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Coronavirus delivery plan Updated: February 2021
Contents 2
Introduction 3
Support for businesses 6
Support for people 11
Infrastructure investment 14
Wider actions 15
For further information please go to Key used in this document
* Subject to bid outcome
www.humberlep.org/coronavirus ** Subject to expected Government funding
HEY Hull & East Yorkshire onlyIntroduction Introduction 3
As we update this Delivery Plan, at the start of However, there are grounds for some optimism. Before The first two months of 2021 have seen our work with
February 2021, England is in a third national the pandemic struck, the Humber was making good industry to develop a plan for decarbonising the Humber
lockdown and many businesses are again closed. progress. We had recently experienced record industrial cluster get under way, and the development of
employment levels. Over recent years, our region had an ambitious consortium bid for a Humber Freeport.
Although at the time of writing we do not know when our welcomed a series of major business investments, from
economy will be able to fully reopen, the ongoing rollout international R&D centres to new manufacturing, and We are also continuing to deliver and fund services that
of vaccines gives us hope that it will be possible for the had become established as the UK’s leading hub for the are supporting people and businesses across the
Government to ease restrictions again in the months growing offshore wind sector. The Energy Estuary had Humber through the pandemic, and working with our
ahead. a bright future ahead in making an essential contribution partners on the Humber Economic Resilience Group to
to the UK’s goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions share information and co-ordinate the local economic
In the meantime, the scale of the economic challenge response. The key measures are set out in this plan.
ahead of us grows by the day. by 2050.
The coronavirus pandemic has not changed the long- Ahead of the transition to new LEP arrangements on
Some businesses have had little to no revenue for the Humber on 31 March, we are also working to
almost a year, surviving on savings, Government grants term potential of the Humber economy or its strategic
importance to the UK. ensure a smooth handover to our successor
and loans that will eventually have to be repaid. The organisations – the new Hull & East Yorkshire LEP and
proportion of people claiming unemployment support Throughout the lockdowns and national and regional the Greater Lincolnshire LEP – so that this work can
rose from 4.0% in March 2020 to 6.6% in October, but restrictions, work has continued on business continue.
is higher in Hull at 9.5%. Unfortunately, we are likely to investments and public infrastructure projects that will
see many more business closures and people made help to transform our future. As they come to fruition, We welcome feedback on this plan and want to work
unemployed in the months ahead. they will also now help to stimulate our economic with organisations across the region to deliver it. You
recovery from this crisis. can contact us at covid19@humberlep.org and visit our
Analysis by Hatch for the Humber LEP shows that, website at www.humberlep.org/coronavirus for the
based on an estimated 14.4% loss of Gross Value The strategic vision the region set out together in the latest information.
Added (GVA) in 2020 (compared with 11.3% nationally), draft Humber Local Industrial Strategy – for more clean
the region would need to treble its historic growth rate growth and new manufacturing linked to our ports – is By continuing to work hard together, we aim to ensure
of 1% over the last nine years in order to recover lost still the right one. We, and organisations across the that our economy emerges from this crisis in the best
ground by 2030 – an enormous challenge even without region, are still working towards it. possible shape for the future.
maintaining social distancing and other restrictions.Impact on the Humber Introduction 4
£ £
The coronavirus pandemic has had an
unprecedented impact on economies around the
world.
While the initial economic impact on the Humber of the
UK-wide lockdowns and restrictions that began on 23
March 2020 is now becoming clearer, the implications
16% 1 in 2 1,100 6,400
businesses closed businesses businesses with less businesses with one
will be felt for years to come.
suspended trading plan to reopen this than one month’s cash to three months’ cash
The Humber’s critical industries – including the ports, month reserves reserves
energy generation, oil refining, chemicals production,
agriculture and food manufacturing – have operated
throughout, serving the nation with power, food and
essential goods.
So too have businesses providing essential services
such as care, food retail and telecommunications, and
many other businesses found a way to adapt to keep
19,965 105,000 24,700 35%
increase in people people furloughed people receiving Self of the working
trading, whether by implementing social distancing in
factories or introducing homeworking on a scale never claiming out of work Employed Income population receiving
seen before. benefits (May 2019- Support support
May 2020)
However, a great many businesses were forced to
temporarily close for periods of time, and across the
Humber over 105,000 people were placed on furlough.
