whole host of other applications that support the economy, the
environment and underpin our society at large. Space presents a significant opportunity and the
global space market is projected to grow from £270 billion to £490 billion by 2030.
In September 2021, the UK Government published the National Space Strategy with a
vision to build one of the most innovative and attractive space economies in the world and
with the following goals;
to grow and level up our space economy;
promote the values of Global Britain;
lead pioneering scientific discovery and inspire the nation;
protect and defend our national interests in and through space; and
use space to deliver for UK citizens and the world.
The UKSA definition of the core space sector includes Space Manufacturing, Space
Operations, Space Applications and Ancillary Services. Appendix 1 provides a more
detailed breakdown. However, it should be noted that through the development of our
Norfolk and Suffolk Space Strategy we also recognised and acknowledged wider activity
related to space applications and services in sectors such as marine science and agritech.
A summary overview of the size and health of the UK space industry (2020 data) can be
viewed here; Size & Health 2020 Infographic (publishing.service.gov.uk)
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The UK National Space Strategy aims to develop ‘space ecosystems and clusters’ at the
regional level. There is already some visible activity through the established Harwell Space
Cluster, Leicester Space Park and space ports or launch facilities in areas such as Cornwall
and Scotland. Currently, there is no formally represented cluster or space-centred hub in the
East of England to provide local support and representation in the space industry.
Excluding London, the East of England ranks third in number of space organisations with 168
organisations registered here. In front is the South East (with 450 organisations) and the South
West (215). The South East is home to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus which
hosts a cluster of space tech businesses and an important base for the Satellite Applications
Catapult, UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA). Interestingly, the East of
England is ahead of Scotland (144 organisations), a nation often cited as a global leader in the
space sector.
Part of the challenge for the East of England and Norfolk and Suffolk specifically is the lack of
visibility for the sector. Only a small number of organisations/businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk
are registered as space sector organisations. Compared to other regions of the UK, however,
the area has made greater use of space technology in certain sectors, such as agriculture and
marine.
The East of England region also boasts the largest communications and IT cluster in the UK,
with extensive satellite ground station facilities at Adastral Park, yet this is not widely known
outside the region. This is one example of the myriad opportunities to leverage the regional
space expertise in these sectors and grow new businesses, as well as to provide knowledge to
the wider UK and internationally.
The current national landscape of space clusters, assets and facilities as highlighted in
appendix 2 identifies an opportunity to establish a stronger regional presence in the East of
England and this is one of the key objectives of a new regional space strategy.
Delivering the Space Strategy - Norfolk and Suffolk Response
The Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk references the following intervention:
“Develop a new regional space sector plan and cluster group to help drive net zero
activities relating to diverse areas such as sustainable agriculture, crop science, climate
change, marine science, offshore wind, transport, and logistics. Proposed activity includes
developing a regional satellite applications hub and regional micro-gravity launch and test
facility to enable testing of products in a ‘space environment’.”
It is important to recognise that a significant proportion of the economic growth potential of
our existing key sectors such as energy, agrifood and digital ICT is as a result of new
innovation and technology applications linked directly to the space sector and ultimately a
driver of clean growth.
Space related activity is therefore central to not only our core economic opportunities such
as these but also important to our wide-ranging, underpinning sectors including advanced
manufacturing and engineering, financial services, health and social care, transport and
logistics and tourism.
Therefore our proposal around space is not about investing time and resources in a new
sector, but how we can utilise satellite applications and other space activities and
technologies to support growth in the LEP’s existing priority areas of energy, food and ICT
digital.
To date, a significant proportion of national space sector related activity has been focused
in areas such as Cornwall and the Scottish Highlands. However, there is a growing
evidence base and case for the East of England to be recognised for its’ important role in
building the UK’s space economy supply chain, research and education base. The UK
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Space Agency is engaging more actively across regions with new funding rounds to
support regional activity, this includes a recent Space Cluster Development Funding Call
with up to £500,000 available for space cluster activity in regions.
The New Anglia LEP Sectors & Innovation Team has been working closely with the UK
Space Agency (UKSA), European Space Agency (ESA), and Satellite Applications Catapult
during 2021-22 to understand the national and international landscape and engaging with
regional organisations from industry, education and research to help shape the ambitions
and aspirations to build the space sector locally and explore the cross-sector benefits of
space technologies.
New Regional Space Cluster Group Formed
New Anglia LEP has created a new space cluster steering group for organisations and
businesses with an interest in the space sector. This covers senior representation from;
Industry - including BT, Gravitilab, Arqit, Arqiva, AST and Seraphim (space VC firm)
Innovation hubs - OrbisEnergy, Innovation Martlesham and Hethel Innovation
Education/research - CEFAS, UEA and University of Suffolk
National/International organisations - UK Space Agency, European Space Agency and
the Satellite Applications Catapult
The space cluster steering group has now met on a number of occasions with new business
members seeking to join. The meetings are chaired by the LEP’s Head of Enterprise Zones
and Innovation and supported by the LEP’s Sectors and Innovation Team. A non-legally binding
MOU has been agreed to effectively formalise a collaboration agreement for the cluster steering
group members.
Norfolk and Suffolk Space Strategy
There was a clear need for a regional strategy to develop and profile our activity related to the
space sector. Part of the conditions of regional funding from organisations such as the UK
Space Agency is for a regional space strategy to be in place.
New Anglia LEP appointed the specialist UK space consultancy AstroAgency to work with
partners to build an enhanced understanding of the space sector profile in Norfolk and
Suffolk (and wider East area) and to develop a space sector strategy to grow and level up
the regional space economy.
This strategy includes identifying our USPs and applications to support our key sectors.
These include digital communications, agri-food, offshore renewables, marine science,
transport & logistics etc. We have significant opportunities to leverage our expertise around
the use and application of satellite communications and space data for example. A
capability matrix mapping our upstream and downstream capabilities was created as part
of the strategy.
Through this work we expect to boost space activity and lay the foundations for turning
Norfolk and Suffolk into a recognised player in the UK space industry and contributing to
the industry’s strategic aims, whilst aligning with the UK’s National Space Strategy, and
with several of the areas of activity mapping to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Using Norfolk and Suffolk’s extensive experience of the agriculture, marine and energy
sectors along with the world leading research on climate change, there is a real opportunity
for the region to play a lead role in sustainability and drive to net zero in a space context
over the next few years.
The report highlighted that Norfolk and Suffolk could already differentiate itself from most
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other UK space clusters in a number of sectors, building on the opportunities for
convergence between space and wide range of other industries, most notably leveraging
the strengths of the existing communication and IT cluster. This would cover areas such as
satellite communications, broadcast technology, mobile sat comms and optics/photonics. A
convergence of space and terrestrial solutions is already evident across applications and
services in sectors such as agritech, marine science and aquatech, leveraging our regional
strengths.
Although focused on Norfolk and Suffolk the strategy also recognises the wider East of
England opportunities and links to other regional space clusters such as Harwell,
Oxfordshire and Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The UK Space Agency leads engagement and
networking across all regional space clusters and encourages collaboration, not
competition, playing to our respective regional strengths.
