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Xxxxxx
Coast to Capital Forum
14th March 2013
Fontwell Racecourse
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Xxxxxx Delegates Name Representation Alan Taylor Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Southern) Alastair Dixon PWC Alison Tingley South Downs National Park Alison Watson Sussex Enterprise Andrew Ayres Rewards Training Andrew Perkins Lingfield Park Resort Andrew Swayne Ricardo Plc Ann Swain Federation of Small Businesses Annette Zera Getting on Brilliantly (Facilitator) Astrid Flowers Coast to Capital Team Belinda Purcell Tandridge District Council Carol Squires Surrey Chamber of Commerce Caroline Wood Coastal West Sussex Partnership Chris Bussicott Surrey County Council Clare Marrett Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Clive Behagg Coast to Capital Director Cllr Garry Wall Mid Sussex District Council Daryl Gayler Coast to Capital Director David Cooper University of Chichester David Seall IOD Surrey David Smith Coast to Capital Team Dawn Lewis Coast to Capital Team Emma Davies Coast to Capital Team Frances Rutter Epsom & Ewell Borough Council Georgina Angele Gatwick Diamond Jobs Graham Bryant West Sussex Growers Association Graham Wilkinson Surrey Rural Partnership Hayley Shepherd Coast to Capital Team Iain Shepherd Coastal West Sussex Partnership Ian Parkes Coast to Capital Team Jayne Dickinson East Surrey College Jeremy Leggett Rural West Sussex Partnership Jeremy Pardey Butlins Jeremy Taylor Gatwick Diamond Business Association Jianwei Zhu Huzhou Art and Design School Jim Stearns Shoreham College John de Mierre Mid Sussex District Council John Peel Coast to Capital - Chairman Julie Devlin Jobcentre Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 2
Xxxxxx Delegates Karl Roberts Arun District Council Kenrick Garraway Chichester District Council Lionel Barnard West Sussex County Council Lisa Creaye-Griffin Surrey Rural Partnership Louise Fenwick Chichester Chamber of Commerce Mark Syrett JLT Martin Heffer Coast to Capital Director Mike La Rooy Coast to Capital- Director Paul Mitchell Sussex Council of Training Providers Peter Martin Coast to Capital Director Philip Colley Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Southern) Philip Jones Coast to Capital Director Ravi Shankar Coast to Capital Director Robert Lanzer Crawley Borough Council Ron Crank Coast to Capital - Chief Executive Rosemary French Gatwick Diamond Initiative Stephen Arnett West Sussex County Council Steve Allen Coast to Capital Director Tina Tilley Worthing & Adur Chamber of Commerce Tom Crowley Horsham District Council Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 3
Setting the context
Welcome to the 4th Coast to Capital Forum. The
Forum is important in shaping our priorities and
hearing your views. The purpose of today is to
introduce a new requirement for a growth strategy
for our area, and to give the Forum a chance to
shape the issues and shape how we go about it.
It is a requirement from Government of all LEPs.
Today’s Forum is slightly different to those before -
short inputs from Ron and I, then Clare Marett from
BIS local to outline the changing expectations of
Government and set the scene for our forthcoming
challenge and opportunity.
Then over to Annette Zera who will lead us through
2.5 hours, where you will be able to raise and
discuss the issues for growth you think important.
When we started Coast to Capital, we wanted
our focus to be unique to our area, to reflect our
leverage such an opportunity. There will be single
circumstances, and to avoid a vanilla plan that
pot funding for implementation depending on
might apply to any place. We had our “ruthless
how good our plan for growth is. But we are also
focus”. In some ways the Government’s new
expected to consider how all existing public
expectations are a welcome endorsement of
programmes will contribute. Our new plan has
what LEPs have done so far. But we might all end
to range across all the issues which contribute
up having very similar plans. We want to keep jobs
to growth. It has to involve all parties. We need
growth as our unifying goal. 100,000 jobs should
to consult very widely. At the end it needs to be
remain the focus. We value the local knowledge
coherent, unifying and to add value to the very
of our area partnerships that have their finger on
many existing activities of all partners. The process
the pulse.
of getting it right, doing even better and winning
the resources we need starts today with you.
When we had Vince Cable at the Board Meeting
recently, he set us a challenge. He remarked that
our current approach and strategy for growth was John Peel, Chairman Coast to Capital
good. He was impressed with our progress. But he
also said that our next phase strategy for growth
had to be even better. He acknowledged that we
were an unusual LEP, almost an experiment, with
a wider functioning economic area across several
boundaries, and so was keen to see how we can
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Setting the context
This is what we did as a result of what you said
last time:
• We have been working closely with
GatwickDiamond jobs and Brighton & Hove jobs
on employability.
