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BLACK COUNTRY LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP MEETING OF THE PARTNERSHIP BOARD

Monday, 15th April 2019 at 3.00pm at

Dudley College, The Broadway, Dudley DY1 4AS

A G E N D A

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No Item Presenter

Report Apps.

3.00 1 Apologies and welcome to new Members Chair None None

2 Declarations of Interests (relating to this meeting and notification of any changes that require the Declaration of Interest form to be revised.) Gift Register - to notify the Company Secretary of any gifts or hospitality with an estimated value of at least £50 which you receive in your role as a member of the LEP.

Chair None None

3.05 3 Minutes of the LEP Board held on 21st March 2019

Chair Yes None

3.10 4 Policy Update

• Black Country Annual Performance Review

• Annual Stakeholders – 21st March 2019

• LEP Implementation Plans

• Stronger Towns Fund

• Brexit

Chair Yes Yes

3.15 5 Black Country Assurance Framework 2019 SM Yes Yes

3.20 6 Black Country Annual Economic Review SM/DD Yes Yes

3.25 7 Black Country Energy Steering Group - update

MR Yes None

3.30 8 Careers & Enterprise Update CP Yes Yes

3.35 9 Local Growth Fund – a) Project Change Request – Dudley

Brownfield Land Phase 1 (SEPPL56)

Chair of FSG

Yes

None

3.40 10 Growing Places Fund a) Daisy Bank Site Investigation b) Wolverhampton Environment Centre Site

Investigation

Chair of FSG

Yes None

3.45 11 Local Programmes – Dashboards

• In Flight Current Financial Year

• Future Years

• Pipeline

• Land and Property Investment Fund (Public)

• Growing Priority Sectors

LC/IC Yes None

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• Growing Places

• Enterprise Zones

• Transport

3.50 12 Minutes of the Funding Sub-Group meeting held on 3rd April 2019

Chair FSG to move

Yes None

3.55 13 Minutes of the Active Black Country Partnership Board 19th March 2019

SM Yes None

4.00 14 PR and Communications Dashboard

NJ Yes None

15 Date of Next Meeting – 20th May 2019 – Sandwell venue

Chair None None

16 Exclusion of the Press and Public: - ‘That the public and press be excluded from the rest of the meeting to avoid the possible disclosure of exempt information under Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 for the reasons stated on the agenda’.

Agenda (Not Open to Public and Press)

Exempt Information Paragraph 3 Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Chair None None

4.05 17 Black Country Growth Hub Update JS Yes None

4.10 18 Transport Underspend SE Yes None

4.15 19 Growth Deal Programme Proposals

a) School of Architecture and Built Environment

b) Springfield Infrastructure and remediation c) National Brownfield Institute Seed Funding d) Black Country Living Museum – Forging

Ahead

LC Yes None

4.25 20 Growth Deal a) Very Light Rail Programme Changes

LC Yes None

4.30 21 Local Programme – Dashboard

• Land and Property Investment Fund (Private)

IC Yes None

4.35 22 West Midlands Combined Authority – Local Industrial Strategy

SM Yes Yes

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4.40 23 LEP Review Update SM Verbal None

Estimated end of meeting – 4.45pm

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Minutes of a Meeting of the Black Country Local

Enterprise Partnership

21st March 2019 at 10.45pm

Bassett Suite, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion Football Club

Present: Stewart Towe Chair; Cllr. Peter Bilson City of Wolverhampton; Cllr. Mike Bird Walsall MBC; Simon Eastwood Richardsons; Lindsey Flynn Well Associates; Cllr. Judy Foster Dudley MBC; Cllr. Bill Gavan Sandwell MBC; Ninder Johal Nachural Communications;

Tom Westley Westley Group. In Attendance: Sarah Middleton Black Country Consortium Ltd;

Lara Cragg Black Country Consortium Ltd; Shannon Nicklin Black Country Consortium Ltd; Aaron Toussaint BEIS; Gareth Wilson BEIS;

Hywel Ruddick Black Country Consortium Ltd. Apologies: Councillors Qadar Zada and Roger Lawrence and

Paul Brown, Andrew Cox, Prof. Jackie Dunne, Prof. Geoff Layer, Chris Handy, Jatinder Sharma and Deborah Williams.

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36/19 Declarations of Interest Agreed that the following Declarations be noted: - 37/19 – Minutes (21st January 2019) – Minute 20/19 - GPS Thomas

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Dudley Foundry – T o m W e s t l e y referenced he had d e c l a r e d a personal interest as the applicant was known to him and had took no part in the consideration or voting thereon and had left the room during consideration of the report.

37/19 Minutes

The minutes of the meeting held on 21st January 2019 were circulated. Agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 21st January 2019 be received and confirmed as a correct record.

38/19 Notes of the Meeting held on 25th February 2019 The Notes of the meeting were submitted for consideration.

Agreed that the LEP Board confirmed and approved notes 1 – 31 of

the inquorate meeting held on 19th November 2018 and all recommendations contained therein to include: -

4. National Assurance Framework and Black Country Assurance

Framework – Revisions

Agreed that the LEP Board: -

1) Note the contents of the report.

2) Note that a further revision of the BC Local Assurance Framework will come back to the Board once the outcome of the LEP Review is published.

3) Approve the following tranche of amendments/additions: -

a) Replace Members Code of Conduct with Government pro forma;

b) Replace Conflict of Interest with Government pro forma;

c) Include a process for considering Urgent Business for which a decision is required upon before the next scheduled meeting of the Board;

d) Include within the Assurance Framework the confidential reporting arrangements;

e) Appoint Chris Handy as Deputy Chair.

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f) Inclusion of the Exempt Statement

g) Set out the process for handling information not to be placed in the public domain.

4) Confirm that the BC LEP Chair and Section 151 Officer of the Accountable Body in consultation with the BC Consortium Ltd. Chief Executive be delegated authority to approve the further revisions required to the Black Country LEP Assurance Framework.

5) Confirm and approve the new quorum arrangements – eight Members in attendance, two of whom must be public sector (local authority Leaders or their nominated representative) and six private sector members.

5. LEP Creative Industries and BC Culture, Creative Industries & Tourism Board – Draft Terms of Reference


1) Note the WMCA Creative Industries Update;

2) Approve the Black Country Culture, Creative Industries & Tourism Sub Board Terms of Reference; and

3) Confirm that Lindsey Flynn and Ninder Johal are the LEP Board Champions for Black Country Culture, Creative Industries & Tourism.

6. Aldridge Mill Lane & Aqueduct GRIP 2-3 Study

Agreed that the LEP Board approves the Accountable Body for the Growth Deal (Walsall Council) to proceed to amending the Internal Agreement with Walsall Council to deliver the Local Growth Fund (LGF) funded elements of Aldridge Mill Lane & Aqueduct GRIP 2 – 3 Study project with delivery to commence in the 2018/19 financial year.

7. i54 Western Extension – Access Package

Agreed that the LEP Board: Approves the Accountable Body for the Growth Deal (Walsall Council) to proceed to a Grant Agreement with Wolverhampton City Council to deliver the Local Growth Fund (LGF) funded elements of the I54

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Western Extension – Access package Project with delivery to commence in the 2019/20 financial year.

8. A34 Corridor Development Funding

Agreed that the LEP Board: Notes the withdrawal of £70,000 for the A34 Corridor Development Funding project from within the Growth Deal Programme.

9. i54 Western Extension Agreed that the LEP Board approves the Accountable Body for the Land and Property Investment Fund (Wolverhampton City Council) to proceed to a Grant Agreement with Wolverhampton City Council, to the value of £5,000,000 to deliver the Land and Property Investment Fund (LPIF), funded elements of the i54 Western Extension Project - with delivery to commence in the 2019/20 financial year. 10. LEP Core and Strategic Funding Report Agreed that the LEP Board:

1) Approve the LEP funding and expenditure position as at 31st December 2018.

2) Approve the Programme Office and SEP Proposition Funding expenditure at 31st December 2018.

3) To agree the Strategic fund budget for 18/19 financial year and to authorise the use of the balance brought forward if necessary

4) To agree that the Growth Hub external audit fee incurred by Walsall MBC (Mazar’s UK accountancy firm £2,280 inc vat) can be charged to the LEP Strategic Fund

5) That the LEP board approve the budget allocation of £24,000 2018-19 LEP core funding towards Black Country Consortium Limited premises and operating costs as reported in the November 2018 finance report.

6) To note the financial position of those LEP projects operated through BCC Ltd.

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11. Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands and the WM Innovation Programme

Agreed that the LEP Board:

1) note the leading role played to date by the Black Country in shaping and benefiting from the work of the Innovation Alliance WM in its first year of operation.

2) continue to support the Innovation Alliance WM as a bottom-up alliance influencing innovation strategy within the WMCA, providing a financial contribution of £25k per year in 2018/19 and 2019/20 and acting as accountable body and managing the budgets on behalf of the six resourcing partners (others are WMCA, GBS LEP, WM Academic Health Science Network, Sustainability WM and Innovation Birmingham).

3) supports the ongoing involvement of Sarah Middleton as Chair of the Innovation Alliance WM Steering Group, ensuring ongoing alignment with Black Country strategy and action.

4) endorses the work of the Innovation Alliance in developing a West Midlands Innovation Programme to enable realisation of the innovation (‘ideas’) elements of the WM LIS and, pending approval for funding of the FBC by the WMCA, and to agree to being a strategic partner in this regional programme.

5) endorses the Innovation Alliance WM and the Black Country Consortium being involved in delivery of the West Midlands Innovation Programme once it is approved.

19. Funding Sub-Group – 6th February 2019 Agreed that the LEP Board approve and confirm the minutes of the 6th February 2019.

39/19 i9 – Wolverhampton – Change Request Simon Eastwood presented the application submitted to the Funding

Applications Sub-Group.

Agreed that the LEP Board: 1) Approves the Accountable Body for the Growth Deal (Walsall

Council) to proceed to amending the Grant Agreement with ION Property Developments Ltd (IPDL), to ION Projects Ltd (IPL) to deliver the Local Growth Fund (LGF) funded elements of the i9

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(Block 9) Wolverhampton with delivery to commence in the 2018/19 financial year; and

2) Notes that the Change Request relates to the original grant award made on 16th August 2018 (Minute No. 130/18) and the additional funding request, submitted to 25th February 2019 LEP Board, which was inquorate and submitted for approval at Item 4 on the Agenda – Notes of the LEP Board meeting held on 25th February 2019.

40/19 Bilston Urban Village East Site Investigation (SEPPL112) Simon Eastwood presented the application submitted to the Funding

Applications Sub-Group. Councillor Peter Bilson advised that the Wolverhampton City Council wass now know as the City of Wolverhampton Council. The comment was noted an it was agreed to review this with the aforementioned Council’s Legal Department.

Agreed that the LEP Board approves the Accountable Body for the Growth Deal (Walsall Council) to proceed to amending the Grant Agreement with Wolverhampton City Council to deliver the Local Growth Fund (LGF) funded elements of the Bilston Urban Village East Site Investigation Project with delivery to commence in the 2018/19 financial year.

41/19 Priority Sectors – Alucast Ltd (SEPB1) Simon Eastwood presented the application submitted to the Funding Applications Sub-Group. Agreed that the LEP Board:

1) Approves the Change Request for the Alucast Ltd project, part of Growing Priority Sectors, from within the Growth Deal programme; and

2) Notes that this includes a change in scope.

42/19 Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 2 (SEPPL36)

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Simon Eastwood presented the application submitted to the Funding Applications Sub-Group.


1) Approves the Accountable Body for the Black Country Land and Property Investment Fund (Wolverhampton Council) to proceed to amending the existing Grant Agreement with Dudley Council to deliver the Land and Property Investment Fund (LPIF) funded elements of the Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 2 – with delivery to commence in the 2018/19 financial year.

2) Note that this Change Request relates to change in scope.

43/19 Black Country City Deal (Working Together Pilot) Simon Eastwood presented the application submitted to the Funding

Applications Sub-Group. Agreed that the LEP Board:

1) Approves the transfer of the underspend from Black Country City Deal (Working Together Pilot) to the Black Country ESF Community Grants Programme.

2) Notes the successful delivery and closure of the City Deal Programme – Working Together Pilot Project.

44/19 Black Country Growth Hub Grant Agreement Approval 2019-20


Agreed that the LEP Board approves Walsall Council to receive £328,000 from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to fund the Black Country.

45/19 Minutes of the Funding Sub-Group held on 6th March 2019

Agreed that the LEP Board to confirm and approve the minutes of the meeting held on 6th March 2019.

46/19 Date of Next meeting

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Agreed that the LEP Board note that the next meeting will be held on Monday, 15th April 2019 – Dudley College, The Broadway, Dudley.

47/19 Exclusion of Press and Public

Agreed that the public and press be excluded from the rest of the meeting to avoid the possible disclosure of exempt information under Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. Paragraph 3 Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

48/19 Private minutes of the LEP Board – 21st January 2019

Agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 21st January 2019 were received and confirmed as a correct record.

49/19 Private Notes of the LEP Board held on 25th February 2019

Agreed that the LEP Board confirmed and approved notes 1 – 31 of the inquorate meeting held on 19th November 2018 and all recommendations contained therein to include: -

26. Exclusion of the Press and Public: - ‘That the public and press be excluded from the rest of the meeting to avoid the possible disclosure of exempt information under Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 for the reasons stated on the agenda’. Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and where Government have advised it is not for public release. 27. Private minutes of the LEP Board – 21st January 2019 Agreed that the Private minutes of the meeting of the LEP Board held on 21st January 2019 be approve and confirmed.

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28.a Private Minutes of the Funding Sub-Group meeting held on

6th February 2019 Agreed that the Private minutes of the meeting of the LEP Board held on 6th February 2019 be approve and confirmed. 28.b Black Country LEP Programme Funding Proposals Agreed 1) That the LEP Board note and confirm the minutes of the Funding

Sub-Group meeting held on 6th February 2019; 2) That the LEP Board note the LEP Funding Programme Funding

Proposals.

29. i9 (Black 9) Wolverhampton

Agreed That the LEP Board approves the Accountable Body for the Growth Deal (Walsall Council) to proceed to amending the Grant Agreement with ION Property Developments Ltd (IPDL) to deliver the Local Growth Fund (LGF) funded elements of i9 (Block 9) Wolverhampton Project with delivery to commence in the 2019/20 financial year. 30. Sandwell Aquatics Centre Agreed that the LEP Board approves the Accountable Body for the Land and Property Investment Fund (Wolverhampton City Council) to proceed to a Grant Agreement with Sandwell MBC, to the value of £5,000,000 to deliver the Land and Property Investment Fund (LPIF), funded elements of the Sandwell Aquatic Centre Project - with delivery to commence in the 2019/20 financial year.

50/19 LPIF - Sandwell Aquatic Centre


Agreed that the LEP Board approves the Accountable Body for the Land and Property Investment Fund (Wolverhampton City Council) to

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proceed to a Grant Agreement with Sandwell MBC, to the value of £5,000,000 to deliver the Land and Property Investment Fund (LPIF), funded elements of the Sandwell Aquatic Centre Project - with delivery to commence in the 2019/20 financial year.

(The meeting closed at 11.10am)

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Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership – LEP Review Policy Update

15th April 2019

Set out below for Members’ information is a note of the recent policy documents received by the Secretariat: -

1. Annual Performance Review - Letter

The Annual Performance Review Letter was received from Stephen Jones, Director – Cities

and Local Growth Unit on 11th March 2019 and is contained in the appendices pack.

A brief overview of the three areas considered is detailed below: -

Governance The LEP’s governance was considered to be good. (2018/19) The LEP’s governance was considered to be exceptional. (2017/18) The Director recognised the efforts that we had made towards improving the gender balance of the board over the past year, with the appointment of three female board members. The Cities and Local Growth Unit advised that they would continue to provide support for us in achieving your commitment of equal representation by April 2023. Identified actions: - 1. To agree a Scrutiny Forward Plan with all four Local Authorities.

2. To implement consistent and publicly-outlined processes to enable effective recruitment

of people who can bring new ideas and increase board diversity, and to continue driving towards equal board gender representation by 2023.

3. To work with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and other LEPs in the

WMCA geography to develop a collaboration agreement (subject to the outcome of LEP geography discussions).

4. To ensure that annual accounts are accessible via the website and the LEP Assurance

Framework references how and when accounts will be published (now completed).

5. To complete single Accountable Body arrangements.

6. To agree board Chair succession arrangements (subject to the outcome of LEP geography discussions).

The Annual Performance Review also identified further areas to clarify in the LEP Assurance Framework, such as formalising the role of business intermediary bodies in Chair recruitment, publication of the LEP accounts and to review and revise board and Chair tenures for new members, which have now been completed.

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Delivery The LEP’s delivery progress was considered to be good. (2018/19) The LEP’s delivery progress was considered to be good. (2017/18)

The Director noted that the LEP was working hard to ensure that Local Growth Fund projects deliver the strategic priorities of the LEP, including ensuring full allocation of spend and the recording of outputs. And that the LEP has robust appraisal processes in place to ensure value for money is achieved by all projects.

Identified actions: -

1. To develop (with the Cities and Local Growth Unit) an active risk management approach to spend and delivery in the final years of the programme.

2. To continue to manage press releases/milestone information actively to ensure compliance.

It is noted that the LEP is working hard to ensure that Local Growth Fund projects deliver the strategic priorities of the LEP, including ensuring full allocation of spend and the recording of outputs. And that the LEP has robust appraisal processes in place to ensure value for money is achieved by all projects.

Strategy The strategic impact of the LEP was considered to be good. (2018/19)

The LEP’s delivery progress was considered to be good. (2017/18)

The Director noted the strong engagement of Black Country LEP in supporting the ambitions of the Midlands Engine, and the key role that the LEP had played in helping to develop the trailblazer West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS).

He noted that we were working on the development of a ‘Local Implementation Plan’ (Delivery Plan) to help deliver the LIS priorities in the Black Country – reported later in this paper.

1. The Section 151 Officer to provide an explanatory note to the Cities and Local Growth

Unit on the impact of West Midlands Combined Authority investment decisions in addressing the productivity challenge.

He particularly noted the strong engagement of Black Country LEP in supporting the ambitions of the Midlands Engine, and the key role that the LEP had played in helping to develop the trailblazer West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS). I understand that you are working on the development of a ‘Local Implementation Plan’ to help deliver the LIS priorities in the Black Country.

Whilst the LEP’s delivery progress across Governance, Delivery and Strategy is considered to be good, the Board will note in 2017/18 Governance was considered to be exceptional. Additional work was also taken on Delivery and Strategy following last year’s annual conversation recommendations. We are therefore disappointed with this year’s assessment and have asked for a meeting with the Regional BEIS lead.

2. Annual Stakeholders Event – 21st March 2018, West Bromwich Albion Football Ground

The event was attended by over 150 representatives from local industries, businesses and public bodies.

The Conference was opened by the Chair with the launch of the Annual Economic Review 2019 and an overview of the work and projects supported by the LEP and the future vision for the region.

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Tom Westley, Prof Jackie Dunne, Kenny Aitchison (Countryside Properties Ltd) Lindsey Flynn provided presentations on Energy, Skills, Garden City and the Commonwealth Games respectively. The Conference was well received.

A full appraisal of the Conference is contained in Agenda Item 14, PR and Communications Report and the Notes of the event are included in the Appendices pack.

