Room 103, WMCA Offices, 16 Summer Lane, B19 3SD Action Notes · Emerging Technologies and the intention to bring the Plans to the Pillar Board as they are developed for consideration

GREATER BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP PLACE BOARD

Tuesday 27 February 2018, 9:30am – 10:30am

Room 103, WMCA Offices, 16 Summer Lane, B19 3SD

Action Notes

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Present:

Simon Marks, Arcadis (Chair)

Uyen-Phan Han, Birmingham CC

Mike Parker, Wyre Forest DC

Karl Tupling, Homes England

Diane Tilley, Lichfield DC

Matthew Bowers, Tamworth NC

James Carpenter, Solihull MBC

Sarah Hughes, GBSLEP

Paul Edwards, GBSLEP

Nick Glover, GBSLEP

Apologies received from:

Sandeep Shingadia

Anita Bhalla

Tim Pile

Paul Faulkner

Laura Shoaf

Mike Lyons

Raj Mack

Eileen McCabe

Barbara King

Waheed Nazir

Thomas Deery

Ian MacLeod

No. Subject Notes / Decisions Actions Timescale Owner

1 Welcome and Apologies As noted above.

2 Decisions and actions of

the last meeting and

matters arising

There were no amendments to the action notes of the last

meeting.

Matters arising:

LEP Programme Team has been discussing the RIF

process with Finance Birmingham

All other items were picked up within the agenda.

3 GBSLEP Future Focus &

Place Delivery Plan

Future Focus

Paul Edwards – LEP Board has agreed to a clearer focus for the

LEP Executive, based around the priorities of the SEP. this will

give the LEP the opportunity to add value to the work now

being undertaken by partners such as WMCA. We are not

moving away from the Place agenda, just seeking to more

clearly establish where we can add value. This will include more

activity in terms of delivery outside of central Birmingham, and

focussing on how we can attract and retain talent through

place.

Comments: We will need to include a good housing offer within

place, as this drives the economy; The relationship with the

Combined Authority is crucial.

Place Delivery Plan

This highlights the key strategic direction for Place, and the role

that GBSLEP can take in order to add value. Issues identified

include insufficient key employment sites, inefficient energy

infrastructure, enhancement needed for town centres, housing

constraints, and cultural components. The plan will go to LEP

Board on 21 March – will need comments before this.

Any comments on

the Place Delivery

Plan to be sent to

Sarah at GBSLEP.

On or before

Friday 9 March

All Place Board

Members


Comments: Will need to make sure that all of this work fits with

the Local Industrial Strategy (Paul sits on this group); quality of

place needs to run through everything as a theme.

Add reference to

quality of place to

the beginning of the

Place Delivery Plan

Before the Place

Delivery Plan

goes to LEP

Board

Sarah Hughes

4 Kajans Women’s

Enterprise Ltd

Sarah Hughes – the Local Growth Fund Expression of Interest

for this project was submitted to us in January. The EoI has

been reviewed, and given a provisional B rating by the LEP

Executive team – it is an innovative project which meets a

number of LEP objectives. The project will require multiple

funding streams over two phases, and the OBC and FBC will

need to test the viability of the project. Rating the EoI as a B

does not tie us into any funding, it just gives the project the

option to come forward with a more detailed funding request.

Comments: B rating was approved; support was offered by

Homes England.

Contact the project

to confirm the EoI

rating, and invite

them to come

forward with an OBC

LEP to put HE in

contact with the

project

Project

contacted the

same day. Date

of receipt of

OBC tbc

As soon as

possible

Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes /

Karl Tupling

5 Housing Framework Mike Parker – the Housing Framework is intended to help us to

understand the wider issues around housing, such as

affordability, tenure, needs etc. The report is drafted, and it was

intended to send it to Place Board members before today’s

meeting, However, it has not been circulated as a couple of

points still need to be agreed with private sector

representatives. Once this is done, the report will be circulated

to for comment. The report recommendations focus on where

the LEP can add value, be that through support to partners or

through more direct delivery. The report is scheduled to go to

GBSLEP Board in June.