There are opportunities for businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk. However, there are three
significant clusters of activity identified so far which cover upstream space activity e.g. micro-
gravity rocket launch, and downstream applications e.g. satellite monitoring for precision
agriculture, wind farm monitoring and transport/logistics activity.
These broad clusters cover the following areas (and organisations involved);
Greater Norwich Area which includes Scottow Enterprise Park (Gravitilab), UEA,
Norwich Research Park, Hethel Engineering Centre and the Food Enterprise Park
- covering upstream activity such as micro-gravity launch and downstream applications
e.g. precision agriculture, crop science, engineering and automotive, climate change
and environmental science
Adastral Park/Ipswich/Felixstowe which includes BT, Innovation Martlesham, UoS
and Freeport / Port of Felixstowe - covering areas such as satellite applications, earth
observation, quantum key distribution research, telecommunications, 5G, transport,
logistics and port operations
Lowestoft/Great Yarmouth Offshore Wind and Marine Science cluster including
CEFAS and OrbisEnergy (and links to UEA) - covering satellite applications for
monitoring of offshore wind farms, marine science and fisheries research, climate
change and coastal erosion
Deliverables and Outcomes – 12 months
The Space Strategy document prepared by AstroAgency highlights a number of areas of
opportunity but is high level and will require further funding/investment to progress some of the
key projects identified, over a period of time. However, a list of recommended actions is also
included within the strategy with some shorter term delivery opportunities highlighted. These
include;
Prepare and submit bid to UKSA for space cluster development funding to enhance
regional capacity and resourcing to implement the space strategy and progress key
initiatives,
Formalise the regional space cluster group with branding and comms campaign,
focusing on Norfolk and Suffolk but open for wider regional membership and
involvement,
Create a shorter, sharper, summary version of the Space Strategy for public
consumption,
Progress plans for a space strategy launch event / business expo - proposed for
November 2022 and hosted at Adastral Park,
Secure an East of England presence for the UK space sector – this may involve the
establishment of a Space Enterprise Lab in the region (working with Satellite
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Applications Catapult and UKSA) providing a regional base for national space
agencies/organisations,
Evaluate opportunities for establishing an ESA Business Incubation Centre in the region
which would be part of a Europe-wide network,
Develop a programme of business networking events, space hackathons / workshop to
drive engagement with regional business networks,
Investigate the potential for a Space Academy at Adastral Park to support industry-
education engagement involving schools, colleges and universities to promote future
career opportunities,
Explore potential opportunities with the Space Energy Initiative including space based
solar and nuclear, leveraging our regional expertise in the energy and technology
sectors,
Progress feasibility studies and project activity around areas of opportunity for space
applications and research, working with the Catapults, UKSA and ESA. These include
environmental development (coastal erosion, water management and climate change),
agri-food and health and social care,
Progress scoping for the development of a regional micro-gravity launch facility with
potential sea launch platform.
Progress international inward investment and trade opportunities as a result of existing
UK-Global Trade Agreements e.g. UK-Australia Space Bridge, signed in 2021.
Recommendations
The Board is invited to approve the Space Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk and outlined
approach.
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Appendix 1: Definition and Categories of the Core Space Sector
Space Manufacturing
Launch vehicles and subsystems
Satellites / payloads/ spacecraft and subsystems
Scientific instruments
Ground segment systems and equipment
Suppliers of materials and components
Scientific and engineering support
Fundamental and applied research
Space test facilities
Space Operations
Launch services
Launch brokerage services
Proprietary satellite operation
Third-party ground segment operation
Ground station networks
In-Orbit Servicing
Debris Removal
Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST)
Space Tourism
In-space manufacturing
Spaceports
Space Applications
Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting
Fixed satellite communication services
Mobile satellite communication services
Location-based signal service providers
Supply of user devices and equipment
Processors of satellite data
Applications leveraging satellite signals/data
Other (e.g., Quantum key distribution)
Ancillary Services
Launch and satellite insurance (incl. brokerage services)
Legal and financial services
Market research and consultancy services
Business incubation and development
Policymaking, regulation and oversight
Software and IT services
Source: Size and Health of the UK Space Industry Report 2021 (UK Space Agency)
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Appendix 2: Current and Proposed Space Centre and Spaceport Activity across the UK
Source: National Space Strategy
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Agenda Item 6
Inward Investment Delivery Plan Progress Report
Author: David Dukes, Invest Norfolk & Suffolk team
Summary
This paper provides an update on the Delivery Plan for inward investment across Norfolk and
Suffolk, led by the Invest Norfolk & Suffolk team. It outlines how the team’s work is supporting
growth objectives for Norfolk & Suffolk and outlines steps being undertaken which would enable
the partnership to continue after April 2023 if agreed by partners.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to note the contents of the report and endorse the continued focus on the
six identified workstreams.
The board is also asked to support the continuation of the partnership for the financial year
23/24 subject to budget and to support discussions around an extension beyond that date.
Background
In November 2020 the Board endorsed the proposed approach for delivering inward investment
activities across Norfolk and Suffolk.
An action plan was subsequently developed to identify and schedule resources and track
delivery and outputs. This workstream structure has been effective and has been used for
development of the 22/23 Delivery Plan.
Although we are still working on a number of enquiries, our ‘Reactive’ activities have reduced
by around 50% since 2021. The pipeline is not growing and this is consistent with the rest of the
country where enquiries into the UK as a whole have reduced.
A combination of factors are credited with this fall in enquiries, Brexit, the pandemic and
uncertainty and higher costs attributed to the war in Ukraine are generally accepted as the key
factors.
The team now believes the emphasis for activity must be on more proactive targeting and
development of high-quality lead generation and a renewed focus on strengthening the
relationship with our key foreign owned businesses.
To be able to do this we need to focus on our delivery plan.
Staffing costs for the team are largely funded by the three core partners and until the middle of
2022 we had a modest operating budget thanks to Invest East (ERDF) and Creative Unlimited
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(NSF and SIGIF). As from 1st September we have no revenue funding apart from a small LEP
budget that will be used to support activity this year. From April 2023 we will have no revenue
funding unless it can be derived from new sources.
We do not have the capacity to proactively promote every sector, instead, we leverage the
delivery framework to define the priority commercial opportunities that our region can offer,
determining the market need and target audience then packaging the proposition and narrative
so that it is specifically targeted at the identified audience.
Focused multi-platform, integrated marketing campaigns will allow us to engage the
identified audience, gaining their attention and interest through coherent narrative and targeted
communication, building engagement, dialogue and advocacy so that the engagement turn into
real opportunities to land investment in our propositions and delivering return on investment for
the clients. This is delivered through a coherent, strategic plan for each identified opportunity
and includes both digital and traditional marketing activities.
This paper sets out what has been achieved and what is planned for future delivery in the
remainder of 2022/3.
INS1 – Identification of
market need: the markets,
sectors, and businesses,
which may be aligned with
our assets and
opportunities
Delivered:
Healthy Nutrition HPO awarded
Post Covid & EU transition research delivered
Development of Inward Investment & Trade Strategy
document as part of Freeport East business case
Planned:
Work to ascertain market demand and commercial
opportunities: ICT and Digital Creative, to supplement our
existing known assets around 5G and Digitisation. Specific
focus on fintech, cyber security and AI
Work to ascertain market demand and commercial
opportunities: Agrifood as a follow on to our nutrition and
healthy food work
IN&S team is supporting the LEP Space Sector consultancy
project and ongoing discussions.