3. LEP Delivery Plan

All LEPs must complete a draft Delivery Plan by the end of May 2019. A draft of the BC implementation plan has been shared with BEIS, and we anticipate a role for our BEIS sponsor Emily Bourne in finalising it, in accordance with the guidance, The Plan must contain: -

• Summary and Strategic Objectives • Local Growth Fund – outline what LGF will achieve in the next 12 months

to include: -

o Projects reaching competition/significant milestones o Projects planned for the next year

• Other Funding or Growth Programmes – to include Growth Hubs, City

Deals, European Funding, Enterprise Zones. Attached to this report is a draft briefing with regard to emerging priority asks to support delivery of the LIS (BC Implementation Plan) which reflects potential fiscal announcements linked to Brexit, national budget statements, including the anticipated CSR or emergency budget. The assessment of BC unfunded short-term pipeline is in the region of £710M. We continue to push to appropriately position BC requirements from these key documents.

Our dashboard reports, which substantially contain the information being requested will be reviewed via the Funding Sub-Group and a further working draft will be circulated to the Board for comment prior to discussion at the May LEP meeting.

4. Stronger Towns Fund

The Government has announced a £1.6bn Fund for towns. The pot is split into £1bn, divided in England using a needs-based formula, and £600m communities can bid for, with more than half of the money, to be spread over seven years, will go to the north of England and the Midlands.

The £1.6bn Stronger Towns Fund will be broken down into £600m, which communities in any part of England can bid for, and £1bn allocated using a needs-based formula to the following areas:

▪ North-west England: £281m ▪ North-east England: £105m ▪ Yorkshire and the Humber: £197m ▪ West Midlands: £212m ▪ East Midlands: £110m

▪ South-west England: £33m

▪ South-east England: £37m ▪ East England: £25m

The Department has advised that the formula allocations will be based on a combination of productivity, income, skills, deprivation metrics and proportion of the population living in towns. We understand that the formula has been developed on a LEP geography and we are awaiting more information on the formula and the LEP allocations.

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The government also advised that communities would be able to draw up job-boosting plans for their town, with the support and advice of their Local Enterprise Partnerships. 5. Brexit

The Consortium has been involved in cross-LEP Brexit Telecons facilitated by BEIS. The frequency of these meetings and briefings has been ramped up in terms of developing resilience for whatever emerges over the next few weeks.

1. Issues being highlighted by businesses: stockpiling, reduced working capital (due to cash spent on stockpiling), worries about trade arrangements, concerns about impact on ports and airports, SMEs being unprepared, evidence of stalled infrastructure and housing due to loss of labour but also uncertainty.

2. LA CEX have been working with CLG through “local resilience forums”.

3. Growth Hubs were praised for coming up with “innovative ways of engaging businesses” including survey tools. Best practice will be shared e.g. Technical Notices for large exporters to help them look at logistics.

4. Growth Hubs are supporting businesses with a range of tools to provide an insight into business resilience regarding Brexit unknowns.

In regard to work with the WMCA on Brexit Contingency Planning the Mayor has submitted a summary of Outline Business Cases for proposed government intervention to Rt. Hon Greg Clark MP - Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

These are detailed below: -

Summary of Outline Business Cases

Number Title Funding

proposed

Years

1. Liquidity and Access to Capital

1.1 West Midlands Capital for Enterprise

Funding

Lending £520m

Investment £144m

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1.2 Emergency funding to retain strategic

firm investment

To be determined

2. Business Support

2.1 Capacity: WMs Growth Hubs upscaling £2.598m 4

2.2 Capacity: Brexit Advisor Network £0.64m 3

2.3 Export business support account

management

£1.2m 4

2.4 Export business support DOCS system £0.48m 4

2.5 Increased investment missions £2.25m 3

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2.6 Attracting visitors, positioning the

region and growing the economy

£1.15m 3

3. Workforce Support

3.1 Workforce Support Programme £36m 4

4. Infrastructure Acceleration Programme

4.1 T-Level Readiness Programme £100m 3

4.2 Housing Affordability Accelerator £350m 4

4.3 Re-opening suburban rail stations £101.43m tbc

4.4 East Birmingham – Solihull metro £552m tbc

4.5 Birmingham International Station

integrated transport hub

£286m tbc

4.6 Life Sciences Park £95m tbc

Sarah Middleton Chief Executive Black Country Consortium Ltd.

Contact Officer

Hywel Ruddick Tel: 01384 471104 Email: [email protected]

Source Documents: Attached

mailto:[email protected]


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Black Country Leaders Briefing: WMCA Spending Commitments

Key Steers for Leaders

➢ Within recent WMCA draft funding commitments (Spending Review 2019 and the West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS)), there’s a lack of money specifically earmarked for the Black Country and insufficient allocation detail for broad (non-place based) programmes.

➢ The Black Country needs assurances that it will receive its fair and proportionate funding share from WMCA investments that are yet to be allocated at the LEP level, particularly given the economic context (the Black Country makes up 70% of the WMCA’s output gap).

➢ GBSLEP-specific investments dominate within the WMCA’s draft Spending Review submissions (£1.6bn overall compared to £200m Black Country-specific). Black Country partners need to make the case for a fairer allocation of money across LEPs for key projects.

➢ Black Country LEPs evolving pipeline should be used to demonstrate the investment-ready scale of Black Country programmes, and to propose these programmes for inclusion within the WMCA’s draft spending submissions and via the implementation of the LIS. For example, key specific asks to be proposed from our pipeline include the Black Country Productivity Factory (£18m), the Black Country’s ‘Better Energy’ programme (£65m) and funding for a West Midlands Brownfield Research and Innovation Centre (£20m).

➢ In addition to our current allocation from draft WMCA budgets of £200m, our pipeline shows that the Black Country requires total additional funding of £510m to deliver our ambitions. This amount should be proposed within conversations at the WMCA level where significant funding is available.

Background and Context

• The WMCA is currently outlining its investment priorities through two main devices: the

WMCA Spending Review for 2019 and the West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) (due to be published in March).

• It must be a priority for Black Country local authorities alongside the LEP to ensure the Black Country receives the right amount of investment for the right interventions from within these funding pots. Anything less than fair and proportionate has the potential to further entrench the inequality between the Black Country and the other two LEP areas, Greater Birmingham and Solihull and Coventry & Warwickshire.

The Black Country currently lags behind the other two WMCA LEP areas on a range of crucial measures such as productivity, qualifications, wages, unemployment, healthy life expectancy and gross disposable household income (GDHI). The diagrams below give some specific examples of this, but, most strikingly, £11bn of the WMCA’s £15.1bn output gap with the national average is due to the Black Country. This confirms that over 70% of the WMCA’s GVA per head inferiority to the UK average is because of weaknesses in the Black Country economy.

GVA per hour across the WMCA

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United Kingdom West Midlands Combined Authority

Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP Coventry and Warwickshire LEP

Black Country LEP

Gross

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

£ per hour

Disposable Household Income per Person Across the WMCA

• The Black Country is clearly an area of need when comparing it to our neighbours – and

any funding allocation commitments should reflect this.

Current WMCA Commitments

• At the very least the Black Country should receive its fair and proportionate share of

investment within the outlined funding pots (West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy and WMCA Spending Review 2019). There’s also a valid argument that, due to its greater need (evidenced by its large contribution to the WMCA output gap), the Black Country should receive more than its proportionate allocation.

• On review of the Spending Review and Local Industrial Strategy, it’s not clear and obvious that the Black Country will get its fair share of funding in either.

• Whilst many funding commitments aren’t yet explicitly place-based, the lack of commitments that are earmarked for the Black Country is worrying, especially when comparing it to commitments set out for Greater Birmingham and Solihull.

• Below is a summary of both the Spending Summary and the Local Industrial Strategy Commitments, setting out what we see as an unfair allocation of crucial budgets that will only entrench the inequalities between the Black Country and the other two LEP areas.

WMCA Spending Review Draft 2019

The table on the next page shows a summary of the asks proposed in the WMCA’s 2019 Spending Review by project.

• The WMCA budget ask for these projects is circa £2.7bn.

• Currently, £200m of this is explicitly earmarked for the Black Country, less than 10% of the total (despite the Black Country making up two-thirds of the WMCA’s output gap).

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• Although the Black Country will no doubt benefit in some of the spatially unspecified projects (around skills, internationalisation etc), this amount is a proportionately low allocation compared to the commitments given to Birmingham (UK Central and Life Sciences Park together over half of the overall spending).

• It’s crucial that the Black Country benefits from the programmes that aren’t currently specific to geography, and that the Black Country puts forward projects to be included in a re-draft of the Spending Review.

The table below summarises the suggested funding commitments by LEP Area.

Area Amount of Funding Allocated

Black Country LEP £200m

Coventry & Warwickshire LEP No specific funding commitment

Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP £1.6bn

Distribution not Clear Circa £1bn

Total Circa £2.7bn

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WMCA Spending Review 2019: Latest Asks

Project Info Budget Ask

Total Costs

LEP Suggested BC Leader Action

Inclusive Growth Corridors Accelerating inclusive growth provides the opportunity to deliver on long-standing local aspirations using

£100m (capital

£100m BCLEP: Wolverhampton

Ensure the WMCA provides the Black Country

concentrated activity in a particular geographic area to over 4 to Walsall with decision making

create transformational change, frequently building on the changes about through transport investment as well

years) (£50m), Sandwell to

authority over the allocation of the £100m.

as other public policy interventions. Dudley (£50m). Transport and housing single There is extensive evidence in the UK and around the £400m £400m Full distribution Ensure the WMCA pot proposal world of how flexible long-term funding pots for (capital) over 4 not yet clear, provides clarity on the

transport and housing achieve significant economies of scale, quality development and investor interest. A single

years but Black Country:

distribution of the funding, and stress the need for

pot under the Combined Authority’s Leadership would A454 Walsall to further investment in the

enable us to be fleet of foot, innovative, dynamic and investor friendly and enabling private sector and HMG to

Wolverhampton (£100m)

major route network: A449 from

invest with us for the long term on more favourable Wolverhampton to i54

terms. (£50m); A4123 from

Wolverhampton to Hagley Road (£50m) and in new

stations in Darlaston &

Willenhall (£50m) and

Aldridge (£25m)

West Midlands Metro The momentum of delivery of this key asset must be £1.605bn £1.07bn Eastside Metro Ensure the WMCA provide “Crossrail” and beyond maintained. A series of further routes are required to capital Extension/HS2 clarity on the distribution

enable further, ambitious long-term inclusive growth, funding integration of the funding and funding

new homes and new jobs. There is a real investment opportunity for HMT to buy into West Midlands Metro

and £20m revenue

(£50m) breakdown, and suggest the Black Country receives

“Crossrail” Phases 3 and 4 – bringing new suitable lines (over 4 Progression further transport funding

on-stream beyond 2026. years) to delivery awards (see above and

phase of Metro

within pipeline table at the end of this document).

‘Crossrail’ Phase 2 (East

Birmingham

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to Solihull Metro) (£1.0bn)

Birmingham Life Sciences Park – Health Tech Accelerator

This 18,000sqm innovation hub and surrounding Science Park will create the platforms to support researchers, clinicians and industry to work with our uniquely diverse and stable population and patient records to accelerate the development and adoption of new genomics and AI technology to unlock precision medicine’s ability to transform healthcare delivery.

£95m (capital)

£330m GBSLEP N/A

Midlands Engine Internationalisation Action Plan

The Internationalisation Plan sets out an ambition for the Midlands to become an exemplar region in supporting Government to achieve its ambitions on exports and inward investment for the UK economy. Midlands Engine is championing a new way of working underpinned by regional accountability. This involves working with DIT and partners at national, regional and local levels to fill strategic gaps and ensure support for trade and investment is joined up, targeted and drives value.

£30m (revenue)

£30m over 3 years

All Suggest the Black Country should receive £5m+ from this fund, which we can deliver through the Black Country Productivity Factory programme (see pipeline table)

A Radical Prevention Fund for the West Midlands

Establish a ring-fenced, recyclable fund to support radical innovation in prevention, focused specifically on the deployment and testing of preventative digital solutions with a clear projected reduction in downstream health and care demand.

£10m All Suggest the Black Country should receive £3m+ from this, which we can deliver through the Black Country Productivity Factory programme (see pipeline)

Housing Affordability Accelerator Action Plan

The Housing Affordability Accelerator Plan for the West Midlands will enable this economically vibrant and diverse region to turbo charge the delivery of a scale and mix of affordable and social housing the region so desperately needs if it is to realise its untapped economic potential and close the productivity gap identified in our trailblazing Local Industrial Strategy.

£350m over 4 years

(£326m capital, £24m

revenue)

£350m Distribution not clear

The Black Country has an identified capacity of 42,393 houses. With a third of the WMCA’s housing and clear affordability needs, the Black Country should receive £120m + from this funding pot, which we can

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deliver through our Black Country Garden City programme (see pipeline).

West Midlands T-Level Readiness Fund

We recognise the need for a complementary training and skills offer that will enable both employers and residents to better access and capitalise on these growth opportunities. The existing post-16 estate will be the foundation for the delivery of these technical skills. However, investment is needed to ensure that we have a suitable technical offer in place, one that will enable the successful roll out of Technical Levels; the expansion of Apprenticeships (particularly at higher levels); and the retraining and upskilling of adults through the National Retraining Scheme and the Adult Education budget. The region is keen to oversee a collaborative approach to investing in facilities and equipment so that the maximum numbers of businesses and residents can have access to new technical provision.

£100m £100m + Distribution not clear, but Dudley,

Birmingham and Solihull IoT’s mentioned

Suggest the Black Country should receive £50m+ from this, reflecting the comparative need and the skills asks outline in the pipeline analysis (£60m).

UK Central Unlock an unprecedented development opportunity (mixed use) adjacent to the HS2 station at UKC and deliver a funding and finance solution to address the big upfront infrastructure

£200m funding

gap needs to be

filled – not clear what the specific WMCA ask is

£200m funding

gap needs to be filled

GBSLEP N/A

Total Circa £2.7bn

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West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy

• The West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) is currently in draft stage, awaiting final

sign off from local leaders and government. Black Country LEP and local partners have played an essential role in shaping the strategy in collaboration with the WMCA and the other two LEPs.

• We have been working hard to ensure the LIS document is more reflective of Black Country needs, but there remain some gaps when it comes to interventions that will clearly and directly benefit our area.

• The LEP provided a formal response to the West Midlands LIS consultation process and our key asks of this are included in the tables below. In the columns a traffic light system is used to indicate how far our asks have gone with regards to changes in the West Midlands LIS document. – from the consultation document in October 2018, the WMCA Board in early January 2019 and the current draft.

West Midlands LIS: Black Country LEP Asks and WMCA Response

The table demonstrates that whilst we’ve made significant our progress on making the LIS “more

Black Country”, there’s certain areas that need re-affirming given recent changes to the document.

Importantly, the current LIS draft offers little commitment or narrative around investments and

opportunities in the Black Country. While its acknowledged that at this stage many of the

proposed interventions are not place-specific, this is still potentially concerning as it may result in

the Black Country being left behind the rest of the region.

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Furthermore, there’s not enough specific commitment to tackling fuel poverty in the energy section,

and the supply chain narrative remains diluted with SMEs generally appearing as an afterthought.

Many companies in the Black Country are crucial to the success of key regional and national

industries such as aerospace, automotive and rail. Actions within the LIS should reflect these SME

supply chain firms as much as it does with large/OEM firms.

Black Country leaders and partners should stress the need of generic interventions to benefit the

Black Country as the strategy moves into implementation. If the strategy is truly inclusive it needs

to more proportionately address low productivity and deprivation in the LEP area with the largest

issues (whilst also demonstrating the “opportunity” here). A key part of this will be assurances that

the annex section of the strategy – containing key evidence and insight on the economy and sectors

remains an integral part of the overall strategy.

It’s clear that in both the WMCA Spending Review and the West Midlands LIS, the Black Country isn’t as represented as it should be when it comes to funding commitments and dedicated policy interventions. In the context of the Black Country’s inferiority on a number of key economic indicators, this is unfair and potentially damaging.

Black Country Pipeline: The Black Country Local Implementation Plan (LIP)

• The Black Country has clearly the explicit need and opportunity for further funding.

Furthermore, through the emerging Black Country Local Implementation Plan (LIP), we have a pipeline of projects that are quickly becoming investment-ready.

• The tables below and on the following pages set out the Black Country’s current unfunded programme short-term pipeline1, continually in development.

• The Black Country’s current funding ask of government for this time period is £710m, leveraging a further £3.3bn investment to deliver our key programmes. This investment would provide the Black Country with sufficient resources to drive improvements across key areas to ensure the area is resilient in the face of Brexit and other uncertainties such as Jaguar Land Rover’s reduction of jobs.

It’s crucial that further Black Country specific investments – like the below – are included within a re-draft of the WMCA’s 2019 Spending Review and within the West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy. Such large differences in the funding allocations between different WMCA LEP areas, e.g. GBSLEP and BCLEP, will only entrench inequalities and widen the region’s output gap. In addition to the £200m allocated in the Spending Review, a further £510m should be provided to the Black Country to ensure successfully delivery of our ambitions.

Furthermore, investments in programmes from both the LIS and the Spending Review should be driven at the within LEP areas rather than centrally from the outside. This will ensure SEP delivery at the LEP level and provide continuity to economic development strategy in the local area.

1 Short-term pipeline reflecting a 5-year pipeline period

Black Country LIP Funding Ask Summary by Programme

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January 2019: Black Country LEP Funding Request Summary: Priority Programmes (Short-Term Pipeline)

Foundation of Productivity

Programme Description Estimated £ from WMCA

LIS & CSR

Required Funding

Funding Ask

Expected Leverage

Total Investment

Ideas & Business Environment

Black Country Productivity Factory

An £18m funded programme of activity dedicated to improving productivity in the supply chain. In particular, a £3m investment to assist the supply chain improve productivity through various activities such as the use of modern technology/practices, improving skills and wider business support. The programme intends to deliver 270 learner assists, 270 business assists and 270 jobs through best-in-class, focused mentoring through sector experts.

£0 £18m £18m £23m £41m

People

Black Country Skills Factory

£2m funding is required towards the continued support & extension of the successful best-in-class Black Country Skills Factory, including the utilisation of key training assets such as Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills and Dudley’s Institute of Technology. The Skills Factory aims to help upskill the workforce especially of SMEs in the Black Country’s 5 key transformational sectors; 6,000 learner assists would be delivered over 3 years.

£0 £2m £2m £2m

Skills Capital We’re seeking £11m worth of funding for a range of projects intended to provide training and equipment that is demanded by industry but not currently available within training providers the Black Country within training providers. This includes getting full support for Dudley’s new Institute of Technology.

£0 £11m £11m £9m £20m

Careers & Schools

£20m required to deliver a pipeline of projects related to schools and careers advice, particularly building on the new Black Country Careers Hub. A full commitment to Careers & Enterprise funding beyond 2020 is required.

£0 £20m £20m £34m £54m

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LIS & CSR

Required Funding

Funding Ask

Expected Leverage

Total Investment

Skills for the Unemployed

Improving the life chances of residents through employability and skills development of groups and communities furthest from the labour market. We will work at the regional level to implement a number of key projects in the Black Country: • Mayor’s Mentors • WMCA Employment Support Pilot • WMCA Career Learning Pilot

£0 £27m £27m £3m £30m

Infrastructure

HVM City £638m total investment (including a funding ask of over £150m) intended to accelerate the delivery of sites of industrial excellence and improving the quality of key industrial locations. Achieving the totality of HVM City programmes will deliver 157 ha HQE Land and 16,187 jobs in the Black Country. This ask includes £20m to create a West Midlands Brownfield Research and Innovation Centre (WMBRIC) to develop the application of research and innovation to brownfield regeneration across the WM, working in partnership with the construction industry and integrating BRIC with the National Institute of Brownfield Land.

£33m estimated

(via Inclusive Growth

Corridors)

£80m £147m £491m £671m

Connected Black Country

Total pipeline investment of £618m with funding of £153m required in infrastructure projects to better connect the Black Country. Pipeline of schemes ready for implementation when funding is delivered, to build on successes such as the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Extension commitment.