24% 47% 86% 17%
18-24-year-olds average fall in people fall in commercial estimated loss of GVA
furloughed vs. 15% in their workplaces property transactions in 2020 from single
Data sources:
overall (56% nationally) (Jun 2019-Jun 2020) lock-down (15%
HMRC, DWP, ONS and Hatch estimates and analysis nationally)Responding to the economic crisis Introduction 5
Organisations across the Humber came together to The Humber LEP also worked with partners to launch
support businesses and residents through the
coronavirus pandemic.
the Humber Jobs Fuse service, matching people with
vacancies, and a support portal for businesses to offer 196
help to the local emergency response – backed up by offers to help with PPE and other key
In the first phase, the Humber emergency response warehousing capacity donated by two local businesses.
was co-ordinated through two groups working closely supplies via the LEP’s portal
together: The Humber Business Growth Hub kept local
• The Humber Local Resilience Forum (LRF), a
multi-agency partnership made up of representatives
organisations up to date with over 100 different sources
of Government and local support, and has so far
informed Government of over 650 issues raised by
3,130
from local public services, the emergency services, items of PPE donated via the central
individual firms.
local authorities, the NHS, the Humber LEP, hub
Environment Agency and others. It has been At the local level, in addition to their role in managing
enabling a systematic, planned and co-ordinated
approach to responding to all aspects of the Covid-19
response in the area, strengthening local resilience
the public health emergency, Humber local authorities
had by September issued over 17,900 Government
grants totalling over £200m to businesses and – as
3,000
Easter Eggs donated and distributed
through multi agency collaboration. partners in the Humber Business Growth Hub – had
responded to thousands of business enquiries. to key workers and food banks
• The Humber Economic Resilience Group (HERG),
convened by the Humber LEP and including business
membership and support organisations and local
Despite the unprecedented economic impact
coronavirus had on our economy during this time, 14,037
authorities, co-ordinated the economic response. businesses across the Humber stepped forward to help enquiries handled by the Growth Hub
HERG helped more businesses find support and the emergency response – donating PPE equipment 26th March to 31st December 2020
guidance, redirected local resources to help and food to those most in need, innovating to rapidly
businesses most in need, and gathered intelligence
on the economic impact of the crisis to share with
local decision-makers and Government.
manufacture new PPE equipment to address supply
shortages, and working hard to support the
communities they serve, including keeping essential
120
Growth Hub grants, worth £332,980,
businesses open.
As part of this, HERG brought together OneHumber made to support SME home working
week – a programme of over 30 free events organised This help from businesses complemented the
by 17 organisations at the beginning of June 2020 that
enabled hundreds of businesses to come together and
share knowledge to support them to rethink and rebuild
exceptional work done by people in our local NHS and
care services, local authorities, emergency services,
military, charities and other organisations, together with
1,561
together. countless individual volunteers, to keep us as safe as
participants in 66 Growth Hub
possible in extraordinary times. coronavirus recovery webinarsCovid-19 adaptation Support for businesses 6
Objective: To ensure businesses can access the guidance and support required to enable them to trade where possible, and to
make necessary adjustments to ensure their longer term viability
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Social distancing impact Existing delivery New delivery Future options
• Lower & uncertain demand • Comms to raise awareness Starting in 2020/21 • Some sectors may take
of guidance and support • £1-3k consultancy / minor longer to recover –
• Liquidity equipment grants for SMEs advocate extended/bespoke
• 1:1 Growth Hub advice via Growth Hub (£143k visitor support
• Supply chain disruption
• Growth Hub #GrowMySME economy + £358k general)
• Redundancies • Ongoing exploration of
webinar programme • Modification of Humber High supply chain development
Partner delivery • Growth Hub #GrowMySME Street Challenge Fund to and innovation opportunities
support city/town centre
• Business intelligence and grants for consultancy • Many SMEs are fully
adaptation
comms led by HERG • Humber Jobs Fuse – leveraged and will need
