New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board Meeting
Wednesday 30th November 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. Industry Council for Digital Tech Report Update
6. Educating the Educators Update
Operational
7 Scale Up New Anglia Update
8. County Deals Update
9. Chief Executive’s Report Update
10. New Anglia Capital Report – Confidential Update
11. November Programme Performance Reports Update
12. Board Forward Plan Update
13. Any Other Business Update
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Confidential
New Anglia Board Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)
26th October 2022
Present:
Kathy Atkinson (KA) Valeo Snack Foods
Claire Cullens (CC) Norfolk Community Foundation
Stuart Dark (SD) King’s Lynn & West Suffolk Council
David Ellesmere (DE) Ipswich Borough Council
Viv Gillespie (VG) Suffolk New College
C-J Green (CJG) Brave Goose
John Griffiths (JG) West Suffolk Council
Matthew Hicks (MH) Suffolk County Council
Dominic Keen (DK) Britbots
Pete Joyner (PJ) Shorthose Russell
Helen Langton (HL) University of Suffolk
Andrew Proctor (AP) Norfolk County Council
Johnathan Reynolds (JR) Opergy
Sandy Ruddock (SR) Scarlett & Mustard
Jeanette Wheeler (JW) Birketts
Attendees
Corrienne Peasgood (CP)
Mark Goodall (MG)
Mike Todman (MT) BEIS
Carolyn Reid (CR) Norfolk County Council
Rob Hancock (RH) Suffolk County Council
James Allen (JA) New Anglia LEP
Julian Munson (JM) New Anglia LEP
Chris Starkie (CS) New Anglia LEP
Rosanne Wijnberg (RW) New Anglia LEP
Helen Wilton (HW) New Anglia LEP
Chair, Agri-Food Industry Council
Chair, All Energy Industry Council
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Actions from the meeting: (26.10.22)
None
1 Welcome from the Chair
C-J Green (CJG) welcomed all board members to the meeting
2 Apologies
Apologies were received from Pete Joyner.
3 Declarations of Interest
Chief Executives Report
Enterprise Zone Accelerator Fund: Nar Ouse Phase 2 update – Confidential – Cllr Stuart Dark
(SD) noted an interest in this item.
4 Actions/Minutes from the last Meeting
The minutes of the meeting held on 21st September were agreed as accurate.
5 Agri-Food Industry Council Report
Corrienne Peasgood, (CP), chair Agri-Food Industry Council (AFIC), provided the board with
an overview of recent work and noted the high level of participation from members.
CP advised that the AFIC has developed a new delivery plan which fully aligns with the
delivery of the Economic Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk and all ongoing work supports this
direction.
CP reviewed the current strategic objectives and recent key deliveries including the launch of
the Broadland Food Innovation Centre, work to raise awareness of the food and drink cluster
and a marketing campaign to promote the Plant Science for Nutrition HPO.
CP advised that the Renaissance of the East Anglian Fisheries group (REAF) presented at
the most recent AFIC meeting and will have a closer relationship moving forward to ensure
better understanding of business support, skills and supply chain needs/intelligence across
the region’s fisheries, shellfish, and seafood sector.
Business intelligence continues to be submitted to Government and is a vital channel to
provide information on the ongoing challenges faced by the sector and the effect these issues
are having on those working in it.
James Allen (JA) noted the success of the Food Enterprise Park and highlighted the links with
the Connected Innovation programme to ensure that businesses can make the best of
innovation support. The LEP is exploring the potential for a ‘space tech meets agri-tech’ event
in January.
JA advised that intelligence has shown that over the past year inflation is agriculture has
reached an average of 34 % with fertiliser going up by 133% and animal feed also increasing
by 30-40%.
He also noted that 60% of farms do not have business plans preventing forward planning and
increasing risk.
JA confirmed that there have been 39 cases of Avian flu this month in Norfolk centred around
Attleborough impacting on business resilience, jobs, supply chains and the mental health of
those in the sector. The poultry group formed in the pandemic could be stood up to support
the companies and report back to Defra.
Viv Gillespie (VG) confirmed that the NFU have their own poultry group providing support and
noted that farmers are lobbying for vaccination.
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Chris Starkie (CS) advised that the poultry group was cross county and would ensure it was
including the NFU. He noted that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
was from the region.
Claire Cullens (CC) highlighted the ongoing labour shortages and asked whether more could
be done to support those wanting to get back into the industry.
CP advised that many companies, even larger ones, do not have a formal HR department
which was limiting recruitment and training.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
6 All Energy Industry Council Report
Julian Munson (JM) advised that, since the last update to the Board in March 2022, the focus
has been on establishing the new ‘sector councils’ which will represent each part of the
energy sector with Chairs or Sub-Chairs taking a place on the All-Energy Industry Council.
This would result in an overall reduction in AEIC members but ensuring representation from
across the energy sector.
The AEIC will be relaunched early in 2023 with a new chair in place as Mark Goodall
completes his term.
JM noted the success of the Generate brand which has been used at major events to
promote the offer. The AEIC is in discussion with partners as to how this work can continue
in 2023/24.
The has been a focus on cross-sector innovation through a recent event supported by the
LEP’s Connected Innovation programme and delivered in partnership with Tech East and the
East Wind group. The ‘Off-Shore Wind meets Digital Tech’ event was held at OrbisEnergy
enabling businesses from across the two sectors to engage and explore potential
opportunities for collaboration.
JM confirmed that New Anglia LEP, Norfolk County Council and Suffolk County Council have
agreed to strengthen and formalise how they work together on sector-specific skills needs
across the region. This ‘Skills Hub’ partnership will help to utilise LEP and County Council
resources and capacity as effectively as possible in order to support the regional skills
agenda. The primary focus of the ‘Skills Hub’ partnership will be on workforce development
and in-work progression.
Mark Goodall (MG) highlighted the impact of increasing prices and noted that energy is facing
the same challenges as other sectors in skills and recruitment. He stressed the need to
ensure the industry was working closely with collages and training establishments.
Helen Langton (HL) noted the importance of forward planning to provide for long term skills
provision for the sector.
VG advised that it was still changing to get people into STEM even when the provision is
there.
Johnathan Reynolds (JR) noted the ongoing issues around connectivity infrastructure and
advised there would be no further development after the current pipeline is completed unless
this is resolved.
JR advised that it is currently Wind Week with a major industry conference taking place on
Friday. The industry faces many challenges but there are also opportunities for the LEP to
play a key role in addressing them.
Matthew Hicks (MH) agreed with the connectivity issue and noted that, in spite of continued
pressure limited progress had been made and there was no long term planning,
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MG noted it was his last meeting and CJG thanked him for his hard work during his term as
chair.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
7 Create Growth Programme Report
JA advised that New Anglia LEP pulled together a consortium of partners Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough Combined Authority, Norfolk County Council, Suffolk County Council,
University of East Anglia, University of Suffolk, Norwich University of the Arts and Anglia
Ruskin University Peterborough to submit an Expression of Interest to the Create Growth
Programme. This was successful and a full bid was submitted in August which centres on
supporting growth in two key creative sub-sectors:
Film, TV, Radio and Photography (mainly focusing on Film & TV)
IT, Software and Computer Services (mainly focusing on Games)
JA confirmed that the bid was successful and each of the 6 successful local area partnerships
will receive £1.275m in grant funding for business support across the three financial years.
Creative businesses in the six successful areas will benefit from access to an additional £7m
fund which will be delivered by Innovate UK to provide finance support and deliver national
investor networking activities.
Business support is due to begin at the end of January 2023.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
8 Chief Executive’s Report
CS thanked JA and the team for the successful bid noting the quality of the partners involved
in the consortium. He noted that this was indicative of the work of the LEP moving from
capital funding to sector and innovation funding and support.
CS highlighted the Clean Growth for Business event being held on 15th November and asked
board members to promote the event.
CS confirmed that a bid had been submitted, accompanied by a letter from George Freeman
MP, for funding for the space sector.
Resourcing - CS advised that the LEP is already providing staff to Freeport East and
additional support has been requested. The LEP has also been approached for help by local
authorities on other bespoke projects.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
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Confidential - To agree to the extension of the start-on-site date condition to April 2023 to
allow the Nar Ouse Phase 2 project to be delivered with investment support from the
Growing Places Fund
9 Quarterly Management Accounts – Confidential
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
10 October Programme Performance Report
RW reviewed the programme reports and requested support from board members to promote
the SGS scheme.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the report
11 Board Forward Plan
CJG reviewed the items on the agenda for the October meeting.
