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Our plans for theyear ahead2009-2010

Business Plan 09-10 STAGE 3e:Layout 1 9/6/09 16:54 Page 2

Contents

3 Foreword

4 Review of 2008/09

6 Investment Priorities

8 Strategic Priorities

9 Key Activities

- Business

- Skills and Education

- People and Jobs

- Infrastructure

- Quality of Life

16 Sub-Regional Activity

- Cheshire and Warrington

- Cumbria

- Greater Manchester

- Greater Merseyside

- Lancashire

22 Resources

23 Board and Executive


Foreword

These are challenging times for theNorthwest, the UK and the globaleconomy.

In these uncertain circumstances, it ismore important than ever that we maintainthe momentum of economic support tothe region.

The Northwest Regional DevelopmentAgency (NWDA) recognises that in timessuch as these it is vital that wecommunicate a clear sense of directionfor the region and this Business Plan setsout the Agency’s strategic priorities,planned activities and available resourcesfor 2009-10. All of the priority activities youwill find on the ensuing pages arefocused around the key challenge ofhelping the Northwest economy to remainresilient and to emerge out of theeconomic downturn even stronger thanbefore.

As an organisation, we will continue toevolve so that we are better placed torespond to the changing economicconditions. We will also be taking onfurther responsibilities that have emergedfrom the Sub-National Review ofEconomic Development, including ourongoing shift towards a more strategiccommissioning role in our activities andinitiatives.

As a result of recent Governmentstatements on future investment prioritiesfor RDAs and ‘New Industry: New Jobs’we will maximise our support forbusinesses in the short term and help todevelop the Northwest’s strengths andcompetitive position for the future.

We are looking forward to working withGreater Manchester partners andGovernment to maximise theopportunities presented by the 2009Budget announcement of pilot city-regionstatus for Greater Manchester. Thisinitiative will have significant impact onthe economic competitiveness of theNorthwest as a whole. We will continue tofacilitate joint investment planning withGreater Manchester partners and otherNorthwest areas that are developing MultiArea Agreements and economicdevelopment companies.

The progress that we make in workingwith partners towards the implementationof the full range of priorities outlined inthis Business Plan will be reported in our2009/10 Annual Review, which will bepublished in early summer 2010.

Steven BroomheadChief Executive

Bryan GrayChairman

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This Year’s KeyAchievements

Opposite are just a few of the Agency’skey achievements announced during2008—09

A more detailed breakdown of theNWDA’s activities and achievementscan be found in the Agency’s AnnualReview for 2008–09. This will includeinformation on progress towardsachievement of the objectives andoutcomes set out in the NWDA’sCorporate Plan 2008–2011.

The economic climate in the Northwest changedmarkedly in 2008–09. So far, the impact of the globaleconomic downturn in the region reflects the broadernational picture, with issues emerging around accessto finance, a decline in private sector investment andglobal demand and a rise in unemployment.

During the past year, the NWDA has played a pivotalrole in increasing the support offered to helpbusinesses through these challenging conditions. Thisincludes a range of activities which will continue todrive the Northwest economy forward and support thelong-term delivery of the Regional Economic Strategy(RES) and the NWDA’s Corporate Plan.

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£23mfunding to helpbusinesses succeedIn the past year the NWDA has provided over £23m offinancial support to help the region’s businesses startup, grow and expand via a number of grant and loanschemes. This included the launch of a newTransitional Loan Fund in December 2008 to improvethe available finance options to businesses. The fundhad already awarded £2m of loans by the end ofMarch 2009.

£4.1minnovation voucherscheme With the support and investment of the new ERDFprogramme, the NWDA has created a new £4.1mInnovation Voucher Scheme designed to encouragebusiness to engage proactively with the Northwestknowledge base, including colleges and universities.So far, over 150 businesses have collaborated withHigher Education institutions through the scheme.