£133m (£33m

estimated via Inclusive

Growth Corridors)

£158m £25m £403m £561m

Black Country Garden City

Almost £2bn total programme of activity (including a £164m funding ask) to increase the use of modern methods in construction – e.g. offsite, BIM, digital technology - realising our Garden City vision: utilising existing green, cultural and economic assets to develop attractive places where people want to live, transforming the reality and perception of the Black Country. In total, our Garden City Vision aims to deliver over 16,000 homes.

£33m estimated

(via Inclusive Growth

Corridors)

£175m £142m £1.79bn £1.97bn

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LIS & CSR

Required Funding

Funding Ask

Expected Leverage

Total Investment

Economic Capital

With an ask of £55m, a £450m total programme of actions to seek maximum economic benefit from our strategic centres and ensure that they contribute to the attractiveness of the Black Country as a place to live, work, visit and invest.

£0 £55m £55m £395m £450m

Better Energy

‘Better Energy’ aims to achieve access to competitive, clean energy infrastructure for the Black Country, critical to sustained economic growth in the area. The programme targets:

1. Reducing the costs of connecting expanding businesses to the energy networks.

2. Reducing energy costs for manufacturing businesses to levels comparable with competitor economies

3. Reducing energy costs for households 4. Ensuring the Black Country has an energy infrastructure

enabling rapid development of new markets, particularly for clean mobility and energy efficient housing, which will support the growth of high value manufacturing supply chains in the region.

A funding request of £9.8m is expected to unlock £100m of private sector investment to deliver these important outcomes.

£0 £65m £65m £100m £165m

Total Funding Ask

This is the current short-term funding ask from Black Country pipeline projects across all. The total funding ask is subject to change.

£200m £710m £510m £3.3bn £4.0bn

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Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership Board

15th April 2019

National Assurance Framework and Black Country LEP Assurance Framework

1. Purpose of Report

1.1 Members will recall the Government issued a revised National Assurance Framework (NAF - January 2019), which required to be incorporated in the Black Country Local Assurance Framework (LAF).

1.2 This report updates on further amendments to the existing LAF, which were in place by 1st April 2019 and are detailed in the appended “Annex E”.

1.3 In addition, the LEP was to publish a statement in regard to LEP’s in Combined

Authority areas to define the role and responsibility of each body. This is contained within the BC LEP Assurance Framework.

1.4 To note that ABCA has agreed to a proposed new quorum of eight Members, two of

whom must be public sector (local authority Leaders or their nominated representative) and six private sector members.

2. Recommendations Board Members are asked to: -

2.1. Note the contents of the report.

2.2. Confirm the revised Black Country Assurance Framework contained available here and contained in the Appendices pack.

2.3. Note that in regard, to the process for considering the Urgent Business for which a

decision is required before the next scheduled meeting of the Board, this remains outstanding, as form of words is required to be agreed with the Accountable Body’s Legal Team.

3. Report Detail 3.1 The Government have produced as series of revisions to the National Assurance

Framework, since the approval and adoption of the current BC Local Assurance Framework. This document builds on the work to strengthen the assurance of LEPs and in part, addresses the recommendations of the NAF received January 2019.

3.2 Annex E – Local Assurance Framework appended to this report provides the revisions

made by 31st March 2019 to comply with Government requirements.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768356/National_Local_Growth_Assurance_Framework.pdf


https://www.blackcountrylep.co.uk/about-us/transparency/assurance-framework/


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3.3 In regard to a process to consider urgent business the Assurance Framework currently details the process for holding an urgent meeting to consider business. We are working with the Accountable Body on arrangements going forward.

3.3 This report updates all the agreed revisions, approved under delegation, which were

implemented by 31st March 2019, as detailed in the attached Annex E.

4. Financial Implications

4.1. There are no financial implications in the report.

5. Legal Implications

5.1. There are no legal implications in the report.

6. Risk Management

6.1. There are no risks identified within the report.

7. Equality Implications

7.1. There are no Equality implications identified within the report, although Members should note work continues to appoint further Board Members.

Sarah Middleton

Chief Executive

Black Country Consortium Ltd

Contact Officer

Hywel Ruddick

Democratic Support Officer

Tel: 01384 471142

Email: [email protected]

Source Documents:

National Assurance Framework v3 – issued January 2019

Annex E (NAF - January 2019)

BC LEP Assurance Framework – v12 March available here







Annex E: Local Assurance Framework Checklist – Black Country

Requirement Document

tracking

Alignment with the Accounting Officer System Statement MCAs & LEPs should outline in their Local Assurance Framework:

1 A clear description of the roles and responsibilities.

Appendix 2 – Terms of Reference Para 1.7 – Cross LEP Working – Roles and Responsibilities Statement

2 Arrangements for taking and accounting for all decisions and ways of working.

Paragraph 3.8 – Transparency and Local Engagement

3 Responsibilities of the Accountable Body.

Appendix 13 – Collaboration Agreement; App 17 – Roles and Responsibilities; BC LEP A/F v11 – Section 3.1

4 The arrangements to ensure value for money.

Section 4

5 Publish their Local Assurance Framework on their website.

Yes

Part B: Local Enterprise Partnerships

Corporate Structure for LEPs

14 LEPs must have a legal personality.

BCC Ltd

Local Assurance Framework & Website The Local Assurance Framework must:

15 Provide information on how the LEP manages its programmes, funding streams and any associated contracts, including Local Growth Fund, City Deals and Enterprise Zones (where applicable).

Appendices 11 and 12

16 Provide information on the LEPs’ arrangements for ensuring value for money.

Section 4

17 Set of the LEPs’ approach to Section 4

risk.

18 Set out how calls for bids or projects are advertised openly and that selection criteria and selection processes are transparent.

Paragraph 2.4.3

19 Ensure the transparent Annual Accounts published – website and Companies House

publication of financial

information.

20 Ensure appropriate succession planning and arrangements for resignation of Board Members.

Appendix 3 – Recruitment & Selection Process

21 Implement an induction process. Members Induction Pack produced – will be trialled with New Members

22 Set out the processes the LEP Updated policy to include GDPR compliance to be uploaded

has put in place in regard to the

handling on data.

23 Provide information on LEP scrutiny arrangements.

App. 26 references BCJC scrutiny.

24 Have a dedicated website. Yes. Include WM LIS and LIP documents when agreed

25 Set out how the LEP will conduct ongoing local engagement.

Appendix 31 Stakeholders Engagement Plan

26 Set out how the LEP will evidence effective engagement.

Appendix 31 Stakeholders Engagement Plan

Appointment Process for Board Members and Chairs

27 Set out how the LEP ensures open recruitment processes.

Appendix 3 – Recruitment & Selection Policy

28 Set out the appointment process for Board members (Public and Private sector), Chairs and Deputy Chairs.

Appendix 3 – Recruitment & Selection Policy

29 Set out the LEPs commitment to Paragraph 3.9.2

diversity, including a diversity

statement.

Board renumeration and LEP Officer salaries

30 Set out the expenditure and/or renumeration policy for Chairs and Board Members clear on their websites.

Statement on the website that Board Members are not remunerated. Senior Officer salaries are published.

31 Have a code of conduct which all Appendix 16

Board Members and LEP

Officials sign up to.

Conflicts of Interest

32 Set out how the LEP manages Appendix 36

conflict of interest, including

having a conflict of interest

policy.

Complaints for Third Parties and the Public

35 Set out the LEPs overarching Appendix 18

approach to dealing with

complaints and whistleblowing.

36 Have a Complaints Policy. Appendix 18

37 Set out the confidential reporting arrangements.

Para. 2.1.1 – Governance Protocols (m)

Whistleblowing Policy

38 Have a Whistleblowing Policy. Appendix 19

Publication of meeting and agenda items

39 Commit to the publication of meeting agendas, papers and minutes.

Statement on Web Site

Handling confidential and exempt information

40 Set out the process for handling information which is not to be placed in the public domain.

Para. 2.1.1 – Governance Protocols

Management of Contracts

41 Set out how the LEP or its nominated party, will manage contracts related to the delivery of its programmes and how the LEP Board will be kept informed of progress.

BC LEP A/F v11 – Section 3.11; & the whole process is outlined in the Section 4.16

Government Branding

42 The LEP should commit to meeting the Government branding guidelines for projects.

Appendix 32

Accountability and decision making

43 Set out the LEP’s structure, and decision making processes.

Section 3

44 Confirm the accountable body arrangements for funding received.

Walsall MBC identified – going though their internal approval processes

45 Confirm that public resources are managed appropriately.

Section 3.5 & 4.16 as well as appendix 17.

46 Confirm where applicable, investment decisions will be made for all funding with reference to statutory requirements, conditions of funding, local transport objectives and through formal MCA or CA involvement where required.

Grant Agreements

47 Describe the arrangements for enabling effective meaningful engagement of local partners and the public to inform key decision and future strategy development.

Appendix 31. Annual Stakeholders Conference

49 Roles and responsibilities of the Chair, LEP Board, Sub-boards, Accountable Body and Section 151 Officer.

Section 1.3 – BC LEP Governance

50 Membership requirements of the Board and sub-boards.

Section 1.3 – BC LEP Governance. Terms of Reference.

51 Clear scheme of delegation. 1.3.3.1 BC LEP Authority Delegated to the BC LEP Chair and the Chair of the BC LEP Funding Sub Group Appendix 35 – Scheme of Delegations

52 LEPs in MCA areas agree and publish a joint statement which sets out their respective roles and responsibilities.

1.7 Cross LEP Working and Engagement

53 Specify that a decision which is made in contravention of the process will be invalid.

Section 4.16.3

54 Openly advertise funding opportunities, assess applications make the award through a formal agreement, monitor progress for the lifetime of the project, and maintain a robust audit trail to demonstrate compliance.

Yes Section 4 Project Lifecycle

55 The LEP Board consists of at least two-thirds private sector.

Yes 10 private sector – 4 local authority.

56 A LEP Board member designated as a Small and Medium Enterprise, which is published on the website.

Yes – Andrew Cox and Lindsey Flynn.

57 The LEP Board should have a maximum of 20 people, with the option to co-opt an additional five Board Members.

Board size increased to max. 20and recruitment underway.

Chair and Deputy Chair

58 The LEP Chair must come from the private sector.

Yes.

59 The LEP must have a Deputy Chair.

Yes.

60 The LEP Chair and Deputy Chair have a defined term limit of three years with an optional extension of three years.

Included in Version 12 of Assurance Framework (March 2019). Existing Board Members (pre-January 2019) previous tenure applies

LEP Staff and Independent Secretariat

61 Outline how the independent secretariat will function.

Para. 1.3.7

LEP Network: cooperation, collaboration and partnership with other LEPs

62 Commit to working with the LEP Network.

Engagement undertaken with LEP Network to include “buddy” system with other LEPs.

63 The LEP should outline the dependencies or relationships with other LEPs as appropriate.

Roles and Responsibilities Statement

The Accountable Body and Section 151 Officer

64 The LEP has a single Accountable Body.

Walsall MBC – Single Accountable Body -by March 2020

65 Outline the agreement between the Accountable Body and the LEP.

For revision once Single Accountable Body appointed. Collaboration Agreement to updated

Section 151 Officer Role

66 The S151 officer should provide a letter by the 28 February each year.

Walsall Accountable Body

Decisions relating to LEPs awarding public funds

67 Describe the decision making process.

Section 4 – Project Lifecycle

68 A commitment from all LEP board and sub group members to making decisions on merit having taken into account all of the relevant information available at the time.

Appendix 16

69 Clear lines of accountability to the LEP Board and, where applicable, the Accountable Body.

Section 4

70 Describe the process for recording decisions and communicating these to the Accountable Body, CA or MCA.

Decision Notice and minutes. Decision Notice published and shared with Accountable Body. NB Review post LEP Review

71 Information on the LEP’s decision making procedures, including the arrangements for ensuring decisions are taken at meetings which are quorate.

Section 2

72 A link to the current schemes of delegation.

Appendix 35

73 The person (or name of the position) responsible for providing the final sign off for funding decisions.

Black Country Executive Joint Committee

74 Describe the process by which the Accountable Body confirms receipt of the information and can report back when the direction is completed.

Section 4.16.3 – 4.16.6 inclusive

75 The process allowing decisions, by exception, to be made by the LEP Board in the absence of a formal meeting.

Currently process is to have an urgent meeting. Work is ongoing with Accountable Body regarding process and form of words.

76 A system for promptly considering complaints.

Appendix 18

77 A system showing how investment decisions must be subject to a proportionate business case and evaluation and how decisions must be subject to scrutiny arrangements in line with the LEP processes.

5 Case Business Model & Independent appraisal

78 A statement setting out the documents which shall be made available to the LEP board in advance of making decisions which should include:

• The application made for funding

• An appraisal of the application

• A view by a legal expert

• A recommendation as to whether to fund the proposal

• A recommendation about conditions which should be attached to the proposal.

1.3.5 (iv) Funding Applications Sub- Group

79 Set out the LEPs role in recovering funding where there has been non-compliance, mis representation or underperformance, this should include, the LEP Board or delegated sub-group receiving reports providing information on projects which have received funding, including:

• A description of projects where concerns have been identified

• Relevant details including the amount of funding awarded and the sum at risk due to the concerns

• Where recovery of funds is considered, a legal opinion which sets out the legal basis for recovery and likelihood of success.

BC LEP A/F Section 3.11.4

80 Set out the arrangements to recover non-compliant funding.

Appendix 13 – collaboration agreement and is outlined in the individual Grant Agreements subject to case by case clauses, security arrangements, etc; standard Grant Agreement template is available on your website.

Scrutiny and Audit arrangements

81 Describe the agreed scrutiny and audit arrangements.

Appendix 26

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Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership

15th April 2018

Annual Economic Review 2019 – Key Messages

1. Background

1.1 The report details the key messages contained in the 2019 Annual Black Country Economic Review and supporting Local Summaries.

2. Recommendations

2.1 That the Board note the key messages contained in the Annual Economic Review 2019;

and the local summary reports and approve the dissemination of the positive messages. 2.2 That the Board agree to receive a report back on the further research been undertaken on

global opportunities and international benchmarking. 2.3 That the Board agree to the utilization of the EIU to seek opportunities that widen our reach

nationally and internationally to ensure the Black Country is represented on a national and global platform.

2.4 That the Board agree to receive a report back on gender and ethnic representation and

approve the enhancement of our monitoring and reporting on Board composition. 2.5 That the Board note the utilization of our evidence base approach to continue to develop

the Black Country Local Implementation Plan to ensure the current and pipeline activity is aligned to resources and propositions that will impact on the ambitions as set out in the Black Country Performance Management Framework.

3. Report Detail

3.1 Annual Economic Review 2018 Key Messages

a) Gross Value Added in the Black Country is at an 8-year high • Total GVA in the Black Country increased to £21.7bn in 2017 – a faster growth

rate from 2016 compared to the national average - 4.3% compared to 3.5% nationally. This growth rate positions the Black Country at 8th place out of 38 LEPS. A huge change from when we were the bottom of the LEP’s league table in a negative growth position in 2007-8.

• GVA per head in the Black Country has increased from 2016 by £612 to reach £18,294 in 2017 – also a high growth rate than nationally (3.5% increase compared to 2.9% nationally).

• Within the WMCA 3 LEP geography the Black Country had the highest increase in total GVA and GVA per head and above the national average.

• However, GVA per head is £9,802 lower than the national average of £28,096 and despite the continual positive growth in GVA per head, the output gap

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(GVA per head Black Country compared to national average) still remains and is currently £11.6bn.

• To reduce the output gap, the Black Country needs to continue to focusing on raising skills levels, increasing the employment rate with more local people in jobs and promote the growth and innovation of the business base.

b) Record number of enterprises based in the Black Country

• The number of active enterprises in the Black Country has risen to 38,505, an increase of 1,020 (+2.7%) enterprises since 2016 compared to 3.3% nationally.

• The Black Country enterprise stock per 10,000 population was 325 in 2017 compared to 464) nationally.

• 5,240 new enterprises were started in the Black Country in 2017, this is a decrease of -655 (-11.1%) compared to 2016. This reflects national trends of -9.2%.

• A total of 92.7% of Black Country enterprises born in 2014 survived through the first year; higher than the national average of 92.3%. However, a different pattern was recorded after 3 years with a slightly lower number of these enterprises surviving compared to the national average (60.4% vs 61.4%).

c) Black Country Workforce Jobs reach an eight-year high

• There were 463,000 jobs in the Black Country in 2017, an increase of 4.0% (+18,000 employees) from 2016. While the national average increased but at a slower rate of 1.3%.

d) Resident Wages are up • On average Black Country residents working full-time earn £25,505 as of April

2018 (+£700 from April 2017) which is a 2.8% increase compared to 2.7% nationally.

• Resident incomes are 85% of the national average as Black Country residents earn on average £4,364 less than the national average (£29,869).

e) Apprenticeship starts are decreasing

• Across the Black Country there were 9,420 apprenticeship starts in 2017/18. Compared to 2016/17 this is a decrease of 30.6% which mirrors the national trend of -25%.

f) The proportion of people in the Black Country with no qualifications significantly decreased over the past year

• 15.6% of people in the Black Country have no formal qualifications, this is a 3.9 percentage point (pp) decrease from 2016 compared to only a .2 pp decrease nationally.

• The number of people in the Black Country with no formal qualification decreased by 27,800 over the past year from 139,600 in 2016 to 111,800 in 2017. To reach the national average of 7.6% requires a further 57,308 to obtain at least one qualification.

g) The proportion of people in the Black Country with NVQ Level 4 and above significantly increased over the past year

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• 24.5% of people in the Black Country are qualified to NVQ 4+ levels, this is a 1.5pp increase from 2016. Nationally there was a 0.4pp increase to 38.3%.

• The number of working age population with NVQ4+ qualifications increased by 11,000 over the past year from 164,400 in 2016 to 175,400 in 2017. To reach the national average of 38.3% requires a further 99,211 people to be upskilled.

h) Over 2,500 new homes for a growing population

• 492,890 homes (+ 0.5%, 2,520 net new homes from 2016) which accommodate the ongoing increase in population that has reached 1.19m residents in 2017. To reach the 2026 homes core strategy target an additional 27,990 net new homes are required.

• Nationally there was a 0.9% increase in dwelling stock compared to 2016.

i) Significant changes in transport infrastructure

• £100m investment to the Wolverhampton – New Cross Hospital Metro will improve connectivity and reduce congestion.

• £50m investment to the A4123 corridor with schemes within to improve reliability, public transport, cycling and walking.

• £25.5m investment to Birchley Island which will improve connectivity by providing a new through lane to access the motorway and also improve facilities for pedestrians and cyclists and widen connected roads with signal control.

j) Key infrastructure developments

• £16m investment to develop land for commercial premises (Wolverhampton).

• A £9.1m investment to the Music Institute, Cable Plaza to deliver jobs, learner assists and floorspace (Dudley).

• £8.3m investment to Goscote Lane Corridor to create new homes (Walsall).

• £12.7m investment for the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills – National Foundry Training Centre to provide access to industrial facilities and a purpose-built training block (Sandwell).

3.2 Annual Economic Review 2018 Key Messages – Local PMF’s

Alongside the Black Country Annual Economic Review, the EIU has produced four summary reports which set out the key changes for each of the Black Country Local Authorities (Appendix 2).

4. Next Steps

4.1 As presented at the LEP Conference there are a number of positive messages in terms of

the growth of the Black Country economy and a clear communication plan for dissemination of this has been developed and is set out in the Communication update report.