The Board agreed:
To note the content of the plan
12 Any Other Business
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Agenda Item 5
Industry Council for Digital Tech – Progress Update Report
Author: Julian Munson Presenter: Julian Munson and Peter Brady, Chair
Summary
This paper provides an update on the work of the Industry Council for Digital Tech, one of
the three industry councils set up by the LEP as formal LEP sub-boards to drive forward the
Norfolk and Suffolk Local Industrial Strategy.
Recommendations
The Board is invited to:
Note the contents of the paper and progress update by the Industry Council for Digital Tech.
Background
In 2019 the LEP convened three Industry Councils to drive forward the aspirations of
the draft Local Industrial Strategy in the three strategic areas of energy, agri-food and ICT
digital. The Industry Council for Digital Tech (CDT) was established as a strategic
public/private sector partnership group to provide a focus for decision making and
leadership for the ICT digital sector. The CDT acts as the LEP’s sector group and provides
the strategic direction in delivering the aspiration to be recognised as a leading region for
digital technologies.
The members of the CDT are drawn from across the ICT business and education sector in
Norfolk and Suffolk and include representatives of businesses, academia and research,
Government and Chambers of Commerce, Tech Nation, Tech East and other
representatives from the private sector. The Council was established in Summer 2019 and
meets three or four times a year. The Council is currently chaired by Peter Brady, CEO of
Orbital Global and co-founder of Innovation Labs. The CDT is supported by Tech East
through the delivery of some activities.
Industry Council for Digital Tech: objectives and delivery
The CDT has in place a set of strategic objectives and scope of work which support the
delivery of the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy. The CDT has sub-groups focusing
on key priority areas including digital skills, hubs/innovation spaces, advocacy/policy,
business intelligence and digital adoption.
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Since September 2021, the secretariat, administration and coordination of meetings of the
Industry Council has been brought in-house and is now managed by the LEP’s Sectors and
Innovation team. New Anglia LEP all works with Tech East, a key delivery partner, on a
range of events and activity to support the sector.
Key Achievements to date:
The Council for Digital Tech continues to focus on supporting engagement with the digital
tech sector through targeted activities and events. As with the LEP’s Innovation Board, there
is a priority to support and promote the LEP’s Connected Innovation programme.
1. Boosting our innovation and growth capabilities.
The Connected Innovation project, led by the LEP has seen significant engagement with
the Innovation Centres/Hubs across Norfolk and Suffolk with a number of events delivered
during 2022 across various locations. This two-year project has been made possible through
funding from both the Norfolk Strategic Fund and the Suffolk Inclusive Growth Investment
Fund for the LEP to deliver in partnership with Tech East and the hubs. The LEP is also
progressing plans for the project post-March 2023.
Outputs so far include;
23 innovation centres/hubs now part of the network (expanded from initial 11 hubs)
encompassing in excess of 500 innovative businesses across the network
10 research and academic institutions involved including University of Suffolk,
Norwich University of the Arts and University of East Anglia all active members
14 events hosted across the network, supported by the Connected Innovation
project, with 332 businesses and organisations attending. These include a recent
KTP event hosted at UEA with Innovate UK and the Robotics Festival at Adastral
Park (23rd November). Other hub-based events are planned in the coming months.
Connections made with Innovate UK Edge, Catapults, KTN, Growth Hub, Scale Up
New Anglia, Anglia Capital Group and other organisations to promote business
support services and funding opportunities. This includes the LEP’s GTI scheme to
help support scale up businesses across the network
Innovation campaign delivered via social media video content (Clarity campaign)
Grow-on space task and finish group established this Summer (and has met twice)
Since the last update, there have also been 2 cross-sector innovation events delivered in
partnership with Tech East;
Offshore Wind meets Digital Tech event (in collaboration with East Wind and
OrbisEnergy)
FinTech Futures (invitation only) event, hosted by Aviva with representatives from
FIG, FIPS, Tech East
Other cross-sector innovation events are planned including an agrifood/space-tech event
early in 2023 (delivered in partnership with Agri-TechE). Potential events under
consideration include healthcare/tech and manufacturing/tech/AI. Other future opportunities
include marine/aqua-tech, logistics, cyber and public sector innovation.
Capability Mapping – as part of the Connected Innovation project, there was some initial
mapping of technology strengths and capabilities across our innovation centres in order to
better understand our collaboration opportunities and our ‘regional offer’. These technology
capabilities have been mapped against the seven technology families identified in the
Government’s national innovation strategy and we continue to monitor and review these with
partners. This intelligence also supports the inward investment promotional activity.
Market Intelligence and Opportunity – Over the past couple of years there have been
reports of a number of tech related businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk scaling up and
attracting new investment or reporting successful exits. Although these have highlighted
significant opportunities for future jobs growth in the area and a positive sign of confidence in
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the sector and our region, there has been more recently a slowdown in parts of the sector
with concerns voiced over the global economic uncertainty ahead. On the flipside, the
recent devaluing of the pound has increased overseas export opportunities with increasing
interest from countries such as the USA to do business with Norfolk and Suffolk tech
businesses. It will be interesting to see if this translates into a longer-term trend.
Also, some regional businesses that provide tech solutions or software have reported an
uplift in potential commercial opportunities as a result of labour market pressures in other
sectors where businesses are looking to innovate with the application of new digital solutions
to help address the labour market challenge and improve productivity.
The LEP was also recently successful with a consortium bid to DCMS for a new programme
called Create Growth. Aimed at SMEs in the wider creative sector seeking to scale up, the
dedicated support and mentoring programme delivered in partnership with our universities,
does have a digital focus with a specific aim to target enterprises in the gaming sector, for
example. An objective of this new programme is not only attracting public investment via
organisations such as Innovate UK but also to strengthen connections with the VC and
business angels networks to unlock more private sector investment.
2. Policy influencing and advocacy
During the last 12 months the Council and its members continue to influence and respond to
UK Government in developing new policies and strategies that respond to the needs of the
ICT/digital sector in the region as well as providing a showcase for major new programmes
that attract the interest of decision makers beyond the region.
New Anglia LEP, Tech East and partners continue to engage with the various Government
departments and agencies such as UKRI, Innovate UK, KTN, Tech UK, Digital Catapult,
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and BEIS. The LEP continues to highlight
any business intelligence to Government through reports from regional businesses and
organisations such as Tech East.
3. Enabling digital skills
The Digital Skills Taskforce feeds into the Council for Digital Tech. The business-led group
supported by the LEP and Tech East, has focused upon the following:
Initially supporting the bid for skills bootcamps and now promoting the scheme (and
the CDT members actively supporting the latest Wave 4 bid for Skills Bootcamps)
The specific roles which are in most demand at the moment – mainly software
developers, data analysts and cyber security experts.
The need to better communicate funded skills training in the region given many on
the Taskforce were not aware of this funding.
Raise awareness of the new digital training hubs in Norwich, Ipswich and
Martlesham, led by universities and colleges, such as DigiTech Centre (businesses
have indicated that they are often unaware of these facilities and the benefits)
Business representatives on the Council for Digital Tech continue to voice concerns about
recruitment and retention in certain areas such as coding and software development, not
least as people based locally are increasingly identifying opportunities for employment
elsewhere in the UK/world attracted by significantly higher salaries but still able to mainly
work from home. The economic uncertainty may be easing the pressure slightly but there is
an opportunity for gaining a better understanding of current (and future) industry needs and
working closely with education and training providers in addressing those.
Looking Ahead – Role of the Council
The governance and delivery structure for the CDT needs to ensure that there is full
representation from across all parts of the sector with one of the challenges being business
engagement and attendance, fully recognising the competing priorities in a strong
commercial environment. One of the key aims will be to ensure continuing business
intelligence input from the sector into future reports and LEP feedback to Government.
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Peter Brady, as the new Chair of the Industry Council for Digital Tech, is working with the
LEP’s Sectors and Innovation Team help shape priorities and focus going forward. We have
identified new potential business representatives to join the Council in 2023 to help bolster
the business representation and also to consider issues around diversity.
Ongoing work is continuing to develop stronger links across the other industry councils,
sector groups, Innovation Board and Skills Advisory Panel to ensure that we are fully
recognising the opportunity for digital adoption and innovation across industries as well as
understanding and responding to the needs of the sector with regards to future skills and
recruitment. Although the cross-sector innovation events are already helping to bridge and
strengthen collaboration across those different areas, there is an ongoing need to promote
and support digital skills development programmes and key skills assets in the region and
engage more closely with businesses in the digital tech sector.