£431m in Gross Value Added Business Link Northwest (BLNW), the NWDA’sinformation and advice service for the region'sbusinesses continues to exceed expectations,exceeding targets for engagement rates withbusinesses and contribution to GVA (economic output).One of the services operated by BNLW is the Accessto Finance programme, a newly-launched service thathelps to diagnose the financial needs of individualbusinesses and assist them in finding the rightfinancial solution.

3.5mfirst-time visitors toLiverpool Liverpool’s position as European Capital of Culture hashad an economic impact on the Liverpool City Regionin excess of £800m in 2008 alone. Over 3.5m visitorscame to Liverpool for the first time during 2008 and theyear generated £176m in tourism spend.

£150mof private sector leveragesecured for MediaCityUKThe Agency has continued to invest in a range ofcapital projects that will help position the Northwest forlong-term future success. Investment continues on thedevelopment of MediaCityUK, where £150m of privatesector leverage was secured in 2008–09 alone, whilekey projects including the new Higher Educationcampus in Burnley have approached completion.

97,000jobs directly createdor safeguarded An assessment* of national RDA performanceconcluded that every £1 invested by RDAs generatedan average of £4.50 for their economies. Over £900 million of NWDA funded projects between 2002–07 were shown to have created or safeguarded97,000 jobs, created 3,500 new businesses andhelped 14,000 businesses improve their performance.

* Source: independent evaluation by PricewaterhouseCoopers onbehalf of BERR 2008-09.

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InvestmentPriorities

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The NWDA’s key challenge for 2009/10 will be to support the region through the challengesposed by the current economic conditions.

The Agency is already maintaining a close dialogue with businesses, stakeholders andcommunities to ensure that timely, tailored support is in place. This will be complemented bymedium and longer-term activity to foster recovery and growth and position the Northwestfor sustainable recovery.

In prioritising investment, the Agency will continue to align European RegionalDevelopment Funds with NWDA and other domestic funding to support competitivenessand prepare for the economic upturn. Major priorities for 2009/10 will support the ongoingdelivery of the Regional Economic Strategy and the Agency’s Corporate Plan. These havebeen developed working with regional and sub-regional partners including urbanregeneration companies (URCs).

Business

• Launching a £140m Venture Capital & Loan Fund to help businesses gain access to finance in order to innovate, invest and grow.

• Ongoing development of Business Link Northwest, including increasing the amount of intensive assists and boosting the financial advice available to business.

• Implementing the Northwest Enterprise Strategy including a new Business Start-Up Programme and High Growth BusinessSupport Programme.

• Growing the MediaCityUK site, including development programmes in the Creative and Digital Sectors.

• Investing in the region’s major science, research and innovation concentrations.

• Investing in the five sub-regional Tourist Boards to support tourism businesses andgrowth in the regional visitor economy.

• Implementing the Northwest Climate Change Action Plan.

Place

• Working with partners to develop new strategic priorities including the development of the Atlantic Gateway and Cumbria Energy Coast.

• Identifying development schemes which are under threat due to the economic climate and bringing forward up to £20m of capital investment to help ensure that these schemes can progress.

• Developing strategic employment sites including Kingsway Rochdale.

• Working with Liverpool Vision to create conditions for further private sector investment and improve the attractivenessof Liverpool as a visitor destination.

• Delivering regeneration in New East Manchester via New East Manchester URC, including the regeneration of Ancoats.

• Supporting the continuing delivery of Blackpool URC regeneration plans.

• Deliver transformational infrastructure projects through West Lakes Renaissance.

• Support the work of Central Salford to regenerate Salford city centre and developMediaCityUK.

People

• Encouraging business investment in skills with a £40m stimulus package.

• Supporting city employment strategies and local and regional activities to help individuals retain or regain employment.

• Making further capital investment in the Further and Higher Education system, including support for the University of Cumbria.

• Continuing to highlight the Northwest’s competitive advantage as a place to do business.


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Strategic Priorities

Alongside its investmentpriorities, the NWDA willcontinue to workstrategically to deliver theregion’s economic prioritiesand to respond effectively tofurther developments arisingfrom the Sub-NationalReview of EconomicDevelopment.

