LEPs UNCOVERED Alex Pratt OBE Holder of The Queens Award For Enterprise Promotion Chair of Buckinghamshire Thames Valley LEP
ALL LEPS ARE EQUAL But Some Are More Equal Than Others…….
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“ The long term competitiveness on which our wealth depends is slipping away. Failure is measured in drift, in mediocrity..... a nation with its head hung down, in the shadow of world events…….a nation reconciled to genteel discomfort, envious of what once was, hopeless of what might have been .” Lord Hezza
“ Britain is in the economic equivalent of war" and "in this global race you are either quick or you're dead ". Dave
The Future?
PROSPERITY Grandfathers • Fathers • Our Watch Entrepreneurial Mentality • Local vs Central Govt TRUST
BACKGROUND 39th • Jan 2012 • Small BBF • £100k • 3000 • 35% • BROs LEP Board • Secretariat • £3.5M • 40
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE EHB • Most Micro • 60 • Home • +£4500 Green Belt • AONB • Schools • Growth Sectors
APPROACH Business at Heart • Ozymandic • Build Capacity Partnership • Herts • GTV6 • London
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” John F. Kennedy
WHAT’S NEW? Business 200+ • Place Strategy vs Nat Policy SLGF • EU Allocations • On a Promise
The LEP Chair Spring
CHALLENGES Bus vs LA Focus • Bus vs Econ Devpt Leadership Font • Single Thimble? • 4-62 Delegation/Devolution • Overlaps 39 vs 39LEPs • Growth? • Governance Accountability • Labour • Capacity
LEPs UNCOVERED Alex Pratt OBE Holder of The Queens Award For Enterprise Promotion Chair of Buckinghamshire Thames Valley LEP
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