Recommendations
The Board is invited to:
Note the contents of the paper and progress update by the Industry Council for Digital Tech.
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Agenda Item 6
Educating the Educators Report
Authors: David Ladbrook, Ashley Cooper, Jordan Holder
Summary
This paper provides an update on the provision of careers information to teachers through
the New Anglia Careers Hub.
The report follows a request from a LEP board member concerned about the information
teachers were providing their students around career options and the lack of knowledge
teachers had of the key employment opportunities in growth sectors in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Recommendations
The Board is invited to:
Note the contents of the paper
Note the progress made to support teachers within the New Anglia Careers Hub,
enabling them to offer more relevant information, advice and guidance to young
people within their schools/colleges.
Background
The New Anglia Careers Hub team works directly with 132 state schools and colleges
across Norfolk and Suffolk, helping to ensure that young people receive relevant, timely and
appropriate information, advice and guidance about their future career options.
The 12 strong team is part-funded by the Careers and Enterprise Company and the ESF
programme
The New Anglia Careers Hub team works predominantly with the nominated Careers
Leaders within the individual institutions. Careers Leaders are, typically, members of the
institution’s senior leadership team and, as such, are well placed to ensure that relevant
information and resources are cascaded throughout the teaching network.
Furthermore, we offer each institution within the Hub an Enterprise Adviser. Enterprise
Advisers are volunteers from the business community who support the institutions with their
careers programme and help make sure that it is relevant, up to date and fit for purpose as
well as offering insightful guidance from their specific sector.
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Typically, subject teachers, although keen to understand the career opportunities for their
pupils, are time poor; this situation is likely to be exacerbated by the restrictions on school
and college budgets caused by the cost-of-living crisis.
Our approach, therefore, continues to be to share resources and information with Careers
Leaders rather than trying to engage with teachers directly.
Recent Delivery and Resources
Video resources
We have a wide range of video resources available to all Careers Leaders and teaching staff
on the New Anglia YouTube channel.
Among these are more than 100 “Careers and Coffee” interviews with people working in
every sector in the region. The Careers and Coffee concept was initially developed during
lock-down and allowed us to continue disseminating relevant careers information when face-
to-face interaction was not an option.
We also have a selection of Continual Professional Development (CPD) sessions aimed
specifically at teachers and Careers Leaders on the site.
The Youth Pledge for Employers project has over 40 employer talks on its YouTube channel,
with more added weekly.
Events and conferences
In early summer, in partnership with Suffolk County Council and the University of Suffolk, we
helped organise the Careers Reframed conference at the University.
This event, attended by 130 people – predominantly Careers Leaders and Careers Advisers,
was an opportunity for learning and discussion surrounding careers education and
developments in the field.
Attendees participated in workshops on subjects such as resources for Special Educational
Needs or Disability (SEND) clients, frameworks for implementing high quality career
education, careers in the ‘green economy’ and how to balance career and life.
Physical resources
In partnership with Suffolk County Council, we are currently developing a suite of sector
specific ‘Work & Skills’ booklets, posters and associated resources for schools & colleges
that highlight local industries, job roles, salaries, growth sectors and much more.
Once complete, these will be distributed to all schools and colleges in the Hub, allowing
teachers to shape conversations with their pupils around opportunities for their future career
options and give them a greater understanding of how the curriculum they deliver links to
these opportunities.
The Norfolk work and skills booklet and sector specific posters (an NCC publication
produced bi-yearly since 2015), was updated and re-published in 2022 and is now in all
mainstream schools in Norfolk. Lesson plans to support delivery of the work and skills
agenda have also been distributed through email and will be available through the Help You
Choose website soon. Future development for both counties could include a unique
publication for SEND young people and Special school use.
Teachers CPD event
In collaboration with Career Ready, The New Anglia Careers Hub organised a two-day
virtual CPD event for Careers Leaders and teachers, the event involved several virtual talks
from a range of local and national employers. Employers shared information about the
opportunities within their organisations and wider sector as well as entry routes, necessary
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skills and qualifications. All sessions were recorded and have been circulated to all schools
in the Careers Hub.
Cornerstone employers
We have recently reinvigorated our group of Cornerstone Employers. Cornerstone
Employers are a flagship community of businesses operating across Norfolk & Suffolk. They
work with the New Anglia Careers Hub, to support world class careers education in our
region. They work with us to tackle social mobility, provide meaningful encounters for
students and be champions for their industries to ensure young people and their teachers
understand the breadth of opportunities on their doorstep. Each of our Cornerstone
Employers has committed to delivering two CPD workshops to teachers and Careers
Leaders during the current academic year, we will ensure that each workshop is recorded
and made available to each institution within the New Anglia Careers Hub.
Help you choose website
We are continuing the development of the Help You Choose website, supporting young
people and educators, reducing the search time for quality resources. The Careers Hub and
Help You Choose are collaborating to incorporate self-assessment tools into school support
activities. We are investigating how the Careers and Enterprise Company’s Compass tool
can be used to support the development of quality information, advice and guidance within
schools and colleges.
Suffolk IAG Network
The Careers Hub attends the termly IAG network meetings in Suffolk that are organised by
Suffolk County Council. These meetings are attended by most of the careers advisors and
leaders in Suffolk schools and colleges. They are an opportunity to bring together
practitioners from a range of organisations to disseminate information and provide updates
on current changes to policy or legislation as well as inform people about other opportunities
available for practitioners or students.
Suffolk County Council has been an accredited centre for careers advisors and leaders to
gain training and professional qualifications in careers specialisms. To date, the centre has
trained over 100 careers advisors and careers leaders from New Anglia Careers Hub
Institutions.
Looking Ahead
Going forward, we will continue to offer a wide range of resources and CPD opportunities to
all institutions within the New Anglia Careers Hub. We currently send a monthly email to all
institutions which includes links to new resources they can access.
Enhanced Careers Hub website
During this academic year we are proposing to develop a dedicated website for New Anglia
Careers Hub which, we hope, will become a one stop shop for all the resources, guidance
and information for Careers Leaders, Careers Advisers, teaching staff and Enterprise
Advisers.
Skills Festivals
We will continue to support the annual skills festivals held at Norfolk and Suffolk
Showgrounds. These events provide young people and their teachers with opportunities to
meet and talk to a wide range of employers and training providers thereby increasing their
understanding of the opportunities available in all sectors within the local economy.
The New Anglia Careers Hub is a strategic partner of the East of England’s Energy Group
annual Skills for Energy event which is returning as an in-person event this academic year,
taking place on Wednesday 8th February 2023 at East Coast College in Lowestoft. The
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event will draw young people and their teachers from across the region and is a real chance
for them to speak to potential future employers and discover the different careers
opportunities available within the energy sector. There will be a variety of interactive
activities on exhibition stands to engage both students and teachers and inspire the future
workforce to consider a career in the energy industry.
Recommendations
The Board is invited to:
Note the contents of the paper
Note the progress made to support SMEs with high growth potential. Note the
progress made to support teachers within the new Anglia careers hub, thereby
allowing them offer more relevant information, advice and guidance to young people
within their schools/colleges.
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
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Agenda Item 7
Scale Up New Anglia Report
Authors: Jason Middleton, Sean Cannon Presenters: Jason Middleton
Summary
This paper provides an update on the delivery of the Scale Up New Anglia (SUNA). SUNA is
a programme developed by the LEP and the Growth Hub to provide tailored support to
ambitious owners and businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk who want to rapidly grow their
businesses.
The programme now supports more than 300 businesses a year, with recent evaluation
showing a really strong impact on participating businesses (see appendix).
Recommendations
The Board is invited to:
Note the contents of the paper
Note the progress made to support SMEs with high growth potential.
Background
Norfolk and Suffolk has historically suffered from low numbers of businesses that grow to
become Scale Up businesses.
A Scale Up business is defined as having an average annualised return of at least 20% over
a three-year period, and at least ten employees at the start of that period (OECD). The
impact of a low number of Scale Up SMEs on the economy is low economic growth and low
levels of productivity.
In a report published at the end of 2014, the Scale Up Institute identified five barriers to
business growth, including a lack of skilled employees, poor leadership skills/capability,
difficulties accessing customers, difficulty accessing finance, and a lack of infrastructure
including suitable premises, high speed Broadband, and other physical limitations.
The report also highlighted that in the New Anglia area, there were just 108 SMEs that met
the OECD definition of a Scale Up, one of the lowest figures of any LEP area.