4.2 Continual deepening of our evidence base and understanding of the opportunities for the

Black Country economy continues to be a priority for the Economic Intelligence Unit. We have recently commissioned some work to look at opportunities on a global scale and understand the potential for our companies to grow and take advantages of these opportunities. Important insight can be gained from the review of international practices and

Agenda Item 6

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we will supplement our existing base to strengthen our understanding of our global position and opportunities.

4.3 Utilising our evidence base approach we will continue to develop the Black Country Local

Implementation Plan to ensure the current and pipeline activity is aligned to resources and propositions that will impact on the ambitions as set out in the Black Country Performance Management Framework.

4.4 At the recent LEP Annual stakeholders conference there was a discussion regarding gender and ethnicity representation across Black Country Boards and the EIU will undertake desktop research to understand the evidence surrounding this. Via the assurance framework process the LEP will continually monitor Board composition in relation to demographic trends and publish its current board composition.

4.5 The EIU represents the Black Country on a range of regional and national panels and will

continue to engage in projects and seek opportunities that widen our reach nationally and internationally to ensure the Black Country is represented on a national and global platform.


5.1 There are no financial implications in this report. 6. Legal Implications

6.1 There are no legal implications from this report.

7. Risk Management

7.1 There are no risk implications from this report. 8. Equality Implications

8.1 There are no known equality implications.

Sarah Middleton Chief Executive Black Country Consortium Ltd

Contact Officer Delma Dwight Tel: 01384 471115 Email: [email protected] Source Appendix Documents: Appendix 1 - Black Country LEP Annual Economic Review 2019 (hard copies will be available on the day also) Appendix 2 - Black Country Local PMF’s 2019



THE BLACK COUNTRY - A PLACE TO WORK, LIVE, INVEST

THE BLACK COUNTRY

Annual Economic Review

The Black Country Performance Management Framework

The Black Country Performance Management Framework (PMF) set out on page 3, provides a clear framework to monitor progress and the changes required to achieve our 30-year Vision and the ambitions across the twelve programmes in our Strategic Economic Plan (SEP).

This framework was politically endorsed by the Association of Black Country Local Authorities in 2004 and is updated and reported annually.

The PMF is maintained and updated by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) of Black Country Consortium Ltd who provide in depth cross-thematic spatial analysis on the Black Country economy on behalf of the Black Country Consortium and the Local Enterprise Partnership.

The EIU also provides intelligence that can inform, support and influence important decision making in the Black Country, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and the Midlands Engine.

Understanding the economic impact of current and planned activity in the context of the Black Country and the WMCA SEP and the West Midlands LIS is fundamental to the work of the EIU as they continue to be at the forefront of new techniques and represent the region on a number of national panels.

To reflect the core themes of the Black Country Strategic Economic Plan, the analysis in this report is structured to provide an overview of the Black Country as a place to work (people), live (place) and invest (business).

How WeMeasure Success

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“The Black Country Economic Review is produced annually by the Black Country Consortium’s Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) to provide an overview of the Black Country’s economic performance during the year. The report measures success as set out in our Performance Management Framework and enables us to monitor real progress towards delivery of the Black Country Strategic Economic Plan (SEP).

Significant developments in 2018 include the development of a West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS), a unique opportunity to drive increased productivity and inclusive growth across the region. The Black Country Economic Intelligence Unit has played a fundamental role in the development of the West Midlands LIS, in particular utilising experienced skill sets to provide the deep, diverse and robust evidence base that underpins the strategy. The EIU is also a key delivery partner in the recently launched Midlands Engine Observatory.”

Introduction

Stewart Towe CBE DLChairman of the Black Country Consortium

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The Black Country | Annual Economic Review March 2019

Our Measures of Success - The Black Country Performance Management Framework1,2

In the Black Country (BC) by 2033 we will have:

Where we are now Change over the last yearDirection of Travel

Relative to National Average since 2004

Scale of Challenge

Grown our population and reversed net outward migration particularly to environs

1.19m + 9,005+8.6% BC

+10.8% Eng.+13,902 people

Raised incomes 85% (Eng = 100) + £700+35.8% BC+33.1% Eng.

+ £4,364 per person

Achieved better population balance 14% AB’s -+0.2pp BC+2pp Eng.

23% AB’s (+30,079 people)

Transformed the Environment 70.5% of residents satisfied with Black Country as a place to live77.8%

Resident satisfaction

By 2033 We Will have Achieved Our 2 Primary Outcomes:

1. Regenerated Our Economy

No Output Gap £11.6bn +£0.3bn +£5.3bn -£11.6bn

Raised the number of local jobs 463,000 +18,000 jobs+5.7% BC

+11.9% Eng.+116,280 jobs

Increased the total employment rate 68.3% +3.2pp 0pp BC

+2.3pp Eng.75.1%

+48,895 people employed

Increased the % of knowledge workers 35% +12,900 people+23.5% BC

+30.4% Eng.46.1%

+55,685 people

Raised the enterprise birth rate 44 per 10,000 population-655 new enterprise

births+1,065

new enterprises61 per 10,000 population+1,997 new enterprises

Reduced the % of workless households20.3%

71,100 households-7.8%

-6,000 households-7.6% BC

-13.0% Eng.14.0%

-22,072 households

Increased the number of visitors to the area 19.7million +2.1 million visitors - A leading UK destination

2. Sustainable Environment Transformation

Increased the hectares of local nature reserves

900.2ha 0ha +7.5ha1 hectare of Local Nature

Reserves per 1,000 population

A sustainable environment - reduced CO

2 emissions

4.1 tonnes per capita - 0.3 tonnes per capita-2.6 tonnes per capita BC

-3.2 tonnes per capita Eng.44 % reduction

-1.13 tonnes per capita

By 2033 We Will Have Achieved Our 2 Economic Drivers:

1. Raised Education and Skills

Reduced the number of people with no qualifications

15.6%111,800 people

-3.9pp-27,800 people

-4.7pp BC-7.3pp Eng.

7.6%+57,308 people upskilled

Increased the number of people with NVQ4+

24.5%175,400 people

+1.5pp+11,000 people

+6.5pp BC+12.4pp Eng.

38.3%+99,211 people

Improved pupils Progress 8 score across the Black Country

-0.18(Below Average)

+0.03 N/A-0.02 (national avg)

BC point score to improve by +0.16

Reduced the no. of 16-17 year olds Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

5.6% -0.7pp N/ANo NEETs

- 1,530 (16-17-year olds)

2. Transformed our Environmental Infrastructure3

Increased net new homes 492,890 + 2,520+35,010

new homes+27,990

net new homes

High Quality Employment Land 737ha +11ha +204haCreate/transform 834ha of employment land to

high quality

Additional office floorspace in strategic centres

42,085m2 developed since 2006

0m2 +42,085m2 +814,667m²

Additional retail floorspace in strategic centres

384,000m2 (approximate stock in 2006)

+12,988m2 +48,789m2 +296,211m2

1 Illustrates those indicators where the Black Country moved in a positive direction of travel compared to the national average Indicates the reverse Indicates no change or a growth in the right direction but less than the

national average growth

2 pp = percentage points3 Targets in line with Black Country Core Strategy 2026

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Where We Are Now

1.19m people

463,000 jobs

£21.7bn GVA

68.3% employment rate

£25,505 avg. resident earnings

Walsall

281,293

111,000

£5.1bn

71.6%

£25,187

Sandwell

325,460

133,000

£6.3bn

64.3%

£24,573

Dudley

319,419

119,000

£5.4bn

71.7%

£27,295

KEY:

Total Population

Jobs

GVA

Employment Rate

Average Full Time Resident Salary

Black Country 20184

Wolverhampton

259,926

100,000

£4.9bn

65.8%

£24,964

4

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4 Illustrates those indicators where the Black Country moved in a positive direction of travel compared to the national average Indicates the reverse Indicates no change or a growth in the right direction but less than the national average growth


Black Country Successes

Black Country Dashboards

Recently, the EIU have produced numerous interactive dashboards that display the Black Country progress across key socio-economic indicators from the Black Country Performance Management Framework (PMF). The dashboards are available to view online via: www.the-blackcountry.com/economic-intelligence-unit/black-country-data-sets/data

Alongside the socio-economic dashboards, detailed spatial dashboards have been developed. These include local authority and Black Country corridor dashboards which sets out summaries of projects, investments and outputs. These are supported by town profiles presenting a range of information on areas such as demographics, education and business.

The EIU have also developed dashboards across Transformational and Enabling sectors. Each in the context of current and potential contribution of the sector.

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Economy continues to grow

£21.7bnGVA

More Homes

Average residentwages are up

£25,505

493k

Employment rate has increased to

68.3%and at a faster rate than England 3.2pp vs 0.9pp

Number of NEETs is below

national average

(5.6% vs 6.0% across England)

Record Number of Enterprises

38,505

27,800 fewer people with no qualifications

Record number of jobs

463,000

GVA per head continuing to increase

£18,294 (3.5% vs 2.9% across England)

Growing Population

1.19m residents

Expected to reach 2033 target this year

Raising Employability, Education & Skills

This section summarises the key evidence in relation to the four strategic programmes focused on raising employability, education and skills as set out in the Black Country SEP.

• There are 463,000 local jobs reflecting an increase of 25,000 since 2009.

• There are a lower proportion of 16-17 NEETs across the Black Country (5.6%) than nationally (6.0%).

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14% of Population

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24.5% Working Age Population with NVQ4+

+ 1.5pp

5.6% 16-17 NEET

- 0.7pp

Employment Rate 68.3%

+ 3.2pp

-0.18 Progress 8 Score +0.03

15.6% Working Age

Population No Qualifications

-3.9pp

Population 1.19m

+ 9,005


Local Jobs

There were 463,000 jobs reported in the Black Country in 2017, which is an increase of 25,000 jobs from 20095. There was a significant increase of 18,000 jobs from 2016 to 2017 (+4%), while nationally there was a 1.3% growth reported.

Jobs by Sector

The highest number of jobs in 2017 for the Black Country was in the retail sector (86,000) followed by the business services sector (78,500). The public sector including education employs approximately 74,300 people, while the health sector employs approximately 67,800 people. The advanced manufacturing sector was made up of 57,400 employees in 2017.

The Black Country has a higher than national average proportion of employment in many sectors including advanced manufacturing (12% vs 9%), transport technologies (8% vs 6%), health (15% vs 14%) and retail (19% vs 15%). The sector action plans being developed as part of the West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy will further understanding of the opportunities for growth in these sectors.

The following table shows the annual percentage change in total jobs for the Black Country since 2009/10:

Source: Business Register & Employment Survey (2018)

Annual Percentage Change in Jobs

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17

0.9%6 -2.9%7 0.7% 1.2% -0.7%8 3.5% -0.9% 4.0%

5 ONS: Business Register and Employment Survey 2018 6 Indicates improvement from previous year7 Indicates +1% negative trend from previous year8 Indicates negative trend that is less than 1% from previous year

Black Country 2017 England %

Advanced Manufacturing 57,400 (12%) 9%

Building Technologies 20,900 (5%) 5%

Business Services 78,500 (17%) 24%

Environmental Technologies 9,400 (2%) 1%

Transport Technologies 35,800 (8%) 6%

Health 67,800 (15%) 14%

Public Sector 74,300 (16%) 16%

Retail 86,000 (19%) 15%

Sports 6,000 (1%) 2%

Visitor Economy 26,900 (6%) 8%

Total 463,000

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

410,000

420,000

430,000

440,000

450,000

460,000

470,000

No

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Job

s

Source: Business Register & Employment Survey (2018)


Earnings

Average full-time annual earnings for Black Country residents rose by £700 to £25,505 in April 2018. This is an increase of 2.8% compared to the national average increase of 2.7%9. While average full-time workplace annual earnings in the Black Country was £25,916 in April 2018 an increase of £845 (3.4% compared to 2.7% nationally).

Average Black Country resident earns £4,364 less than the England average. Resident earnings currently stand at 85% of the England average. The average workplace earnings in the Black Country is £3,956 less than the England average of £29,872.

Between 2010 and 2018, average annual full-time resident earnings in the Black Country have increased by £3,470. The growth rate over this period is 15.7% compared to 13.7% for England.

Qualifications

The number of people in the Black Country qualified to NVQ4+ significantly increased by 11,000 from 164,000 (23.0%) in 2016 to 175,400 (24.5%) in 2017. There has been a rise of 56,600 people qualified to NVQ4+ from 118,800 in 2004 (an increase of 47.6% compared to 64.4% nationally). To reach the national average of 38.3% requires a further 99,211 people qualified at this level10.

9 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 201810 All qualifications data has been taken from the ONS Annual Population Survey 2018

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Average full-time gross annual resident earningsGrowth rates - 2004 to 2018

-4.0%

-2.0%

2.0%

6.0%

0.0%

4.0%

8.0%

Source: Annual Survey of Hours & Earnings, 2018 Black Country

England

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Percentage of People with NVQ4+ Qualifications (2004-2017)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

Source: Annual Population Survey, 2018 Black Country

England


Apprenticeships

Mirroring the trend nationally (-25%), apprenticeship starts across the Black Country decreased by -4,160 (-30.6%) to 9,420 from 2016/17 to 2017/1811. It is believed that the fall in apprenticeship starts is due to the implementation of the Apprenticeship Levy, with businesses so far using just 14% of their levy funds.

The number of apprenticeship starts at all levels were down on the previous year. Intermediate Apprenticeships bore the brunt of the reduction in absolute numbers, falling by -3,830 (-40.6%); while Higher Apprenticeships performed reasonably well in the overall context dropping just -2.3% on 2016/17.

This has negatively impacted on the Black Country’s ambition to increase apprenticeship starts to 23,000 by 2033. To meet this goal the Black Country now needs an additional 13,580 apprenticeship starts.

The proportion of Black Country residents with no qualifications reported a strong decline from 19.5% (139,600) in 2016 to 15.6% (111,800) in 2017. To reach the current national average (7.6%) requires a further upskilling of 57,308 people.

The following table shows the annual percentage point change of residents with no qualifications for the Black Country since 2004/05:

Annual Percentage Point Change of Residents with No Qualifications in the Black Country

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17

1.1pp13 2.6pp 0.3pp14 -2.9pp12 -1.6pp -1.2pp -2.2pp 0.2pp 0.8pp -0.7pp 2.3pp 0.5pp -3.9pp

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Source: Annual Population Survey, 2018

Percentage of People with No Qualifications (2004-2017)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

Black Country

England

Apprenticeship by Level of Qualification

Intermediate

Advanced

Higher

Source: ESFA Datacube 2017/18 Full Year Data

11 ESFA Datacube 2017/18 Full Year Data 12 Indicates improvement from previous year13 Indicates +1pp negative trend from previous year14 Indicates negative trend that is less than 1pp from previous year


Educational Pathway

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Children Achieving a Good Level of Development

(0-5 Years)BC 68.6% England 71.5%

Pupils Staying in Education (KS5)

BC 94% England 94%

The Number of People Starting an

Apprenticeship Programme9,420 in 2017/18

Pupils Meeting the Expected Standard at KS2

BC 61.3% England 64%

Pupils Achieving a Higher Standard at KS2

BC 8% England 10%

The Difference in Attainment 8 Score for Pupils Deemed

DisadvantagedBC -7.7 pp

Progress 8BC -0.18 England -0.02

Attainment 8BC 43.1 England 46.5

SECONDARY SCHOOL

KS4 PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Pupils Continuing to Higher Education

BC 62% England 59%

Pupils Attending the Top Third Higher Education

InstitutionsBC 12% England 24%

Indicates an improvement in performance over the past year compared to the national average

Indicates an improvement in performance over the past year but less than the national average

Indicates an overall decline in performance over the past year compared to the national average


Progress 8

Progress 8 is designed to measure how well pupils progress between the end of primary school and the end of secondary school. The score for each pupil is based on whether their actual grades are higher or lower than those achieved by pupils who had similar attainment. Results are classified as: Well Above Average, Above Average, Average, Below Average and Well Below Average.

Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall are all deemed Below Average, while Wolverhampton (-0.05) is rated as Average.

Overall in the Black Country there are 5 schools rated Well Above Average, 5 schools Above Average, 26 Average schools, 26 Below Average schools and 23 Well Below Average.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8 measures a student’s average grade across eight subjects – the same subjects that count towards Progress 8. This measure is designed to encourage schools to offer a broad, well-balanced curriculum.

The average attainment 8 score for all schools in the Black Country decreased from 43.6 last year, to 43.1 this year. Wolverhampton (44.4) remains closest to the national average (46.5), whilst Walsall was the only local authority area to improve upon its 2017 score increasing from 43.2 in 2017 to 43.8 in 2018.

Scores in the English and Maths elements of attainment 8 remained relatively stable, while the average score for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) element was 3.56 compared to 3.83 for all schools in England.

Attainment Gap

There are over 58,000 children in the Black Country considered to be disadvantaged - which equates to 37% of all primary and secondary school children. Analysis shows that the attainment gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils in the Black Country is 7.7 percentage points.

Analysis of characteristics shows that the attainment gap is greatest for those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and those assessed with special educational needs - 36% of pupils who have Free School Meals only achieve grades 9-4 in English and Maths, compared to 55% for all other pupils - nationally 39% and 67%.

Schools Performance

There have been some significant policy changes in schools data as to how achievement is measured. These are largely designed to encourage good teaching across a broad curriculum. The following outlines this performance in the Black Country by Progress 8 and Attainment 8.15

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40

50

30

20

10

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43.4

33.3

40.6

35.2

43.8 44.443.1

Dudley Sandwell Walsall Wolverhampton Black Country

35.9 37.2 35.4

All Pupils

Disadvantaged

2017 2018

Source: Gov.Uk School Performance Tables 2019Source: Gov.Uk School Performance Tables 2019

Attainment 8

46

47

45

44

41

42

43

40

39

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43.743.4

42.4

40.6

43.2

45.0

43.6

44.6

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England

43.844.4

43.1

46.5

Progress 8

0

-0.05

-0.1

-0.15

-0.2-0.15

-0.31

-0.19

-0.05

-0.18

-0.02

-0.25

-0.3

-0.35

Dudley Sandwell Walsall W’ton Black Country

England

15 All school performance data has been taken from Gov.UK, School Performance Tables, 2019


Performance Map – By Progress 8

The following map shows the performance of state funded schools by Progress 8 compared to the national average.

Improved since previous year

Direction of Travel (2017-2018 Progress 8 Results Comparison)

Compared to National Average (-0.02)

Above National Average

Below National Average

Progress 8 Performance 2017-2018

Stayed the sameWorsened since previous year

WALSALL

SANDWELL

DUDLEY

WOLVERHAMPTON

Black Country Progress 8 School Performance

29 Schools At or Above the National Average

56 Schools Below the National Average

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Careers

There are now 87 Black Country schools and colleges in the Enterprise Adviser Network. In the last year, significant improvements have been made with the number of schools and colleges meeting more than half of the benchmarks rising by 27% and the number of benchmarks being fully met increasing by 48%.

Overall, six of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks are higher than the national average. This comprises over half of the Black Country schools and colleges within the network achieving the benchmark for ‘Employer Encounters’ and 47% meeting the benchmark for ‘Employer Experiences’.

In addition, the labour market information produced for schools which was developed locally to national acclaim has resulted in 40% of Black Country schools and colleges now fully achieving this benchmark.

The following graph displays the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks:

Partly Achieved Not AchievedAchieved

Distribution of Score by Gatsby Benchmark 2018

0%

10%

30%

50%

70%

90%

StableCareers

Learning from Career & Labour

Market Information

Individual needs

Linking Curriculum to Careers

Encounters with Employers & Employees

Experiences of the

Workplace

Encounters with Further & Higher

Education

Personal Guidance

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

BC Eng BC Eng BC Eng BC Eng BC Eng BC Eng BC Eng BC Eng

Health & Wellbeing

In the Black Country the average life expectancy is 77.6 years for males and 81.9 years for females, which is below the national average (79.6 years and 83.1 years). Similar patterns can also be seen for the average healthy life expectancy compared to nationally for the Black Country which is 58.1 years for males and 59 years for females (nationally 63.4 years and 63.8 years respectively)16.