Use of
Beauhurst software platform and marketing
campaign data analysis to determine market need and target
identification. Process through workstreams 1, 2 & 3 to deliver
high quality lead pipeline.
INS2 – Identification of
market offer (product):
headline offers for
promotion and resource
set for bespoke responses
Delivered:
Developed a range of priority sector propositions
Benchmarked assets to create asset register
Planned:
Liaison with asset owners and stakeholders
(particularly as physical visits recommence)
Asset identification – maintain asset list (>55 assets
now listed)
Identify/source added value items for propositions – eg
soft landing packages
Freeport East: development of a full HPO
INS3 – Communicating/
promoting the market
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: ensuring key
Delivered:
Marketing campaign:
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audiences are aware,
increasing enquiries
norfolksuffolkunlimited.co.uk/clarity
delivered with Capsule Marketing, in collaboration with LEP
Innovation team to promote key assets through 10 videos
and supporting articles.
successful campaign raising awareness of our assets, the
Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited brand and providing key digital
data that can be used to target audience demographics in
future campaigns.
results illustrated the importance of paid targeting and the use
of Twitter tools to extend the reach of the content. For this
campaign Twitter was better for video content with LinkedIn
better for written articles.
Key data:
LinkedIn paid social – video & articles
Impressions: 235,026
Clicks: 1637
LinkedIn organic – videos & articles
Impressions: 9,155
Clicks: 201
Twitter paid social – videos & articles
Impressions: 1,824,475
Clicks: 282,001
Twitter organic videos & articles:
Impressions: 4,415
Engagements: 201
Event engagement
International stakeholders:
Stuart Catchpole attended a meeting with the Dutch
Ambassador at the Norfolk Show. This was a small group of
delegates looking at the challenges and opportunities of the
agri-food sector with a view to determining how to overcome
those challenges by working collaboratively.
Government of Dubai visit to NRP (May 22) was very
successful. Senior delegation focused on Bioscience, health
and Covid response. All NRP partners represented, and
businesses and significant engagement ensued. Further
sector focused visits planned and also a reciprocal visit is
possible.
Energy sector (with GENERATE):
Wind Energy Bilbao, Apr 22 – GENERATE’s first
international event, headline sponsor of the Renewable UK
organised UK pavilion at the WindEurope conference.
28 target businesses identified ahead of the event
12 successfully contacted. 80 new contacts, generating 23
leads
Global Offshore Wind, Manchester, June 22 –romoting the
investment opportunities to potential
businesses within the
offshore wind sector. Successful
collaborative stand with
partners, leads being collated
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Plant based Nutrition HPO promotion:
DIT delivering targeted marketing activity to identified
international companies and markets
Stuart Catchpole working with partners to harness
their global networks, contacts and communications
expertise to complement the DIT marketing approach.
Budget is required for a centralised approach and a
consultation document has been produced. The
Invest Norfolk & Suffolk budget can provide £5k as an
incentive for partner contribution.
Stuart Catchpole gave a presentation as part of the
Food Innovation Project, plant-based proteins
innovation platform work.
We are attending the Food Producers Consortium in
Peterborough on 3rd November. We have a stand and
2 speaker slots, one to raise awareness of the HPO
and the other for One Farm to discuss vertical
farming.
5G & Digitisation HPO promotion:
This is now (finally) uploaded on the DIT website - 5G
and digitisation in Norfolk and Suffolk, east of England
- great.gov.uk international. There is interest from
Norway in organising a delegation of businesses later
in 2022. DIT focus is North America.
Freeport East HPO:
Ensure Freeport East info on DIT's investment atlas is
tailored to maximise impact.
DIT are securing budget to promote each Freeport
internationally.
Action plans will be developed from the sector focus
and USP's from Freeport East’s Investment Strategy
with aligned Freeports being joined together.
Cross LEP team discussion of how to maximise wider social
media engagement (CEO, Comms team, Innovation &
Sectors team). Stuart Catchpole is facilitating a group to
provide a strategic and coherent approach to content
development – providing the Comms team with regular input
from teams across the LEP and support the growth and
development across both N&SU and NALEP platforms.
NUA User Experience students have produced a report after
analysing the N&SU website, identifying a number of key
issues and recommendations which could result in quick wins
and longer-term benefits (investment permitting).
NUA worked with local creative sector SMEs as part of the
Creative Unlimited NSF project to develop a series of digital
inward investment assets for the film, design and games
subsectors. IN&S team liaising with LEP Comms team to
agree plan for use of assets.
Event engagement
International stakeholders:
We will be hosting a visit by the Japan Local Government
A
ssociation in mid Sept.
Planned
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USA following on from existing engagement with Virginia
Beach we are linking up with Norfolk Virginia via NCC’s
twinning arrangements (and hoping to loop in Suffolk as well).
AgriFood sector:
FPC Future, Peterborough, Nov 22 – agritech event
showcasing innovate technologies, taking a stand and
speaker slots to promote Plant based nutrition HPO and
vertical farm cluster.
Energy sector (with GENERATE):
Wind Energy Hamburg, Sept 22 – stand on the Energy
Industries Council UK pavilion, Generate branded. Promoting
the land availability at GY and Lowestoft,
Future of Generate – discussing with key partners how we
sustain Generate’s momentum into 2023 and beyond
Tech sector (with TechEast):
WebSummit Lisbon, Nov 22 – using DIT stand as base,
promoting 5G & Digitisation HPO and assets to land/interest
investment and growth in sector.
Promotion:
UKREiiF, May 22 – last minute decision to attend real estate
event, shared space with Cambs (who didn’t then attend). 40
delegates expected, 12 attended. Some useful connections
and we are clearer on what sort of approach we should take
in 2023. Very few N&S developers involved, but maybe due
to ignorance of the event. District & Borough colleagues are
being supported in the use of a commercial property
database arising from the event.
INS4 – Partnership
development: working with
stakeholders locally,
nationally, and
internationally
Planned:
Continue to develop/maintain key stakeholder
relationships:
oregular District & Borough catchups
oquarterly Norfolk & Suffolk inward investment
meetings
omonthly DIT calls
oOther stakeholders on ad hoc basis
Understand the investor landscape and develop productive
relationships
INS5 – Support retention,
development, and
expansion of existing local
businesses
Delivered:
Identification of key existing businesses and regular review
process with each District/Borough
Planned:
Finalise key business engagement strategy with partners
Refine bespoke engagement with companies in OneList in
each District/Borough.
INS6 – Systems
development/management
Delivered:
Established a protocol for management of domestic
inward investment enquiries - develope
d
initial baseline
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assessment questions re proposed jobs created and
investment
Planned:
Implement process for maximising reporting of post
intervention success data for domestic (ie non DIT)
successes
Contingency planning, risk management - demonstrate a
minimal risk profile
Develop the Trello platform to include an events board for
planning and managing event activities as frequency of
physical visits and events continues to increase post Covid.
