BIS Local - South Central and West

Introducing BIS South Central and West:

Introducing BIS South Central and West Paul Shand

The “BIS Local” model:

The “BIS Local” model Six small teams, based outside Whitehall Helping to: drive forward local economic growth and ensure that the local business environment is as good as it can be Working closely with colleagues in DCLG Not a re-invention of RDAs and GOs

BIS Local Geography:

BIS Local Geography

BIS Local Success:

BIS Local Success Respond effectively to economic shocks Identify and realise economic opportunity Use local knowledge to influence policy

BIS Local in Action:

What we don’t have: Pots of money Performance levers What we do have: Relationships Influence BIS Local in Action

Key Partners:

LEPs Business representative organisations Key businesses and sector groups HEIs Local authorities Social enterprise Government agencies – SFA, HCA, UKTI, etc Key Partners

BIS South Central and West:

BIS South Central and West Director – Ian Coates (West of England, Buckinghamshire, Surrey) Guildford office: Clare Marett (Oxfordshire, Thames Valley Berkshire, Coast to Capital) Angela Alderman (Enterprise M3, Solent) Maria Taylor-Woodward (team support) Bristol office: Sally Edgington (Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly, Heart of the South West) Paul Shand (Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire, West of England) Mike Glossop (intelligence and briefing) Two business-facing staff recruited from RDAs

BIS SCW Focus to Date:

BIS SCW Focus to Date Building relationships Helping LEPs to establish and bid for available funding Responding to economic shocks Supporting Ministers Engaging with policy

Economic and Business Intelligence:

Economic and Business Intelligence A new approach to sub national economic and business intelligence: new private sector provider: TNS BMRB, working with the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) national business survey of English business assessments of the economic and business conditions in each English region - network of regional experts/economists local intelligence from LEPs, BIS Local, Job Centre + first report due in October publicly available

What does this mean for SW RIG?:

What does this mean for SW RIG? Accurate and timely intelligence = better policy and a quicker response to shocks A new economic development landscape We need your help!