The lack of Scale Up businesses is one of the root causes of poorer levels of productivity,
wages and skills levels in Norfolk and Suffolk compared with regional and national averages.
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Therefore, creating an ecosystem where Scale Ups can flourish was identified as s key
priority for the LEP in our Economic Strategy and Local Industrial Strategy.
Responding to the Scale Up Institute report, Jason Middleton from the LEP and Morgan
Potter from the Growth Hub recruited the assistance of Mark Hart of Aston Business School
and Dan Isenberg of Babson College, Massachusetts, to assist in the development of a
Scale Up Ecosystem project, aimed at providing a flexible Programme of support to match
SMEs with high growth potential to a range of existing local and national support, to facilitate
accelerated business growth and significantly increase the number of Scale Ups in the New
Anglia area.
In 2017, Morgan and Jason became Scale Up Ambassadors, launching the Scale Up New
Anglia Programme to local SMEs in early 2018.
Targeted Delivery
To ensure support is appropriately targeted, businesses are categorised according to their
rate of growth and status, with metals used to describe each category:
Platinum: national or international significance, e.g. Aviva, BT.
Gold: growing above 20%, i.e. Scale Up businesses.
Silver: growing between 10% and 20% - the greatest potential to become a Scale Up.
Bronze: growing between 0% and 10%.
Pewter: lower value, lifestyle businesses.
Iron: struggling or having negative growth.
Using data from Experian, Fame and Beauhurst, a target list of SMEs that fall into the
“Silver” category is used, together with SMEs located in one of our Innovation Hubs (CEFAS,
Hethel Innovation, Norwich Research Park, Adastral Park and Orbis Energy).
This approach means that we are able to support SMEs with the highest greatest potential
for accelerated growth, for them to become Scale Up.
The phrase “Turning Silver in to Gold” is used to describe this process and for marketing
purposes, as it symbolises the added value.
Support is delivered through our headline programmes Mastermind and Silver to Gold, which
are intensive three-month programmes delivered in a Peer-to-Peer setting with additional
One-to-One business coaching.
The aim is to create a tight knit community of business leaders who work together to unpick
problems in their relevant businesses and to share best practise and general support to each
other.
The programmes culminate in each delegate pitching their new business plan based on the
work done in the period. The programmes aim to create an extra ‘board member’ for each
business for general support, to hold to account, to connect to new networks and to provide
much needed perspective.
We support between 80 and 120 business per year on these Programmes.
To add value to local provision, we work closely with a range of high quality national and
international providers, notably Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Barclays Eagle
Labs, Stock Exchange Elite, Innovate UK, and UEA’s Help to Grow.
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SMEs taking part in these schemes are provided with a range of wrap around support
including access to finance, Angel/Venture Capital, and grants such as the Growth through
Innovation fund. We will also be linking in with the new Create Growth programme for
creative industries businesses, which board members received an update on at October’s
board meeting.
In addition to our headline programmes, we have created a new twelve hour “Skills
Programme” aimed at businesses looking to upskill or recruit and train new roles and to
embed best practise into their business culture.
We run two or three of these programmes each quarter supporting between 120 and 180
businesses per year.
Recent examples include Digital Marketing, Business Finance and Empowering Women
Leaders. We also offer ‘one hit wonder’ masterclasses open to any number of businesses
focused on pertinent business topics of the time as well as cultivating an alumni group to
keep the network connected and support new cohorts as and when required.
To ensure that delivery continues to be effectively targeted and delivered, the team use of
data from Fame as well as the LEP’s CRM together with support from Insight Works, to
analyse the business status at the start of the process and then tracks where they are one
year on.
This enables the team to measure the impact of the support provided in economic terms
(increase in profitability for example) and in terms of the improvement (or otherwise) of the
business owner / leader in terms of their confidence to run the business successfully.
This information is also used in the preparation of our annual report to the Scale Up Institute,
who in turn prepare a large and detailed national report for Government.
Since its launch, delivery has grown so we are able to support 300 businesses per year,
with the team making best use of technology and guest facilitators, to deliver highly relevant
and constantly adapting Programmes to businesses with Scale Up potential.
Impact
In terms of impact, Scale New Anglia has had a significant impact on the SME supported, as
can be seen in the infographic at Appendix 1.
Data collected at the point of enrolment and then six months after completion shows a
significant uplift in the performance of SMEs supported with participants also showing a
significant impact in at least one key business process.
Of the 390 SMEs supported, 132 of those were in 2022, with Scale New Anglia resulting in
£4.4m of grants awarded to Scale Up SMEs and a further £15.5m of private sector
investment. This has resulted in just under £60m in added GVA within the 390 SMEs.
Due to Covid, the number of Scale Up SMEs nationally has fallen from 36,510 in 2017 to
33,955 in 2020, with New Anglia falling from 830 in 2017 to 750 in 2020. However, since
2013 the number of Scale Ups in New Anglia has risen from 555, to 750 in 2020, an
increase of 35% compared with a national increase of just 26%.
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High Growth Network
Following on from the department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy funded Peer
Network Programme (April 2020 to March 2022), the team have recently launched the High
Growth Network, aimed at micro businesses looking to Scale Up in the future.
The barrier to entry is lower than the full Scale Up Programme and depends largely on the
ambition of the business owner and their ambitions.
Unlike the main Programme, the High Growth Network is delivered in fully in house, and
provides delegates with twelve hours of support over a three month period. Participants
obtain a qualification from the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) as well leave
with a fully costed business plan. Delivery is via webinar-based Peer-to-Peer sessions.
Looking Ahead
Going forward, on a quarterly basis, we will host a Discovery Day (currently webinar based)
where we introduce cohorts of SMEs to a range of national/international Scale Up providers.
During the first quarter of 2023 an Alumni Group will be established, as well as several new
Programmes, including Empowering Women Leaders, Leadership & Management for
inexperienced managers and Building a Sales Culture in your Business.
With uncertainty around future funding, our delivery model, making use of support from high
quality national and international providers, will enable Scale Up New Anglia to continue to
deliver high quality support at minimum local cost.
The LEP is seeking to continue supporting Scale Up New Anglia as part of its business
support programme which it continues to discuss with district and borough council
colleagues.
This programme includes the Growth Hub, Scale Up New Anglia, Small Grants Scheme and
Connected Innovation programme.
Recommendations
The Board is invited to:
Note the contents of the paper
Note the progress made to support SMEs with high growth potential.
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Business
Supported Since
2018
£59.9m £15.5m£4.4m390
Operations 74%
Sales 49%
People 60%
Strategy 83%
7.9
Average Impact ScoresPost Support (Out of 10)
7.8 7.4 7.07.8
Overall Impact
Of Support
The Participant Ability to Lead
the Business
Forward
The Business The Wider Team
Business
Supported In
2022
132
Net GVA Added
to the LEP
Economy
of LEP Grant
Funding Provided of Private Sector
Match Leveraged
% of respondents reporting the Impact
ALL RESPONDENTS
EXPERIENCED AN
IMPACT ON AT LEAST
ONE KEY BUSINESS
PROCESS
Appendix A
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0
30
100
-100 53
Net Promoter Score
(Propensity to Recommend)
The programme has high levels of
satisfaction with a Net Promoter Score
of 53 – a good score for a public
programme - meaning beneciaries
are happy with the support provided
and would recommend it to a friend or
colleague.
All respondents
said the support
had an enduring
positive impact
on their
behaviours.
Referrals to LEP
Grant Schemes
and other Growth
Hub support
The rst 15 participants completing the GJA question set both at the beginning
and end of their Pathway have experienced these kinds of impacts.
Effectiveness &
Efciency The Ability to
Lead a Team Communication
Skills Innovation
Average Score Prior to Engagement
Average Score Post Engagement
6.8 8.3 7.2 8.3 7.3 8.3 8.0 8.1
121100% 50%+
Of respondents
reported they
were actively
pursuing external
pathways
This data is based on 35 survey responses of which 15 had completed a Growth Journey Assessment prior to support.
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 30th November 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 future. The communications dashboard is also attached as a separate appendix.
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
Note the contents of the report
Note progress made on Wave 3 skills boot camp programme and endorse the wave 4 bid
1) LEP Managed Projects and Programmes
Skills Bootcamps - Wave 3: As part of the Government’s Skills for Life, New Anglia LEP has been
delivering a contract for the Skills Bootcamps funded initiative, commencing in summer of 2022.
This is supported through Wave 3 of the DfE Skills Bootcamps programme.
