Influence Conference STEAM Museum 19 March 2013

1. Swindon and Wiltshire City Deal
Paddy Bradley, Head of
Commissioning, Economy and Attainment SBC

2. So far so good….
Priority Employment,
for Skills, Land
funding
and
bids
CD1 and
CD2
covers
67% of the
population

3. City Deal – two parts
Single Economic Core Package –
Challenge menu of options
• Army 2020 • Infrastructure
• Skills not matched • Private Sector
to future need Growth
• Employment and • Labour Market
housing land – slow
to the market • Other LEP priorities

4. Swindon’s Military USP
economic won it for us
performance 8000
got us to the personnel
table looking for
jobs
2000 HE
places
Land to market –
co-ordinated
planning response

5. Next Steps
• July
– Work up the economic challenge and ask
of government
• November
– Pitch to Ministers and sign off

6. Certainty Political
Will
Confidence
to invest