Key statistics
All of the above workstreams are designed to deliver the key overarching objectives of:
a) Generating more enquiries/leads
Eleven new enquiries received in 2022: from DIT, referrals from stakeholders, direct approach,
events. Overall, the number of enquiries has fallen by 56% compared to the same period last
year.
b) More successes in terms of landed projects and jobs.
Inward investment successes April 21 to March 22 - includes foreign direct investment (FDI)
and domestic (UK owned businesses relocating)
DIT reported 21 successes providing 496 new jobs and 3 safeguarded, £10bn total investment:
Norfolk – Nine successes creating 3,127 new jobs, £6.7m total investment.
Suffolk – Seven successes creating 374 new jobs, £10.12m total investment.
Another five projects landed in multiple UK sites including Norfolk & Suffolk: not possible to
disaggregate local data
April 22 to date - Four successes confirmed by DIT:
Suffolk – Two successes creating 42 new jobs, £12.15m total investment
Another two projects landed in multiple UK sites including Norfolk & Suffolk: not possible to
disaggregate local data.
Link to the Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy
The team continues to receive and handle enquiries from all sectors. However, in terms of
outward proactive promotion and lead generation work, the 22/23 focus will be on those sectors
outlined in INS1 workstream.
Next Steps
22/23 agreed LEP budget is £25,000, broken down as follows:
£10k for sector focused events in partnership with DIT (for the two HPOs – INS2)
£10k for consultancy work to ascertain market demand and commercial opportunities
(INS1)
£5k for specific project/enquiry support eg costs of stakeholder and client visits, info
system costs.
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2023/24 onwards
The three core partners (LEP, NCC and SCC) are discussing an SLA that will hopefully secure
the future of INS from 01/04/23 for up to three years.
It proposes a continuation of the INS service, with core funding for staff being sustained as
now, with the opportunity to enhance the budget to deliver more proactive activity.
However, given the uncertain landscape caused by devolution, these discussions may take
some months.
It is therefore proposed that the SLA and programme is extended from its current end date of
March 31st 2023 to March 31st 2024.
This will provide some short-term certainty for team members, whilst allowing time for
discussions around a longer-term programme.
At the same time the INS team and local authority partners will also explore ways to fund more
proactive lead generation and promotional activity.
Recommendation
The Board is asked to note the contents of the report and endorse the continued focus on the
six identified workstreams.
The board is also asked to support the continuation of the partnership for the financial year
23/24 subject to budget and to support discussions around an extension beyond that date.
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Agenda Item 9
Chief Executive’s Report
Summary
This report focuses on by exception reporting on key issues and information for the board’s
attention.
Regular reports on the performance of individual LEP programmes are provided via programme
performance reports and issues which require board input or decisions are tabled as agenda items
in their own right.
The report is grouped under five headings – 1) LEP managed projects and programmes, 2) LEP
Industry councils and Sub-groups, 3) External Partnership Activity, 4) Governance and Finance,
and 5) LEP Review. The communications dashboard is also attached as a separate appendix.
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
Note the contents of the report
1) LEP Managed Projects and Programmes
Skills Bootcamps: As part of the Government’s Skills for Life, New Anglia Local Enterprise
Partnership (LEP) have been awarded a contract for the Skills Bootcamps funded initiative. Our
target is 240 learners of which we have to have 120 learners on board before the end of
September.
Their aim is to:
Support individuals to develop skills and fulfil their potential through sector specific skills
training
Assist people currently Assist people currently un-employed or returning to work to find
skilled local work
Provide new skills for the self-employed to enable them to take on more contracts
Aid businesses to hire people with the skills required enabling them to fill their job
vacancies
For employers to provide their own employees with targeted training to help them develop
and progress within the business
As of 8/9/2022, we had 83 learners engaged by the providers so we have made a good start
towards our target.
Provider Sector Target Numbers to date
engaged (9/9/2022)
ACE Logistics 12 4
Anicca Digital 25 25
Co Grammar Digital 30 0
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HBXL Construction 50 12
Netmatters Digital 25 3
Retrofit Academy Green Skills 62 10
Suffolk New College Green Skills 36 15
Turning Factor Leadership &
Management
24 14
Total 264 83
Clean Growth for Business – Save the Date – 15 November: As part of the Road to Net Zero
Business Support Programme the LEP will be delivering a week of learning events promoting
sustainable best practice to businesses to deepen knowledge/awareness as well as build
collaboration and innovation leadership across the region.
Most of the sessions will be held online but there will be an in-person event at the King’s Centre in
Norwich designed as a ‘call to arms’ in the net zero/clean growth space, considering the quick wins
and longer burns of our unique and diverse offer. Members of the LEP Board are invited to attend
the event.
2) LEP Industry Councils and Sub-groups
Innovation Board
Grow On Space Task and Finish Group - The challenge of a lack of grow on space has been
highlighted as a key barrier to innovation and growing businesses in the region. To respond to this
challenge, through the LEP’s Innovation Board, we have created a ‘Grow on Space Task and
Finish Group’. This has engaged the Connected Innovation network and Innovation Board
members so far – with positive feedback received around the recognition of this. The initial meeting
on 12th September aims to pull together and discuss the key issues before engaging wider
stakeholders such as local authority and developer leads.
Connected Innovation Update:
Cross-Sector Challenge Events - Following a successful ‘Offshore Wind meets digital tech’ event
run in collaboration with Tech East and the East Wind network, looking at tech solutions for
offshore wind challenges, other ‘challenge led’ style events are being planned. These aim to
include digital solutions in other sectors such as agri-food and high value manufacturing. The LEP
is working with Tech East and other partners on delivering these events as part of the Connected
Innovation programme.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership - The LEP also supported a Knowledge Transfer Partnership
(KTP) event hosted by UEA with speakers from the LEP and Innovate UK KTP team. The 9th
September event attracted a wide range of delegates from local businesses, academics and
researchers. In addition, a new Pilot Scheme is being launched this month called Accelerated
Knowledge Transfer to Innovate (AKT2I).
This scheme is being jointly delivered by Innovate UK and Innovate UK KTN with funding to
support a UK registered business, charitable company, or charity to work with Universities and
other research organisations to deliver a short, rapid and targeted intervention to accelerate the
evaluation or development of an innovation project or concept, which has the potential for
significant impact for the business partner.
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Robotics Festival - Through the Connected Innovation programme, New Anglia LEP has
sponsored the upcoming Robotics Festival on 5 October 2022 at Adastral Park. Attendees will
have the opportunity to listen to speakers at the conference, explore the robotics exhibition, and
visit the BT innovation showcases and labs. The festival will look at key themes within robotics
(such as different types, connectivity, sustainability, and security) and will focus on robotics within
specific sectors, including defence, manufacturing, construction, energy, health and social care,
transport, and agri-tech.
As a sponsor, we are able to invite partners to attend this event using the following link:
https://forms.office.com/r/T4sQQbF7yd
The LEP has extended this invitation to the Connected Innovation Network, Agri-food Industry
Council, Council for Digital Tech, All Energy Industry Council and NAAME Industry Council.
3) External Partnership Activity
Freeport East The LEP is a founder member of Freeport East, which brings together partners from
Suffolk and Essex to develop and promote a new Freeport in Felixstowe, Harwich and Gateway 14
at Stowmarket.