The 2015 Indices of Multiple Deprivation show that 42.5% of the Black Country is classed as deprived (in the top 20% of the most deprived areas in England); this represents some 502,086 residents17. Furthermore 19% (220,223 residents) are in the 10% most deprived areas in England. The map below shows deprivation change between 2010 – 2015 in the Black Country. 13 areas became deprived from 2010 to 2015 as indicated on the map as red, while 20 areas moved out of deprivation and are indicated as green.


Source: Department of Communities and Local Government (IMD, 2015)

Most 20 percent deprived areas in England

Deprivation - 2015

Most 10 percent deprived areas in EnglandAreas that were deprived in 2010 but no longer deprived in 2015Areas that were not deprived in 2010 but were deprived in 2015

16 Source: ONS, Health state life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas, UK (2015-2017) 201817 Source: Department of Communities and Local Government (IMD, 2015)

Deprivation - Change

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In 2017/18 there were on average 41.5% (5,919 children) of year 6 children that were overweight. including obesity compared to the England average of 34.3%. This is a 0.2 percentage point increase which reflects national trends of +0.1 percentage points from 2016/17. The map below shows the prevalence of overweight children in year 6 throughout the country, the Black Country is one of the areas that has a higher proportion compared to the national average.


Source: Public Health England, 2018

18 Public Health England, 2018

HighMediumLow

% of Overweight (inc. Obesity)Year 6 Children:

Year 6: Prevalence of Overweight (Including Obesity) By Local Authority Within England

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In 2017, the Black Country employment rate was 68.3% and the following table shows the annual percentage point change for the Black Country employment rate since 2004/05:

20 Indicates improvement from previous year21 Indicates +1pp negative trend from previous year22 Indicates negative trend that is less than 1pp from previous year

Economic Activity

The total working age (16-64) population of the Black Country was 719,700 people in 2017, an increase of 500 people since 2016. 73.3% (527,800 people)19 were economically active in 2017, an increase of 4.2% (21,500 people) from 2016, this includes both employed and unemployed people. 26.7% (191,800 people) were economically inactive in 2017, which decreased from 2016 by 9.9% (-21,100 people).

pp = percentage points

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19 Please note figures may not add up due to rounding.

Annual Percentage Point Change in Employment Rate

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17

0.8pp20 -1.7pp21 0.2pp -2.1pp -1.9pp -0.4pp22 2.6pp 0.5pp -1.3pp 1.7pp -0.2pp -1.4pp 3.2pp

BLACK COUNTRYWorking Age Population

719,700+500

Inactive

191,800 (26.7%)-21,100

Active

527,800 (73.3%)+21,500

Employed

491,600 (68.3%)+23,200

Unemployed

36,200 (6.9%)-1,600

Other

19,000 (9.7%)-900

Retired

15,900 (8.3%)-200

Students

48,300 (25.2%)-2,600

Short/Long term sick

50,400 (26.3%)-5,000

Family Care

58,200 (30.3%)-12,000

Source: ONS (2018) Annual Population Survey Jan-Dec 2017

Increased fromLast Year

Decreased fromLast Year

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70.5% Resident

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737ha High Quality Employment

Land +11ha

4.1 tonnes per capita CO

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42,085m2 extra office floorspace

+0m2

900.2ha of local nature reserves

0ha 384,000m2 Retail

Floorspace +12,988m2

Transforming the Black Country Infrastructure

This section summarises the key evidence in relation to the five strategic programmes focused on

transforming the Black Country infrastructure as set out in the Black Country SEP.

• 1.19m people living in the Black Country.

• Over 2,500 new homes built in the Black Country.

• 737 hectares of high quality employment land developed.

• Superfast Broadband connectivity to 508,519 premises.

How We Live

P13. Housing

492,890 Net New Homes +2,520

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An Economy That Works For Everyone

Growth and its associated benefits are unevenly distributed in the Black Country, with key pockets of deprivation, low employment and a lack of access to opportunities.

The importance of place is woven through the Black Country’s strategy and evidence base. We are committed to ensuring that Black Country residents have the opportunity to benefit from economic growth through our focus on skills and entrepreneurialism, whilst exploiting the contribution of business to public service reform and the delivery of improved outcomes for local people.

A granular spatial analysis with distributional measures provides the platform for delivering this inclusive growth in the Black Country. A place-based focus enables us to understand the spatial aspects of our potential growth, allowing us to more clearly understand how it will be distributed and the localities with the most need. Our analysis shows that the challenges of addressing worklessness, in-work poverty and low aspirations, amongst other measures, are particularly acute in specific parts of the Black Country rather than the area as a whole.

The map below demonstrates that large parts of the Black Country have households that have a net annual household income (after housing costs) below the national average. Just 7% of MSOA’s within the Black Country are above the national average income (shown in green).

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27,371 to 30,700 (National Average & Above)

Net annual household income after housing costs (equivalised) per MSOA 2016 (£)

24,200 to 27,371 (Below National Average)20,900 to 24,20017,600 to 20,90014,300 to 17,600

Household Income

Smart Mobility has been identified as one of four ‘strategic opportunities’ within the West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS), identifying the West Midlands as a global centre of transport and mobility.

The map below shows the total number of jobs in sectors that are connected to “smart mobility”, including key mobility supply chain companies and, importantly, rail and metro extensions that will improve the connectedness of many Black Country citizens. Key for the Black Country is ensuring that the communities are all connected to town centres, attractions and opportunities, to ensure all citizens can access jobs, skills and support for enterprise.

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1. Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre

2. Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills Hub Springfield Campus

3. Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills National Foundry Training Centre

4. Very Light Rail Innovation Centre

5. Science & Technology Prototyping Centre

6. Westfield Sportscars

4,000 to 10,000 Metro ExtensionsRail Extensions

Sectors Connected to Mobility (Total Number of Jobs, 2017)

Transport Infrastructure Improvements

1,200 to 4,000500 to 1,200100 to 5000 to 100

Mobility Supply Chain Companies

Mobility Assets

5G Test Beds

Smart Mobility

Broadband

The Black Country Broadband Project extended the availability of high-speed fibre broadband to 99.4% of homes and businesses across the Black Country by 2018, resulting in over 500,000 households and businesses now able to access superfast broadband. Nearly 290 kilometers of optical fibre and more than 580 broadband road-side cabinets have been installed.

Wolverhampton City Centre was awarded an additional £4.9m via the Government Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) programme in 2018.

Recently the West Midlands was successful in winning a national competition to become the innovative home to the UK’s first multi-city 5G test bed. The multi-million-pound trial of new high-speed connectivity will pave the way for the future rollout of 5G across the UK, making the region the first in the UK ready to trial new 5G applications and services at scale.

Black Country Ambitions

The Black Country Plan is currently in development and is a long-term spatial plan that will review and replace the Black Country Core Strategy. It will cover all types of development and will aim to meet the future needs of the area for housing, jobs, services and infrastructure. It will also link to and help deliver other strategies – e.g. Black Country and WMCA Strategic Economic Plans, Midlands Engine and Movement for Growth.

The Black Country Plan will have a new approach by allocating sites for development (providing greater certainty and more rapid plan-making), working more closely with neighbouring areas (resulting in a more outward looking plan) and be more delivery focussed with stronger alignment with infrastructure investment.

The map below shows the Black Country total ambitions by 2030 (current baseline plus the remaining target) with a spatial focus providing ambitions across the super corridors.

KEY:

Jobs

GVA

Homes

222.0k

12.2bn

363.2k

Black Country 2030 Total Ambitions

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Black Country Broadband

Outside & Serving

Wolverhampton City North Gateway

Wednesbury to Brierley Hill

West Bromwich Triangle

Wolverhampton City East Gateway to

Walsall Town70.0k

115.6k

109.9k

94.8k

£4.4bn

£7.3bn

£7.8bn

£6.0bn

11.1k

57.5k

48.1k

38.5k

Black Country Garden City

A programme to accelerate house building and improve our housing mix by treating our supply of brownfield land as an opportunity for place-shaping and the creation of sustainable communities.

The aim of the Housing (PL3) programme of the SEP is to expand the construction and renewal of housing stock. The target set in the Core Strategy was to build an additional 63,000 new homes by 2026 to meet the demand created by a continued rise in population. Currently there are 492,890 homes in total in the Black Country. 28,650 homes have been built since 2006 and the remaining target of 34,350 homes have been identified via the development pipeline. The sites identified in the housing pipeline will form the Black Country Garden City.

High Quality Employment Land

A series of interventions to accelerate the growth of high value manufacturing businesses in the Black Country, including action to improve the quality of existing employment locations.

The aim of the Sites and Premises (PL1) programme of the SEP is to create and/or transform 1,571ha of high quality employment (HQE) land to meet the needs of our expanding and new companies. Currently there are 737ha of HQE leaving a remaining target at 834ha. The new development opportunity sites in the pipeline will provide 428ha of the remaining ambition – the clusters of these sites are displayed in the map on the following page. 375ha will be delivered via a transformational renewal programme of existing employment land with a potential to be uplifted to HQE via transport and accessibility interventions.

Employment and Transport

The following table identifies Black Country Transport Priority projects with an investment total of £2.1bn. On the following page the map shows the total jobs density in relation to the Black Country Priority Transport Projects table. This further demonstrates how transport infrastructure will specifically improve the accessibility of Black Country residents who have long felt unconnected.

Map ID Project Type Project Project Cost

1 Motorways M6 Junction 10 £65m

2 M5 Improvements (Junctions 1 and 2 and new Smart Motorway Section) £150m

3 M54 – M6 (Toll) Link Road £205m

Total Cost £420m

4 Rail Walsall – Willenhall – Wolverhampton Rail Link £48m

5 Midlands Rail Hub £500m

6 Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury Line Improvements £100m

Total Cost £648m

7 Metro Wednesbury – Brierley Hill, with a new Dudley Interchange £343m

8 Wolverhampton – New Cross Hospital £100m

9 Walsall – Stourbridge corridor tram-train extensions £300m

Total Cost £743m

10 Key Road Corridors

Schemes to improve general reliability, public transport, cycling and walking A4123 Corridor Upgrade

£50m

11 A449 Stafford Road Corridor Upgrade £57m

12 A34 Walsall Road Corridor Upgrade £33m

Total Cost £140m

13 Interchanges Wolverhampton Interchange £120m

14 Dudley Port Rail / Metro Interchange £15m

15 Walsall Interchange £32m

Total Cost £167m

Total Cost: All Projects £2.1bn

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The importance of ‘place’ is reflected across our PMF indicators: increases in housing, employment land, skills levels, earnings and businesses will all contribute to the overarching objective of achieving inclusive growth in the Black Country. Ensuring that all our residents and communities can touch, taste and feel the benefits of rising prosperity is an essential mission, and delivering this is underpinned by an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of the Black Country as a place.

5,000> Railways High Quality Employment

HousingMetroMotorwaysPriority Transport Projects

MSOA Jobs Density (per Sq KM, 2017)

Transport Infrastructure - Existing Pipeline Developement Sites:

3,000 to 5,0002,000 to 3,0001,000 to 2,000500 to 1,000250 to 500<250

Connecting the Labour Market


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Environmental Developments

Black Country as an Urban Park:

The environment is a critical aspect that is being transformed to ensure that current and future residents, workers and visitors to the Black Country can lead healthy and fulfilling lives, breathing clean air, drinking pure water, with access to open spaces of importance to biodiversity.

Transformation of the environment will take place according to 6 key themes:

• Above, Beyond and Below

• Blue Infrastructure

• Green Infrastructure

• Built and Historic Environment

• Visitor Economy

• Sports Infrastructure

Black Country Environment Projects:

The Black Country Blue Network – This project will create a high-quality ecological network with a diverse range of habitats, centred on the area’s historically important waterways and associated green spaces.

Black Country Geopark – This project celebrates the areas geological heritage, it will act as a visitor attraction by hosting various tour groups with a visitor centre supplying knowledge to visitors.

Walking and cycling networks - These are being enhanced across the Black Country to increase access for cycling and walking via the Black Country’s rich heritage of canal towpaths, as well as on-road cycle routes. This feeds into the vision for the Black Country’s residents to be more active and travel sustainably.

Black Country Living Museum – Forging Ahead project costing £23.7m will aim to increase the number of people visiting the attraction to 501,100, operating profitably to £6.7m by 2032, up from £0.5m currently. This will potentially create 9,000 additional jobs and £390m in GVA by 2020.

Salmon in the Stour - This project aims to improve the River Stour and its tributaries by working with local communities and businesses to bring back salmon and other wildlife to the river.

supplying knowledge to visitors.

Black Country Living Museumproject costing £23.7m will aim to increase the number of people visiting the attraction to 501,100, operating profitably to £6.7m by 2032, up from


Black Country – Up and Coming Developments

The following map features a selection of infrastructure developments that are either recently completed or up and coming within the Black Country:

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4

5

12

111

8

2

3

6

7

9

10

Wolverhampton

Sandwell

Dudley

Walsall

Business Competitiveness

Economic Capital

Connected Black Country

High Value Manufacturing City

Skills for BusinessSkills for Life

Garden City


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Springfield Campus & School of Architecture & the Built Environment

The £6.5m Springfield Campus scheme will provide 39,691 sqm of learning floorspace and 221 apprenticeships. Within this the £45m development of the School of Architecture & the Built Environment will create 7,981 sqm of floorspace and 175 apprenticeships.

1

i9 Wolverhampton

A £16m development creating 4,435 sqm of commercial floorspace and 327 jobs.

2

Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Extension

A £343m extension of the metro line to improve connectivity through to Dudley and the Enterprise Zones.

3

5GRecently the West Midlands was successful in winning a national competition to become the innovative home to the UK’s first multi-city 5G test bed. The multi-million-pound trial of new high-speed connectivity will pave the way for the future rollout of 5G across the UK, making the region the first in the UK ready to trial new 5G applications and services at scale.

Pensnett Estate Extension

A £16m project providing 15,207 sqm of commercial floorspace.

5

Portersfield Phase 1

A £0.6m scheme to start the first phase of the scheme to enable a Dudley Town Centre Expansion.

6

Music Institute, Cable Plaza

£9.1m scheme that will deliver 43 jobs, 4,730 learner assists and 4,800 sqm of refurbished floorspace.

4

Secondary School Academy, Sandwell

A development that will provide a new secondary school for 750 learners.

10

Goscote Lane Corridor

A £8.3m development providing up to 263 new homes.

11

Phoenix 10

A £93m scheme that will provide 40,211 sqm of industrial floorspace and 1,100 new jobs.

12

Woods Lane

A development providing up to 135 new homes.

7

Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills - National Foundry Training Centre

As part of the £12.7m Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills scheme this centre will provide access to industrial facilities and a purpose built training block of 950 sqm.

8

Birchley Island

A £25.5m scheme that will improve connectivity by providing a new through lane to access the motorway, improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists and widened connected roads with signal control.

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Improving Black Country Competitiveness

This section summarises the key evidence in relation to the three strategic programmes intended to raise competitiveness as set out in the Black Country SEP.

• Total GVA reaches £21.7bn.

• The number of enterprises in the Black Country is at its highest since 2004 with 38,505 enterprises.

How We Invest

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£11.6bnOutput Gap

Resident Incomes 85% of England avg.

+£700

35% Knowledge

Workers +12,900 people

5,240 New Enterprise

Births - 655

Productivity

The Black Country’s total Gross Value Added (GVA) continues to grow and in 2017 was £21.7bn. This is an increase of £885m compared to 2016 which equates to a growth rate of 4.3% which was above the national average of 3.5%. The GVA growth rate from 2016 positions the Black Country in 8th place compared to all other LEPs. The Black Country accounts for 16.3% of the West Midlands region’s GVA and 1.4% of national GVA23.

GVA per head in the Black Country is at its highest since 2004 at £18,294, a £612 increase from 2016. The growth rate was higher than the national average (3.5% compared to 2.9%). However, GVA per head is £9,802 lower than the England average of £28,096.

GVA in 2017

£21.7bnBlack Country Output Gap

Since 2015 the Black Country GVA per head has increased each year and overall by 7.7% (£1,309), compared to 6.1% across England. In the context of the national average, despite the GVA per head growing at a faster rate the Black Country output gap currently stands at £11.6bn. The figure below demonstrates the components of the output gap.

Activities underway across the Business, People and Place strands of the Strategic Economic Plan are key to the Black Country closing the output gap by the year 2033.

GVA per head, 2017

Black Country Output Gap

£11.6bn

£18,294£22,713

Black Country West Midlands England

£28,096

£5,000

£0

£10,000

£15,000

£20,000

£25,000

£30,000

GVA Annual Growth Rates 2005 - 2017

-4.0%

-2.0%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

Source: Office for National Statistics: Annual Population Survey, Business Demography, 2018

Source: Office for National Statistics (2018) Regional Gross Value Added (Balanced GVA)

23 Office for National Statistics (2018) Gross Value Added (Balanced GVA)

Skills Levels Insufficient

% with NVQ4 + (BC= 24.5%, England = 38.3%)

£1.66bn

Too Few in Employment

Employment Rate (BC= 68.3%, England = 75.1%)

£2.15bn

Economy Lacking in Dynamism

Business Births (BC= 44 per 10,000 population, England = 61)

£7.8bn

Black Country

England


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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017


Black Country Enterprises

There has been a steady increase of enterprises in the Black Country since 2011. In 2017, there were 38,505 active enterprises in the Black Country, an increase of 1,020 (+2.7%) enterprises since 201624.

24 ONS: Business Demography, 201825 Currently the Business Demography dataset does not provide a breakdown by turnover of the 38,505 registered enterprises. However, this breakdown can be

obtained via the UK Business Count Dataset, which is a snapshot (March 2018) of the Business Demography dataset. At the time of the snapshot there were 33,330 enterprises in the Black Country which has been used for the turnover analysis.

Source: ONS Business Demography 2018

These firms have been categorised into five groups based on their turnover band25.

1. There are 940 “High Achiever” enterprises with a turnover of more than £5 million a year, this is a decrease of 15 enterprises compared to 2017. These enterprises still account for 3% of the business base and above the national average of 2%.

2. “Growth Pioneers” with a turnover between £1m-£4.99m, contains 2,835 enterprises. These account for 9% of the business base. There was a 1% increase in the business base in this cohort.

3. The 6,695 “Potential Gazelles” enterprises that turnover between £250k to £999k account for 20% of the business base compared to 19% nationally. There was also a 1% increase on the business base in this cohort.

4. The 9,985 SMEs with a turnover between £100k to £249k are classified as “Solid Performers” and account for 30% of the business base, this is a 2% increase compared to 2016, however slightly below the national business base of 32%.

5. Enterprises with a turnover less than £100k are classed as “Lifestylers”, this includes micro enterprises of which there are 12,880. These account for 39% of the business base a decrease from 41% in the previous year. This business base matches the national average of 39%.

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Black Country Business Base2004-2017

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 201 1 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

0

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0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000

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High Achievers

Growth Pioneers

Potential Gazelles

Solid Performers

Lifestylers

940

2,835

6,695

9,985

12,880£0-£99,999

£100,000 - £249,999

£250,000 - £999,999

£1m - £4.99m

£5m+

Source: ONS, UK Business Count, 2018

Black Country Enterprise Births

5,240 new enterprises were started in the Black Country in 2017. Despite strong growth in new enterprise starts over the last 4 years, there was a decrease in 2017, both nationally (-9.2% 2016-2017) and in the Black Country -(11.1%)26.

