Pennine Lancashire Strategic Employers Forum

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Pennine LancashireStrategic Employers Forum

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• Graham Burgess
• Chief executive, Blackburn with Darwen
• Chair of PLACE chief executive group

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Pennine Lancashire geography
Blackburn with Darwen Burnley Hyndburn Lancashire
County Council Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale
Population 526,000
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WHAT ARE MULTI AREA AGREEMENTS?

• voluntary agreements between two or more
  top-tier or unitary local authorities and
  participating districts, their partners and
  government to work collectively to improve local
  economic prosperity
• New relationship between Govt. and collaborating
  authorities
• Delivering more collectively than we can
  individually
• 14 pilot areas
• Principally about economic growth and prosperity
• A commitment from local authorities and partners
  to work together to improve areas
• Functioning economic area

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PENNINE LANCS MAA

• Outcomes
• Improvements in rail links to Manchester and
  transport capacity within Pennine Lanacshire
• Devolved funding
• Efficiencies from joint working/more capacity
• Increased HE provision/level 4 skills
• Restructure housing market
• Prioritise Aerospace and advanced manufacturing
  sectors
• Higher value employment sites
• Broadband improvements
• Establishment of an employment and skills board

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DELIVERING THE MAA

• PLACE strategy unit
• PLACE Integrated programme management team
• Pennine Lancashire Development Company (PLDC)
• Joint working building control planning
  transport HR environmental health
• Local authorities and other partners will still
  undertake delivery of a number of key objectives
• Overseen by accountable joint body (PLACE Joint
  Committee)

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PLACE JOINT COMMITTEE

• Formalise existing governance arrangements as a
  condition of the MAA
• Increase transparency (public meetings/agendas/web
  site)
• Allow for a direct funding relationship with
  external bodies
• Align with Government policy
• Stronger voice for the sub-region
• First meeting scheduled for November 26 at
  Rossendale Council

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PENNINE LANCS BUSINESS LEADERS FORUM

• Engagement with key business reps from across
  Pennine Lancs
• Commitment to working with training providers to
  address skills gap and vice-versa
• Influencing role in education agenda (employment
  and skills board)
• Commitment to establish apprenticeship places
• Informs PLACE Joint Committee
• Chamber of Commerce representative on PLACE chief
  executive group

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PENNINE LANCASHIRE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (PLDC)

• Delivery arm of PLACE - private sector
  expertise
• better links between housing, regeneration and
  the economy
• co-ordinated delivery and
• more capacity / less duplication
• Funding through NWDA, HaCA and Local Authorities
• Why PLDC?
• Co-ordinated delivery
• More capacity to deliver large projects
• Cost efficiencies e.g. success of LEGI
  programme
• Attractive to private sector investment

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PENNINE LANCS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (PLDC) -
GOVERNANCE

• Independent appointments to PLDC Board
• Transition from shadow governing body
• Business plan in development
• Local authorities and other partners will still
  undertake delivery of a number of key objectives

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OUTCOME MEASURES

• Improved position on IMD
• Government efficiencies
• Annual performance review reports
• Performance indicators (local and national)
• Delivery of key projects
• A basis for further integration and joint
  delivery

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