The LEP team has been heavily involved in the development of the outline and then full business
case for the Freeport – with three members of staff working continually on the project – Michael
Cousens, Marie Finbow and Mike Dowdall.
A further five members of staff have also contributed significant time and expertise to the project,
including the LEP chief executive who is the currently the LEP’s representative on the Freeport
East shadow board.
New Anglia LEP and South East LEP share a seat on this board and New Anglia LEP’s chief
executive is the joint appointee.
Freeport East is now forming itself into a limited company and it is proposed that Chris Starkie as
LEP chief executive should continue to act as the LEP’s representative. Agreement is also being
sought with the South East LEP for New Anglia LEP’s appointee to continue to act as the joint
appointment.
Given the make-up of the Freeport East board, the LEP CEO is the most logical appointment for
the LEP to make. Local authority partners from Suffolk County Council, Mid Suffolk and East
Suffolk District Councils are also members, together with a representative from the University of
Essex covering education. Apart from Hutchison Ports there is limited private sector membership,
making the role of the LEP and its private sector perspective all the more important.
Following discussions with the LEP chair, the LEP chair is recommending to the board that the
LEP chief executive, with knowledge of Freeport policy and the specifics of Freeport East, and the
involvement of the LEP team in helping develop the Freeport to date, is the recommended
appointee.
Recommendation: The board is invited to nominate Chris Starkie as the New Anglia LEP
representative to the Freeport East company board.
Creative Industries - Create Growth Programme Submission
DCMS initially invited local area partnerships in England (excluding London) to submit expressions
of interest for the Create Growth Programme (CGP) by 7 July. This programme is specifically
focused on supporting potentially high growth creative industries businesses, enhancing their
investment readiness, and driving greater links with investor networks to improve their
understanding of and relationship with the creative industries. The programme is an expansion of
DCMS’ Creative Scale Up pilot (2019-21) which covered Greater Manchester, West Midlands, and
the West of England Combined Authorities.
New Anglia LEP was the lead bidder for this programme, with other consortium members including
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority; UEA (lead delivery partner); UoS; ARU;
NUA; Norfolk County Council and Suffolk County Council.
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We were awarded £7.5k through our successful EOI to support our evidence base for the final
application to ensure we have the right information on the potential high growth creative industries
businesses in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Peterborough.
Following a tender process, MetroDynamics supported with the evidence base, demonstrating the
make-up of our creative industries sector and importantly pointing to the potentially high growth
sub-sectors. Additionally, we put out a survey to support the bid and received 125 responses, and
those responses play directly into programme need.
The delivery programme itself builds on expertise in the region from StartEast and Creative
Unlimited. There would be a series of cohorts delivered across the region focusing on investment
readiness, masterclasses and roundtable workshops. Consortium partners have offered their
expertise, venues and event support for masterclasses and social events.
There will be only six successful local area partnerships. Each of those six will be awarded
approximately £1.275 million in grant funding for business support. This covers three financial
years – the remainder of this one (22/23) and then two full financial years after (23/24 and 24/25).
On top of the £1.275m, creative businesses in the six successful local area partnerships will also
have the opportunity to benefit from a national pot of £7 million for finance support, as well as
investor networking activities. This national pot would be led by a national delivery partner as part
of the programme.
Following the submission of the application on 25 August, local area partnerships have been told
we will hear later in September whether we are successful or not.
Transport East Strategy endorsement The Sub-National Transport Body for Norfolk, Suffolk,
Essex, Southend-On-Sea and Thurrock has recently agreed its Transport Strategy focused on
decarbonising transport, connecting growing towns and cities, energising coastal and rural
communities and unlocking international gateways. As a member of Transport East, New Anglia
LEP have been involved in the development of the Strategy, with the overall strategic approach
being aligned with that of our previously constituted Norfolk and Suffolk Transport Board and the
Integrated Transport Strategy. The Executive Team remain focused on continuing to work with
Transport East through the Clean Growth Taskforce and in terms of transport decarbonisation
moving forward.
Financial Services – Fintech Futures Event
New Anglia LEP is working with partners to organise a Fintech Futures Working Group to run on
the 27th October 2022, hosted at Aviva in Norwich. This is a result of a collaboration between the
Financial Industries Group (FIG) in Norwich and Financial, Insurance and Professional Services
(FIPS) in Ipswich, supported by the LEP’s Connected Innovation Project and Tech East.
An invitation only event with a mixture of both industry and academia representatives, the working
group will look to define Fintech, map out the current landscape within our region, the wider eco-
system and what we might need to do to encourage more Fintech in the region. Shan Millie, an
outside-in expert in Tech/Data-enabled Value Generation focused on FinTech & Insurance as well
as founder of Bright Blue Hare will facilitate the workshop writing up findings and any next steps.
New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering (NAAME) – Sizewell C Supply Chain
The Sizewell C Supply Chain team at Suffolk Chamber of Commerce have received some early
supplier engagement enquiries from a number of Hinkley Point C/Sizewell C
Mechanical/Electrical/HVAC (MEH) Phase, Tier 1 Companies looking to understand the
capabilities of regional companies to support upcoming sub-contract requirements.
NAAME are working with and supporting the SZC Supply Chain team to identify regional
businesses who have capabilities within Metal Fabrication, Electrical or HVAC Services & are
interested in Nuclear Standard. So far, nine organisations have completed the capabilities matrix
questionnaire and will be discussing further with the SZC Supply Chain team to hopefully progress
commercial opportunities as the SZC project progresses.
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Enterprise Zones – Sproughton
There is positive news for the Eastern Gateway Enterprise Zone site in Sproughton as planning
permission has been granted for the next development on the site by Trebor Developments.
Construction work on five new commercial units will begin next month with an aim to open by next
May. Trebor estimates that up to 350 jobs could be created. This will be the third major
development on the Enterprise Zone site, joining Amazon and LDH La Doria.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/business/ipswich-eastern-gateway-350-jobs-approved-9211758
4) Governance, Operations and Finance
Articles of Association – The proposed amendments to the Articles of Association have now
been agreed by the members and will be filed at Companies House.
Finance - The LEP is reporting consolidated accounts on a quarterly basis. The figures for the half
year, April – September 2022, will be included in the October board paper.
Annual Financial Statements: The LEP’s statutory annual financial statements were presented by
Price Bailey to the Audit and Risk Committee in June and to the LEP Board in July.
There were a few items that required further work, and these have now been completed and a final
copy of the accounts will be circulated to all Audit and Risk and LEP Board members, to note.
Price Bailey plan to issue a modified audit report, the audit opinion includes a material uncertainty
related to going concern.
A summary of the LEP financial position will be presented at the AGM and members will be asked
to adopt the accounts and approve the re-appointment of the auditors.
5) LEP Review
Progress is continuing on county deals for both Suffolk and Norfolk. Discussions have been
delayed by the change in Government but are making good progress.
LEP board members and sector group chairs as well as other stakeholders will be invited to
participate in a piece of work being commissioned by Suffolk Public Sector Leaders Group in
relation to this.
Recommendation:
The board is invited to nominate Chris Starkie as the New Anglia LEP representative to the
Freeport East company board.
