Looking ahead |
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Supporting economic recovery and delivering our strategic priorities will guide our work for the forthcoming year .
Delivery
Growth Hub services will continue to deliver information , advice and guidance services to the local business community and a second tranche of Peer Networks will be delivered . The three Getting Building Fund schemes will be completed by March 2022 with the opening of the Business Cyber Centre , the Porton Collaborative Innovation Centre and the completion of the Carriage Works phase 2b . The opening of the Business Cyber Centre will be a flagship scheme for SWLEP as we are wholly responsible
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for its delivery . Profits generated from its operation will be reinvested in the sustainable , economic growth of Swindon and Wiltshire .
Strategy
Swindon and Wiltshire ’ s Plan for Growth will be published building on the work we did for the Local Industrial Strategy and strengthening our approach to achieving Net Zero . We will start work on the next phase of mobilising our Local Industrial Strategy priorities by progressing feasibility work for hydrogen energy projects , identifying funding sources to deliver the Innovation Campus for the Circular Economy and agreeing options for low carbon tourism along the Great West Way .
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We will review our skills plan and develop our apprenticeship strategy . In the autumn we expect the Comprehensive Spending Review to be published which will inform how we might access public funding to deliver our strategic priorities . |
Governance
The Government is expected to conclude its Local Enterprise Partnership Review during the year and set out our role and responsibilities in the future and we will make any changes to our governance and operational structure which are required . Similarly the Growth Hub national evaluation may require modifications to the operation of our services long term . We will hold another round of Board Director recruitment and aim to increase our male : female representation on the Board .
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