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2. LEPS • Launched by Coalition Government to replace RDA’s • Facilitate local economic growth • 39 across England • Different Shapes, Sizes, Resources and Capacity • Public-Private partnerships

3. LEPs continued • Combination of strategic and delivery bodies • Differing priorities • Differing scale • Differing resources! • Only common factor is the Chair

4. What role do LEP’s Have? • Ear of Government • National programmes – identify local priorities • Partnership facilitation • Ability to work across public and private sectors • ‘Helicopter’ view of the economy

5. Continued... • Provide localised focus and intelligence • Identify gaps and broker solutions locally • Connectivity across differing agenda’s • Link with employers and the private sector

6. Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership (NEP) • LEP status – one of 39 • Support Growth and Prosperity • Clear and understandable geography • Funded by Northamptonshire County Council • Strong Private-Public Board

7. Continued... • Track record of delivery • Unique across LEPs • Strategic and delivery role • Experienced team of 20 • Strong partnership engagement • Particularly strong business engagement

8. The place for enterprise Primary Purpose • Jobs • Growth • Prosperity

9. Key Strands • Supporting enterprise and entrepreneurship • Developing skills and improving employability • Securing European and international investment • Infrastructure and environment • Promoting Northamptonshire and developing the visitor economy

10. Supporting enterprise and entrepreneurship • Support Business development; • Sector focus – • HPT, Logistics and Food &Drink • Business support • New start ups, SMEs and Social Enterprise • Support on key issues such as access to finance • INV-ENT

11. INV-ENT Headlines • 11 businesses • £1.13m leverage • 20 jobs in 2012/13 • 10 apprenticeships • 7 jobs safeguarded

12. High Performance Technologies Sector Approximately 1,500 companies Employing up to 21,000 people Contributing £2 billion to the Local Economy

13. Developing skills and improving employability • Ensuring key skills to support business growth • Strategic Skills Board • Support employability • Promoting apprenticeships • Supporting youth employment initiatives • Jobs Brokerage model

14. Northamptonshire Bloodhound Initiative

15. Securing European and international investment • Proactive Inward Investment focus • Collaboration with UKTI • Export support • European office : • Funding • Inward Investment from Europe • Policy influencing

16. Infrastructure and environment • Ensuring key infrastructure supports economic growth • Fit for Market and Growing Places Fund • Influence delivery of transport and wider infrastructure • Low carbon and resource efficiency • Link with planning policy to ensure economic growth is delivered;

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28. Promoting Northamptonshire and developing the visitor economy • Promoting positive image of the County for investors and visitors; • Promoting image of the county as ‘open for Business’ • Developing the potential of the Visitor economy as a key sector

29. The place for enterprise Northamptonshire means business

30. The place for enterprise Make Northamptonshire the best place it can be to live, work, play and visit

31. NEP Contact Details Sajeeda Rose Director of Economic Development Sajeeda.rose@northamptonshireep.co.uk 01604 609548 www.northamptonshireep.co.uk