The objectives of the Skills Bootcamp include:
Supporting individuals to develop skills and fulfil their potential through sector specific skills
training
Assisting people currently un-employed or returning to work to find skilled local work
Providing new skills for the self-employed to enable them to take on more contracts
Supporting businesses to hire people with the skills required enabling them to fill their job
vacancies
Encouraging employers to provide their own employees with targeted training to help them
develop and progress within the business
The initial contracted target for the Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamp was 240 learners. We are
currently expecting to exceed this target with 282 new learners and are also exploring options to
add an additional 42 learners across the most popular courses through an extension to the Wave 3
programme.
So far 154 learners have been engaged as of the start of November – putting us on track to meet
282 by the end of March. Sectors covered are logistics, digital, construction, green skills and
leadership and management.
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Wave 4 Skills Bootcamps
Following the success of the Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps, New Anglia LEP has submitted
a bid for the DfE Wave 4 programme, to commence delivery in April 2023.
Building on the success of the current Wave 3 delivery, the Wave 4 bid will engage 680 new
learners and the bid value will be £2.7m, to include operational delivery costs.
The range of subject areas for learners will be expanded to ensure that the broadest range of skills
can be delivered and will be particularly targeted at those areas in the region where there are
known skills shortages. Skills providers will be expected to deliver courses in the following subject
areas:
Digital, including software development, digital marketing and cyber security
Technical, including welding, fabrication and engineering
Construction- bricklaying, slingers and ground works
Green Skills- arboriculture, farming and retrofit
Logistics
Leadership and Management
Accelerated Apprenticeships
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
Note progress made on Wave 3 skills boot camp programme and endorse the wave 4 bid.
2) LEP Industry Councils and Sub-groups
Innovation Board
UK Space Agency Cluster Development Funding Call
Following a successful funding bid, New Anglia LEP has been awarded £163,185 from the UK
Space Agency to appoint a Space Cluster Development Manager for Norfolk and Suffolk and to
fully establish the Space Cluster, building on the LEP-led Space Sector Steering Group. This is a
fixed term contract to the end of March 2025.
This funding will support with resource to:
engage more businesses to build the region’s space cluster and network
develop a dedicated website and communications activity to raise the profile of space tech
opportunities and applications across our key sectors and business networks
deliver a launch event of the Space Sector Plan for Norfolk and Suffolk
develop key bids to deliver downstream benefits to the region’s key sectors e.g. agri-tech,
healthcare, energy, marine etc and support any emerging upstream opportunities e.g.
microgravity research and applications
lead engagement with the UK Space Agency, European Space Agency, BEIS Space
Directorate and Satellite Applications Catapult
connect up the dots with the leads on STEM skills and careers inspiration in the region
forming closer links with schools, colleges and universities
build relationships with investor networks to support business scale up opportunities
The Cluster Development Manager will be hosted by New Anglia LEP and work closely with the
Innovation & Sectors Team to collaborate around opportunities linking together Industry Councils,
Sector Groups, Connected Innovation Hubs, Growth Hub, Anglia Capital Group and wider
stakeholders and partners.
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Innovate UK Innovation Launchpad EOI
Innovate UK has invited bids from around the UK to identify partners and determine locations for
the next wave of Launchpad investments. Pilots have been developed and tailored to the local
innovation ecosystem for Tees Valley (Net Zero) and Liverpool City Region (Advanced
Manufacturing).
For each Launchpad, Innovate UK will invest up to £7.5m for business-led innovation projects and
wrap-around support. This will be awarded through competitive opportunities tailored to the needs
of the business innovation cluster. Those opportunities will run from 2023 onwards, subject to the
approval of their business case.
Building on the agri-food regional narrative, New Anglia LEP led the application for an Agri-Food
Tech Launchpad in Eastern England which covers four counties containing Norfolk and Suffolk
(New Anglia LEP); Greater Lincolnshire LEP; and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined
Authority. It covers a large geographic area with significant importance to the UK’s food chain,
employment and GVA, with +150 large companies and +15,000 small to medium-sized
businesses.
If successful, the Launchpad will provide investment for technology translation and scale-up to help
agri-food tech SMEs to accelerate their growth.
Our targeted approach will focus on:
translating our region’s world class portfolio of basic plant science, capitalising on the
deregulation of gene editing, to generate and commercialise products that improve the
nation’s health, deliver sustainable materials, drive sustainable agriculture and deliver
sustainable economic growth.
emerging and rapidly translating our digital technologies. This includes AI, Machine
Learning and Robotics, delivering the National AI Strategy, Innovation Strategy and
Automation in Horticulture Strategy.
Project partners include Agri-Tech E; BT; NIAB; Norwich Research Park; University of Cambridge;
University of East Anglia; and University of Lincoln. We expect to hear later this year if we have
been successful.
Robotics Festival, Adastral Park
Through the LEP’s Connected Innovation programme, New Anglia LEP has sponsored the
Robotics Festival at Adastral Park (23rd November). Attendees had the opportunity to listen to
speakers at the conference, explore the robotics exhibition, and visit the BT innovation showcases
and labs.
The festival looks at key themes within robotics such as connectivity, sustainability, and security,
with a focus on robotics within specific sectors, including defence, manufacturing, construction,
energy, health and social care, transport, and agri-tech. The speaker line-up covered a range of
organisations including BT, Intel, NASA, MIT, NHS and BEIS.
As a sponsor, the LEP’s Innovation Team extended the invitation to the Connected Innovation
Network, Agri-food Industry Council, Council for Digital Tech, All Energy Industry Council and
NAAME Industry Council and has been working with the Inward Investment team.
Clean Growth Taskforce
Around 100 businesses, local authorities and other partners took part in the LEP’s Clean Growth
For Business event at the King Centre on Wednesday 15th November. LEP board members CJ
Green, Peter Joyner and Johnathan Reynolds all participated.
Carbon-reducing projects and green innovation in agri-food, construction and other key sectors
were highlighted, demonstrating how Norfolk & Suffolk is rising to the net zero challenge and in
some cases leading the field.
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A series of webinars looking at issues including green finance and supply chain emissions is also
being held as part of the Clean Growth for Business programme and to coincide with COP27.
3) External Partnership Activity
Inward Investment
The Invest Norfolk and Suffolk team recently attended the Web Summit in Lisbon, alongside Tech
East and piggybacking the Department for International Trade stand – the only local area in
attendance. This was our first visit and so far we have two very strong leads but the team was able
to present our offer to dozens of attendees some of which may well follow up with enquiries. The
only costs were air fares and hotel as DIT covered our attendance.
Planning is under way to attend Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next year – the global event
aimed at the connectivity ecosystem. To be attended by over 60,000 global mobile operators,
device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors, content owners, and those simply interested
in the future of tech. Again we will work with DIT on the same basis as Web Summit but on this
occasion we will aim to take a number of our tech businesses with us.
Along with colleagues from East Suffolk and Suffolk County Council, representatives from the
Invest Norfolk and Suffolk team attended Wind Energy Hamburg in September. This huge event
contained all the major players in offshore renewables.
We took space using the Generate brand, on the Renewables UK stand which was very busy. We
did connect with a small number of key manufacturing investors whose plans are still very much in
abeyance, pending successful orders. There were several useful supply chain related enquiries as
well.
Enquiries to the INS team have diminished over the past few months but one promising enquiry
has been a project from an Indian investor looking to set up a new vertical farm, using patented
technology to produce high value crops such as saffron, vanilla and tamarind. A turnkey solution is
under development.
Visitor Economy
Visit East of England (VEE) and partners hosted its first visitor economy conference at The Hold in
Ipswich on Wednesday 2nd November for 200 delegates from business, destination organisations,
LEP, local authorities, Business Improvement District (BID) organisations, education and transport
providers.
Skills, sustainability, placemaking and collaborative working were the themes of the day with
workshops in the morning and presentations in the afternoon. An updated version of the region’s
Destination Development Plan was launched by VEE and can be viewed here; Destination
Development Plan 2022 by Visit East of England - Issuu
This builds on work that has been led by VEE with New Anglia LEP through the Visitor Economy
Group, chaired by the LEP’s Head of Enterprise Zones and Innovation and encompassing
representatives from all local authorities with DMOs and BIDs. VEE Chairman Dr Andy Wood OBE
spoke at the conference about the importance of collaborative working and how it will benefit the
visitor economy.
The key note speaker was Visit Britain/Visit England Chairman Nick de Bois who also spoke about
the importance of regional collaboration and a ‘collective voice’ and how the East can best engage
with national tourism bodies and some of the opportunities that are ahead.