Strategic priorities for 2009–10 will include:

• Playing a lead role in the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) for the Northwest, to share intelligence with key partners acrossthe region and agree and implement coordinated regional responses to the downturn. Work is already underway on the following themes:

— support for business— labour market issues, such as

redundancies and apprenticeships— public infrastructure and investment— impact on communities— preparing for the upturn, focussing on

the Atlantic Gateway, Cumbria Energy Coast, renewable energy and creative industries.

• Maintaining a close dialogue with businesses and banks, monitoring developments in the Northwest economy and feeding intelligence to Government and wider partners to inform policy and initiatives.

• Responding to Government statements on RDA investment priorities including ‘New Industry: New Jobs’ and using them to inform future NWDA investment decisions.

• Learning from the recent RDA evaluation exercise and building its findings into all future activity.

• Supporting the implementation of Multi Area Agreements and the development of statutory city-regions in the Northwest (including the development of a pilot city region in Greater Manchester), plus support ongoing development of joint investment planning across the region.

• Continuing to work with 4NW, the Regional Leaders’ Forum, to develop a new Single Regional Strategy. A draft strategy is expected to be ready for consultation towards the end of 2009, subject to legislation that may enable this work to become the Northwest’s formal Single Integrated Regional Strategy.

• Ongoing development of relationships with regional and sub-regional partners, including the Homes and Communities Agency, 4NW and GONW. In addition, theAgency will help local authorities and other partners to develop their capacity (where appropriate) in economic development and assist with the new statutory economic assessments arising from the Sub-National Review on Economic Development.

• Supporting the work of the new Regional Select Committee.

• Ongoing development of the NWDA’s organisational capacity to reflect the Agency’s changing role and its response to the economic conditions.

SustainabilityIn setting these priorities, the NWDAcontinues to reinforce the principles ofsustainable development, ensuring thatsustainability is fully considered andintegrated into the Agency’s processes andproject development framework. The Agencyhas introduced an online carbon calculatorhas been introduced for all of its fundedprojects.

Equality and DiversityIn November 2008, the NWDA launched aSingle Equality Scheme to ensure thatequality activities are mainstreamed acrossthe Agency’s business. The schemesupports the ongoing delivery of the NWDACorporate Plan and will be evaluatedthrough the performance management andmonitoring process.

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Key Activities

These activities have been aligned with thethemes in the Regional Economic Strategyand the NWDA Corporate Plan and includea range of new and ongoing consolidatedactions to support the region over the nextyear.

In support of the strategicpriorities, there are a rangeof key activities planned for2009–10 across Business,Skills & Education, People &Jobs, Infrastructure andQuality of Life.

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Key Activities:BusinessThe NWDA’s aim is tocontinue to grow the prioritysectors in the RegionalEconomic Strategy, increaseand support levels ofenterprise and innovation,improve internationalcompetitiveness and helpthe region adapt to climatechange and increasesustainable resource use.

These aims are essential inorder to support the regionaleconomy through thedownturn, foster long-termresilience and position theNorthwest for the future.

Enterprise SupportThe NWDA is maintaining a close dialoguewith the region’s businesses to ensure thatquick, flexible and tailored support is inplace to help companies through thedownturn. The Agency will continue activitiesto support the formation, survival and growthrates of businesses and improve access tofinance.

Key activities in 2009–10 will include:

• Building on Business Link Northwest as the primary access route for business support and continuing to implement the Access to Finance brokerage service to boost the financial advice available to business.

• Delivering the Northwest Enterprise Strategy, with a range of new and ongoing projects to develop enterprise skills and culture, including:

– A new Business Start-up Programme,targeting prioirity groups and areas underperforming in start-up terms

– A High Growth Business Supportprogramme

• Implementation of the Finance for Business Strategy, including:

– Delivering a Transitional Loan Fund tohelp improve the finance options available to new and existing businesses

– Establishing the new Venture Capital & Loan Fund to help businesses gain access to finance for innovation, investment and growth

• Implementing the Government’s Solutions for Business portfolio, accessible via Business Link Northwest, tosimplify and enhance business support in the region.