• Growing Hull & East
recruitment/redundancy targeted support to maintain
• Range of Government- Yorkshire capital grant
support cashflow whilst honouring
backed financial support scheme (£1.5m over 18
months) HEY
their loan covenants
• Range of membership • Supply Chain Network
organisation services (part-funded by Growth 2021+
Hub) • Growth Hub support package
• Local authority grants, for Visitor Economy SMEs
advisors and city/town • Regulator engagement
(specialist advisors and
centre reopening plans through BBfA Humber workshop/events series)Start-ups Support for businesses 7
Objective: To encourage and support the increased creation of new businesses, and provide ongoing support for start-ups to
improve longer term survival rates
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Lower than average start- Existing delivery New delivery Future options
up, scale-up and survival Starting in 2020/21
• Resources on Growth Hub • Partnership to provide a
rates in the Humber
website • New Growth Hub start-up “welcome package” for new
• Likely increased interest in advisors (3) businesses
• Growth Hub ICT Business
starting businesses
Start Up Grants of £1,000 • Programme of start-up • Partnership to promote
• Shortage of start-up support for businesses under 12 webinars and peer support entrepreneurship and
in some areas months old sessions entrepreneurial skills at all
ages
Partner delivery • Pre-start support not • Start-up toolkits and digital
currently eligible under resources • Partnership approach to
• Advisors in some local Growth Hub contracts graduate enterprise
authorities, Hull Central • Marketing campaign to
Library, e-Factor & Sirius encourage start-ups • Proactive identification and
support of potential high-
• Start-up Loans & support • Promotion of new start-ups
growth start-ups
(Acorn Fund, BEF, SULCO) in partnership with media
• New Enterprise Allowance 2021+
(DWP) • Continue the above if
funding is available HEY
• Peer support (FEO)SMEs: Business advice and funding Support for businesses 8
Objective: To ensure Humber SMEs can access impartial business advice and appropriate funding options to support their growth
and productivity
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Existing lower than average Existing delivery New delivery Future options
growth rates Starting in 2020/21
• Core Growth Hub advice • Potential to explore
• Limited take-up of and signposting service • Peer Networks Programme alternative funding
alternative finance structures and sources in
• Growth Hub #GrowMySME • EU Transition Support
the future
• Limited availability of programmes (business
• Growing Hull & East
support for productivity growth, finance & ICT) –
Yorkshire capital grant
improvements general & specialist
scheme (£1.5m over 18
advisors, workshops, grants
Partner delivery months) HEY
and sector, scale-up &
2021+
• Advisors in local authorities, supply chain development
e-Factor & Sirius • Renewal of core Growth Hub
• Business Loan Fund (for capacity ** HEY
• Range of support available capital activity)
• Extension of #GrowMySME
from membership • Growing the Humber capital business growth and finance
organisations, consultants grant programme (fully programmes to June 2023,
& Government agencies allocated) and ICT to March 2022
• Northern Powerhouse • Humber Enterprise Zone • New & refurbished managed
Investment Fund workspace HEYSMEs: Workforce support Support for businesses 9
Objective: To support Humber SMEs to upskill, reskill and expand their workforces
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Lower than average skills Existing delivery New delivery Future options
levels in the region Starting in 2020/21
• Humber Jobs Fuse – • Devolution could provide
• Need for upskilling to support to promote • New Growth Hub workforce additional resources and
support digitalisation and vacancies and respond to development advisor greater flexibility over how
productivity improvements redundancies budgets are used to support
• Leadership & Management,
upskilling and reskilling
• Likely displacement of • Skills Support for the Digital and 50+ skills
workers in the recession Workforce (SSW) support (subject to outcome • Many existing SME
Programme – fully funded of recent ESF calls)* programmes are ESF-
• Leadership & management upskilling training and funded, so their
skills gap • 50% expansion of existing
development (funded by continuation/replacement
Partner delivery SSW contract
Humber ESF) will depend on the
2021+ successor to European
• Range of commercial training • Growth Hub #GrowMySME
services available funds
workforce development • Extension of Growth Hub
