Sentences with phrase «local enterprise partnerships»

They build on the idea of local enterprise partnerships, which have not delivered as much growth locally as hoped for.

«Eric Pickles announces new # 500m growth fund for Local Enterprise Partnerships Main PMQs: Weak Miliband fails to score points on Border Agency scandal»

Through reformed Local Enterprise Partnerships in England and new partnerships with devolved administrations post-Brexit.

12:17 - Nick Brown (Lab, burst balloon) asks Cameron to appoint a minister to work with local enterprise partnerships for private sector employment... sorry, I faded away.

Both the main parties recognised the support role played by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and the Northern Powerhouse.

They want better work experience for all young people and urge up - to - date local information be provided to schools and colleges from businesses through Local Enterprise Partnerships.

Balls said Adonis will «set out how we should help small business thrive, ensure innovation flourishes and empower independent and properly funded local enterprise partnerships alongside combined authorities.»

The north - east regional development agency, One North East, and its film and digital technology arm, Northern and Film Media, has now been abolished and replaced by much weaker and unfunded local enterprise partnerships.

The UKTI's inward investment strategy is driven by sector specialists who are yet to give sufficient regard to the economic development plans of the 39 different Local Enterprise Partnerships.

[9] regional development agencies were abolished on 31 March 2012, with their functions being taken over by smaller local enterprise partnerships which are not based on regional boundaries.

Cold spots were identified as local enterprise partnership (LEP) zones with four to six of the indicators in the bottom third range.

These were a series of reviews conducted in partnership between the RSCs, local authorities, and the principals and chairs of governors of sixth form colleges, FE colleges, and representatives from Local Enterprise Partnerships.

Blunkett pointed to a new role for local authorities as the voice or advocate for children and young people within a wider framework of local accountability building on local enterprise partnerships and city regions.

A former executive director of Capita, Cowley is also chair of UTC@MediaCityUK and a director of the Lancashire local enterprise partnership (LEP).

In 2015, the Gatsby Foundation commissioned a pilot involving 13 secondary schools and three colleges in the north east local enterprise partnership region, to examine how schools could best achieve the benchmarks.

In their place, they would allow councils to establish their own local enterprise partnerships to take over the economic development functions and funding of the RDAs.

The Devolving Local Major Transport Schemes consultation reflects the government's clear ambitions for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and the desire to engage businesses and the private sector in the decision making process.

Replacing them with Local Enterprise Partnerships is a mistake.

As the government confirmed that it would abolish regional development agencies in favour of local enterprise partnerships, Clegg said the fund would help regions particularly hit by Britain's tightest public spending squeeze since the war.

We will provide new money to support the Local Enterprise Partnerships — and from April 2015 the Government will place more of the funding that currently goes to local transport, housing, skills and getting people back to work into a single pot that LEPs can bid for.

The government's plans to replace Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) with «local enterprise partnerships» (LEPs) need a rethink, the business, innovation and skills committee said in its report published today.

But it has to be hoped that under his watch, the government looks again at the local enterprise partnerships and returns to development bodies that can intervene more widely.

With the creation of the Single Local Growth Fund, money due to be allocated to a second round of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund supporting cycling and other sustainable transport has been handed to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).

The BCC knows precisely how important this is, because your members cover the whole of the country - and I welcome your involvement in the new national network for local enterprise partnerships.

On Tuesday Miliband will back plans to encourage growth proposed by the former transport secretary Lord Adonis, which include handing over # 30bn from Whitehall to local enterprise partnerships and making sure a quarter of government contracts go to small companies.

He also suggests that the boundaries of the current 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) should be redrawn to match local economic identities such as «travel to work areas», leading to a significant reduction in their number.

Key partners supporting the drive include some of the UK's top employers - B&Q, Rolls Royce, Optimity, and Interserve - as well as local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships, apprenticeship providers, schools, and community groups.

Founders4Schools trains teachers in local enterprise partnerships and monitors the increase in the number of STEM graduates in an area

Our lawyers also work closely with granting bodies, central and local Government and third sector bodies including the Local Enterprise Partnerships.