Report to be

finalised and

circulated to Place

Board members.

Report to be

discussed at the next

Place Board meeting.

Asap

Next meeting

will be in May.

Sarah Hughes

All Place Board

members


6 Towns and Local Centres

Framework and SEP

Enabling Fund (element

ring-fenced to TLC)

Matt Bowers – at the last meeting, we agreed to commission

the TLC Framework. This has not happened, so the work was

brought back in house – with a revised focus – and the

Framework is now substantially prepared in draft form. It

focuses on good practice in town centre regeneration,

sustainability in economic growth, and potential criteria for LEP

investments – looking to support the districts and their TLC

activities. The TLC Task and Finish Group is meeting on 9 March

– the report will be circulated after this date, and we will look

to Place Board members for feedback.

Report to be

finalised and

circulated to Place

Board members.

Report to be

discussed at the next

Place Board meeting.

Asap

Next meeting

will be in May.

Sarah Hughes

All Place Board

members

7 Strategic Employment

Sites Study

Nick Glover – LEP has been working with Coventry and

Warwickshire and Worcestershire LEPs, and also with

Staffordshire County Council, to develop a terms of reference

for the SESS working group. The work is being procured through

Birmingham City Council.

Comments: lessons need to be learned from the housing work

in terms of what is the role of LEPs and what is the role of LAs.

This issue to be

discussed further

following the

meeting.

Asap

Nick Glover

and/or Paul

Edwards; Diane

Tilley

8 AOB In the future, GBSLEP will be publishing papers for all meetings

where investments are discussed and agreed – this will include

all Place Board papers.

Next meeting – this had been scheduled for 17 May, but will

need to be re-arranged, taking into account the date of local

elections and of LEP Board.

Next meeting

rescheduled for 23

May

Completed

Sarah Hughes

DATES OF 2018 MEETINGS:

9:30am – 12pm, Wednesday 23 May, Conference Room, Baskerville House

10am – 12pm, Thursday 23 August

2pm – 4pm, Thursday 22 November

GREATER BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

BUSINESS & INNOVATION PILLAR BOARD MEETING

8.30-09.30am Thursday 25

th January 2018

Carnegie Room, Aston Webb Building, University of Birmingham

DRAFT NOTES & ACTIONS

Attendees: Sir David Eastwood (Chair), Matthew Rhodes (Board Lead for Stimulating Innovation), Saqib Bhatti (Board Lead for Growing Businesses), Nicola Hewitt

(West Midlands Growth Company), Christine Hamilton (Department for International Trade), Paul Edwards (Head of Strategy), Katie Judge (Executive Manager for

Business & Innovation), Ben Kirsch (IPO Policy Officer)

Apologies: Pat Hanlon (Board Lead for Access to Finance), Paul Faulkner (Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce), Paul Maropoulos (Aston University)

Subject Decisions Agreed Actions Timescale Owner

1 Welcome & Apologies Apologies were noted. n/a

2 Meeting notes – 27th

October 2017 It was noted that the timeframe for the LEP’s governance review has been extended to end June.

It was noted that the Board had agreed the need to develop clear delivery plans for key industries and that delivery plans are being developed by the LEP Executive for Advanced Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Creative Industries, Business, Professional & Financial Services, Digital Technologies and Emerging Technologies and the intention to bring the Plans to the Pillar Board as they are developed for consideration and endorsement.

The notes of the October meeting were agreed.

n/a

3 Key Sector Delivery Plans

The draft Delivery Plans for Life Sciences and Creative Industries were noted with the following recommendations:

- To focus the plans on a small number of short and medium term prioritised interventions that the LEP will focus on over the next 3 years with clear and measurable deliverables and outcomes and clarity around the LEP’s added value role and who will lead/own (LEP or other partner)

- To review the evidence base for the barriers/interventions including as regards to A2F

- To include consideration of key cross-cutting enablers and their cross-sector impact including development of digital infrastructure

To bring the revised Life Sciences and Creative Industries Delivery Plans back to the next Pillar Board meeting for endorsement

18th April LEP Executive

GBSLEP Business & Innovation Pillar Board Meeting January 2018 2

Subject Decisions Agreed Actions Timescale Owner

- To consider the potential to influence the demand side including for ‘market making’ and to overcome access to finance barriers e.g. by creating opportunities to enhance the case for investment (e.g. via the accelerated trials offer)

- To consider formulating funding ‘asks’ in the context of the National Industrial Strategy where additional resources are required to deliver prioritised interventions

4 Innovation Enabler The proposed pilot Innovation Enabler Fund and that a £50,000 submission be made to the SEP Enabling Fund were endorsed.