The number of enterprise births equates to 44 enterprises per 10,000 population compared to 61 per 10,000 population for England.

The Black Country needs to create an additional 1,997 enterprises each year on top of the current 5,240 new enterprise births to achieve the current national average.

A total of 92.7% of Black Country enterprises born in 2014 survived through the first year; higher than the national average of 92.3%. However, a different pattern was recorded after 3 years with a slightly lower number of these enterprises surviving compared to the national average (60.4% vs 61.4%).

Enterprises by Sector

The sector with the highest base in the Black Country is business services with 9,365 enterprises (28%). This is followed by retail with 6,715 enterprises (20%) and then building technologies with 4,490 (13%). While the sector with the highest amount of strategic companies is advanced manufacturing at 620.

26 ONS: Business Demography, 201827 Currently the Business Demography dataset does not provide a breakdown by sector of the 38,505 registered enterprises. However, this breakdown can be

obtained via the UK Business Count Dataset, which is a snapshot (March 2018) of the Business Demography dataset. At the time of the snapshot there were 33,330 enterprises in the Black Country which has been used for the analysis.

28 Strategic companies are identified using the FAME database and are private sector companies with a minimum estimated turnover of £1m a year and have a registered trading office in the Black Country.

Black Country Enterprise Births2004-2017

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

5,500

4,500

3,500

2,500

1,500

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Source: ONS Business Demography 2018

Business Base27 % total Strategic Companies28

Advanced Manufacturing 4,020 12% 620

Building Technologies 4,490 13% 292

Business Services 9,365 28% 350

Environmental Technologies 235 1% 42

Transport Technologies 3,320 10% 118

Health 1,770 5% 75

Public Sector 965 3% 27

Retail 6,715 20% 580

Sports 290 1% 9

Visitor Economy 2,160 6% 48

Total 33,330 - 2,161

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Growing Priority Sectors

The map below shows businesses that have been supported via Growth Priority Sectors funding to enable creation of new jobs and be ready for future market opportunities.


Black Country Borough Boundaries

Growing Priority Sector Companies

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Foreign Direct Investment and Exports

In 2017/18, the Black Country reported a growth in the number of new jobs created by foreign owned companies, securing 1,174 new jobs, a 57% increase compared to 2016/17. 11 successful FDI projects were delivered which were a mix of new investment and existing company expansion.

Black Country companies exported £3.1bn worth of goods in 2017, and have contributed to the strong regional export’s growth in recent years. With a proud heritage of selling products and services all around the world: Germany, the USA and Ireland are our top three customers (2015). Driven by our manufacturing excellence: manufactured goods including transport and machinery make up 67% of goods exports.

From 1st April 2018 to 7th January 2019 the Department of International Trade supported a total of 82 export wins worth £66m an increase from £60.9m in 201729.

West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy

In the last year, Black Country LEP partners have played an integral role in the development of a West Midlands (3-LEP) Local Industrial Strategy (LIS), working with colleagues through the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). The Black Country EIU has led on the collation of the evidence base for the LIS, collecting and analysing the data and presenting it within various documents and publications to various parties. The evidence base has three key aspects:

Firstly, we have developed an extremely in-depth evidence base across the five foundations of productivity. Our content on the regional economy as a whole is an extension of work within the WMCA Strategic Economic Plan and the measures included on the West Midlands Performance Management Framework (PMF). We have provided data on key indicators against the 5 foundations of productivity: ideas, people, business environment, infrastructure and places, utilising content from the annual West Midlands State of the Region report, most recently released in August 201830.

Secondly working with wider partners and resources, the Black Country Consortium-led Technical Evidence Group put together a detailed sector slide pack which includes headline data on sectors as well as evidence demonstrating our competitive advantages within them, whether this be university expertise, incoming investment or an already well-established industry. These slides reflect our approach to look beyond the headline data and into the specificities that ensure the WMCA has distinctive clusters. Exploring deeper into sectors provide the detailed insight which informs our assessment of the WMCA economy’s “super-strengths” across sectors. The sector evidence base was used to inform and subsequently be refreshed as we developed our sector action plans.

Black Country LEP has led on four sector action plans: metals and materials, construction, aerospace and rail. The sector action plans have been developed in partnership with key industry organisations, ensuring the plans are business-led. Data is still an extremely important part of the evidence base, but the addition of qualitative, expert insight is powerful when demonstrating the strength of a sector locally. Furthermore, the spatial dimension of each sector has been explored; this helps us to identify where in the region each sector is particularly strong.

And thirdly, through an academic lead within the WMCA LIS group, a broad approach to the grand challenges has been developed. This involves identifying distinctive grand challenge focus areas for the West Midlands, linking these with major investment/activities in the region (e.g. Commonwealth Games, HS2) and looks to co-ordinate research and innovation capabilities around these. Black Country Consortium and partners have supported the grand challenges evidence work and ensured it integrates clearly within both the sector and foundations evidence base.

Collaboration & Validation

The collation of the knowledge obtained and carrying out further evidence work, both led by Black Country Consortium, has allowed the WMCA to develop its West Midlands Industrial Strategy confident that it understands the needs of businesses and communities in the region.

In developing this deep evidence base, we have worked with Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy analysts and have shared expertise with Greater Manchester, ensuring we are comprehensive and meeting Government expectations. Furthermore, to validate the evidence we have led on the setup of an independent “expert panel” who have begun reviewing our evidence base and making suggestions for the future. Our evidence base is continually being updated and enhanced31.


29 Department for International Trade, 2018 30 Report is available to view at: https://www.blackcountrylep.co.uk/about-us/west-midlands-combined-authority/wmca-state-of-the-region/31 This is available to be viewed online: https://www.blackcountrylep.co.uk/about-us/west-midlands-combined-authority/local-industrial-strategy-evidence-base/

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This report is produced by the Economic Intelligence Unit of Black Country Consortium Ltd comprising of:

If you would like to contact the EIU please ring: 01384 471 115 or email: [email protected]

Delma Dwight Director of Economic Intelligence

Megan Boerm Economic Intelligence

& Policy Analyst

Black Country Consortium Ltd The Deckhouse, Waterfront West, Dudley Road, Brierley Hill DY5 1LW

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f: 01384 471177

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© Black Country Consortium Ltd 2019

Christopher Styche Senior Researcher

Scott Grindey Senior Skills Researcher

Emma Forde Economic Development

Graduate

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Analyst - Competitiveness

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Local Performance

Management

Framework

March 2019

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1 The green shading illustrates those indicators where the Black Country moved in a positive direction of travel compared to the national average, the red shading indicates the reverse and the orange indicates no change or a growth rate in the right direction but less than the national average growth rate.

Our Measures of Success - The Black Country Performance Management Framework1

In the Black Country by 2033 we will have:

Where we are now

Change over the last year

Direction of Travel Relative to National Average since

2004 Scale of the Challenge

Grown our population and reversed net outward

migration particularly to environs

DUD 319,419 DUD + 1,861 DUD + 4.3%

BC + 13,902 people

SAN 325,460 SAN + 2,829 SAN + 12.7%

WAL 281,293 WAL + 2,406 WAL + 9.6%

WOL 259,926 WOL + 1,909 WOL +8.0%

BC 1,186,098 BC + 9,005 BC + 8.6% BC

+ 10.8% Eng.

Raised incomes

DUD £27,295 DUD + £413 DUD + 42.2% DUD + £2,574

SAN £24,573 SAN + £741 SAN +31.3% SAN + £5,296

WAL £25,187 WAL +£1,106 WAL + 34.8% WAL + £4,682

WOL £24,964 WOL + £917 WOL + 35.8% WOL + £4,905

BC £25,505 BC +£700 +35.8% BC

+33.1% Eng. BC +4,364

Achieved better population balance

DUD 17% DUD +0.5pp DUD 23% (+5,503)

SAN 11% SAN +0.3pp SAN 23% (+10,527)

WAL 14% WAL +0.1pp WAL 23% (+6,990)

WOL 14% WOL -0.1pp WOL 23% (+7,060)

BC 14% BC +0.2pp Eng. +2pp

23% AB’s (+30,079)

Transformed the Environment 70.5% of residents satisfied with Black Country

as a place to live 77.8% resident satisfaction

By 2033 We Will Have Achieved Our 2 Primary Outcomes: 1. Regenerated Our Economy (pp = percentage points)

No Output Gap

DUD £3.6bn DUD +£0bn DUD +1.7bn DUD -£3.6bn

SAN £2.8bn SAN +£0.2bn SAN +1.3bn SAN -£2.8bn

WAL £2.8bn WAL +£0.1bn WAL +0.9bn WAL -£2.8bn

WOL £2.4bn WOL +£0bn WOL +1.4bn WOL -2.4bn

BC £11.6bn BC + £0.3bn BC + £5.3bn BC - £11.6bn

Raised the number of local jobs (baseline 2009)

DUD 119,000 DUD + 6,000 DUD +1,000 DUD + 37,320 jobs

SAN 133,000 SAN +3,000 SAN + 10,000 SAN + 27,080 jobs

WAL 111,000 WAL + 7,000 WAL + 18,000 WAL + 24,120 jobs

WOL 100,000 WOL + 2,000 WOL - 4,000 WOL +27,760 jobs

BC 463,000 BC +18,000 BC +5.7% BC

+30.4% Eng. BC +116,280 jobs

Increased the total employment rate

DUD 72.9% DUD +2.8pp DUD - 1.2pp DUD + 6,466

SAN 63.1% SAN -3.0pp SAN - 0.3pp SAN + 21,701

WAL 67.0% WAL +5.2pp WAL +3.5pp WAL + 5,793

WOL 63.3% WOL +1.7pp WOL - 1.0pp WOL + 14,935

BC 66.7% BC +3.2pp BC 0pp BC

+ 2.3pp BC BC

75.1% +48,895 jobs

Increased the % of knowledge workers

DUD 36% DUD -500 DUD + 0.8% DUD + 14,155

SAN 31% SAN +5,000 SAN + 29.2% SAN + 20,144

WAL 39% WAL +5,700 WAL + 49.2% WAL +8,288

WOL 34% WOL +2,700 WOL + 28.1% WOL + 13,097

BC 35% BC +12,900 BC + 23.5% BC

+ 30.4% Eng BC

46.1% + 55,685 people

Raised the enterprise birth rate

DUD 39 DUD - 55 DUD +45 DUD + 714

SAN 46 SAN - 150 SAN + 550 SAN + 496

WAL 39 WAL - 165 WAL + 55 WAL + 616

WOL 54 WOL -285 WOL + 415 WOL + 171

BC 44 per 10,000

population BC

-655 new births

BC + 1,065 BC + 1,997

Reduced the % of workless households

DUD 17.7% DUD -9.2% DUD +6.4% DUD -3,445

SAN 22.8% SAN +0.9% SAN +13.9% SAN -8,481

WAL 18.5% WAL -9.9% WAL -2.5% WAL -3,741

WOL 22.5% WOL -13.3pp WOL +11.8pp WOL -6,405

BC 20.3% BC -7.8 pp BC +7.6% BC

-13.0% Eng BC

14.0% -22,072 households

Increased the number of visitors

to the area 19.7 million people +2.1m

A leading UK visitor destination

2. Sustainable Environmental Transformation

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In the Black Country by 2033 we will have:

Where we are now

Change over the last year

Direction of Travel Relative to National Average since

2004 Scale of the Challenge

Increased the hectares of local nature reserves

900.2ha 0ha +7.5ha 1ha of Local Nature Reserve per

1,000 population

A sustainable environment- reduced CO2 emissions

DUD 3.8 DUD -0.2 DUD -2.2 -1.18 DUD

SAN 4.5 SAN -0.4 SAN -3.0 -1.21 SAN

WAL 4 WAL -0.3 WAL -2.7 -1.06 WAL

WOL 3.9 WOL -0.3 WOL -2.6 -1.06 WOL

BC 4.1 tonnes per

capita -0.3 tonnes per capita

-2.6 tonnes per capita BC -3.2 tonnes per capita Eng.

44% reduction on 2005 figures -1.13 tonnes per capita

By 2033 We Will Have Achieved Our 2 Economic Drivers:

1. Raised Education and Skills

Reduced the number of people with no qualifications

DUD 13.3% DUD -3.3pp DUD - 1.5pp DUD - 10,814

SAN 21.0% SAN -3.8pp SAN -2.0 pp SAN -26,785

WAL 11.9% WAL -4.8pp WAL - 8.7pp WAL -7,116

WOL 15.6% WOL -3.8pp WOL -8.2pp WOL -12,693

BC 15.6% BC -3.9pp BC - 4.7pp BC - 7.3pp Eng

BC 7.6%

- 57,308 people

Increased the number of people with NVQ4+

DUD 24.0% DUD -1.0pp DUD + 3.1pp DUD + 27,200

SAN 21.3% SAN +1.7pp SAN + 5.7pp SAN + 34,077

WAL 27.2% WAL +2.9pp WAL + 9.1pp WAL + 18,623

WOL 26.2% WOL +2.9pp WOL + 9.2pp WOL + 19,312

BC 24.5% BC +1.5pp BC + 6.5pp BC

+ 12.4pp Eng BC

38.3% + 99,211 people

Improved pupils progress 8 score

DUD -0.15 DUD +0.03 DUD - DUD -0.13

SAN -0.31 SAN +0.13 SAN - SAN -0.29

WAL -0.19 WAL -0.06 WAL - WAL -0.17

WOL -0.05 WOL -0.01 WOL - WOL -0.03

BC -0.18 BC +0.03 BC - BC

-0.02 (national avg) BC point score to improve

by 0.16

Reduced the no. of 16-17year-olds Not in Education,

Employment or Training (NEET)

DUD 7.1% DUD 0pp DUD - DUD -520

SAN 4.8% SAN - 0.9pp SAN - SAN -370

WAL 5.8% WAL - 1.3pp WAL - WAL -380

WOL 4.7% WOL - 0.6pp WOL - WOL -260

BC 5.6% BC -0.7pp BC - BC No NEETs -1,530

2. Transformed our Environmental Infrastructure

Increased net new homes

DUD 137,740 DUD + 610 DUD DUD + 8,957

SAN 131,150 SAN + 880 SAN SAN + 12,879

WAL 114,720 WAL + 460 WAL WAL + 5,063

WOL 109,280 WOL + 570 WOL WOL + 7,451

BC 492,890 BC + 2,520 BC + 35,010 BC + 34,350 net new

homes

High Quality Employment Land

DUD DUD +1ha DUD DUD

SAN SAN +5ha SAN SAN

WAL WAL +3ha WAL WAL

WOL WOL +2ha WOL WOL

BC 737ha BC +11ha BC +204ha BC Create/transform

834ha

New office floorspace in strategic centres

DUD DUD DUD DUD

SAN SAN SAN SAN

WAL WAL WAL WAL

WOL WOL WOL WOL

BC

42,085m2

developed since 2006

BC 0m2 BC +42,085m2 BC +814,667m2

New retail floorspace in strategic centres

DUD DUD DUD DUD

SAN SAN SAN SAN

WAL WAL WAL WAL

WOL WOL WOL WOL

BC

384,000m2

approximate stock in 2006)

BC +12,988m2 BC +48,798m2 BC +296,211m2

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Key Messages:

Dudley

➢ Total GVA in 2017 for Dudley was £5.4bn, an increase of 5.4% (£274m) which is above the

national average of 3.5%.

➢ Total GVA per head is the lowest compared to any other area in the Black Country at £16,793,

however since 2016 had the highest increase at 4.8% (£766) and above the national average

growth of 2.9%. Dudley’s GVA per head is £11,303 lower than the national average of £28,096.

Dudley’s output gap with the national economy is £3.6bn which has not changed from the

previous year.

➢ There were 119,000 workforce jobs in Dudley in 2017, an increase of 5.3% (+6,000 jobs) since

2016 which is four times higher than the national average growth of 1.3%. To reach the 2033

target requires 37,320 more workforce jobs.

➢ In 2017, Dudley had the highest employment rate within the Black Country at 71.7%, which is a

2.8 percentage point (pp) increase from 2016 above the national increase of 0.9pp (75.1%).

➢ The number of knowledge workers in Dudley decreased by 1.2pp in 2017 to 35.9% (-500 workers

to 50,100), while nationally there was a 0.3pp increase. To reach the national average of 46.1%,

Dudley require an additional 14,155 knowledge workers.

➢ Following national trends, Dudley experienced a decrease of enterprise births from 1,290 in

2016 to 1,235 in 2017(-55 enterprises), this equates to a decrease of 4.3% which is less than

other areas within the Black Country and England at -9.2%. The enterprise birth rate is 39 per

10,000 population compared to 61 per 10,000 population.

➢ 13.3% (25,300) of the working age population in Dudley had no formal qualifications in 2017,

this is the lowest rate within the Black Country. Dudley decreased by 3.3pp (-6,200 people) from

2016 while nationally there was a decrease of 0.2pp. To reach the national average of 7.6%,

requires 10,814 people to be upskilled.

➢ 24.0% (45,800) of the working age population in Dudley were qualified to NVQ4+ levels in 2017.

Dudley was the only area within the Black Country to decrease from 2016 at -1.0pp (-1,800

people), nationally there was a 0.4pp increase. To reach the national average of 38.3% requires

27,200 people to be qualified to NVQ4+ levels.

➢ The Progress 8 score in Dudley in 2018 was -0.15 (below average), compared to -0.12 in 2017.

Nationally the progress 8 score improved from -0.03 in 2017 to -0.02 in 2018. To reach the

national average requires an improvement of 0.13.

➢ Residents in Dudley had the highest full-time earnings in the Black Country in 2018 at £27,295

which is an increase of 0.1% (£37) from 2017 compared to 2.7% nationally. Dudley’s earnings are

£2,574 lower than the national average of £29,869.

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➢ The average full-time workplace annual earnings in Dudley in 2018 was £26,459, an increase of

3.8% (£969) from 2017 compared to 2.7% nationally. Dudley’s workplace earnings are £3,413

lower than the national average of £29,872.

➢ There were 3.8 tonnes per capita of CO2 emitted in Dudley in 2016, the lowest emissions within

the Black Country. Since 2015 this has decreased by 5.5% (-0.2 tonnes per capita) compared to a

decrease of 7.1% (-0.4) nationally.

➢ There were 137,740 homes in Dudley in 2017, an increase of 610 net new homes from 2016, a

growth rate of 0.4% compared to 0.9% nationally. To reach the 2026 target an additional 8,957

net new homes are required to be built.

Sandwell

➢ Within the Black Country Sandwell had the highest total GVA in 2017 at £6.3bn. This is an

increase of 1.9% (£115m) from 2016 which is below the national average of 3.5%.

➢ Total GVA per head is the highest compared to any other area in the Black Country at £19,365,

however since 2016 the rate increased the slowest at 1.0% (£190) which is below the national

average growth of 2.9%. Sandwell’s GVA per head is £8,731 lower than the national average of

£28,096. Sandwell’s output gap with the national economy is £2.8bn which has increased by

£0.2bn since previous year.

➢ There were 133,000 workforce jobs in Sandwell in 2017, the highest amount of jobs within the

Black Country. There was an increase of 2.3% (+3,000 jobs) since 2016 which is above the

national average growth of 1.3%. Sandwell still requires 27,080 more jobs to reach the 2033

target.

➢ In 2017, Sandwell had the lowest employment rate within the Black Country at 64.3%, however

there was a 3.0 percentage point (pp) increase from 2016 above the national increase of 0.9pp

(75.1%).

➢ Sandwell has the lowest number of knowledge workers in 2017 at 30.8%. Since 2016 there has

been an increase of 5,000 knowledge workers to 40,700 which equates to a growth rate of 2.3pp

while nationally there was a 0.3pp increase. To reach the national average of 46.1%, requires an

additional 20,144 knowledge workers.

