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Lesley Bassett Growth Strategy Programme Manager Cheshire West and Chester Council
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Cross-border economic partnership: unique in UK in representing functioning cross-border economic area 9 members Extensive networks Complex political and partnership environment
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Nationally significant functional economic area - £17+bn GVA (£19.1bn including Conwy) Central to wider M56/A55 Manchester Airport - Bangor Innovation Corridor - £31bn GVA Largely self contained labour market with significant daily cross-border commuting 40-50,000 potential job creation over 15-20 years
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Investment in transport infrastructure and cross-border transport services Meeting the current and future skills needs of major employers and of SMEs in key sectors including higher level skills Extending local supply chains of major businesses and supporting workforce planning Raising awareness of the region’s economic potential
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81% of the resident working population of 457,000 are employed in the area; significant cross-border commuting to work Manufacturing employment is more than double the UK average Private sector investment critical in driving future job creation – need to understand and respond to employers’ needs on a cross- border basis Skills strategies which focus on specific geographies on either side of the border will limit the region’s growth potential
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Complete cross-border skills and training needs analysis of employers’ core needs to sustain existing employers and grow the advanced engineering sector Seek to align or secure flexibility in currently differential FE policies to benefit the region as a whole Seek to pool public finance (European, UK and Welsh Government, local authority) and use it to leverage additional private sector funding Good initial progress
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