None - -

5 AOB It was agreed to receive an update from the Sub-Boards at the next meeting.

To bring an update from the Sub-Boards to the next meeting (written or verbal).

18th April LEP Executive

FUTURE MEETING DATE

Wednesday 18th

April 08.30-10am, Carnegie Room, Aston Webb Building, University of Birmingham

GREATER BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

GROWING BUSINESSES & ACCESS TO FINANCE JOINT SUB-BOARDS MEETING

Tuesday 22 February 2018, Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce – 2pm to 4pm

Decisions & Actions

Attendance: Saqib Bhatti (Chair), Graham Nicoll (KPMG), Professor Mark Hart (Aston Uni), Ian McLaughlan (GBSLEP/Growth Hub), Katie Judge (LEP Executive), Joel Blake OBE (LEP Executive), Professor Monder Ram (UoB), Melanie Mills (Big Society Capital), Pat O’Hanlon (Handelsbanken), Steve Walker (ART), Sue Summers (Finance Birmingham), Paul Heaven (Blue Sky CF/Growth Hub A2F Service) Apologies: Russell Jeans (Chamber), David Evans (Greater Birmingham Chamber), Daniel Bridgewater (Young Person’s Representative), Melanie Palmer (Solihull BID), Rachel Westwood (Solihull Council), Mark Reed (Birmingham City Council), David Baker (Blue Sky Corporate Finance/GHA2F), Professor Julian Beer (BCU), Paul Ray (Browne Jacobson), Ruth Pipkin (Rewired PR)

Subject Decisions Actions Timescale Owner

1 Welcome & Apologies The Chair welcomed those in attendance and apologies were noted.

- - -

2 Conflicts of Interest Saqib Bhatti – Board member of Greater Birmingham Chambers (lead delivery partner Growth Hub) Mark Hart – Aston University (delivery partner on Growth Hub, applicant to GHDF2) Monder Ram – Univ. of Birmingham/CRÈME (current delivery partner of GHDF project) Paul Heaven – Blue Sky (current delivery partner for Growth Hub Access to Finance service)

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3 Notes and matters arising

Notes from 17 November agreed

4 LEP Delivery Plans and Focus

Report noted

The sub-board requests the LEP Executive to consider the implications of greater focus on

By next meeting (16 May 2018)

Katie Judge


key sectors in the context of inclusion and growth in any plans

Additional information in form of diagram presented to LEP Board to be circulated to members


LEP Executive -

5 Growth Hub Update Report noted

Agreed to look at KPIs to ensure they accurately and positively give the picture of Growth Hub achievements Agreed to start procurement process promptly and to hold another Marketing Task and Finish group within a few weeks to look at current performance and plan the next specification Agreed on need to ask private sector member to be part of the procurement process to ensure outcome accurately reflects good market value Agreed that A2F needs to be a focus within any new marketing contract Agreed on need to understand more about the background to GBSLEP Skills agenda in relation to the Skills Hub project

Growth Hub KPIs to be reviewed regarding potential under-reporting (e.g. jobs, investment)

Informed by the marketing task and finish group, procurement process for GH Marketing to begin in March

Ruth Pipkin to be approached as

private sector lead on procurement exercise

A member of GBSLEP Skills

Team to present at next meeting on background (e.g. demand, supply etc) for Skills Hub


March 2018

March 2018

Next meeting (16 May 2018)

Ian McLaughlan Ian McLaughlan

LEP Executive

LEP Executive

6 Scale Up Programme Report noted Agreed that the Scale-up programme should continue and the next phase should link with the UoB/CRÈME work and companies