➢ Following national trends, Sandwell experienced a decrease of enterprise births from 1,640 in

2016 to 1,490 in 2017 (-150 enterprises), this equates to a decrease of 9.1% which is less than

England at 9.2%. Sandwell’s enterprise birth rate is 46 per 10,000 population compared to 61

per 10,000 population.

➢ 21.0% (42,000) of the working age population in Sandwell had no formal qualifications in 2017,

this is the highest rate within the Black Country. Sandwell decreased by 3.8pp (-7,200 people)

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from 2016 while nationally there was a decrease of -0.2pp. To reach the national average of

7.6%, requires 26,785 people to be upskilled.

➢ 21.3% (42,600) of the working age population in Sandwell were qualified to NVQ4+ levels in

2017, the lowest rate within the Black Country. Sandwell increased by 1.7pp (+3,800 people)

from 2016 above the national 0.4pp increase. To reach the national average of 38.3% requires

34,077 people to be qualified to NVQ4+ levels.

➢ The average Progress 8 score in Sandwell in 2018 was -0.31 (below average) compared to -0.18

in 2017. Nationally the progress 8 score improved from -0.03 in 2017 to -0.02 in 2018.To reach

the national average requires an improvement of 0.29.

➢ Residents in Sandwell had one of the lowest full-time earnings in the Black Country in 2018 at

£24,573, however from 2017 experienced an increase of 3.1% (£741) above the national growth

of 2.7%. Sandwell’s earnings are £5,296 lower than the national average of £29,869.

➢ The average full-time workplace annual earnings in Sandwell in 2018 was £25,541, an increase of

2.1% (£519) from 2017 compared to 2.7% nationally. Sandwell’s workplace earnings are £4,331


➢ There were 4.5 tonnes per capita of CO2 emitted in Sandwell in 2016, the highest emissions

within the Black Country. Since 2015 this has decreased by 8.3% (-0.4 tonnes per capita) which is

above the national average decrease of 7.1% (-0.4).

➢ There were 131,150 homes in Sandwell in 2017, an increase of 880 net new homes from 2016, a



Key Messages:

Walsall

➢ Total GVA in 2017 for Walsall was £5.1bn, an increase of 5.0% (£245m) which is above the

national average of 3.5%.

➢ Total GVA per head in 2017 was £18,254, an increase of 4.1% (£721) which is above the national

average growth of 2.9% since 2016. Walsall’s GVA per head is £9,842 lower than the national

average of £28,096. Walsall’s output gap with the national economy is £2.8bn which has

increased by £0.1bn from the previous year.

➢ There were 111,000 workforce jobs in Walsall in 2017 an increase of 6.7% (+7,000 jobs) since

2016 which is the highest increase within the Black Country and above the national average

growth of 1.3%. Walsall still requires 24,120 more jobs to reach the 2033 target.

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➢ In 2017, Walsall employment rate was 71.6%, which is a 5.2 percentage point (pp) increase from

2016, the highest growth rate within the Black Country and above the national increase of 0.9pp

(75.1%).

➢ Walsall had the highest number of knowledge workers in 2017 within the Black Country at

39.4%. Since 2016 there has been a 5,700 increase of knowledge workers to 48,500 which

equates to a growth rate of 2.1pp while nationally there was a 0.3pp increase. To reach the

national average of 46.1%, requires an additional 8,288 knowledge workers.

➢ Following national trends, Walsall experienced a decrease of enterprise births from 1,265 in

2016 to 1,100 in 2017 (-165 enterprises), this equates to a decrease of 13.0% which is above

England at -9.2%. Walsall’s enterprise birth rate is 39 per 10,000 population compared to 61 per

10,000 population.

➢ 11.9% (19,800) of the working age population in Walsall had no formal qualifications in 2017,

this is the lowest rate within the Black Country. Walsall decreased by 4.8pp (-8,100 people) from

2016 while nationally there was a decrease of -0.2pp. To reach the national average of 7.6%,

Walsall requires 7,116 people to be upskilled.

➢ 27.2% (45,300) of the working age population in Walsall were qualified to NVQ4+ levels in 2017,

an increase of 2.9pp (+4,700 people) from 2016 above the national 0.4pp increase. To reach the

national average of 38.3% requires 18,623 people to be qualified to NVQ4+ levels.

➢ The average Progress 8 score in Walsall in 2018 was -0.19 (below average) compared to -0.25 in

2017. Nationally the progress 8 score improved from -0.03 in 2017 to -0.02 in 2018.To reach the


➢ Resident full-time earnings in Walsall in 2018 was £25,187, an increase of 4.6% (£1,106) since

2017 which is above the national growth of 2.7%. Walsall’s earnings are £4,682 lower than the

national average of £29,869.

➢ The average full-time workplace annual earnings in Walsall in 2018 was £25,126 the lowest area

within the Black Country. There was an increase of 2.3% (£566) from 2017 compared to 2.7%

nationally. Walsall’s workplace earnings are £4,746 lower than the national average of £29,872.

➢ There were 4.0 tonnes per capita of CO2 emitted in Walsall in 2016. Since 2015 this has

decreased by 6.2% (-0.3 tonnes per capita) which is below the national average decrease of 7.1%

(-0.4).

➢ There were 114,720 homes in Walsall in 2017, an increase of 460 net new homes from 2016, a



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Wolverhampton

➢ Total GVA in 2017 for Wolverhampton was £4.9bn, an increase of 5.4% (£249m) which is above

the national average of 3.5%.

➢ Total GVA per head in 2017 for Wolverhampton was £18,837, since 2016 there was an increase

of 4.6% (£825) which is above the national average growth of 2.9%. The GVA per head is £9,259

lower than the national average of £28,096. Wolverhampton’s output gap with the national

economy is £2.4bn which has not changed from the previous year.

➢ There were 100,000 workforce jobs in Wolverhampton in 2017 an increase of 2.0% (+2,000 jobs)

since 2016 which is above the national average growth of 1.3%. Wolverhampton still requires

27,760 more jobs to reach the 2033 target.

➢ In 2017, Wolverhampton employment rate was 65.8%, which is a 1.7 percentage point (pp)

increase from 2016, which is above the national increase of 0.9pp (75.1%).

➢ The number of knowledge workers in Wolverhampton increased by 2.1pp in 2017 to 33.9%

(+2,700 workers to 36,500), while nationally there was a 0.3pp increase. To reach the national

average of 46.1%, requires an additional 13,097 knowledge workers.

➢ Following national trends, Wolverhampton experienced a decrease of enterprise births from

1,700 in 2016 to 1,415 in 2017 (-285 enterprises), this equates to a decrease of 16.8% which is

above England at -9.2%. Wolverhampton’s enterprise birth rate is 54 per 10,000 population

compared to 61 per 10,000 population.

➢ 15.6% (24,800) of the working age population in Wolverhampton had no formal qualifications in

2017, a decrease of 3.8pp (-6,300 people) from 2016 while nationally there was a decrease of -

0.2pp. To reach the national average of 7.6%, requires 12,693 people to be upskilled.

➢ 26.2% (41,700) of the working age population in Wolverhampton were qualified to NVQ4+ levels

in 2017, an increase of 2.9pp (+4,300 people) from 2016 above the national 0.4pp increase. To

reach the national average of 38.3% requires 19,312 people to be qualified to NVQ4+ levels.

➢ The average Progress 8 score in Wolverhampton in 2018 was -0.05, the only area within the

Black Country classed as Average and the closest to the national average of -0.02. To reach the


➢ Resident full-time earnings in Wolverhampton in 2018 was £24,964, an increase of 3.8% (£917)

since 2017 which is above the national growth of 2.7%. Wolverhampton’s earnings are £4,905


➢ Within the Black Country, Wolverhampton had the highest average full-time workplace annual

earnings at £26,539. Wolverhampton also had the highest increase than any other areas in the

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Black Country at 3.4% (£1,324) and above the national average of 2.7%. Wolverhampton’s

workplace earnings are £3,333 lower than the national average of £29,872.

➢ There were 3.9 tonnes per capita of CO2 emitted in Wolverhampton in 2016. Since 2015 this has

decreased by 7.5% (-0.3 tonnes per capita) which is above the national average decrease of 7.1%

(-0.4).

➢ There were 109,280 homes in Wolverhampton in 2017, an increase of 570 net new homes from

2016, a growth rate of 0.5% compared to 0.9% nationally. To reach the 2026 target an additional

7,451 net new homes are required to be built.

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Agenda Item 7


15th April 2019

Black Country Energy Steering Group - update


1.1 The Black Country has taken a leading role in developing an energy strategy for the West Midlands, proposing the concept of Energy Innovation Zones (EIZs) and working with GBSLEP and CWLEP through the Energy Capital partnership to secure funding for and

develop a regional energy strategy.

2. Recommendations That the LEP Board: -

2.1. Approve continued funding for the Black Country Energy Steering Group at for 2019-20, to the value of £36,000;

2.2. Note that the proposed budget for 2019-20 has been reduced to £36,000. This will cover ongoing executive support to the Black Country Steering Group only, at a similar level to 2018-19.

2.3. Note that the BC LEP will no longer contribute to the regional Energy Capital budget, which

will now be funded directly by the WMCA.

3. Report Detail

3.1. The EIZ concept has now been taken up nationally and we have just been commissioned and funded by BEIS to define a legal and financial model for EIZs which will be piloted in the Black Country (and West Midlands) and then rolled out nationally.

3.2. The LEP Board established an Energy Steering Group to take this work forward, chaired by Tom Westley, in May 2018.

3.3. The Black Country Energy Steering Group consists of representatives of each of the four

local authorities plus industry representatives (currently from Liberty House and ERIKs in addition to Westley Group).

3.4. The Steering Group meets quarterly and is developing a pipeline of projects around three

themes (see appendix):

a) Energy productivity: supporting energy efficiency and the reduction of energy costs for manufacturing and other commercial and industrial firms.

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b) Energy infrastructure: seeking to facilitate more efficient and lower cost connections to electricity networks for both new developments and existing organisations seeking to expand their capacity. This theme also includes supporting the development of district energy schemes in Sandwell and Wolverhampton.

c) Fuel poverty and domestic energy efficiency: reducing energy costs, particularly for the most vulnerable households and in poor quality existing housing.

3.5 The LEP provides executive support to the Steering Group. In 2018-19 the LEP Board allocated a budget of £50,000 to cover support for the Steering Group and a contribution to the West Midlands Energy Capital activity.

3.6 In 2018-19 this support has been provided by Matthew Rhodes, working at 1 day per week for the LEP. Matthew is a specialist in this area and also chairs the Energy Capital Board for the region.

3.7 During 2018-19 the Black Country Energy Steering Group has established a pipeline of projects and begun to broaden engagement to the wider business community as well as local authorities.

3.7.1 A pilot energy efficiency project with Oersted and Liberty has provided case studies of energy investment projects for manufacturing firms.

3.7.2 A second trial project with Electron and WPD is in development to trial a local market for capacity trading between energy intensive manufacturing firms.

3.7.3 There will be two energy events as part of the Black Country Business Festival.

3.7.4 The Black Country will be the primary beneficiary of a consultancy study (~£40k) commissioned by Energy Capital but focused on developing a business case for an energy infrastructure financing mechanism for the Black Country;

3.7.5 The Black Country is also well-represented in the draft Energy and Power Deal for the West Midlands (£65M of Black Country projects have been identified).

3.8 Western Power Distribution joined the Steering Group this month, and they have also invited us to be represented (via Matthew) on the ‘Customer Engagement Group’ responsible for challenging and helping develop their 2023-28 investment plan (covering ~£7bn of investment across their networks). The Black Country is the only LEP represented on this Group (which covers WPD’s customer base from Cornwall to Lincolnshire).

3.9 There will be a workshop on Future Energy Scenarios for the Black Country and West Midlands, funded by WPD, on 6 June: invitations to this workshop will be issued later this month and the LEP can nominate invitees (via the Steering Group).

3.10 As a result of the work on energy initiated by the Black Country, the WMCA has allocated a budget of £500k to Energy Capital for workstreams to develop an infrastructure strategy for electric vehicles and to support a collaborative group developing a fuel poverty strategy for the three LEP areas. These activities are intended to strengthen the region’s position in securing the proposed Energy and Power Deal.

4. 2019-20 Workplan

4.5 During 2019-20 the key objective is to ensure the Black Country is properly represented in the proposed Energy and Power Deal that the WMCA Board has asked the Mayor to negotiate with government, and secures significant benefits from this (specifically around reducing energy costs for manufacturing, improved infrastructure and addressing fuel poverty).

4.6 A secondary objective will be to continue developing the project pipeline, and in particular to submit at least four substantive funding or investment proposals for projects approved by the Steering Group.

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4.7 Key milestones in the proposed 2019-20 workplan for the Energy Steering group are as follows:

April 2019 • Substantive Black Country projects included in final West Midlands Energy and Power Deal pitch to government

• At least one project proposal ready for submission for existing innovation or other national funding schemes

July 2019 • Feasibility study for an energy infrastructure financing mechanism for the Black Country completed, so the LEP Board can consider whether or not to pursue this further

• At least one further project proposal ready for submission for existing innovation or other national funding schemes

October 2019

• Black Country role in West Midlands Fuel Poverty pilot project confirmed and funding routes identified


January 2020

• Black Country Energy delivery plan for 2020-21 and beyond agreed in context of wider regional and national developments



5.1. The LEP will commit a budget of up to £36,000 to provide executive support to the Black Country Energy Steering Group from April 2019 to March 2020.


6.1. There are no legal implications within this report.

7. Risk Management

7.1. There are no Key risks identified.


8.1. There are no Equality implications identified.

Sarah Middleton

Chief Executive


Contact Officer

Matthew Rhodes

(Via Secretariat)

Tel: 01384 471142




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Source Documents: Black Country Better Energy Programme Attached

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Agenda Item 7 Appendix

Black Country Local Industrial Strategy

Better Energy Programme – Version 3 March 2019

WHAT IS THE PROGRAMME TARGETING TO ACHIEVE?

Access to competitive, clean energy infrastructure is critical to sustained economic growth in the Black Country. This programme targets:

1. Reducing the costs of connecting expanding businesses to the energy networks.

2. Reducing energy costs for manufacturing businesses to levels comparable with competitor economies

3. Reducing energy costs for households

4. Ensuring the Black Country has an energy infrastructure enabling rapid development of new markets, particularly for clean mobility and energy efficient housing, which will support the growth of high value manufacturing supply chains in the region.

The value of this opportunity to the Black Country is of the order of £100M-£200M GVA, based on reports prepared by Arup and Energy as an Enabler (BCLEP, 2018).

The scope is all four Black Country LA areas (Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley).

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Better Energy Programme is a programme of projects organised around three themes:

Reducing energy costs for manufacturing:

• Energy productivity programme.

This project will take a hierarchical approach to providing practical advice and support across the Black Country with the aim of reducing energy costs. There will be two levels of intervention.

1) Working with existing businesses to identify energy saving opportunities and then provide capital funding (typically grants up to 50% of costs or loans) to implement the measures identified (a model proven through existing ERDF schemes for SMEs). This will include signposting to existing schemes where appropriate and may also be split by customer sector (e.g., metalworking) to optimise its effectiveness and relevance to the Black Country.

2) Once energy efficiency measures have been implemented, providing companies with access to more innovative peer-to-peer trading of capacity (and/or guarantees that if excess capacity is surrendered and later required, a third party would pick up these costs.) This might include subsidised provision of smart metering and other control technologies which facilitate access to new platforms. This element of the project will be in partnership with WPD and at least one of the emerging local energy market software platform providers (e.g., Electron).

Funds are required for (initial estimates):

▪ Advice and signposting 4FTE * 3 years £600k ▪ Grants and loans As available (£8.5M) ▪ Subsidised meters and communications £500k ▪ Software £400k

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Indicative budget: up to £10M Partners: Chamber, trade associations, WPD, Electron, energy efficiency advice providers

Optimised energy infrastructure

• Black Country Energy Development Company (BEDCo).

This project will provide a third level of support over and above the energy efficiency activities described above, and will also support major new development projects requiring timely and sensibly-costed connections to energy networks (including energy-specific development projects such as the proposed £35M district energy schemes in Sandwell). The objective will be to relieve grid constraints and align investment in energy networks to the strategic economic plans of the region (e.g., to avoid sub-optimal spending on connections and capacity which could be reduced by effective and integrated local network planning).

It will establish and manage an energy infrastructure investment fund of the order of £100M, to invest in energy infrastructure ‘ahead of demand’ supporting lower cost network connections for expanding businesses; early investment in energy infrastructure to support EVs and low carbon/smart housing; and new waste to energy and district heating schemes. There will be close engagement with WPD and Cadent Gas, and the project will bring together local authority planners, HVM City, and strategic planners from the utilities. Returns on the £100M will be via energy charges spread over 30-50 years and underwritten by the public sector.

Funds are likely to be required for (initial estimates):

▪ Legal and financial advice £250k ▪ Technical resource (2FTE x 3 yrs) £300k ▪ Governance and assurance £1M (1% of £100M) ▪ Willingness to underwrite investments

Indicative budget: £1.5M Partners: LEP, WPD, Cadent, Ofgem, WMCA, Investment funds

Eliminating energy poverty

• Housing performance programme. This project will focus on optimising regional spend on energy efficient refurbishment of existing housing, in particular ensuring the Black Country secures maximum benefit from national programmes such as ECO and supporting the development of local supply chains in low carbon construction techniques and practice.

Specifically, we will seek to secure and locate a national centre for excellence in housing refurbishment in the Black Country, focusing on developing the quality construction skills and technology supply chains to support such programmes.

Funds are likely to be required for (initial estimates):

▪ Capital interventions £30M (to be secured via ECO/WMCA)

▪ University-led centre £22M (Springfield site in Wolverhampton)

Indicative budget: £52M Partners: WMCU; ECO will be delivered with retail utilities and local delivery agencies, led by LAs

All three themes will work with the regional Energy Capital partnership and use the Energy Innovation Zone framework to secure powers which will maximise the Black Country’s ability to take long-term advantage of these projects (e.g., by re-allocating energy infrastructure costs and incentivising private sector investment at scale).

SMART OBJECTIVES

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• Reduce energy costs for manufacturing businesses by 25%

• Eliminate costs of connecting to electricity or gas networks as a reason for businesses to relocate out of the region or limit inward investment

• Reduce incidence of energy poverty in the Black Country by beating national fuel poverty targets by 5 years

• Rates of electric vehicle and low carbon housing penetration in the Black Country above national averages

These objectives are consistent with the regional energy strategy.

MARKET FAILURE AND RATIONALE FOR INVESTMENT

In the absence of LEP and regional intervention, energy infrastructure planning (including energy efficiency for buildings) is undertaken centrally and remotely independent of local industrial and market needs. At the other extreme, small and medium-sized manufacturing and commercial businesses and households are poorly served by energy markets where meaningful participation increasingly requires specialist expertise and capabilities available only to larger customers. This results in unintended and costly local outcomes, including energy-intense businesses relocating to lower energy cost economies; failure to take cost-effective advantage of local energy resources such as waste streams; and obsolete infrastructure which is sub-optimal for supporting the transition to low carbon vehicles or housing.

A recent report by Arup identified at least £84M of energy infrastructure investments (in the Black Country EZs alone) which are being held back by electricity industry regulatory cycles and which will release £46M GVA benefits if brought forward: this will not occur without structured intervention by the LEP.