RES Priority Sectors and theVisitor EconomyThe NWDA’s objective is to maximise thecontribution from priority sectors and thevisitor economy to the wider Northwesteconomy.


• Continuing to develop MediaCityUK and the Creative and Digital sectors, including an enhanced role for Northwest Vision and Media.

• Implementing the Manufacturing Strategy and Action Plan, including the Future Manufacturing Advisory Service.

• Helping to improve the performance and productivity of the Aerospace sector.

• Supporting the Food and Drink sector, including development and coordination of supply chain activities.

• Continuing to support the Biomedicalsector and specialist biopharmaceuticals.

• Developing sustainable procurementinitiatives to improve SMEs’ capability to win public and private sector contracts.

• Providing further funding for Automotivesector training, including £1.5m to help secure the long-term future of automotive manufacturing in the Northwest.

• Supporting the development of the VisitorEconomy through the core funding allocated to the region’s five Tourist Boards and to Hadrian’s Wall Heritage Ltd.

• Delivering investments in the region’s visitor attractions through the Visitor Attractions Fund and the Museums Renaissance project.

• Building on the success of Liverpool 08through event, marketing and tourism sector development activity in Merseyside.

• Supporting detailed masterplanning for major new attractions at Chester Zoo and Jodrell Bank, and through activity and investments in other signature projects.

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InnovationDeveloping higher added value activitythrough innovation and knowledge transferis a key priority for the Agency, includingexploiting the science base.


• Implementing the Innovation Voucher Scheme to boost collaboration between Higher Education institutions and businesses.

• Continued development of the Northwest’s major science, research and innovation concentrations at Daresbury, Manchester Knowledge Capital, Liverpool Science Park and Lancaster.

• Ensuring successful implementation of projects resulting from the Northwest Science Strategy including the Knowledge Centre for Materials Chemistry, North West E-Health and the Virtual Engineering Centre.

• Continuing to lead the Northern Wayworkstream on innovation including projects in 2009–10 on Offshore Wind and Carbon Abatement Technologies.

• Developing a new ICT policy to ensure that the Northwest leads the UK in the provision of next generation broadband access, digital connectivity and digital inclusion.

InternationalisationThe NWDA’s priority is to continuesupporting businesses to be moreinternationally competitive and realise theopportunities of globalisation. This will beachieved through international trade, inwardinvestment and supply chains, attractingnew overseas investors and working closelywith existing overseas investors in theregion.

Key projects in 2009—10 will include:

• Working with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to offer an integrated support package to help companies trade internationally, including new assistance to access international supply chains.

• Generating new investment leads from targets including the established markets of North America and Europe as well as the economies of India and China where Northwest-focused staff have beenembedded within the UKTI teams in key British Consulates.

• Working with potential investors to ensure they are fully aware of the benefits of locating in the Northwest and ensuring that wider support services are targeted tomeet their specific requirements.

• In partnership with sub-regions, continuing to roll out a programme of investor development with priority overseas investors.

• Ensuring that Northwest priority clusters benefit from the new European Cluster Alliance programme to promote and foster world-class clusters in Europe.

• Maximising the benefits from Shanghai Expo 2010 through the planned presenceof both Liverpool and the UK.

Climate Change andSustainable Consumption andProductionThe NWDA will continue to implement theNorthwest Climate Change Action Plan. Thisincludes ongoing action to increase thevalue of the region’s Energy andEnvironmental Technologies sector.

Key projects in 2009—10 will include:

• Delivering the NWDA’s new role as RDA lead for the Department for Energy and Climate Change, providing opportunities to promote the work of the RDA network inthis area and support the development of national Government policy.

• Developing an energy strand for the Northern Way to help identify and share pan-regional practices.

• Delivering activities focused on low carbon education, training and market development.

• Supporting the Carbon Challenge Fund, a new initiative to facilitate demonstrationsof technological innovations around energy efficiency and low carbon generation.