Scale-up programme to continue on same model as pilot and next phase to work with CRÈME/Hub companies

By 31 May 2018

Joel Blake / Mark Hart


7 Growth Hub Development Fund (Round 2)

Report noted. Recommendations approved. Agreed to accept the recommendations of the report of the Assessment Panel Agreed that non-green rated projects could be brought forward for future funding rounds Agreed that a future funding round be implemented before summer holiday period, given small amount of money allocated

Outcome and scores of Assessment Panel noted and recommendations for each project bid approved

Green rated projects (two) to progress to full business case and contracting

GHDF future round to be

implemented. Non-green rated projects to be worked with to encourage future applications

ASAP

Before mid-July 2018

Ian McLaughlan

/ Joel Blake Ian McLaughlan

/ Joel Blake

8 Access to Finance

Report noted Agreed joint event on 20 March most effective way to promote and bring together BBB/MEIF/Growth Hub and UKBAA

LEP Executive to confirm

GBSLEP guest allocations for UKBAA Investment Summit and invite sub-board members where possible

Week commencing 5th

March 2018

Joel Blake / LEP Executive

9 Angel Investment Report noted

Agreed to do preparatory work around potential partnerships and any funding requirements, with a further paper brought to the next meeting Agreed that any angel investment hub or partnership should link closely to the Growth Hub and particularly the A2F service and portal

LEP Executive to explore partnership options and potential funding requirements and bring a report to the next meeting


Joel Blake / LEP

Executive

10

Any Other Business Additional information from GBCC on Growth Hub was noted

Future Meetings: 16th May 2018, Venue TBC; 27th September 2018, TBC; November 2018, TBC

GBSLEP INNOVATION SUB-BOARD

DECISIONS & ACTIONS

08:30 – 09:45 Thursday 15th February 2018

Conference Room, Baskerville House, Birmingham. B1 2ND.

Attendees: Matthew Rhodes (GBSLEP, Chair), Pam Waddell (Birmingham Science City), David Hardman (Innovation Birmingham), Tim Softley

(UoB), Tim Jones (UHB), Umar Daraz (BCU), Tony Davis (WMAHSN), Iain Mansell (GBSLEP), Katie Judge (GBSLEP).

Apologies: Julian Beer (BCU), Mike Innes (JLR), Peter Dirken (Innovate UK), Charlotte Horobin (EEF), Paul Maropoulos (Aston).

Subject Decisions Actions Responsibl

e

By When

1 Welcome &

Introductions

Apologies were noted. N/A

2 Notes &

Matters Arising

14.09.17

Agreed. None

3 LEP Future

Focus &

Delivery Plans

The Sub-Board noted the agreed future focus of the LEP.

The Sub-Board noted the development of delivery plans prioritising LEP

intervention for 2018/19 to 2020/21, and agreed the skills delivery plan. It

was noted that the skills delivery plan should include a focus on skills for

innovation including leadership development around innovation.

The Sub-Board advised on potential interventions to stimulate demand-led

innovation where the LEP could add value:

Greater emphasis could be given to linking together purchasers and

To provide an

opportunity for Sub-

Board to comment

on draft delivery

plans regards

innovation.

LEP

Executive

March /

April

2018

innovators at an early stage. AHSN is a good example of how this is

being addressed in the health sector.

Innovation adoption should be an objective and ‘Adoption Hubs’ could be a potential offer.

Create opportunity

for conversation with

the ESB around skills

for innovation.

LEP

Executive

March /

April

2018

4 The role of the

Growth Hub in

the Innovation

Ecosystem

The Sub-Board considered and advised on the role of the Growth Hub in

the innovation ecosystem and provided the following comments on how

this could be further developed:

It is important to understand what the Growth Hub already offers

before it looks at what more can be done.

Some of the current Growth Hub details shown online are outdated

and are in need up updating.

Engagement is needed with SMEs to understand what kind of support is

currently missing.

The activity of the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands would add

value to the Growth Hubs knowledge base as regards to the currently

mapping of existing innovation support provision.