There was also a presentation on the work led by VEE on regional place making with Norwich
based agency The Click unveiling the new ‘Naturally’ placemaking concept which will be developed
into a new regional creative brand for tourism in 2023.
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Culture Board
A new chair has been appointed for the Norfolk and Suffolk Culture Board following an extensive
recruitment process. Louise Jordan-Hall takes over from Helen Wilson who has successfully led
the Culture Board since it’s in inception working closely with the LEP and Norfolk and Suffolk
County Councils and various regional arts and cultural organisations.
The recent launch of the Culture Drives Impact Manifesto provides a timely opportunity for Louise,
who is the Chair of mental health charity Norfolk and Waveney Mind, to continue to build wider
connections to support the growth of the sector but to also ensure that cultural investment benefits
all of our communities and enhances social wellbeing and sustainability as well as economic
impact.
Future Funding – Partnership Project Bids
The LEP has been working with local authority partners key partners to develop funding bids to
both the Norfolk Investment Framework funding call and the Suffolk Inclusive Growth Investment
Fund (SIGIF) call for pilot projects covering the following areas of activity to help address grand
challenges in relation to innovation, clusters and Net Zero:
Industrial Decarbonisation for the Agri-Food Sector – pilot to develop a Norfolk-wide
industry-led roadmap establishing how we support agri-food to decarbonise by capitalising
on local strategic opportunities of clean energy, digital/ICT.
New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering (NAAME) – bids have gone to NIF and
SIGIF setting out a pilot project to meet an identified shortfall in provision, specifically in
respect of (i) a tailored package of specialist business support; and (ii) a tailored package of
industry-specific technical training.
Feasibility Study for a Breckland Innovation Hub – demonstrates the clear lack of an
Innovation Hub/co-working space in the district to provide direct innovation support.
The LEP has also been listed as a project partner on bids related to building the FinTech
cluster (led by TechEast) and Innovation Growth Mentoring Project, building on the existing
Innovation Grant Mentoring Project, to cover all innovation funding.
4) Governance, Operations and Finance
Governance
Guidance for LEPs for this year’s Mid-Year Review has recently been received. DLUHC has
assessed LEPs and assigned them into a two-tier assurance system. Areas where LEPs are
considered to have concerns identified are in the higher tier and will be required to hold a mid-year
meeting, LEPs considered to be within the lower tier will not require a mid-year meeting.
The LEP has been assessed as requiring a meeting which has been scheduled for 29th November.
This will be a light touch assessment requiring attendance by the Chief Executive and Chief
Operating Officer; and submission and review of our latest Growth Deal and Getting Building Fund
monitoring reports.
There is no outcome of ‘marking’ at the Mid-Year Review and it is intended that a similar two-tier
system will be used as part of the Annual Performance Review later in the year.
Finance
The next set of management accounts will be Quarter 3 (April 22 – Dec 22). These will be
published in the January 2023 board papers. Since the last board meeting there have been no
extraordinary or unexpected costs.
Recommendation:
The board is invited to:
Note the contents of the report
Note progress made on Wave 3 skills boot camp programme and endorse the wave 4 bid
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This dashboard sets out the outcomes and impact of our communications activities during
October 2022.
Media coverage
- 15 pieces of coverage
- 7 reactive media enquiries
Top 3 stories
Eastern Daily Press
How your business could save money on fuel bills
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/business/lep-launches-clean-growth-for-business-series-
9338448
East Anglian Daily Times
Suffolk college launches free fast-track farming course
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/business/suffolk-rural-launches-free-fast-track-farming-course-
9314002
Renewable Energy Magazine
A new offshore wind turbine comes to Norfolk
https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/wind/a-new-offshore-wind-turbine-comes-to-
20221010
Website
There were 12,881 page views on the LEP website (1,076 up on the previous month). The
most visited page was Small Grant Scheme followed by Clean Growth for Business,
Funding, and Growth Through Innovation Fund.
Campaigns, events, and other projects
• Create Growth Programme – we have produced a press release announcing our
successful bid, with partners, for funding for creative businesses and organisations.
This will complement an official release by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media
& Sport (DCMS).
• Clean Growth for Business – this month sees the start of a series of events under
our Clean Growth for Business banner, including an in-person session in Norwich on
15 November. These are being heavily promoted via social media via a series of
graphics and some paid-for advertising.
• Grant case studies – Lesley van Dijk is producing case studies to promote our
Small Grant Scheme, Growth Through Innovation Fund and other funding schemes.
These are being shared with local press and via social media to encourage business
take-up.
Communications activity
during October 2022
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•Skills Bootcamps – we continued to publicise these short, intensive courses
designed to support sectors facing labour shortages, with blogs highlighting digital
courses being run by Norfolk provider Netmatters.
Social media and e-newsletters
Oct 2022
Sept 2022
New Anglia LEP
Number of Twitter followers
9,494
9,478
Average Twitter engagements per day (likes, retweets etc.)
14.7
11.9
Number of impressions (times a tweet showed in someone’s
timeline)
87K
11.3K
Number of LinkedIn followers
5,556
5,454
Number of impressions on LinkedIn
22.9K
20.7K
Number of unique visitors on LinkedIn
135
134
E-newsletter: open rate
41.8%
40.8%
E-newsletter: click-to-open rate
11.1%
11%
Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited
Number of Twitter followers
927
927
Average Twitter engagements per day (likes, retweets etc)
1.8
1.2
Number of impressions (number of times users saw our tweet)
1,445
565
Number of LinkedIn followers
2,043
2,015
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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Agenda Item 11
November Programme Performance Reports
Author: Programme leads; Presenter: Rosanne Wijnberg/Chris Dashper
Summary
The following reports follow for review by the LEP Board this month:
- Growth Deal; Jonathan Rudd
- Getting Building Fund; Jonathan Rudd
- C-Care; Marie Finbow
- Programmes Dashboard; Simon Papworth
Recommendation
The board is asked to:
- Note the reports
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Growth Deal Performance Report Q1&2 2022/23
Programme Overview - What is the Growth Deal?
• Programme duration: April 2015 - March 2021
• Value: £223.517 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.
• Contribute to the Economic Strategy: indirectly create 54,750 new jobs & 6,800 new homes, and generate £628m of public & private investment.
Capital Projects
Growing Places Fund Growing Business Fund EZ Accelerator Fund Business R&R Scheme
Total £M
£164.200 £27.217 £20.279 £8.605 £3.216 £223.517
What is the Overall Programme Status?
Delivery Amber↑
Finance Amber↑
Outputs Green↓
What are our Key Updates?
What is our Financial Position?
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Total
0.000 12.008 0.000 19.189 18.060 16.355 19.656
36.900 38.549 41.334 34.660 24.662 47.412 0.000 223.517
-24.892 -50.556 -22.145 -35.789 -26.367 -44.111 -19.656 -223.517
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
12.008 0.000 19.189 18.060 16.355 19.656 0.000 0.000
Spend progress quarter by quarter:
What is our contribution to the Economic Strategy?
Quarter/Year: 1&2 (Apr-Sep) 2022/23
Actual to
date
Forecast to
2025
Percentage
Progress
Change
887 1,195 74% 15
3,641.5 3,531 103% 225.5
3,714 6,563 57% 314
834.236
826.537 101% 41.619
What is the Project Delivery Status?
Overall:
Green↓
Totally
Complete
Physically
Complete
On track Small Variation
Significant
Variation
Under
Development
Total Projects
Black Blue Green Amber Red Purple -
27 13 3 4 3 0 50
Change +2 +2 0-5 +1 0 0
What are the Next Steps?
New Jobs
• Project change: Growing Places Fund: Growth Deal sponsored delivery complete, monitoring outcomes; Amber to Blue.
New Learners
Match Funding; ‘Non-LGF Expenditure’ (£ million)
Apportionment:
• No change.
•Projects now reporting employment of
£1.690M in Capital Swaps.
Outputs – Cumulative from April 2015 to September 2022
New Homes
• Key concern: a small number of projects have uncertainty over elements of delivery and will require advance payment of final Grant amounts.
Financials (£ million)
Brought Forward
Financial Year
• All contractually comitted.
Gov Allocation
Spend [Act/Fcst]
Unallocated
Carried forward
Contract Commitments:
Majority of projects are complete, only a small number have been significantly delayed.
Small percentage of funding has not been spent due to delays in project delivery.
Reasonably on track to meet our forecast outputs, although various projects at risk of late acheivement.
