News: Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership seeks board members
Recruitment has begun for private sector chair and six board members on the partnership that will provide the strategic leadership required to set out the local economic priorities for the Sheffield City Region.
Representatives from local authorities and local business leaders submitted proposals to the government last month in order to establish the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are the government's new model to promote economic development. Their functions, governance, funding arrangements and responsibilities, including possible transfer of functions from Regional Development Agencies, are being developed and consultation is underway.
The intention is that LEPs will provide the strategic leadership required to set out local economic priorities, and better reflect the natural economic geography of the areas they serve.
The proposal outlines the main growth areas in the city region, the challenges that remain and what the partnership needs to do in order to grow the economy.
The partnership's objectives focus on the economy and skills (business support, sector development, inward investment, employer-led skills system) and infrastructure, transport and housing (key development sites, strategic transport links, sustainability, broadband, housing growth).
To oversee the proposals, a board of 15 would be established, made up of a private sector chair and six private sector individuals, six local authority Leaders (Barnsley MBC, Bassetlaw DC, Chesterfield BC, North East Derbyshire DC, Rotherham MBC, Sheffield City Council); the Mayor of Doncaster and a University Vice-Chancellor. In addition, the local authorities of Bolsover DC, Derbyshire Dales DC and the Peak District National Park Authority would be associate members.
The partnership are currently looking to recruit the private sector Chair and six business representatives for the LEP Board. The board members will be recruited after the appointment of the chair.
Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership recruitment
Representatives from local authorities and local business leaders submitted proposals to the government last month in order to establish the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are the government's new model to promote economic development. Their functions, governance, funding arrangements and responsibilities, including possible transfer of functions from Regional Development Agencies, are being developed and consultation is underway.
The intention is that LEPs will provide the strategic leadership required to set out local economic priorities, and better reflect the natural economic geography of the areas they serve.
The proposal outlines the main growth areas in the city region, the challenges that remain and what the partnership needs to do in order to grow the economy.
The partnership's objectives focus on the economy and skills (business support, sector development, inward investment, employer-led skills system) and infrastructure, transport and housing (key development sites, strategic transport links, sustainability, broadband, housing growth).
To oversee the proposals, a board of 15 would be established, made up of a private sector chair and six private sector individuals, six local authority Leaders (Barnsley MBC, Bassetlaw DC, Chesterfield BC, North East Derbyshire DC, Rotherham MBC, Sheffield City Council); the Mayor of Doncaster and a University Vice-Chancellor. In addition, the local authorities of Bolsover DC, Derbyshire Dales DC and the Peak District National Park Authority would be associate members.
The partnership are currently looking to recruit the private sector Chair and six business representatives for the LEP Board. The board members will be recruited after the appointment of the chair.
Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership recruitment
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