The Growth Hub could work more closely with private sector led

organisations such as EEF, Medtech and Midlands Aerospace Alliance.

Current Growth Hub provision focusses on supply side and what

partners are offering. More focus needs to be put on the demand side.

Improved marketing of the Growth Hub offer.

Intelligent diagnostics is just as important as intelligent brokerage.

More face to face advice could benefit SMEs but the Growth Hub

resources are limited.

The Sub-Board requested feedback from the Innovation Alliance for the

West Midlands SME Innovation Workshop at the next meeting.

To feedback from

IAWM workshop.

Pam

Waddell

May

2018

5 IP

Representative

The Sub-Board considered the IP representative suggestions provided by

the IPO Officer and agreed (for recommendation to the Sub-Board Chair):

Commercial candidate would be preferable to push IP into the field

An IP lawyer would be preferable to an IP broker

A written job description should be created for open recruitment

IPO Officer to

consider suggestions

from Sub-Board.

IPO Officer to

prepare a job

description.

IPO Officer

IPO Officer

March /

April

2018

March /

April

2018

Date of next meeting: 31st May 2018. 8:30am – 9:45am. Baskerville House, Birmingham.

GBSLEP INNOVATION SUB-BOARD

08.30-09.45 Thursday 15th February 2018 Baskerville House, Birmingham B1 2ND

AGENDA

Time Owner Subject Pre Read Purpose Introduced By

1. 08.30 Chair

Welcome, Introduction and Apologies

N/A Matthew Rhodes

2. 08.32 Chair Notes & Matters Arising from 14th December 2017 and Executive Report

Attached To agree the notes and update on matters arising.

Iain Mansell

3. 08:35 Chair LEP Future Focus & Delivery

Plans

Attached The Sub Board is recommended to: a) note the agreed future focus of the LEP;

b) note the development of delivery plans prioritising LEP intervention and the agreed Skills Delivery Plan (Appendix 1);

c) advise on potential interventions to stimulate demand-led innovation where the LEP could add value as regards:

i. key growth industries ii. digital and emerging technologies iii. cross-sector innovation

Katie Judge / Iain

Mansell

4. 09:05 Chair The Role of the Growth Hub in the Innovation Ecosystem

Attached To consider and comment on the role of the Growth Hub in the innovation ecosystem and how this could be further developed.

Iain Mansell

5. 09:20 Chair IP Representative Attached To consider IP representative suggestions

provided by the IPO Policy Officer.

Matthew Rhodes

Date of next meeting: 31st May – 8:30 – 9:45 – Baskerville House

Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership Programme Delivery Board

Thursday 15th February 2018, 13:30 – 15:00

Committee Room, District Council House, Frog Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6ZB

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Present:

Chris Loughran – Deputy Chair for Delivery, GBSLEP (Chair)

Tony McGovern – Managing Director, Cannock Chase District Council

John Barr – Head of Finance, Birmingham City Council (Accountable Body)

Phil Edwards – Assistant Director, Birmingham City Council

Mike Lyons – Connectivity Director, GBSLEP

Apologies:

Anne Brereton – Director of Managed Growth, Solihull Metropolitan Borough

Council

Roger Mendonça – Director, GBSLEP Executive

Paul Faulkner – Chief Executive, Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce

Neil Rami – Chief Executive, West Midlands Growth Company

Michelle Nutt – Assistant Director, Cities and Local Growth Unit

Ian Miller – Chief Executive, Wyre Forest District Council

In attendance:

Tom Fletcher – Acting Head of Delivery, GBSLEP Executive

Rehana Watkinson – PMO Manager, GBSLEP Executive

Wendy Edwards – Project Champion, GBSLEP Executive

Lada Zimina – Project Support Officer, GBSLEP Executive

Richard King – Director, Lichfield DC

John Devlin - Programme advisor, Stoke and Staffordshire LEP

Presenting:

Saaied Manzoor – Principal Infrastructure Delivery Manager, Birmingham City Council (Item 6a

only)

Helen Bielby – Project Manager, Lichfield DC (Item 6b only)

Sarah Woffenden – Project Director, Friarsgate (Item 6b only)

Damian Middleton – U&I, Developer, Friarsgate (Item 6b only)

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Subject Decisions Actions Timescales Owner(s)

1 Welcome and apologies

Introduction from Richard King from Lichfield District Council

The Chair welcomed everyone to the Programme Delivery




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Board (PDB)

Apologies noted as above.