• A project starts this week on tackling areas of
low enterprise.
• We are working with Finance South East to
establish a potential funding mechanism
• A delivery company has been appointed and
work has started on a business portal
• Discussions with banks are ongoing and BIS and
ourselves are being pro active
• International committee - many businesses are
keen and have attended our workshops. Gatwick
Airport have joined us in this exercise and
committee
• The trade delegation to SA is on hold.
• Foreign Direct Investment 13 companies
300 jobs
• MIPIM attendance next year
• South Downs National Park good meetings and
closer working arrangements
As John has said, today’s Forum is the start of the We are working on a two-stage approach:
process for getting together our new plan for
growth. We already have a “Strategy for Growth” – a listening phase based around conversations
for the LEP, but this new requirement is different shaped by issues you identify today – probably
in that it has to cover all issues – not a subset – through until the summer
and all partners. We want it to be “our” strategy, – a formal draft document for wide discussion and
meaning all of you and the wider group of comment from late summer onwards
partners and stakeholders. It would have no value
if it is just the LEP, and would be impossible to We have to do it as well as resources and
deliver. Our approach is going to be completely funding from Government will be attached to it.
open and inclusive. We are unsure of the timetable But also, more importantly, it should help us all
yet, but it is likely to be months not weeks. make the most out of what we have to help growth.
We will all be involved in implementing the plan,
and jobs growth and productivity will remain the
overall goal.
I’m looking forward to hearing what you have
to say.
Ron Crank, Chief Executive Coast to Capital
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Setting the context
Our job at BIS Local covers four areas:
• Support local partners, including LEPs
• Respond to economic shocks
• Influencing central policy
• Cities Deals (shared with cabinet office)
I want to take stock of where we are now and to
look forward.
The Local Growth White Paper was the starting
point. Local partners were invited to form LEPs,
there are now 9 LEPS. They are all different and
sometimes Whitehall forgets the differences
between them. In the early days there was no
central funding for LEPs. However, the case was The new strategic growth plans will be the
made that they needed funding to do what starting point for negotiation with Government for
Government wanted. Each LEP will get £250,000 discussion about freedom and flexibilities. Similar to
core funding. City Deals. The new plans need to reflect national
priorities and bid for economic resources.
At the end of last year there were two significant
developments: What might be in the plan?
• A Review of local growth by Lord Heseltine which • Clear links to national growth priorities e.g, the 8
puts LEPs at centre of local growth with LEPs to great technologies
shape local growth • Multi year plan - at least 4 years
• The Autumn Statement- this tasked EPs with the • Economic SWOT for our area
development of local strategic plan which will • Robust analysis and evidence
attract a further £250k for 2 years. • Robust investment plan
• Ask and Offer - be specific about what we can
LEPs are to lead the growth plans and to access offer and the ask
single pot funding. Lord Hesteltine said perhaps • Skills strategy
£58million will be in the pot, but Government not • Monitoring and evaluation
yet decided. More details will be in the Budget and
later in the Spending Review in the summer. The The is a significant expectation of wide-spread
Single Pot will include transport, housing and skills. consultation and engagement with:
Also LEPs are to play a key role in shaping EU • Public sector
Strategies for structural funds. This was confirmed • Businesses –direct contact
in February. It brings together ESF, ERDF, and • Business representative organisations
RDPE. The priorities are SMEs, innovation, R& D, • HE and FE
sustainability and skills. • Civil society
LEPs are to draw up EU Investment Strategy with The plan has to demonstrate accountability and set
lots of consultation including rural interests. The EU out governance arrangements. LEPS will need to
funding will be available from 2014, so the plan is account for the funding. There will be much more
needed in 2013. detail in the Spending Review in June/July.
Clare Marett, Department for Business,
innovation and skills
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Open Space
Using the Open Space process and prompted by the statement and question
The goal remains to create 100,000 new private
sector jobs by 2035. Our new strategy could just be
a compendium of everyone’s existing plans. But that
would be boring and a lost opportunity.
…what do you think should be
included to make our strategy
exciting, inspiring, stimulating
and productive?
An agenda of 17 topics was created. The topics were discussed in groups and the following
recommendations emerged (the numbers in brackets reflect the votes assigned to different ideas).
The recommendations were hand written so please accept apologies for any errors in transcription.
