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James Muir, Chair of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, outlines the key aims of the refreshed Strategic Economic Plan
A strategy for the region that focuses on skills
T
his year is set to be a challenging one for many businesses in our region, not least due to the changes that Brexit will bring. We are of course still getting used to our lives
outside of the European Union and 2020 will see even more discussions on everything from trade deals to academic research partnerships being debated and resolved. There will be upheaval and challenges. But with challenges also come opportunities -
and seizing those opportunities has been a focus of many of the conversations I’ve had with businesses across the Sheffield City Region in recent weeks and months. Since I became Chair of the Local Enterprise
Partnership (LEP) a year ago, I’ve been reaching out to individual businesses and to groups such as the Company of Cutlers, the various Chambers of Commerce, the Federation of Small Businesses, the regional arm of the Confederation of British Industry and a host of sector and city partnership groups, all with the aim of ensuring the LEP acts as an inclusive and representative mouthpiece for the private sector. These conversations have also been crucial for informing the Sheffield City Region’s
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refreshed Strategic Economic Plan (SEP), which is currently being developed and will be published later this year. While our previous SEP, which set out the City
Region’s plans to transform the local economy between 2015 and 2025, largely realised its goals, there is more to do. That’s why we’re being more ambitious, with a new plan to improve prosperity and opportunity for all, while driving sustainable economic growth. We will build on our innovation heritage, to
create a growing, inclusive and sustainable economy. Our vision is for our economy to play an ever-increasing role in UK prosperity, and be in the vanguard of the UK’s fourth Industrial Revolution, in order to transform the lives of all our people. A bold aim, certainly. But we’re going to rise
to the challenge. Through the LEP and the Mayoral Combined
Authority, we’re committed to creating the conditions to stimulate our businesses, exploit our core capabilities and invest in complementary new pathways so business invest, innovate and scale up here. We’ll provide the platform for businesses and people to flourish, establishing new partnerships
More high-value jobs needs to be created that offer young people better career pathways
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