PDB viewed a video around the launch of Centre for Clinical

Haematology, which has benefited from LGF support.

2 Declarations of Interest TMcG declared an interest in the Friarsgate project. The

development partners, U&I Developers, - who are presenting

today - are making a substantial investment in the Cannock

Chase DC area.

3 Decisions and actions

of the last meeting

The decisions and actions of the Exceptional PDB meeting that

took place on 11th

January 2018 were agreed.

All actions were either completed or addressed during the

meeting.

There were no matters arising that were not addressed at this

meeting.

4 Project Review

Summary Report

The PDB:

Noted the current programme status for forecast grant

expenditure and outputs

Noted the current status of project development and

delivery

Noted the withdrawal of the One Station project from the




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LGF programme

Noted the anticipated financial slippage across the

programme for the 2017/18 financial year

The PDB noted the following project investment decisions that

were made by the LEP Director under the scheme of delegation:

Youth Skills and Enterprise Hub and Flagship Centre

(Prince s Trust) – Full Business Case (FBC) approval for

£627,203 grant in 2017/18.

Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Project (BCC) – FBC approval for

£2.156m grant over 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years.

Lichfield Southern Bypass (Staffordshire County Council) –

Outline Business Case (OBC) conditional approval for £2.3m

over 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial years.

Aspirations for All (Sense) – FBC approval for £1.206m grant

over 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years.

During the discussion, the PDB:

Noted that, following Q3 Project Management Reports, a

revised forecast, whilst falling within internal expectations,




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will be 75% of 2017/18 grant available will be claimed.

Noted that there was a concerning trend of projects giving

late notification of slippage notably Birmingham Cycle

Revolution and National College for High Speed Rail.

Noted BCC, as Accountable Body, will explore the

contingency plan to utilise the Enterprise Zone for any

financial slippage on the programme.

Agreed that any projects that experience financial slippage

following the year-end will need to submit change requests

for consideration by the PDB.

Confirmed that projects at risk should continue to come to

PDB for decision and direction.

Noted that the LEP s place in a project s funding hierarchy

could be considered within the risk profile of the

Programme with more being done to elevate the position

so late notification of slippage is avoided.

Requested that pipeline projects that can deliver outputs

relatively quickly, be developed to be in a position to take

advantage of any financial slippage and / or reallocation of

funding.

Noted that revised GBSLEP Branding and Publicity Guidance

Advise projects that need to submit change

requests for consideration by the PDB

Invite projects considered to be a higher risk

to future PDB Project Review meetings

Review projects in delivery to assess

financial slippage risk based on funding

hierarchy. Integrate consideration into

project appraisals.

Explore potential funding options to support

project development.

Disseminate Branding and Publicity guidance

to LGF funded projects

06.04.2018

Ongoing

17.05.2018

17.05.2018

15.02.2018

TF

TF

TF

TF

RW




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will go out to all projects today.

5 Commonwealth Games PE confirmed that BCC were not yet in a position to provide a

business case for funding.

During the discussion, the PDB:

Were informed that BCC would not go through internal

governance (Cabinet) for approval of LEP funded proposal

until after the May elections. It was noted that is was not

required for those projects that are proposed as being de-

prioritised, given their stages of development.

Noted that stopping schemes that have started to deliver

and claim expenditure would be a reputational risk for the

LEP. However, assurance was provided that no current

project falls into this category, and projects such as A38

Peddimore/Langley, NEC Masterplan, One Station and

Making the Connections – totalling £18.5m in previously

allocated LGF funding.