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Open Space Recommendations Gatwick Growth for Economic Growth Votes Jeremy Taylor, Ian Parkes, Lionel Barnard, Daryl Gayer, Alan Taylor, Lisa Creaye Griffin, Andrew Perkins. Martin Heffer, David Smith • The LEP needs to support capacity growth in the South East and make sure existing capacity is commercially exploited. Future runway capacity to be (explored) supported. Mindful of environmental and infrastructure impacts (12) How do we address the skills gap Votes • Create a mentor support package to ease the loss of qualified staff, arrange to train the next generation (retirement will increase by 50% in the next 10 years). Therefore skills shortage in engineering etc only have 6 years to train the shortfall. Therefore subsidy is required to stimulate this activity. If the recession (downturn) lasts 3 more years then we are passed the point of no return. (4). Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 8
Open Space Recommendations What skills do we need in Coast to Capital for local and international growth. Consultation with local business in order to influence education and skills agenda. (1) Votes Chris Bussicott, Jim Stearns, Georgina Angele, Jayne Dickinson, Clive Behagg • Research project- what skills are needed now, on-going for local growth and international growth? What are key growth sectors? (Bottom up approach to collaboration which funding incentivised) Offer from Surrey CC to provide support to achieve this and also facilitate Cross LEP data capture. Agree across LEPs on process to ensure usability of data. (13) • Work placements/experience= Rotational placements scheme through business collaboration. HE/FE offer services (training, CPD etc) in exchange for placements. Traineeships/apprenticeships/internships= employability skills (6) • Employability passport, Starting at Key Stage 4 – online evidence based, feeding CV creation (2) • Available workforce- with SEN- inclusion in all of the above- long term unemployed (1) How can rural businesses gain economic value from the South Downs National Park designation and in turn help deliver growth in rural jobs. (1) Votes Alison Tingley, Astrid Flowers • Develop brand of identity for South Downs National Park that can be used by businesses to market products (food, drink, visitor /tourism facilities etc) (3) • Increase value of visitors coming to the South Downs National Park, changing day visits to staying visits, increasing expenditure on local products • Joint marketing and promotion to increase sustainable tourism (4) Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 9
Open Space Recommendations Building small business capacity through private and public sector procurement (5) Votes John De Mierre, Kenrick Garraway, Jeremy Taylor and Astrid Flowers • A web portal that works like a business dating agency putting the buyer to the seller. Winning more private sector contacts builds capacity to supply large companies or public sector and may enable exporting (1) • Encourage companies to work together complimentary/cooperatively to increase capacity (via web site) • Educate opportunities via web, LEP – identify barriers- suggest ways to overcome i,e £10million public liability = shared companies cover London Gatwick Expansion Votes Rosemary French, Peter Martin, Cllr Garry Wall, Bob Lanzer, Ron Crank, Cllr Lionel Barnard, Alistair Dixon, Cllr John De Mierre • If against, what is plan ‘B’? (5) • How to make it easy for business to operate (1) • Things that are bad for business • Talk to MPs Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 10
Open Space Recommendations Digital Infrastructure, Growth is digitally driven (12) Votes Ian, Karl, Alison, Steve, Graham, Mike, Clare • A rolling strategy, - stand still and you’re dead • Getting this right is a necessary condition of success and growth and business location • BDUK has some limitations but it will get us a digital spine. We need to find new ways to get the next stage which meets business needs and gives; rural coverage, symmetry of upload and download, future proofed- flexible enough to embrace new technologies, new business models, looks at new technologies • All new developments must be super fast broadband enabled. Planning authorities need to take a consistent approach to new developments and other necessary infrastructure, eg ministers and cabinets. Use CIL and planning gain Think about the unforeseen consequences eg transport (11) • Once we have a decent infrastructure, we need to help businesses to fully exploit the potential and adjust to new business models. Make the full use of the infrastructure we get – use JANET and big business networks and public sector • Continue to support, promote, encourage businesses which are in business to be digital • Keep it fresh, we don’t know what will come next Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 11
Open Space Recommendations A27 – Investment in strategic transport links (5) Votes Ann, Alan, Philip, Louise, Alistir. Karl, Caroline, Lionel Relevance to delivery of key Coast to Capital objectives - • creation of 100,000 new jobs over 25 years • encouraging inward investment • contributes to national growth agenda (1) • Key elements for strategic plan (5) • vision of overall scheme • proof of economic benefit • effective mitigation of local concerns • identification of key stakeholders (beneficiaries/contributors) • Identify pilot section with strong value proposition (early win) – Shovel ready • Cross LEP benefit/collaboration (eg Newhaven Port) • Positive benefit for rural economy • Cost of ‘Status Quo’ – Do nothing-drag on growth Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 12
