Local Enterprise Growth Initiative
The Redcar and Cleveland Partnership has been successful in securing Government funding through the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI). LEGI is a Government programme to boost business and enterprise in deprived areas. The local delivery programme forms a major element of the Sustainable Communities block of the Borough's new Local Area Agreement.
The Redcar and Cleveland LEGI has the following objectives:
- to increase total entrepreneurial activity among the population in deprived local areas;
- to support sustainable growth and reduce the failure rate of locally owned businesses in deprived areas; and
- to attract appropriate inward investment and franchising into deprived areas making use of local labour resources.
The Redcar and Cleveland LEGI will be delivered in:
- Greater Eston;
- West Redcar; and
- Rural East Cleveland.
The LEGI will target:
- young people;
- economically inactive;
- women; and
- voluntary and community groups.
The £10.9M LEGI programme will be delivered through 7 workstreams:
Enterprise in Education - an integrated curriculum development, enterprise generation programme in primary, secondary, further education and youth services;
Harness the Passion - the identification and nurturing of people who have talent for business;
Enterprise Growth – People and their Business - taking people forward into business though support and mentoring programmes;
Enterprise Growth – Premises and Places - the provision of appropriate premises and incubation in Greater Eston, Redcar and East Cleveland;
Enterprise Growth – Sectors and Inward Investment - focus on support to enterprise development in two key sectors (renewables/recycling and tourism) plus related investment attraction;
Social Enterprise - development of new social enterprises, looking particularly at opportunities for shifting public sector services to social enterprises through a Development Trust; and
Enterprise Marketing - a co-ordinated, long term communication programme to inspire people and business to consider enterprise opportunities and raise interest in development opportunities.
For more information on developments with LEGI, click here.
Papers
| Date | Contents | Agendas | Reports | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th March 2008 | - | - | download | |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Agenda 25 April 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Agenda 18 June | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Agenda 29 August 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Agenda 3 October 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Agenda 29 October 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Agenda 19 November 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Agenda 10 December 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Board Minutes 3 October 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Interim Board Minutes 29 August 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Board minutes 29 August 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Interim Board Minutes 23 July 07 | download | - | - |
| 7th January 2008 | LEGI Board Minutes 29 October 07 | download | - | - |
Members
The Local Enterprise Growth Initiative is made up of the following members:
- Kath Taylor , (Chair)
- Cllr Sheelagh Clarke , Deputy Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
- Michelle Duggan , Government Office for the North East (observer)
- David Dunn , One NorthEast (observer)
- Cllr George Dunning , Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
- Neil Etherington , Redcar Racecourse
- Mal Fitzgerald , RCVDA
- Cllr Mark Hannon , Cabinet Member for Economic Development & Rural Affairs
- Dr Stan Higgins , NEPIC
- Keith Hunter , TTE
- Mr Iain Sim , Chief Executive, Coast & Country Housing
- Penny Thomas , Penny Thomas Network Solutions
- Chris Watson , Groundwork South Tees