And note the contents of the report
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This dashboard sets out the outcomes and impact of our communications activities during
August 2022.
Media coverage
- 24 pieces of coverage
- 4 reactive media enquiries
Top 3 stories
East Anglian Daily Times
Eight training providers appointed to boost skills across two counties
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/business/norfolk-and-suffolk-secure-1m-skills-bootcamp-
funding-9219340
BBC Online
New Great Yarmouth Marina Centre opens on town's seafront
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-62433016
Eastern Daily Press
LEP 'extremely proud' after ploughing £40m into county projects
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/business/new-anglia-lep-invests-40m-in-town-schemes-
9202754
Website
There were 14,538 page views on the LEP website (3,223 up on the previous month). The
most visited page was Funding, followed by Small Grant Scheme, Growing Business Fund,
Contact Us, and Growth Through Innovation Fund.
Campaigns, events, and other projects
• Our Skills Bootcamps PR campaign was launched with a press release and social
media activity. Bev Wallman, our new Skills Broker, appeared on Radio Norfolk
Radio Suffolk to talk about the scheme, and the Eastern Daily Press and East
Anglian Daily Times carried the story. Training providers have been receiving plenty
of enquiries following the publicity. Social media graphics and flyers have also been
designed to promote the programme.
• We have been busy planning for our virtual AGM on Wednesday 21 September. A
video highlighting our achievements in 2021/22 has been commissioned and we
have been working on the content for this. A newsletter has been sent out to our
online subscribers to promote the event.
• Scale Up New Anglia’s latest programme of events has been promoted via the
Growth Hub’s monthly newsletter The Loop and social media. This has generated a
lot of interest and the courses are all fully booked. The High Growth Network
Programme has also been widely promoted and is fully booked.
Communications activity
during August 2022
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• We worked closely with the Archant business desk to support them with content
during August. This resulted in articles promoting our Growing Places Fund.
Social media and e-newsletters
August 2022
July 2022
New Anglia LEP
Number of Twitter followers
9,441
9,423
Average Twitter engagements per day (likes, retweets etc.)
20.8
13.2
Number of impressions (times a tweet showed in someone’s
timeline)
19.4K
17.7K
Number of LinkedIn followers
5,386
5,285
Number of impressions on LinkedIn
27K
26.2K
Number of unique visitors on LinkedIn
145
109
E-newsletter: open rate
40.1%
40.7%
E-newsletter: click-to-open rate
15.9%
13.6%
Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited
Number of Twitter followers
924
924
Average Twitter engagements per day (likes, retweets etc)
2.8
2.8
Number of impressions (number of times users saw our tweet)
2,288
1,955
Number of LinkedIn followers
1,998
1,963
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Agenda Item 10
September Programme Performance Report
Author: Programme leads; Presenter: Rosanne Wijnberg
Summary
The following reports follow for review by the LEP Board this month:
- Enterprise Advisor Network; David Ladbrook
- Programmes and Economic Dashboards; Simon Papworth
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
- Note the report
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EnterpriseAdviserNetworkandCareersHub
ProgrammeOverview‐WhatistheEnterpriseAdviserNetworkandCareersHub.
TheEnterpriseAdviserNetworkwascreatedandcommissionedbytheCareersandEnterpriseCompanywhichinturnwascommissioned
bytheDepartmentforEducation.
TheNewAngliaEnterpriseAdviserNetworkisaccountabletotheLEPBoardwithdirectinputfromtheSkillsAdvisoryPanel.
WithcurrentfundingfromtheCareersandEnterpriseCompanyalongwithmatchfundingfromESFtheEANNetworkandCareersHub
willcurrentlyrununtilAugust2023.
•EnterpriseAdvisersareSeniorBusinessVolunteersrecruitedtosupportschoolswithassistingpupilstoexperiencetheworkplace
andhavemeaningfulencounterswithemployer
s
•TheCareersHubcomprises133schoolsacrossEastAngliawiththeaimofallschoolsachievingonaveragefiveGatsbyBenchmarks
byAugust2023
WhatistheoverallProgrammeStatus?
Finance Green
Outputs Amber Programmeslightlyundertargetsatendof21‐22academicyear.
Delivery Green
Whatareourkeyupdates?
•90%of133MainstreamandFEInstitutestobematchedtoanEAbytheendofAugust2022(targetcarriesovertoAug23).
•80%ofmatchedschoolstobefullyachievingBM1bytheendofAugust2022(targetcarriesovertoAug23).
•70%ofmatchedschoolstobefullyachievingBM5bytheendofAugust2022(targetcarriesovertoAug23).
•60%ofmatchedschoolstobefullyachievingBM6bytheendofAugust2022(targetcarriesovertoAug23).
Whatisourfinancialposition?
Financials(£)
Year 2021‐2202 2022‐2023
Quarter Qtr.1(Aprto
Jun)
Qtr.2(Jul‐Aug) Qtr.3(Septo
Dec)
Qtr.4(Janto
Mar)
Qtr.1(Aprto
Jun)
Qtr.2(Jul‐
Aug)
Qtr.3(Septo
Dec)
Qtr.4(Janto
Mar)
LEPCosts £121,613.78 £77,511.19 £145,575.26 £112,307.85 £114,516.07 £81,574.16
CECGrant
Claim £77,850.90 £50,120.04 £108,343.82 £82,334.41 £83,904.43
ESFClaim £303,674.77
FundingclaimstotheCECaremadefourtimesayear(quarterly).
CECpay50%oftheEANandcontribute100%oftheCareersHubManagerandSeniorEnterpriseAdvisors
MatchfundingisthroughESFratherthanEnterpriseZonePotCwithfirstclaimcovering18months
Outputs
Target‐
August2023
Actuals‐End
ofAug2022 Diff Notes
MainstreamandFESchoolsSigneduptotheNetwork. 133 133 0
MainstreamandFESchoolsmatchedtoanEA. 133 99 ‐34
MatchedschoolsfullyachievingBM1. 80% 55% ‐25%
MatchedschoolsfullyachievingBM5. 70% 65% ‐5%
MatchedschoolsfullyachievingBM6. 60% 44% ‐16%
Whatistheprojectstatus?
TheCareersHubhassecuredfundingforthenewacademicyear2022‐2023fromtheCareersandEnterpriseCompanywiththematchrequirem
e
ESFbid.ThesecuredESFfundingrunsthroughtotheendof2023withtheexpectationthattheCareersandEnterpriseCompanywillcontinueto
throughthisperiod.BM1wasanewtargetthisacademicyearandisfocussedonthecreationofastable,aspirationalandeffectivecareersprogr
a
beknowledgeableofpost16progressionroutes.BM1consistsof17sub‐benchmarkswithcurrently25schoolsonly1or2subBM'sawayfromf
u
SchoolsareexperiencingchallengeswithstaffinglevelsduetoCovidthatisrequiringcareersstafftosupportwithothertaskswhichwillimpacto
Overall: Amber
EANNetwork Amber TheEANNetworkisslightlyunderperformingagainstitsrevisedCECtargets.
CareersHub Amber TheCareersHubisslightlyunderperformingagainstitsrevisedCECtargets.
Whatarethenextsteps?