• Supporting the development of the Energy and Environmental Technologiessector, including tidal projects and work with the Northwest Energy Council.

• Promoting and supporting sustainable consumption and production within key regional sectors.

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Key Activities:Skills and EducationThe NWDA’s aim is toincrease the demand forhigher-level skills so thatbusinesses can competemore effectively.

Investing in leadership,management and skills isessential in order to helpguide future success and toenable businesses toprepare effectively for theupturn.

Leadership, Management andHigher Level SkillsDevelopmentKey activities in 2009–10 will include:

• Implementing key leadership and management programmes, including the Train to Gain Leadership and Management Advisory Service through Business Link Northwest and the LeadingEnterprise and Development (LEAD) programme.

• Engaging businesses, schools, and Further and Higher Education institutions in the ‘releasing potential’ agenda, to grow enterprising attitudes and innovationin both the current and future workforce.

• Working with partners through the Joint Economic Commission for the Northwest to identify and invest in the workforce skills needed to respond to the eventual upturn.

• Making further capital investments to enable access and progression through the Further and Higher Education system including projects at the University of Cumbria, Burnley Further and Higher Education Campus and Hope University.

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Key Activities:People and JobsThe NWDA is closelymonitoring regionalunemployment rates anddevelopments in the labourmarket and will continue towork with partners to tackleconcentrations ofworklessness and loweconomic activity.

The Agency is also workingclosely with partners toensure a collaborative andcoordinated approach tosafeguarding employmentand apprenticeships andminimising redundancieswhere possible.

Size of the Workforce Key activities in 2009–10 will include:

• Supporting local and regional activities to help people retain or regain employment, including ongoing support for the City Employment Strategies in Liverpool and Manchester.

• Working closely with partners to develop a collaborative and coordinated response to redundancy.

• Working with partners to support those who are most remote from the labour market in order to tackle and prevent increases in worklessness.

• Implementing and monitoring the Regional Equality and Diversity Strategy, including activities to support older people and migrant workers.

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Key Activities:InfrastructureThe Agency will continue tofocus on developinginfrastructure in the region tosupport long-term economicgrowth.

Activity will concentrate onimproving the physicalconditions for private sectorinvestment in prioritylocations and supporting thedevelopment of keyemployment sites.

Conditions for Private SectorInvestmentThe impact of the economic downturn onprivate sector investment in the Northwestwill continue to be closely monitored, whilstinvestment will support the preparation ofsuitable locations and enable priority areasto prepare for the upturn.

Key activities in 2009—10 will include:• Identifying major schemes that may be

threatened due to external economic conditions and helping to ensure they canprogress.

• Working with the Homes and Communities Agency on plans for the Greengate scheme connecting Manchester and Salford city centres, thereby strengthening the core of the city region.

• Working closely with URCs to focus resources and plan for sustainable economic development in the post-recession recovery. This will include:

- Central Salford: ensuring the continued regeneration of Salford city centre, the rejuvenation of the River Irwell corridor and the development of MediaCityUK

- New East Manchester: taking forward the regeneration of East Manchester and Ancoats, and supporting the development of new sporting infrastructure at SportCity

- West Lakes Renaissance: delivering transformational infrastructure projects in Furness and West Cumbria, to createlarge-scale employment and attract significant private sector investment

- Liverpool Vision: building on 2008’s significant investment in the city through the development of the Liverpool Commercial District and the emerging opportunities for transformational schemes such as Northshore, Liverpool and the new Museum of Liverpool

- ReBlackpool: supporting the ongoing implementation of the Blackpool regeneration masterplan and wider regeneration of the area

• Targeting support for rural areas, includingimplementation of the Rural Growth Programme, focusing on capital investment in rural area workspace and key service centre activity.

Employment Sites andPremisesWork will continue to support the long-termdevelopment of employment sites in theNorthwest, including creating the rightconditions for private sector investmentwhen the economy recovers.

Key activities in 2009—10 will include:• Investing in the Northwest’s core

commercial centres.

• Facilitating major private sector-led development schemes.

