This document provides an overview of the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). It discusses the purpose and goals of LEPs in general and Coast to Capital specifically. The Coast to Capital LEP covers the areas of Croydon, Gatwick Diamond, rural West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, and coastal West Sussex. Its long term goal is to create 100,000 additional jobs in the region. It focuses on international trade/export, enterprise/entrepreneurship. Initiatives discussed include improving entrepreneurship education, supporting high-growth entrepreneurs, expanding broadband access, and creating enterprise hubs. The LEP is business-led and works through its board, forum, area partnerships, and direct business

1. Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership John Peel OBE Chairman Forum – 23 rd September 2011

2. What, Why, Who and How LEPs – What & Why Coast to Capital LEP Spatial Areas Focus & Goals What we have done up to now Governance Board & Forum How we will get things done

3. Why LEPs? Old approaches have not worked. They have failed to: Rebalance the economy in the North Close the gap in regional economic performance Respond to political mandate Eradicate pockets of severe deprivation Colin Lovegrove - DCLG

5. The latest map of all 37 LEPs 98% coverage

6. Coast to Capital LEP – 5 Spatial Areas Croydon (Ravi) The Gatwick Diamond (Tim & John) Rural West Sussex (Alex) Brighton & Hove (Phil & Steve) Coastal West Sussex (Iain & Juliette)

7. Lewes District Ports of Shoreham & Newhaven West Sussex B & H East Sussex

8. One 25 year goal 100,000 additional jobs!

9. The Focus International Trade & Export Enterprise & Entrepreneurship

10. Why we focused on these priorities They are specific and relevant to our circumstances AND They will have the greatest impact on long term economic health and jobs growth AND They are open to influence – we can have an impact

11. Coast to Capital – 5-year Goals Creation of an additional 4,500 new businesses and growing them Increasing the number of internationally trading businesses by 4,000 The creation of 20,000 additional private sector jobs

12. Under-pinning factors Internationalised business led growth Entrepreneurship & Business creation Skills development Sites & premises Major catalytic investments Partnerships, mechanisms & vehicles Business support Transport & infrastructure Investment capital Planning & other policies Right conditions Demonstrate returns Drivers Long term goals Growth Employment Productivity Sustainability

13. What have we been doing? Recruit a Board, set up the Forum Set up small team and draw support from businesses and partners Research – getting into the specifics Working groups Firm initiatives now coming forward

14. Who - Board Members From Business From Public Sector John Peel (Chair) Mike Fisher (Croydon) Tim Wates (Vice Chair) Louise Goldsmith (W. Sussex) Steve Allen Bob Lanzer (Gatwick Diamond) Juliette Green Dr Andrew Povey (Surrey) Philip Jones Bill Randall (Brighton & Hove) Ravi Shankar Iain Shepherd Dr Russell Strutt (CSC) Alex Williamson

15. Who - Forum Membership 6 Groups : Coast to Capital Board (14 – 17) Chairs of Area Partnerships (5) Private Sector Businesses (20) Business Representative and Sector Organisations (20) Public Sector (10) Third Sector (10) Total (79 – 82) Meets twice a year

16. Resources 5 (equivalent) Staff from West Sussex County Council Financial Contributions from Brighton & Hove and Croydon LAs 14 Board Members DMH Stallard – ran the independent interview process Secretariat from Thomas Eggar & PWC Communications & Marketing from Marketing Leadership Capacity Grant of £45K for research (confirmation of targets) Bid for a Start-up Grant in - £240K Discussions with many potential partners, banks etc

17. Initiatives - 1 Entrepreneurship, Enterprise & Growth Three strands: 1. Young people and enterprise education (Russell) Embed E & E into syllabus at all schools, colleges and HE - from 8 year-old upwards 2. Tackling low enterprise areas and groups (Juliette) 3. Supporting entrepreneurs with high growth potential (Phil) Also – Broadband Improvements (Alex) Create 7-10 (self-financing) “Enterprise Hubs (John) More from Russell & Juliette later

18. Initiatives - 2 Export & Internationalisation Additional exporters – over and above what is done by UKTI (Iain): tackling the “stickiness” of non-exporters developing the market – supply and demand side Segmenting the market and researching attitudes and barriers (Iain) Transferring best practice using Enterprise Insights (John) Enterprise Zones and local variants (Tim) International tourism (Alex) More from Iain and Ron later

19. How we will get things done Set strategy and frameworks; Market making Deliver; Commission; Pilot Lobby and influence others; Influence deployment of resources COAST TO CAPITAL ROLE ADD VALUE MAINTAIN FOCUS

20. Links to Area Partnerships 5 Area Partnerships key to how we get things done: Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership - More from Simon later Coastal West Sussex Partnership Gatwick Diamond Initiative Rural West Sussex Partnership New Croydon economic partnership (tbc) Deliver and engage through Area Partnerships Mutual intelligence Support and add value Not duplicate Don’t expect to agree all the time, but do expect genuine engagement We have strong shared interest and common purpose

21. Links to business This is a business-led partnership and we need to engage a wide range of businesses We expect to engage through: Area Partnerships Chambers Business representative organisations Professional and trade bodies But also directly – via the Forum and direct engagement through the website and digital methods (in development) – more later from Nick