• Programme progress: reasonable, only a minority of projects are experiencing significant delay to delivery, with minimal impact on long term outcomes.
• Moniroring expenditure of funds paid in advanced, including Capital Swaps.
•Evaluate appropriate completed Projects, in accordance with Evaluation Framework.
•Continue to monitor issues & risks, including logistics, on Growth Deal delivery schedule and expenditure profile, and offer support where possible.
Forecasts have been updated to include Homes, Jobs & Learners from projects anticipated out to 2025.
• Homes: 15 at Lark Grange, Bury St Edmunds (now entering a new phase) & KLWN seeking planning permission for their final phase at Lynnsport Rd.
• Jobs: 52 for Growing Business Fund, 171.5 for Growing Places Fund & 2 at University of East Anglia (Productivity East)
• Learners: 209 at UoS DigiTech Centre, 78 at UEA Productivity East and 27 for East Coast College. Additional reporting expected in Q3.
• Match funding: making good progress.
• Project change: South Lowestoft Industrial Estate: monitoring of development funded through Growth Deal complete; Blue to Black.
• Project change: City College Norwich, DigiTech Factory, construction complete, monitoring outcomes; Amber to Blue.
• Project change: Snape Maltings Flood Defences, additional 12 month delay to the start of construction; Amber to Red.
• Project change: Ely Area (Rail) Capacity Enhancement Programme submitted Outline Business Case for a Decision to Design; Amber to Blue.
• Project change: Business Relience & Recovery Scheme, the monitoring outcomes complete: Blue to Black.
• Project change: Suffolk New College, Tech Campus, construction complete, monitoring outcomes; Amber to Blue.
Q1-22/23 Q2-22/23 Q3-22/23 Q4-22/23
Qtrly Forecast 0.920 0.715 0.042 0.013
Qtrly Spend 0.952 0.667 0.000 0.000
Available LGF 1.690 0.738 0.071 0.071
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
Forecast
& Claims
(£M)
Available LGF
(£M)
Financial Quarters
2022/23 Expenditure of Capital Swaps
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Getting Building fund Performance Report Q1&2 2022-23
Programme Overview - What is the Getting Building Fund?
• Programme duration: August 2020 - March 2022.
• Value: £32.1 million
• Aims: to boost the region’s skills, drive innovation, target support to help small businesses to grow and improve transport and infrastructure.
• Contribute to Economic Strategy: estimated to create 1,100 new jobs, 24 new homes & generate an additional £85M of public & private investment.
Capital Projects Business R & R Scheme EZ Accelerator Fund LEP Sub Programmes
Total £M
£27.726 £2.224 £0.750 £1.400 £32.100
What is the Overall Programme Status?
Delivery Amber↑
Finance Amber↑
Outputs Green↓
What are our Key Updates?
What is our Financial Position?
Actual Actual Forecast Forecast
2020/21 2021/22 Total
0.000 12.117 0.000
16.050 16.050 32.100
-3.933 -28.167 -32.100
0.000 0.000 0.000
12.117 0.000 0.000
Contract Commitments:
What is our contribution to the Economic Strategy?
Quarter/Year:
1&2 (Apr-Sep) 2022/23
Actual to
date
Forecast to
2025
Percentage
Progress
Change
024 0% 0
113.5 644 18% 108.5
0386 0% 0
0444 0% 0
54.697
88.987 61% 16.554
Forecasts have been updated to include Homes, Jobs & Learners from projects anticipated out to 2025.
• Homes: First reporting expected Q3 2022-23.
• Jobs: 55 for the GY Strategic Seafront (Marina Centre), 31 for EZAF, 20.5 for LEP Sub Programmes (GBF) & 2 at the Food Innovation Centre.
• Learners: First reporting expected Q3 2022-23.
• Match funding: Making very good progress.
What is the Project Delivery Status?
Overall:
Green↓
Totally
Complete
Practically
Complete
On track
Small
Variation
Significant
Variation
Under
Development
In
Application Total Projects
Black Blue Green Amber Red Purple White -
142430014
Change +1 +4 -6 +1 00 0 -
What are the Next Steps?
•Continue to monitor practical delivery of projects and spend through to their completion.
•Receive and process quareterly reports to capture immediate outputs and subsequent outcomes.
•Monitor issues & risks on delivery schedule and expenditure, offer support where possible.
• Project change: East Suffolk Smart Towns, installation complete and public Wi-Fi operational; Green to Blue.
• Project change: Broaodland Food Innovation Centre, construction complete and facilities opened; Green to Blue.
Match Funding (Non-GtgBF Expenditure)- £million
• Project change: Micro-Generation & Storage (Solar carports), completion delayed 3 months by supply issues, Green to Amber.
• Project change: Great Yarmouth Strategic Seafront, practically complete, achieved anticipated outcomes; Green to Blue.
• Project change: LEP Sub Programmes, practically complete, but continuing to monitor outcomes; Green to Blue.
• Project change: Business Resilience & Recovery Scheme, totally complete; Green to Black.
Outputs – Cumulative from June 2020 to September 2022
New Homes
New Jobs
New Learners
Kilograms of Carbon Dioxide Avoided/Saved
Most projects are underway, some close to completion, although others are much later than anticipated.
• Programme progress: reasonable, although a few projects are experiencing a significant delay in both delivery and spend.
• We arranged Capital Swaps with six of our delivery partners in order to meet the government deadline for outturn.
Financials (£ million)
Risk: Approx. £3M not likely to be used
before end of Financial Year.
• Projects now reporting use of £11.505M
in Capital Swaps.
Appoitionament: No change.
Expenditure of funding has not progressed as quickly as forecast due to delays in delivery.
Only a few have been reported, although most are not expected to be realised until practical delivery is complete.
Brought Forward
Financial Year
Gov Allocation
Spend [Act/Fcst]
Unallocated
Carried forward
• All funds contractually comitted.
Spend progress quarter by quarter:
Q1-22/23 Q2-22/23 Q3-22/23 Q4-22/23
Qtrly Forecast 1.570 2.570 4.098 3.268
Qtrly Spend 1.885 1.084 - -
Available GtgBF 11.505 9.620 8.536 8.536
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Forecast
& Claims
(£M)
Available GtgBF
(£M)
Financial Quarters
2022/23 Expenditure of Capital Swaps
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Finance Green
Outputs Green
Delivery Green
Crossover
Period2Apr‐Aug21 Period3Sep21‐Feb22
Actual
Period4Mar‐Aug22
Actual
Period6Apr‐Jun23
Forecast
Nil €202,372.90 €354,452.93 €3,252.81
€7,796.57
€1,187,069.69 €984,696.79 €630,243.86 €13,792.05
Actualto
date Target %
334 620 54
99 300 33
40 60 66
2633
6 4 150
1. Green
2Green
3Green
CaseStudies
FactSheets
JobsCreated/JobStarts
Awaitingpaymentofour1stclaim‐26,438.97eurosdue
imminently.
Overall,theprogrammeisontracktodeliverthemajorityofitsoutputs.Thereiscurrentlyuncertaintyastowhethertheprogrammewilldelivertherequirednumberofnew
businesses‐duetothecostoflivingcrisis/forecastofaUKrecession.
Continuetoworkwithproviderstoensuredeliveryofself‐employmentinitiativematchesdeliveryexpectations.
Outputs
ParticipantsCompleting
FundsReceived(euros)
RAG
BusinessStarts
Allfourprojectsareontracktodeliveronorbefore31March2023withthefirstinvoicesexpectedfromEastSuffolkforprocessinginNovember.
TheNorfolkandSuffolkevaluationworkhasbeencompletedandthereportisnowpublishedontheLEP'swebsite.
BalanceRemaining(euros) €17,044.86
Amber
Red
Green
Underspendpredicteddueinparttousinglessin
travel/accomodation
Continuetoworkwithdistrictcouncilstoensuredeliveryofthepilotinitiatives/feasibilitystudiesarecompletedbeforetheendofMarch2023.
NewAngliaLEPareoneofsevenpartnersinvolvedintheC‐Care(CovidChannelAreaResponseExchange)initiative,fundedbytheInterregFrance(Channel)England(FCE)programmewhichaimstoreach
4,500peopleandalmost2,000businessesthroughitspilotinitiativeswhichincludeskillstrainingtohelpindividualsfindnewroutesintoemploymentorstartabusiness,andadviceandgrantsaimedat
helpingcompaniesresettheirbusinessmodelsinresponsetothepandemic.ItishopedthattheinsightsandevidencegatheredfromthesevenpartnersfrombothsidesoftheChannelwillfeedinto
localplanstoaidrecoveryandresilienceplanningandensuremeasuresareinplacetosupportbusinessesandpeopletoadapttofuturepandemicsoreconomicshocks.