• Skills for Growth programme workshops & grant funding workforce development
(Hull) to engage with workforce advisor role HEY
• Kickstart Scheme development consultants
• Women in the Workforce
Intermediaries (subject to outcome of ESF
• DWP & JCP call)Large businesses Support for businesses 10
Objective: To support large businesses to grow, reinvest and recruit, and to encourage the development of local supply chains
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Exposure to global Existing delivery New delivery Future options
decisions and Brexit impact Starting in 2020/21
• Relationship approach • More structured joint
• Skills shortages, • Additional Key Account engagement with large
• Business Loan Fund
recruitment issues and Management capacity for businesses
reduction in apprenticeships • Humber Jobs Fuse – foreign-owned businesses
• Apprenticeship/T level
support to promote
• New Growth Hub workforce placement matching service
vacancies and respond to
development advisor using new funding
redundancies
mechanisms
Partner delivery • Humber Enterprise Zone
• Local authority key account incentives
management • Single Conversation
2021+
• Bespoke training and approach to planning on • Extension of the above*
recruitment response to major developments • New Growth Hub
major investments • Supply Chain Network consultancy framework*People in work Support for people 11
Objective: To support people in work to progress, upskill and retrain where necessary to maximise the current and future workforce
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Low skills and low pay levels of Existing delivery New delivery Future options
Humber workforce in comparison to
Starting in 2020/21
national data • SAP data analysis and • Apprenticeship / T Level
• Maximisation of government financial workshops provided to • Leadership & Management, matching service to
support mechanism influence skills provision, Digital, Mental Health,50+ maximise levy funding
• Unspent Apprenticeship Levy linking to growth sectors. skills support and Women in
• Use of UKSPF to address
This work will contribute to the Workforce (subject to
• Low levels of digital new training needs
confidence/competence is some the national Skills and outcome of recent ESF
business organisations Productivity Board calls)* • Maximise contributions
• from the AEB under the
Physical and mental health • Current ESF programmes • Growth Hub Workforce
flexibilities developed to
e.g. SSW Development Adviser
Partner delivery support the Hull and East
(Apprenticeships,
• Local Digital Skills Riding Combined Authority
• T level roll out from Sept 2020 Traineeships and T levels)
Partnership pilot
• Lifetime Skills Guarantee –
• Institute of Technology – new level • Bidding for DWP Mid-Life
four/five provision access to free level 3
MOT pilot Jan 21 working
•
training for adults
Higher and Degree level with NCS, PHE (via Active
apprenticeships delivery
Humber) and MaPS • Roll-out of Digital and
• Action to improve workplace health Technical Skills Bootcamps
• CITB/ECITB training packages
• Green Energy Skills ProgPeople seeking work Support for people 12
Objective: To support those looking for work by minimising individuals’ gaps in employment, upskilling longer term benefit claimants
and encouraging employers to consider a more diverse workforce
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Rise in unemployment, including Existing delivery New delivery Future options
youth unemployment and people
aged 50+; likely impact on female • CEC careers programmes, Starting in 2020/21 • Funding for extension of
workforce linking careers to Humber Humber Jobs Fuse to full
• Leadership & Management,
• ESA, people with disabilities, physical sectors for young people Digital, Mental Health, 50+ skills matching service, working with
and mental health conditions and entering the workforce this year, support and Humber Youth existing & new partners
other disadvantaged groups supporting high quality careers Employment Support (subject to
education • UKSPF funds to deliver
• Low skills levels including digital outcome of ESF calls / bids to interventions to targeted groups
exclusion, skills and confidence • ESF current programmes e.g. ESF Reserve Fund) e.g. supporting people with
YEI, Springboard, Community • New Growth Hub workforce disabilities, health conditions
Grants & SSU development advisor promoting and other priority groups.
Partner delivery • Humber Jobs Fuse – careers Apprenticeship, Traineeship • Lobby for more flexibility with
• JCP - Youth Hubs and Employment advice/promotion of vacancies subsidies and T levels provider use of AEB.