•Strategyandalignedlocalhubfundspendfor2022‐23academicyeartobefinalisedandapproved.
•ProvidingvirtualandonlinesupporttoteachersandcareersleadstoraisetheaspirationsoftheyoungpeopleofNorfolkandSuffolk.
•ContinuetorecruitEnterpriseAdvisorstomatchtoschools.
•FocusseddrivetoassistschoolstoachieveBM1duringterm1.
TheEnterpriseAdviserNetworkandCareersHubconsistsofelevenEnterpriseCoordinatorsandoneEnterpriseAdviserandCareersHub
Outputs‐ToAug2022.
MeetingthecontractapprovedCareersandEnterpriseGrantClaimwhichis50%oftherunningcostsand
resourcesfortheEAN.
TheProgrammeisperformingwellintermsofdeliverywithEA'sbeingbroughtintotheNetworkand
Benchmarkperformanceincreasing.
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The chart in this segment compares the average wages of the six sectors
with the highest total employment in Norfolk & Suolk.
This highlights the fact that the Norfolk & Suolk economy is skewed to-
wards employment with below average salaries, with Manufacturing being
the only sector with an average salary (£34,641) greater than the regional
average (£27,224).
In addion, the vacancy trends shown on the le appear to be reinforcing
this— the sector with the lowest average salary, Accommodaon & Food
(£15,874), is the sector with the highest percentage growth in vacancies
(32%) over the last year. Moreover, the sector with the highest average sala-
ry, Manufacturing, is the sector with the lowest percentage growth in vacan-
cies (3%) over the last year. This is conrmed further by the median adver-
sed salary during this period (£26,400) being lower than the region’s aver-
age wage (£27,224).
Despite this, the median adversed salary in Norfolk & Suolk has steadily
increased over the last year, increasing from £25k to £28k, however this
growth is not something unique to the region, with adversed salary growth
being seen across the East of England and England as a whole.
Average Wages
The rst chart above displays the monthly online adversed job posngs
trend lines for the past year, across the six sectors with the highest total
employment in Norfolk & Suolk.
The second chart displays the same data, but illustrated in terms of the
monthly percentage change in job posngs relave to July 2021, allowing
for a more detailed analysis into the relave uctuaons within each sec-
tor.
The above data clearly shows that there was a steady increase in recruit-
ment across the economy as a whole from July to November 2021. There
was a dip in vacancies across all sectors over the winter, however historical vacancy data shows that a winter dip is usual.
Aer a recovery in March 2022, there was another decline in vacancies through to June, aer which there was an encouraging upck in the most recent
July data. With the rising cost of energy, it will be worth tracking these metrics closely in the coming months.
In the above table we can see that in an annualised comparison— July 2021 compared to July 2022 — the volume of jobs adversed has tracked up once
again for all of the top six sectors (as well as across the economy as a whole) over the last 12 months, parcularly in the Accommodaon & Food sector
( a 32% year on year increase). This has likely been driven by demand for more sta increasing in the hospitality sector, as businesses prepare for the
“return to normal” following the lockdown and vaccine rollout that has occupied the previous summers.
It is also worth highlighng that whilst there was growth over the last year in the Educaon, Manufacturing and Wholesale & Retail sectors, the growth
within these three sectors was below the average growth rate of 6% across the economy as a whole.
New Anglia LEP Economic Indicators
Data as of Sept 2022
Jobs Posting Profile: Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
Monthly Job Postings
Average Wages: 2021
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Unemployment Rate*
(We’ve opted for a proxy indicator, which allows tracking of impact at a local
level. This data does come with a delay—hence data is only to Nov 21)
The chart in this segment compares the industry locaon quoent of the six sec-
tors with the highest total employment in Norfolk & Suolk.
The locaon quoent provides a useful insight into what makes a parcular re-
gion “unique”. It is a way of quanfying how concentrated a parcular industry is
in a region as compared to another geography, in this case, England with London
excluded. We have excluded London as it is an unrealisc comparator, and due to
its size, it signicantly skews naonal gures.
As is shown above, Accommodaon & Food has the highest locaon quoent,
with there being 20% more jobs in Norfolk & Suolk than would be expected,
when compared to England excluding London. Furthermore, Human Health & So-
cial Work, Wholesale & Retail, and Administrave & Support also have above av-
erage densies of employment, with 10%, 8%, and 3% more jobs, respecvely,
than the England average (excl. London).
However, roles within the Manufacturing and Educaon are less prevalent, with
there being 7% and 18% fewer jobs within those industries, respecvely, than
would be expected.
This data becomes more signicant when compared to informaon on the previ-
ous page — Accommodaon & Food, the sector with the highest growth rate in
vacancies and the lowest average wage, has the largest locaon quoent — and
Manufacturing, the sector with the lowest growth rate in vacancies and the high-
est average wage, has a below average locaon quoent.
The chart above displays the unemploy-
ment rate of Norfolk & Suolk in relaon
to both the eastern regional and the na-
onal proles.
We can see that post-pandemic, the Nor-
folk & Suolk unemployment rate has
consistently tracked below that of both
the East of England and England as a
whole, with the volumes of those unem-
ployed esmated to have connually
tracked downwards since April 2021.
However, the table above indicates the
variances of unemployment rates within
Norfolk & Suolk, indicang a diversity of experience, and persistent challenges in
addressing unemployment in specic locaons.
Norwich, Ipswich, and Great Yarmouth are locaons where the latest data
shows us that the unemployment rates are above both regional and naonal
levels. Ipswich and Great Yarmouth in parcular are notably above comparave
averages, though both have seen reducons from their respecve monthly peaks
in 2021—where the rate climbed as high as 7.9% (Ipswich), and 8.6%, (Great Yar-
mouth).
Industry Location Quotient (2021 data)
New Anglia LEP Economic Indicators
Proxy Unemployment Rate: January 2020 to May 22
Data as of Sept 2022
Total Ent. Incorporation Rate January to June
The above chart reects the cumulave enterprise incorporaon volume over the
rst half of each year—going back to 2019—prior to the pandemic and subse-
quent lockdown condions.
From the eecve baseline of 2019, we can detect a common paern in terms of
the growth and contracon (2020) The eect of the most sever lockdown period
can be seen int eh gures covering 2020, before the enterprise grwoth rate re-
covering very strongly in the rst half of 2021.
The strong growth trend is evident in the same period in 2022, though the rapidly
emerging cost of living increases and inaonary pressures which are now build-
ing in the economy could signicantly slow down this growth rate in the second
half of the year.
We can also detect throughout this analysis that Suolk appears to have in-
creased at a faster rate in the years of posive growth compared to Norfolk, and
contracted less severely in Jan-June of 2021. In subsequent analysis, we will look
to examine the sector make-up underlying these gures to see if this can oer
another layer of insight to understand this disncon.
Enterprise Rate Industry Location Quotient
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Jobs created Private sector investment unlocked New dwellings supported
Data as of Sep 2022
New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q1 2022/23
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2022): 93
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 93
Delivery cumulative to date (2012-): 13,751
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): 1,546
Delivery, year to date, as % of target: 6%
With a proven track record of creating jobs and supporting employment
opportunities in the local economy, LEP programmes have a demonstrable and
clearly measurable impact on the ambitions of the Economic Strategy, and asso-
ciated indicators.