Open Space Recommendations How do we scan over 75 years and promote sectors that are sustainable and allow Coast to Capital to draw on European opportunities (smart specialisation)? Votes Dave Cooper, Iain Shepherd, Steve, Andrew • Do we have skills/capacity to bring in European funds? • Promote investment in emergent technologies, eg, Bio-Pharma, additive engineering, sustainable horticulture, low carbon technologies, intelligent materials, knowledge economy (12) • Need a mechanism (creative/resources) to maximise the potential of EU funds for Coast to Capital and local businesses (3) • Develop a made in Sussex/Surrey brand – luxury products and premium services • Ensure that sectors map to EU priorities for funding (1) • Explore potential for x LEP border activity (take lead, eg, coastal activity (2) • Advocate for EU opportunity (1) • Strategy needs to look outwards Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 13
Open Space Recommendations How do we grow apprenticeships to benefit employers and local people? (2) Votes Paul Mitchell, Emma Davies, Andrew Purkins, David Smith, Andrew Ayres, Belinda, John Peel, David Cooper, Jeremy Pardey • Need to make it easier for companies to get involved in apprenticeships – need service to provide local support “spoon feeding”. Need to showcase and celebrate local success of employers and their apprentices. Lever apprenticeship recruitment via supply chains and contracting. (13) • Look at LEP area-wide kite mark for ‘good’ employers that take apprentices, offer work experience, community involvement. Make use of flexibilities in apprenticeship frameworks to offer match with SME needs. Need to help employers get involved in vocational higher education, eg, higher apprenticeships. (6) • Employers need support in how best to mentor and support and therefore retain their apprentices. (4) Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 14
Open Space Recommendations Engaging the Nature Partnerships (3) Votes Lisa Creaye-Griffin, Surrey Rural Partnership • SYNP would like to get LEP representatives on their Board. Would the LEP have a NP representative on one of their working groups/Board? • Could a standing group take on this role? • The Nature Partnerships have been tasked with engaging with LEPs and are keen to show the value of the Environment for attracting businesses, and workers to an area, as well as providing the backdrop for visitors to the county. (1) • Rural Link to LEP: (8) Need to get together all those with a real interest: – SDNP – West Sussex Rural Partnership – Surrey Rural Partnership – To work out the best way to get rural access/solution in the Forward Plan Opening up procurement – public/private and prompt payment (1) Votes Ann Swain, FSB • Promote a culture within LEP area of open and transparent procurement linked to prompt payment within 30 days • Open up all levels of procurement – transparency even at lower level/smaller contracts • Identify ways of facilitating/promoting (work with partners who have experience in this) groups of small businesses to group together to bid • Recognise that criteria/formal standards required for large businesses/contracts may not be appropriate for small businesses – avoid artificial barriers. • Recognise that cash flow is key to the success or failure of a small business. A decision by a large company to change arbitrarily from 30 to 75 days might help their balance sheet but could close down suppliers. • Promote understanding that winning a contract should be a benefit to a small business – not a liability that could close it. • LEP to support FSB campaign on prompt payment and sign up to National Prompt Payment Code (CBI, IOD, FSB, etc) eg, hardly any in West Sussex have done so. • Late payment is a bigger problem than broadband for many small businesses. Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 15
Open Space Recommendations How do we encourage people to say “yes” instead of “no? (1) Votes Tom Crowley, Gary Wall, Jeremy Leggett, Jeremy Taylor, Steve Allen, Ron Crank • Front existing infrastructure deficit across the LEP area (and beyond) including v. local infrastructure to encourage local housing and jobs. (2) • Strategy for the economy needs a compelling (hearts and minds) narrative in order to engage people over their future and their children’s including rural villages. (5) • Fundamental need for IT strategy to the total, integrated with IT spatial planning system and realistic about link: jobs – housing – transport – Local Growth Strategy What skills to we need in Coast to Capital for local and international growth? Consultation with local business in order to influence education and skills agenda (1) Votes Chris Bussicott, Jim Stearns, Georgina Angele, Jayne Dickinson, Clive Behagg Local jobs for local people Research Project What skills are needed now, ongoing for local growth and international growth? What are key growth sectors? Bottom up approach to collaboration which ? incentivised funding. Offer from Surrey CC to provide support to achieve this and also facilitate cross LEP Data Capture. Agree across LEPs on process to ensure usability of data. (13) Work Placements/Experience Rotational placements schemes through HE + FE + DWP + JCP business collaborations. HE + FE offer services (training, CPD, etc) in exchange for placements. Traineeships/apprenticeships/Internships = Employability Skills. Employability Passport. Starting at KS4 – online, evidence, feeding CV creation based. (6) Available workforce With SEN – inclusion in all of the above – long term unemployed (3) Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 16