• Creating high quality commercial environments in the Northwest’s major business centres and ensuring high quality ‘Grade A’ office space for existing business expansion.

• Major projects over the year will include:

- Kingsway, Rochdale

- Daresbury

- Dunningsbridge, Sefton

- Westlakes Science Park

- Carlisle city centre

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Key Activities:Quality of LifeThe NWDA’s objective is tocontinue to improve thereputation of the Northwestas a tourist destination andbusiness investmentlocation. Activities under thistheme interlink with those inthe Business theme inworking to develop thevisitor economy in theregion.

Marketing the RegionThe priority is to utilise the region’s keydestinations and assets to promote theNorthwest as a destination for national andinternational visitors and as a businesslocation for investors.

Key activities in 2009—10 will include:• Supporting the five Tourist Boards in their

promotion of the Northwest’s main destinations.

• Promoting the region internationally via England’s North Country and maximisingthe potential of the current favourable exchange rates.

• Promoting key business sectors and emphasising the region’s competitive advantages for business using major infrastructure projects, such as MediaCity UK and Daresbury, to demonstrate the Northwest’s diverse knowledge based economy.

• Delivering thematic campaigns to take advantage of the Northwest’s strength in culture, including building on the Liverpool08 legacy, promoting key events such as the Manchester International Festival, and promoting the natural environment.

• Attracting and delivering major national and international sporting, cultural and business-related events, such as TATE Liverpool’s Colour Chart exhibition, the Lakes Alive International Performing Arts Festival and the Soccerex European Forum.

• Helping regional partners benefit from the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and using the Northwest’s sports infrastructure to attract Pre Games Training Camps.

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Sub-regional activity

Different areas of theNorthwest are beingaffected by the economicdownturn in different ways,and the NWDA is monitoringthese impacts closely so asto react appropriately to thesituation in each sub-region.

A series of new andongoing activities have beendeveloped in partnershipwith each sub-region for2009-10.

Activities are broken downby each of the followingsub-regions:Cheshire and Warrington

Cumbria

Greater Manchester

Greater Merseyside

Lancashire

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Sub-regional activityCheshire and WarringtonKey activities in 2009—10 will include:• Continuing investment in the renaissance

of Chester city centre.

• Supporting Warrington town centre master-planning and the opportunities arising from it.

• Implementing programmes to improve business competitiveness and enterprise and to address skills and employability priorities.

• Enhancing Cheshire and Warrington’s quality of place through investment in landreclamation and visitor attractions.

• Establishing firm relationships with the new Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West & Chester Council to ensure economic priorities and opportunities are addressed effectively.

• Supporting the development of new sub-regional partnership arrangements.

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Sub-regional activityCumbriaKey activities in 2009—10 will include:• Establishing the Eden and South Lakeland

Delivery Board.

• Supporting the new West Cumbria Delivery Board.

• Implementing the Energy Coast masterplan, including assets as WestlakesScience Park and Lillyhall.

• Encouraging the growth of Carlisle through Carlisle Renaissance and its Rickergate and Riverside schemes.

• Exploiting the potential of Barrow Waterfront and supporting enterprise growth and the new Barrow Delivery Board.

• Continuing to support the University of Cumbria.

• Supporting ‘Destination Cumbria’ to promote the sub-region’s unique heritage, landscape and culture.


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Sub-regional activityGreater ManchesterKey activities in 2009—10 will include:• Supporting the refresh of the Manchester

Multi Area Agreement and implementing and developing Manchester’s statutory city-regional status.

• Playing a key role in the development of the Greater Manchester Strategy.

• Maximising the opportunities for northern districts to benefit from growth at the regional centre.

• Ongoing investment in key regional and sub-regional employment sites, including Kingsway, Rochdale .

• Building on Greater Manchester’s key economic assets and supporting the conclusion of the Manchester Independent Economic Review study, ensuring that findings are disseminated toall partners.

• Ensuring that the Northern Way transport priorities continue to support improved connectivity between Manchester and the rest of the North.