Reiterated that any LGF funding for Commonwealth Games

would be dependent on the economic outcomes of the

Provide formal confirmation of where the

£20m headroom from existing BCC projects

will come from for the re-allocation to the

Commonwealth Games.

05.2018

PE / BCC




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proposed projects.

Noted that a firm timescale around when a proposal would

come to PDB should be in place.

Provide confirmation of when a portfolio of

project proposals will be submitted to the

LEP Executive for consideration for funding.

Formal submission and presentation of

project proposals to PDB for decision.

06.04.2018

tbc

PE / BCC

PE / TF

6 Project Review

a) A34 Perry Barr

b) Friarsgate Town

Centre

Regeneration

a) A34 Perry Barr

The PDB:

Considered the proposed mitigation of the delays to

delivery and drawdown of funds including the consideration

of the project in the wider context of further works around

the Commonwealth Games.

Were given reassurance that, whilst there will be

underspend of £60K this financial year, 2018/19 forecast

will be claimed and outcomes would remain the same

whilst outputs are likely to increase.

Agreed request to slip grant claim of £60k from 2017/18

into 2018/19.

Agreed to the reallocation of £175k of unrequired grant

Prepare and execute Deed of Variation.

04.2018

PDT




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funding from Phase 1, to support the future phased

approach to this project.

Agreed to receive a presentation on the project to better

understand its impact once the Phase 2 and associated

works are developed.

b) Friarsgate Town Centre Regeneration

The PDB:

Noted the project update presented by the Friarsgate

Project Team.

Queried the delay in timescales and whether the

commencement date of 30th

June 2018 was realistic, and if

not, why it continued to be reported.

Noted that £49m of the £54m total project funding

remained unsecured. Confirmation from a potential funder

is due in March 2018.

Noted that the Homes and Communities Agency decision

on the project would be made by Q1 2018/19.

Prepare and execute Deed of Variation.

Invite BCC to provide presentation on A34

Perry Barr project.

a) Friarsgate Town Centre Regeneration

04.2018

08.2018

PDT

PDT




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Noted their concern at the continued revising of

milestones.

Requested the project to report back to PDB following July

2018, to assess whether the key 30th

June milestones are

achieved.

Project prepare for return, with updates, to

the PDB meeting on 9th

August 2018

09.08.2018

Sarah

Woffend

en

7 Any Other Business

a) Programme

Pipeline

Dashboard

b) Growing Places

Fund

Governance

Arrangements

a) Programme Pipeline Dashboard

The PDB:

Noted the draft programme strategic pipeline

dashboard.

Noted that alignment with delivery plans were essential

and should be reviewed when delivery plans are

confirmed.

b) Growing Places Governance Arrangements

The PDB:

Noted that the governance arrangements of the

Growing Places Fund are being reviewed with a view to




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it falling within the remit of the PDB.

Noted the extension of the current Mezzanine Fund

Programme.

Future meeting dates of the Programme Delivery Board for 2018:

Monday 26th

March 2018 – Conference Room, Baskerville House, 2 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2ND – Exceptional Project Review Meeting

Thursday 17th May 2018 – 9.30-11am (venue tbc - Birmingham)

Thursday 9th

August 2018 – 9.30-11am (venue tbc -North Worcestershire)

Thursday 8th

November 2018 – 9.30-11am (venue tbc – Solihull)

Thursday 14th

February 2018 – 9.30-11am (venue tbc – Southern Staffordshire)

KEY:

CR

PH

TMcG

Chris Loughran

Phil Edwards

Tony McGovern

IM

MN

PF

Ian Miller

Michelle Nutt

Paul Faulkner

AB

NR

JB

Anne Brereton

Neil Rami

John Barr

WE

LZ

Wendy Edwards

Lada Zimina

TF

PP

Tom Fletcher

Peter Parker

RW

Rehana Watkinson

RM Roger Mendonça PDT Programme Delivery Team PBD Programme Delivery Board

CLoG Cities and Local Growth BEIS Business, Energy & Industrial

Strategy

DCLG

PMO

Dept. Communities & Local Government

Programme Management Office

LGF Local Growth Fund RIF Revolving Investment Fund

Documents

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