TheprogrammerunsuntilJune2023.
NewAngliaLEPhassecured€1.19meurostodeliverthefollowingthreworkstreams:
1. UndertakeanevaluationofthecollectivepublicsectorresponseinNorfolkandSuffolktoCovid‐19.
2. Supportingpeopleintoself‐employmentwhoarecurrentlyunemployed,under‐employedorself‐employed.Targetingaminimumof620participants,withtheaimofcreating300newbusinessesand
60newjobs.
3. DeliverafocussedChallengeFundforfuturemarkettownfeasibilityandpilotprojectsinmarkettownsacrossNorfolkandSuffolk,ledbydistrictcouncils.
1.NorfolkandSuffolkevaluationcompleteandreportspublishedonNewAngliaLEPwebsite.
2.Asat27/10/2022,545individualshavebeenregisteredorhaveexpressedaninterestinparticipatingintheC‐Careself‐employmentinitiative.Over3,600hoursofsupporthasbeenprovidedandalmost
100newbusinesshavebeencreatedthroughtheprogrammetodate.Ofthosebusinesses,34newjobshavebeencreatedandsixpeoplehavefoundnewemploymentoutsideofselfemployment.Interms
ofouroutputs,newbusinessescontinuetofallshortofourtarget.Althoughthistargetwasalwaysback‐endweightedtowardstheendoftheprogramme‐withindividualsneedingtoprogressthroughthe
programmeandthenallowingtimeforbusinessestobecreated,ourconcernisthatthecurrentcostoflivingcrisis,energycrisisandtheforecastfromtheBankofEnglandthattheUKisenteringalong
recession,wefeelislikelytoimpactonconfidencelevelsofentrepreneurswillingtostartnewbusinessesatthistime.NowthattheCRFEnablingSelfEmploymentprogrammehasclosed,weexpectthe
numberofparticipantssigninguptothisinitiativetoincreaseoverthenextfewmonths.
3.Fourcontractshavebeenawardedtodistrictcouncils(2xSuffolk;2xNorfolk)toundertakefeasibilitystudies/pilotinitiatvesinmarkettownstoaddresssomeofthechallengesfacedbyourtownsand
communitiesasaresultofthepandemic.AllfourcontractsmustbecompletebytheendofMarch2023.
• NorthNorfolkDistrictCouncil‐workwellunderway,withlocalconsultantsdeliveringthework.
• EastSuffolkCouncil‐projectdeliveryisaboveexpectation,withworkcontractedtoconsultantstodeliver.Expecting50%ofcoststobeclaimedinNovember.
• MidSuffolkCouncil‐projectunderwayandduetocompleteby31March2023.
• BrecklandCouncil‐FeasibilityreportexpectedtobecompletebyendofJanuary2023.
Spend(Act/For)(euros)
WhataretheNextSteps?
WhatistheProjectDeliveryStatus?
FundsAwarded(euros)
1,194,866.26
Green
Met
Ontarget
2022/23
Travelandsubsistenceclaimsyettobeincludedinthe
forecastfigures.
ProgrammeOverview‐WhatistheC‐CareInitiative?
C‐Care(CovidChannelAreaResponseExchange)InitiativeReport
WhatistheOverallProgrammeStatus?
Ontarget
Ontracktocompletetargetsforprogramme
WhatareourKeyUpdates?
WhatisourFinancialPosition?
2021/22
FinancialYear
Period5Sep22‐Mar23
Forecast
Finance‐Our2ndmonetaryclaimhasbeensubmittedandapprovedbyourFLC.Thetotalvalueoftheclaimwas€522,673.86andincludesmonthlyinvoicesforSelfEmploymentsupportprovision(February
‐August2022inclusive),officeandstaffcostsonafixed20%ofdefrayedinvoicesbasisplus15%ofthosecostsforoverheads.
Comments
€613,199.00
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Jobs created Private sector investment unlocked New dwellings supported
Data as of Nov 2022
New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q2 2022/23
Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported Primary Economic Strategy (ES) indicators supported
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2022): 370
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 463
Delivery cumulative to date (2012-): 14,121
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): 1,546
Delivery, year to date, as % of target: 29.9%
With a proven track record of creating jobs and supporting employment
opportunities in the local economy, LEP programmes have a demonstra-
ble and clearly measurable impact on the ambitions of the Economic
Strategy, and associated indicators.
Through 2021-22 the Enterprise Zones, Growing Business Fund (GBF),
Growth Deal projects, and Business Growth Programmes were the pri-
mary drivers of job creation.
In Q2 of 2022/23 there was a significant recovery in job creation com-
pared to Q1, this is mainly due to contributions from CRF, Growing Bus.
Fund, and the Growth Deal. Notable contributions, also came from the
Enterprise Zone, C-Care, and Business Growth Programme.
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2022): £0.4m
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): £1.3m
Delivery, cumulative to date (2016-): £352m
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): £52m
Delivery, year to date, as % of target 2.5%
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2022): 15
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 15
Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-): 676
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): 60
Delivery, year to date, as % of target: 25%
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
until 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 and Q2 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 and Q2 2022/23 delivery running
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 (Q2, Jul-Sep 2022): 80
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 221
Delivery, cumulative to date (2012-): 2,196
Target, this year (22-23 financial year): 418
Delivery, year to date, as % of target: 53%
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2022): 9
Delivery, year to date (2022-23 financial year): 12
% of Jobs paying above the Median wage in Q2: 16%
Target, this year as % of all GBF job creation 33%
Delivery, Year to date, as % of target 16%
Delivery, this quarter (Q2, Jul-Sep 2022): 0
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
stimulating the uplift in enterprise required to achieve the aims
and ambitions of the Economic Strategy.
Despite very difficult trading conditions, this metric exceeded ex-
pectations in 2021/22, with the end of year target being achieved
with business creation reaching 112% of the stated target.
The Business Growth Programme has historically delivered the vast
majority of activity against this metric. Through 2022/23 we antici-
pate that the C-Care and CRF projects will deliver the majority of
new business start this year, as reflected in the latest Q2 data.
LEP programmes play an important role in creating and support-
ing 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 in-
crease associated with the recently completed DigiTech Factory at
City College Norwich.
The combined Q1 and Q2 figures for 2022/23 reflect a typical
trend in reporting—where learner numbers are not ‘confirmed’
until Q3/Q4 of each year.
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).
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 and Q2 of 2022/23 have dipped com-
pared to the previous quarters, previous years’ patterns reflect peaks and
troughs, and recovery form quarter to quarter id dependent on the nature
of specific projects.
* 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 Nov 2022
New Anglia LEP programme outputs dashboard - Q2 2022/23
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New Anglia LEP Board Forward Plan – 2022/2023
Date Strategic Operational
30th November
2022
ICT Digital Industry Council Report
Educating the Educators
Programme Performance Reports
New Anglia Capital Report
Scale Up New Anglia
25th January LEP Strategic Priorities Programme Performance Reports
Quarterly Management Accounts
22rd February Programme Performance Reports
30th March Agri-Food Industry Council Report
Innovation Board Update
LEP Operating Budget 22/23 Update
Programme Performance Report
CEO Pay Award
April No Board Meeting
24th May ICT Digital Industry Council Report
All Energy Industry Council Report
Operating and Capital Budgets 22/23
Quarterly Management Accounts
New Anglia Capital Report
Perfo
r
mance Reports
21st June Skills Advisory Panel Report
Programme Performance Reports
Operating & HR Policies
19th July Innovation Board Report
Clean Growth Taskforce
Programme Performance Reports
Accounts Approval
Quarterly Management Accounts
August No Board Meeting
20th September Inward Investment Report Programme Performance Reports
20th September New Anglia LEP AGM
25th 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
29th November ICT Digital Industry Council Report Programme Performance Reports
New Anglia Capital Report
Decembe
r
No Board Meeting
Meetingsarevirtualunlessotherwisestated.
Standing Items (where relevant)
IAC recommendations
Chief Executive’s Report
LEP Inte
g
ration
(
Inte
g
rated into CEO report
)
Items to be Scheduled
Skills Bootcamp
Create Growth
Growth Hub
Towns Deals
Sizewell C
EZs / IZs
Freeport East
Enterprise Advisor Network
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