1. GREATER CAMBRIDGE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITES
Adrian Cannard, Director of Strategy

2. Partnership of business, academia and local government
Has access to infrastructure funding up to 2021
Longer term view in an Economic Strategy

3. Internationally Competitive / Nationally Significant

6. Sector themes
Life Sciences
Food and Drink (Agri-Tech)
Aerospace, Automotive and Defence
Clean-tech
Digital and Creative

7. Our spatial approach
Fostering and spreading the Cambridge phenomenon
Establishing Greater Peterborough as a premier business location
Addressing challenges of rural areas and releasing the potential of the Market Towns

11. LOCALISED CHALLENGES TO ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Transport infrastructure - A14, A10, A428, A505, A1307, M11 + rail services
Skills
Housing
Quality of Life
Technology - connectivity

12. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
A1(M)
Oxford to Cambridge
A428
A14

13. NATIONAL INVESTMENT
A14

14. LOCAL INVESTMENT

18. £147M 15,500 INFRASTRUCTURE & GROWTH GROWING PLACES LOAN FUND
GROWTH DEAL FUNDING SECURED BY LEP
15,500
JOBS TO BE CREATED AS A RESULT OF LEP GD INVESTMENT
GROWING PLACES LOAN FUND
£16M ORIGINAL ALLOCATION
UNLOCKING GROWTH

19. 22 21 £15K LEADERSHIP INWARD INVESTMENT & INNOVATION
COUNTRIES CONNECTED WITH 21
INWARD INVESTMENT SUCCESSES
IN FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF YEAR… MORE TO COME
TOOK CAMBRIDGE BRAND TO MIPIM UK FOR FIRST TIME
£15K
NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY (NPL): PRODUCT VERIFICATION
SECURED SCIENCE & INNOVATION AUDIT FOR EAST OF ENGLAND
LEADERSHIP

20. EUROPEAN FUNDING
40%
EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (ERDF) COMMITTED - £15M
SUPPORTING £30 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS
£18M
EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND COMMITTED
SUPPORTING £36 MILLION WORTH OF EMPLOYABILITY AND SKILLS PROVISION

21. SKILLS
140
SCHOOLS & SIXTH FORM COLLEGES CONNECTED WITH 7
LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS COVERED BY SIGNPOST 2 SKILLS
£720,000
LEP FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY FOR PETERBOROUGH
2,000 +
BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN SIGNPOST 2 SKILLS WORK

22. POLL
QUESTION 1
Does the private sector see the Greater Cambridge area as a focus for long term economic growth?
YES / NO

23. POLL
QUESTION 2
Should public investment be used to spread economic growth to locations outside Greater Cambridge?
YES / NO