Open Space Recommendations How do we achieve cohesion to avoid duplication and inefficiency? Votes Rosemary French, Andrew Swayne, Tina Tilley, Mike La Rooy, Graham Bryant, Alison Watson, Gary Wall Coast to Capital needs to establish a structure/framework for communicating with partners – key to cohesion is partnership working Better representation across the region for all sectors. Sharing of best practice at a local level – upwards to the LEP and down again! (8) All strategic plans need to feed into LEP (SWCC/District/other) including neighbourhood plans – these are what will probably drive cohesion and better partnership working. Partners need to be lobbied and used as vehicles for communication. Localised networks must be used as delivery vehicles with a consistent message from the LEP – these are chambers/biz organisations. (8) Education, training and new skills must be at the heart of everything our LEP does Votes Andrew Ayres – Rewards Training Skills section of the business support website must include good quality information for employees on apprenticeships and other opportunities. (3) Coast to Capital must develop a clear skills group with responsibility for steering. (2) With the demise of Connexions, EBP’s and other provision of IAG – Coast to Capital have an opportunity to organise provision of joined up advice and guidance for SMEs. (5) Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 17
Open Space Recommendations Town Centres – Solving the problem Votes Planning and Licencing – Housing numbers and population growth within Town Centre Kenrick, Belinda, Ann, Graham Creativity – flexibility – transport – losing commercial space, night time economy becoming a nuisance (2) Delivering the town’s vision. Get everyone – customers and businesses to work together. Business improvement districts (2) Change – managing the new shopping culture. Click and collect – online. Local reward/loyal. Marketing and demand. (1) Skills – improve service. Marketing. Window dressing. (1) Coast to Capital Forum – 14th March 2013 18
Concluding remarks
These were some
of the comments made
at the close of the
meeting:
John: Thank you all for coming. This has been a better process than I ever had imagined.
Ron and I are available if you haven’t already had a chance to say what you needed to say today.
An interesting afternoon – proof of the pudding is what we actually do afterwards.
Dangerous idea!
Well done
Great process, great idea
Interesting technique
Politicians should be seen and not heard
Skills gaps – remember this when setting our policies
Thanks for inviting me (Chamber of Commerce) – we want to help Coast to Capital deliver the messages.
Thank you all for your fantastic input – you’ve put a lot of time into this – a real investment.
On Europe – I don’t believe the LEP can cope with the European funding. I would make one plea – LEPs
need to come together in twos and threes – to get their act together in the next few months otherwise
we will be behind – sorry to be downbeat .
I’m thinking about the people who aren’t here and why – we need to have them in the room.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m from RBS and we particularly want to make finance available to small
businesses – help bridge the gap. Thank you all for participating and thank you for a good afternoon.
Looking forward to the LEP engaging with the rural partnerships.
There are not many educational establishments – we need to spread the word
Jeremy Taylor ran a meeting like this and brought everyone together – same thing, well done.
Thank you – I really enjoyed it – a great start
Major part of my role – collaboration – sharing ideas and partnerships growing – I think we need to get
together more often. Its been fun and inspiring
Ron: To sum up: It is great to have so many people in the room now – I’m really pleased and I know who is
not here – collectively we must ensure they are informed and involved. This will not be left in the bottom
drawer – we’re in this together. On Europe, we are having conversation with Solent LEP and other LEPs.
We are working together which is absolutely crucial. If it’s about economy, jobs, growth – we will play –
otherwise we don’t have the resource.
I’d love us to have more engagement with Schools – I’ve written to them, but have had no response which
is frustrating – I’d welcome your ideas and about how we can embed enterprise into education.
Finally, something that we have got. … Growing Places Funding money in our pockets. We can fund more
projects and turn round a project proposal in around 6 weeks. If it’s about infrastructure, jobs, capital,
shovel-ready projects let us know – government are going to ask why we haven’t spent the money.
Coast To Capital can act and will work very quickly.
A sincere thanks to everybody, to Annette for facilitation, to Hayley and Dawn for their
support and to all of you who have participated today.
John: Did you enjoy the process? Yes!
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