• Supporting continued major investment inthe city’s knowledge and science assets and improving how their exploitation is coordinated.

• Making further investment in Central Salford and New East Manchester URCs and HMR areas to improve the conditions for continued private sector investment.


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Sub-regional activityGreater MerseysideKey activities in 2009—10 will include:• Working with tourism partners to

capitalise on the success of Capital of Culture.

• Strengthening Liverpool’s position as a leading European visitor destination, developed through infrastructure investment and improvements in the visitor offer.

• Supporting the development of the vision for the Liverpool Superport to become a global destination and logistics hub.

• Improving business productivity and enterprise through business support, start-up and sector development programmes.

• Supporting targeted programmes to reduce worklessness and improve accessto employment opportunities in the most deprived areas of the city region.

• Investing in strategic employment sites to create new employment opportunities, focusing on strategic locations such as 3MG in Widnes, Birkenhead, Daresbury and the Dunningsbridge Corridor in Sefton.

• Supporting the development of the Liverpool City Region Multi Area Agreement.

• Working with Liverpool Vision to create conditions for further private sector investment.


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Sub-regional activityLancashireKey activities in 2009—10 will include:• Developing Preston as a driver for

economic growth working through the new Preston Vision Company.

• Maximising the economic benefits of Lancaster’s heritage, environment and University assets.

• Continuing to support Advanced Manufacturing and High-Tech Engineeringsectors adapting to and exploiting new markets, including scoping of the Samlesbury site proposals.

• Supporting increased skills and enterprisedevelopment in areas of low growth, particularly Pennine Lancashire and Blackpool.

• Addressing barriers to transport and communications, particularly improving links between Pennine Lancashire and Manchester and improvements to quality of broadband coverage.

• Supporting the establishment of the Pennine Lancashire Economic Development Company and implementation of Pennine Lancashire Multi Area Agreement.

• Supporting the development of Fylde Coast Multi Area Agreement, consistent with the outcome of the Blackpool URC Strategic Review.

• Supporting Blackpool regeneration through continued delivery of ReBlackpoolURC plans.


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Resources

Expenditure

Programme

Growth Sectors

Enterprise Support

Innovation

Internationalisation

Leadership and Management

Higher Level Skills Development

Size of the Workforce

Employment Sites and Premises

Private Sector Investment

Climate Change and Sustainable Consumption and Production

Marketing the Region

Other

Total Programme

ERDF Programme

RDPE Programme

Total Business Costs

Total Expenditure

2009/10 (£m)

83.3

57.7

27.1

9.1

7.1

12.5

4.9

39.9

97.0

10.8

9.9

21.7

381.0

122.8

12.5

40.4

556.7

Funding Sources

Core funding received from Government

Self-generated income

Activity-matched grants

ERDF programme

RDPE programme

Total funding

2009/10 (£m)

385.3

24.6

10.9

123.4

12.5

556.7


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Board andExecutiveThe Board

Bryan Gray CBE MBE DL - Chairman

Robert Hough – Deputy Chair

Vanda Murray OBE – Deputy Chair

Peter Allen MBE

John Brooks

Joe Dwek CBE

Peter Hensman

Dave McCall

Councillor Tony McDermott MBE

Councillor John Merry

Anne Selby

Brenda Smith

Lord Peter Smith

Dr John Stageman

Councillor Susan Williams

The Board meets approximately 9 timesa year and has 9 formal committees andsub-committees.

The Executive

Steven BroomheadChief Executive

Ian HaythornthwaiteExecutive Director of Resources

Mark HughesExecutive Director of Economic Development

Peter MearnsExecutive Director of Marketing & Communications

Simon NokesExecutive Director of Policy & Planning

James BerresfordDirector of Tourism

Diane SummersDirector of Human Performance

Annual Public MeetingThe Agency’s annual conference and AGM will be heldon 15th October 2009 at the Liverpool Echo Arenaand BT Convention Centre. The AGM willl provide anopportunity to review our performance and contributionto the region in 2008/09. The Agency’s Annual Reportand Accounts will also be published at this time.


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