Through 2021-22 the Enterprise Zones, Growing Business Fund (GBF), Growth
Deal projects, and Business Growth Programmes were the primary drivers of job
creation.
In Q1 of 2022/23 there has been a significant slow down in job creation, this is
likely due in part to widespread, prevailing economic uncertainties. However, we
anticipate that through 2022/23 the C-Care and CRF projects will make con-
sistent contributions, as well as the Enterprise Zone, Enterprise Zone Accelerator
Fund, and the Growing Places Fund.
It should be recognised that programmes which contributed to the annual jobs
created target have now closed, including the Growing Business Fund.
Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2022): £0.2m
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): £0.2m
Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-): 20
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): £52m
Delivery, year to date, as % of target 0.4%
Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2022): 0
Delivery, year to date (2021-22 financial year): 0
Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-): 661
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): 60
Delivery, year to date, as % of target: 0%
Though typically small-scale and limited in terms of direct tangible out-
puts, LEP programmes still have a demonstrable role in supporting the
delivery of new homes and leveraging in resources to unlock sites and
development.
Through 2021/22, the combined knock-on effects of Brexit and Covid
lockdown restrictions resulted in a severe knock-on effect and delays on
many constructions sites, various challenges surfaced around material
supply and available labour. These challenges have slowly receded in se-
verity, but are still present in 2022/23.
There are two main sites contributing to this target, Lynnsport and Lark
Grange. The next phase of the Lynnsport development won’t now start
unl Jan 23’ and Lark Grange has been progressing quite slowly of late,
with the residual impact of supply chain and labour shortage issues ham-
pering progress through Q1 of 2022/23.
LEP programmes continue to leverage in significant private sector investment, in
fact, the IMF estimates every £1 of private sector investment can stimulate a fur-
ther £3 of economic growth, highlighting its direct impact on the delivery of the
aims and ambitions in the Economic Strategy.
Delivery through 2021/22 remained relatively positive throughout, despite even in
the face of growing uncertainty around rapidly rising costs through autumn/winter
of 2021/22.
The continued overall impact of
prolonged
economic uncertainty has to be taken
into consideration, when assessing the level of investment, including factors such
as: increases in prices, tightening supply chains, and labour shortages etc. All of
these combined will have contributed to the Q1 2022/23 delivery running some-
what below target.
Ambitions for this target are expected to be delivered predominantly through the
Enterprise Zones and by the new Business Transition to Net Zero programme, both
of which will generate match funding later in the financial year.
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New businesses created Jobs paying above the median salary* Learners & apprenticeships supported
Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2022): 141
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 141
Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-): 2,116
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): 418
Delivery, year to date, as % of target: 33.7%
Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2022): 3
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 3
% of Jobs paying above the Median wage in Q1: 16%
Target, this year as % of all GBF job creation 33%
Delivery, Year to date, as % of target 16%
Delivery, this quarter (Q1, Apr-Jun 2022): 287
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 287
Delivery, cumulative to date (2018-): 3,700
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): 1,238
Delivery, year to date, as % of target 23%
The scale and breadth of the LEPs activity within enterprise support
means it has a vital and unrivalled role to play in supporting and stimu-
lating the uplift in enterprise required to achieve the aims and ambitions
of the Economic Strategy.
Despite very difficult trading conditions, this metric exceeded expecta-
tions in 2021/22, with the end of year target being achieved with busi-
ness creation reaching 112% of the stated target.
The Business Growth Programme has historically delivered the vast ma-
jority of activity against this metric, we anticipate that the C-Care and
CRF projects will deliver the majority of new business start this year.
LEP programmes play an important role in creating and supporting
learners and apprenticeships, ensuring a demonstrable impact on the
ambitious skills-related aims of the Economic Strategy and associated
indicators.
The high 2021/22 Q4 figures reflects continuing uplift in learners at East
Coast, College, West Suffolk College, and University of East Anglia for
the 2021-22 Academic Year; along with the first increase associated
with the recently completed DigiTech Factory at City College Norwich.
The lower 2022/23 Q1 figure reflects the confirmed new learners at-
tending the University of Suffolk’s Digi Tech Centre at Adastral Park,
where new facilities should be fully completed by Autumn 2022. There
are also a smaller number of further learners enrolled at the University
of East Anglia’s Engineering School (Productivity East).
This metric aims to measure the proportion of jobs that are created through the
Growing Business Fund, with a target of 33% of those jobs exceeding the area’s
median annual wage level. (£26,500).
In Q4 of 2021/22 there was an uptick in the proportion of jobs created that ex-
ceeded the median level. However, the percentage of jobs exceeding the target
median wage level still struggles to achieve the 33% target for the year as whole.
It may be that the sector make-up of the companies creating the jobs through the
Growing Business Fund needs reassessment in relation to the 33% target, as many
of the companies supported have tended to be either warehousing or manual
manufacturing/assembly operations in nature, which are typically on the lower
end of the overall wage range..
Although the percentage for Q1 of 2022/23 dipped compared to the previous
quarter, this is not out of line with previous fluctuations, as shown In the chart.
* The baseline median salary figure for Norfolk and Suffolk using by Office for National
Statistics is £26,500 p.a.
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Data as of Sept 2022
New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q1 2022/23
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New Anglia LEP Board Forward Plan – 2022
Date Presente
r
Strategic Operational
26th January Lexhag VFX
GTI Grant
Recipient
Norfolk & Suffolk Economic Strategy
LEP Strategic Priorities
Innovation Board Update
Board Membership
Programme Performance Reports
Quarterly Management Accounts
23rd February EV Spark Local Transport Board Report
All Energy Industry Council Report
GPF Application
Freeports
Economic and Programme Dashboards
Programme Performance Reports
30th March Katy Davies
Enterprise Advisor
Agri-Food Industry Council Report LEP Business Plan / Governance
Committee Membership
LEP Operating Budget 22/23 Update
Programme Performance Report
CEO Pay Award
April
25th May Helen Wilson
Chair, Cultural
Board
ICT Digital Industry Council Report
Cultural Board Update
Operating and Capital Budgets 22/23
Quarterly Management Accounts
New Anglia Capital Report
Perfo
r
mance Reports
22nd June Skills Advisory Panel Report
EZ Update
Programme Performance Reports
Operating & HR Policies
27th July Innovation Board Report
Clean Growth Taskforce
Alternative Fuel Strategy
Extension of Board Terms
Programme Performance Reports
Accounts Approval
Quarterly Management Accounts
August
21st
September
Space Sector
Inward Investment Report
Business Support Proposal
Programme Performance Report
Economic and Programme Dashboards
21st
September
New Anglia LEP AGM
26th October Agri-Food Industry Council Report
All Ene
r
gy Industry Council Repo
r
t
Programme Performance Reports
Qua
r
te
r
ly Management Accounts
30th November ICT Digital Industry Council Report Programme Performance Reports
New Anglia Capital Report
Economic and Programme Dashboards
December No Board Meeting
Meetingsarevirtualunlessotherwisestated.
Standing Items (where relevant)
IAC recommendations
Chief Executive’s Report
Items to be Scheduled
Towns Deals
Sizewell C
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