Hubs
• Signedup Skills – Humber • Funding for extension of Local
• DWP/DfE ‘Plan for Jobs’ initiatives Opportunities Portal access to Digital Skills pilot
and subsidies - Kickstart, JETS, jobs, training and
Restart, apprenticeship opportunities • Lifetime Skills Guarantee –
• NCS adult career advice access to free level 3 training
• 50% Increase of Skills Support for adults from April 21
• Health and wellbeing sector action to for the Unemployed and
address barriers to work Community Grants ESF • Roll-out of Digital and Technical
contracts Skills BootcampsPeople in education Support for people 13
Objective: To maximise the education and skills levels of people in education or training to support people into good jobs with
positive career prospects
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Covid disruption to learning delivery Existing delivery New delivery Future options
will require significant support
Starting in 2020/21
interventions • Apprenticeship Working • Apprenticeship Hub /
• GCSE English and Maths Group seeking Government • New Growth Hub workforce matching service
achievement levels low policy flexibilities development advisor
• UKSPF to fund specific
• No of people qualified to Level 4+ (apprenticeships,
• CEC work to raise English and Maths support
•
traineeships and T levels)
Employer understanding/use of awareness of Humber within existing providers
Apprenticeship Levy
sectoral opportunities (to • Work Experience –
Partner delivery • Relaunch of Skills Pledge
2021) increasing capacity of
• Institute of Technology SMEs to provide • National Skills Fund – right
• Partnership work with the
• Range of higher and degree level placements for schools and to retrain/apprenticeships
Humber Outreach
apprenticeships colleges (approved –
programme
• A ‘Plan for Jobs’ - employer subsidies starting imminently)
for apprenticeships and traineeships • Growth Deal Skills Capital
and Lifetime Skills Guarantee • Graduate Internship ESF
Programme
Programme – Hull
• Health and wellbeing sector action to
address barriers to education and University commencing
training delivery 20/21Infrastructure investment Infrastructure 14
Objective: To support investment that improves the quality of infrastructure in the Humber and supports continued employment in
the construction sector
Issues to address How the LEP will add value
• Coronavirus disruption to Growth Deal Getting Building Fund HEY Other activity
construction schedules Under construction during 2020/21 Starting in 2020/21
• Feasibility funding for
• Congestion, transport • River Hull flood defences • Hull and East Yorkshire Ferriby/Melton Parkway
network resilience and Highways Resilience station
• Cleethorpes and Grimsby
access to employment Programme
regeneration • Single Conversation
• Availability of sites and • RaisE Business Centre and process for major
• Stoneferry Road corridor
premises Innovation Hub, Goole developments
highways improvements
• Flood risk • Ings accelerated housing • Project pipeline
• A180 improvements
delivery development
• Housing market renewal
• Delivering Housing Growth
• Wawne 2 accelerated • Ongoing partnership activity
• City and town centre in Hull 2
with local authorities,
housing delivery
regeneration
• Priory Park road upgrade Transport for the North and
• Hull & East Yorkshire Cycle
Partner delivery Environment Agency to
• Humber High Street Route Delivery Programme
progress major projects
• All projects are delivered by Challenge Fund Phase 1
partners, alongside their •
• Brough Relief Road Ph. 3 Managed workspace
wider capital programmes programme (Beverley and
• Skills capital projects
Hull)Strategic opportunities Wider actions 15
Below are some of the priority wider actions we are taking in 2020/21 to deliver on the strategic opportunities outlined in the draft
Humber Local Industrial Strategy.
Clean Growth • Working with CATCH and industry partners on the Humber Cluster Plan, a roadmap for decarbonising the
Humber industrial cluster, which could lead to new Carbon Capture & Storage and hydrogen production
• Working with the offshore wind sector to develop a prospectus for the next stage of its development in the
Humber and supporting implementation of the agreed actions
Ports & Manufacturing • Responding to the Government’s Freeport consultation and contributing to the Humber Freeport bid consortium
• Supporting the Supply Chain Network through the Growth Hub
Knowledge Economy • Supporting the expansion of C4DI in Hull through our Growth Deal (currently under construction)Foundations of productivity (1) Wider actions 16
Below are some of the priority wider actions we are taking in 2020/21 to support the foundations of growing the Humber economy,
as outlined in the draft Humber Local Industrial Strategy.
Ideas • Supporting the Spark Fund, Aura Innovation Centre and Flood Innovation Centre delivered by the University of
Hull through the Humber ERDF programme
People • Growth Deal investment in new training facilities for construction, engineering, process industries and energy
• Partnership activity to deliver the Employment and Skills Strategy
Infrastructure • Ongoing Growth Deal investmentFoundations of productivity (2) Wider actions 17
Business Environment • Ongoing delivery of the Humber Business Growth Hub, Growing the Humber grant programme and Business
Loan Fund
• Growth Deal investment in new business space in North East Lincolnshire
• Support for a range of business support activities and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund through the
Humber ERDF programme
• Partnership work with regulators and planning authorities through Better Business for All Humber and the Single
Conversation
Places • Growth Deal investment in priority city and town centre locations through the Humber High Street Challenge
• Growth Deal investment to enable new housing in Hull
• Growth Deal investment in Grimsby and Cleethorpes regeneration projects
• Working with local authorities to support Town Deal proposals for Grimsby, Scunthorpe and GooleYou can also read