PRELIMINARY BUSINESS CASE Total investment: ~£65M over 3-5 years, unlocking ~£100M private sector investment and GVA benefits £100M-£200M Delivery mechanisms hitting SEP growth objectives and targets include:

• Targeted business support programmes: business assists (~250) new/retained jobs (~100)

• Targeted Infrastructure investment: inward investment attracted, new/retained jobs (~300)

• Possible skills programmes (industrial energy efficiency and management; low carbon construction)

Potential sources of public funding

• WM Regional Energy and Power Deal with government (~£65M included for the Black Country in the current draft)

• Innovate UK and regulated energy sector innovation funds (£500k-£3M – bids in preparation)

• ERDF and/or successor funds (£2-£5M)

• Strength in Places Fund (£5-£10M – bid in play)

• LGF/LEP funds of last resort (£2-£10M – may be applicable for co-investment in specific projects such as Sandwell schemes)

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Agenda Item 8


Monday 15th April 2019

Black Country Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC)


1.1 To update the LEP Board on the progress of activities and programmes co-funded by BCLEP and the Careers & Enterprise Company and managed by Black Country Consortium Ltd

2. Recommendations

2.1. The Board Notes the progress made across the various programmes of activities.

2.2. The Board continues to co-fund the Enterprise Adviser Network programme at the current level (2 Enterprise Coordinators co-funded 50%) for duration of the current CEC co-funding offer (September 2020).

3. Report Detail

3.1. The Black Country Consortium currently manages 3 separate programmes funded by the Careers & Enterprise Company on behalf of Black Country LEP. The Black Country LEP co-funds one of those programmes.

3.2. The Careers & Enterprise Company was founded in 2016 funded by DfE with the aim of inspiring young people careers aspirations by linking schools and employers. The work of the CEC is based on 8 Gatsby benchmarks that identify what “Good” looks like in Careers Education in Secondary schools. The initial remit of the CEC was to promote 2 of the 8 benchmarks pertaining directly to employer engagement through the creation the Enterprise Adviser Network cofounded by the CEC.

3.3. The Government launched the National Careers Strategy in November 2017 and expanded

the remit of the CEC to promote all 8 Gatsby benchmarks and also to pilot work in Primary schools where evidence of what “Good” looks like doesn’t currently exist. Additional funding was granted to the CEC to introduce pilot Careers Hubs to accelerate the improvement of schools’ achievement of the Gatsby benchmarks including “Virtual Wallet” funding for direct delivery of careers programs in areas of higher deprivation.

3.4. The CEC launched the Enterprise Adviser Network in 2016 which it implements across England and managed through the LEPs. This Network is to link a senior level business volunteer to the Senior Leadership team at every Secondary school and College in the area

with an objective of the Adviser helping the school develop its business engagement strategy and understanding of the Labour market. The Enterprise Advisers and Schools are supported by a small number of full time Enterprise Coordinators funded 50% by CEC and 50% by local funding.

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3.5. The Black Country has secured funding for programmes as follows: -

3.6. Enterprise Adviser Network (EAN) (since 2016)

The Black Country was the 1st LEP in the country to apply and establish an EAN when the programme was launched in 2016. The CEC provided funding (50%) towards the costs of an Enterprise Coordinator. The Black Country needs 5.5 FTE Enterprise Coordinators to have 100% coverage of Black Country Schools & Colleges (including SEN). There are currently 4.5 FTE Enterprise Coordinators. The co-funding comes from a range of partners with the programme being managed by Black Country Consortium, namely BCLEP (2 Coordinators), City of Wolverhampton Council, Black Country Chamber and SIPs Education Ltd (0.5) There are active ongoing discussions with Sandwell & Dudley MBC to provide co-funding for the other available position. The Black Country EAN has agreement from every Senior school except 1 to introduce and Enterprise Coordinator and there are currently 90% of schools and colleges with an active Enterprise Adviser. The Black Country is recognized as a Beacon in the Midlands by the CEC for their work. Our work on LMI and governance is particularly recognized and we have presented our ‘best practice’ at the CEC National Conference in 2018 and the Enterprise Coordinator National Training in 2018 & 19. (see separate dashboard for details). Several schools have reported positive OFSTED findings following improvements of their Careers provision directly as a result of the EAN and support from the Enterprise Coordinators (e.g. Kings School Wolverhampton). The funding from CEC for the EAN is c£150K per year in the Black Country

3.7. Careers Hub (& Virtual Wallet Funding) The Black Country was successful in bidding for a Careers Hub in the 1st wave in May 2018. The Black Country was the only successful bid in the WMCA area. There are 20 Hubs nationally. The Black Country Careers Hub comprises 36 of the 80 Secondary schools and the schools work together to share best practice and manage joint activities to support their achievement of Gatsby benchmarks. They are supported by a Careers Hub Manager fully funded by the CEC. The programme will run until Sep 2020. We were also successful in being awarded Virtual Wallet funding from the CEC to provide best in class careers activities selected by the schools. This 1st Careers Hub & Virtual Wallet is work £400K over 2 years. The Black Country Careers Hub has been extremely successful and is delivering a rapid acceleration of achievement (see Careers Hub Dashboard). The CEC have asked to create a National Case Study of our Careers Hub and we are presenting at the CEC LEP Skills Leads meeting in April 2019.

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There is a bid for a 2nd Careers Hub in the Black Country that will give us 100% coverage of all schools. The results of this bid will be announced on 12th April.

3.8. Primary Pilot

The CEC launched a prospectus for innovative 12-month Primary Pilot projects in Feb/Mar 2019. Over 100 bids were received for the 12 projects selected to be developed through a short, 2 month ‘incubation’ period with 10 projects expected to be funded for a 12-month period. The Black Country was successful in being selected for the Incubation period with a “Careers 2030” pilot programme. This pilot programme is a partnership between Teaching Primary schools, employers and coordinated by BCC Ltd. It is proposed to be delivered in c20 primary schools across the 4 Local authorities who have already signed up to this bid. We are developing the detailed implementation plan during the incubation period and hope to be successful with the delivery of the full programme that will be announced mid-June 2019.


4.1. The BCLEP co-funding of 2 Enterprise Coordinators is already in the revenue budget for

2019/20. There is no additional financial ask.


5.1. No legal implications

6. Risk Management

6.1. The CEC dashboards are reported and discussed at t he Employment & Skills Board & Competitiveness Board.


7.1. No special equality implications above the standard Equality policies of BCLEP & BCC Ltd. Sarah Middleton

Chief Executive


Contact Officer

Colin Parker

Tel: 07944 268709

Email : [email protected]

Source Documents:

Black Country CEC Dashboard

Black Country Careers Hub Dashboard

EA by Sector

Professional Services 15%

Manufacturing 21%

Construction 15%

Digital 7%

Financial Services 10%

Other 32%

CAREERS AND ENTERPRISE SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT DASHBOARD

Objectives: Doing more to raise skill levels.Developing a more entrepreneurial culture

Strategic AreaPeople

Black Country Strategic Economic PlanPeople, Place & Business : 12 strategic programmes

Black Country Schools Performance and History Black Country Enterprise Adviser Network

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partially achieved (less than 50% score)27% Increase in the number of Benchmarks

almost achieved (51%-99% score)48% Increase in Fully Achieved Benchmarks

(100% score)All benchmarks performing better that the national average

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News……….8300+ Students Supported through the

Apprenticeship Pilot Sept 18-Dec 1856 Black Country Schools awarded £233K

‘Virtual Wallet Funding’CPD for Teachers – Apprenticeships delivered

Supported by Halesowen College & The Chamber Career Leader Training underway

‘Opening Doors to the Black Country’ liveOn the Skills Factory website

Schools & EAs given access to resource centre

Local Authority MOU Initial EA Meeting

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Agenda Item 9a Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership Board

15th April 2019

Black Country Strategic Economic Plan – Growth Deal

Project Change Request – Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 1 (SEPPL56)


1.1 To request that the LEP Board approves the Change Request for the Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 1 project, within the Growth Deal Programme.

2. Recommendation

2.1. That the LEP Board:

2.2. Approves the Accountable Body for the Growth Deal (Walsall Council) to proceed to amending the Grant Agreement with Dudley Council to deliver the Local Growth Fund (LGF), funded elements of the Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 1 project, with delivery to commence in the 2019/20 financial year.

2.3. This request relates to a change in outputs.

3. Report Detail

3.1. The Dudley Brownfield Land Programme has been very successful to date. Phase 1 having already delivered 143 new housing units in the Black Country, some of which is affordable as well as private market housing. In addition to this Phase 2 of the programme, funded via the Land and Property Investment Fund, has delivered 40 new units which are occupied and handed over to new ownership.

3.2. A Change Request has been submitted to amend the scope and number of outputs to be delivered on the remaining undeveloped sites. This includes the Stewards Road and Portway Close sites.

3.3. The initial bid for Portway Close was based on council owned land at the time of the project submission for Grant Funding from the BCLEP. Subsequent meetings and project discussions have led to Dudley Council purchasing an adjacent piece of land to maximise the development potential in terms of the housing needs. This means the area of land remediated will increase from 0.16ha to 0.228ha.

3.4. The initial bid for Stewarts Road was based on a feasibility layout prior to the full set of surveys and designs. Subsequent works have led to a reduction in the number of housing units due to cost viability reasons such as the extent of the retaining walls would make the scheme unviable and place too much risk on existing adjacent properties. The number of units will be reduced from 16 to 14.

3.5. There will be no impact on delivery or timescales. There are also no plans to revisit the costs as the council anticipate that one change will offset the other, albeit differing outputs.

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4.1. All the costs associated with this proposal form part of the LGF Programme and will be covered by allocations from government associated with this programme. This includes use of any interest accrued by the Accountable Body to cover costs associated with the delivery of Accountable Body functions, as approved by its (Walsall Council) Cabinet on the 29th October 2014.


5.1. The appropriate Grant Agreements are in place and will be utilised by the Accountable Body

(Walsall Council), and include all conditions passed onto the LEP by Government, together will all terms, conditions, performance measures and sanctions as required by the approvals/conditions received from Government or approved by the LEP Board or the Joint Committee.

6. Risk Management

6.1. Risk will be managed through the on-going monitoring of individual projects and their ability to deliver the required spending profiles and outcomes for the programme as required or agreed with Government and set into place by the LEP Board and the Joint Committee.

6.2. 7. Equality Implications

7.1. None at the time of drafting

Sarah Middleton

Chief Executive


Contact Officer

Lara Cragg

Tel: +44 (0)1384 471166


Source Documents:

i. Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 1 – Change Request

ii. April 2019 Funding sub group paper

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Agenda Item 10a Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership Board

15th April 2019

Black Country Strategic Economic Plan – Growing Places

Project Approval Recommendation – Daisy Bank Site Investigation


1.1 To request that the LEP Board approve the Daisy Bank Site Investigation Project within the

Growing Places Programme.

2. Recommendation


2.2. Approves the Daisy Bank Site Investigation from within the Growing Places Programme, with delivery to commence in 2019/20 financial year.

3. Report Detail

3.1. A summary of the proposed project is provided below:

Daisy Bank Site Investigation - £13,107.50 in 2019/20

Funding Breakdown 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 Total

LEP Funding £0 £13,107.50 £0 £13,107.50

3.2. Daisy Bank, as the whole site is known, contains a former Victorian school building latterly used as a community centre. The building is now derelict and the other part of the site was formerly occupied by a junior school, is now demolished. The site is generally overgrown and is prone to anti-social behaviours such as fly tipping. It is proposed that the site be developed with housing by WV Living, the Council’s wholly owned development company.

3.3. If WV Living do not develop the site, with the assistance of this grant, it is likely to remain as brownfield as the site issues below make it unattractive to private developers. Reclaiming this site will enable up to 24 new homes to be built, for market sale and affordable rent, dependent upon size and layout and standoff zones. The development will bring a longstanding vacant site back into use.

3.4. Previous desk top studies have uncovered various issues on the site such as and not limited to; moderate risk of unrecorded mine shafts as well as slight contamination from made ground (including ashes and demolition materials) contaminants from surrounding and existing industry. The site may lie within 500m of a recorded Great Crested Newts (GCN) colony at Bilston Urban Village. If GCN are found on site, a trapping and relocation exercise will be required prior to any other work being undertaken. An ecological survey is currently underway.

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3.5. The following outputs identified to be delivered, should a capital scheme come forward:

The above outputs are to be delivered dependent upon layout and highways issues.

3.6. Approval of this project is subject to the following conditions:

• Grant funding to be awarded at 70% of the lowest tendered quote of £18,725 from GIP.

• Spend/drawdown of funding to be complete by the end of financial year 2020/21.

• Provision of evidence of the freehold ownership of the title, including a plan highlighting the title boundary.

• Provision of legal advice confirming that should grant be awarded it will be in accordance with State Aid regulations.


4.1. All the costs associated with this proposal form part of the GPF Programme and will be covered by allocations from government associated with this programme. This includes use of any interest accrued by the Accountable Body to cover costs associated with the delivery of Accountable Body functions, as approved by its (Walsall Council) Cabinet on the 29th October 2014.

4.2. See paragraph 3.6 for recommended conditions to be included in the contract.


5.1. The appropriate Grant Agreements are in place and will be utilised by the Accountable Body (Walsall Council), and include all conditions passed onto the LEP by Government, together will all terms, conditions, performance measures and sanctions as required by the approvals/conditions received from Government or approved by the LEP Board or the Joint Committee.

6. Risk Management




Sarah Middleton

Chief Executive


Output 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21+ Total

Houses Created 24 24

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Contact Officer

Lara Cragg

Tel: +44 (0)1384 471166


Source Documents:

I. Signed Initial Proposal - Daisy Bank SI II. April 19 FSG GPF Report III. Thomas Lister Assessment - Daisy Bank SI

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Agenda Item 10b Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership Board

15th April 2019

Black Country Strategic Economic Plan – Growing Places

Project Approval Recommendation – Wolverhampton Environment Centre Site Investigation


1.1 To request that the LEP Board approve the Wolverhampton Environment Centre Site Investigation Project within the Growing Places Programme.

2. Recommendation


2.2. Approves the Wolverhampton Environment Centre Site Investigation Project from within the Growing Places Programme, with delivery to commence in 2019/20 financial year.

3. Report Detail

3.1. A summary of the proposed project is provided below: Wolverhampton Environment Centre Site Investigation - £7,421.26 in 2019/20

Funding Breakdown 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 Total

LEP Funding £0 £7,421.26 £0 £7,421.26

3.2. The project will support development and will bring an otherwise derelict site back into use

and contribute another 14 units of market sale homes. This contributes to the ambition to build 1000 plus homes and Wolverhampton City Council’s own ambitions to increase both numbers and choice of tenure.

3.3. Earlier research suggests that this is a relatively “clean” site for the area, with no known or obvious abnormals. However, given that it stands on the edge of the Black Country, an intrusive site investigation into the development area is considered prudent.

3.4. The site has recently undergone an exercise to trap and relocate Great Crested Newts.

This will be followed by demolition of the glasshouses, ancillary buildings and bungalow as well an architect being appointed to begin design work for the scheme. It is estimated, following public consultation, that this development will commence in mid-2019, dependent upon the findings of the site investigation and other surveys. Consultation with the local community has led to the agreement that this 1.87-acre site will be developed with 14 new family homes, specifically aimed at local families. These new housing units will be 2 storey units and will be built to complement the locale.

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3.5. There is some opposition to this development, due to the site’s locale. The restriction on numbers is part of the strategy to alleviate fears that the site will be entirely developed, but this restriction in numbers means that the site is unable to benefit from the savings that can be attributed to larger sites. It is also intended to build to Passivhaus certification standards (ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling), again to alleviate fears and to complement the locale. These steps all add to development costs and reduce site viability.

3.6. The following outputs identified to be delivered should a capital scheme come forward

The above outputs are to be delivered dependent upon layout and highways issues.

3.7. Approval of this project is subject to the following conditions:

• Grant funding to be awarded at 70% of the lowest tendered quote of £10,601.80 from GIP.

• Spend/drawdown of funding to be complete by the end of financial year 2019/20.

• Provision of legal advice confirming that should grant be awarded it will be in accordance with State Aid regulations.


4.1. All the costs associated with this proposal form part of the GPF Programme and will be covered by allocations from government associated with this programme. This includes use of any interest accrued by the Accountable Body to cover costs associated with the delivery of Accountable Body functions, as approved by its (Walsall Council) Cabinet on the 29th October 2014.

4.2. See paragraph 3.7 for recommended conditions to be included in the contract.


5.1. The appropriate Grant Agreements are in place and will be utilised by the Accountable Body (Walsall Council), and include all conditions passed onto the LEP by Government, together will all terms, conditions, performance measures and sanctions as required by the approvals/conditions received from Government or approved by the LEP Board or the Joint Committee.

6. Risk Management




Output 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21+ Total

Houses Completed 14 14

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Sarah Middleton

Chief Executive


Contact Officer

Lara Cragg

Tel: +44 (0)1384 471166


Source Documents:

I. April 19 FSG GPF Report II. Signed Initial Proposal – Wolverhampton Environment Centre Site

Investigation III. Thomas Lister Assessment - Wolverhampton Environment Centre Site

Investigation

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Black Country LEP Growth Deal Dashboard as at 1st April 2019 v1.0Summary - IN FLIGHT 18/19 FINANCIAL YEAR

SPEND PROFILE

The PMO and the Accountable Body have begun work on thefinal year end spend position for 2018/19.

2018/19 Growth Deal Projects are in a mixture ofdevelopment and implementation.

A number of projects from the first 3 years of theprogramme have now closed. The PMO/Walsall AccountableBody continue to monitor delivery of outputs.

Outputs are being delivered by projects which havecompleted their Grant Funding as well as projects yet todraw down all their allocated funding.

The Growing Priority Sectors programme is now fullycommitted.

Growth Deal 1,2 & 3 Funding Profile

Issue Impact Description RAG Action

Growth Deal 3 – Funding Profile & Outputs

The £55.05m GD3 profile was radically reprofiled during March 2017 resulting in £26.52m of the award being profiled into 20/21. This presents a range of challenges for the programme, not only with managing the Cashflow to the new profile but delivering the target Outputs consistent with the new funding profile.

BEIS have now confirmed that outputs can be counted until 2024/25. Funding profiles discussion currently on-going.

Limited capacity to support Pipeline Development & delivery of Transport Schemes

Currently, there is insufficient resource to develop and deliver all of the schemes listed within the programme over a 10 year period.

Transport Director is re-directing Growth Deal funds to support development of major schemes.

CLAIMS

Programme Outputs – Direct & Indirect

*tail funding for DarlastonNB: Excludes £6m awarded for DMBC Housing Revenue Account

NB: Growth Deal Programme Funding includes LGF Competitive, LGF/LTB and DfT funding for M6 J10

Outputs Commentary

Programme Office emphasise to scheme bidders the needfor eligible outputs and schemes with little or no outputsare unlikely to receive grant support

Delays experienced by some schemes has resulted inoutputs for 2021 delivery, slipping into 2021/22. Detailscaptured in table above. Some schemes scheduled toreach peak delivery in 2022

PMO undertaking Outputs analysis to identify any areas ofunderperformance within the in-flight projects.

NB: The above are subject to validation by the Accountable Body.*Apprenticeships included as ‘Jobs Created’ as per approval by BEIS.

*Committed as per Project Status Report Updates to PMO

BCC Programme Office – LGF Programme Dashboard Summary 18/19 – In Flight v1.0 Contact Officer: Shannon Nicklin Source Data: LGF Project Status Reports (Confidential – not for public review)

2018/19 Project Spend (£m)£19.53m Grant Funding

Allocated

18/19 Grant Claimed YTD (£m)

Submitted March YTD Paid March YTD

Growth Deal Claim Value (£m) £6.49m £5.42m

Risk Impact Description RAG Action

High proportion of Revenue Funding approved against capital programme.

Risk that revenue funding awarded will not result in capital scheme. Funding cannot be capitalised resulting in under-utilisation of grant.

PMO and Accountable Body to monitor use of revenue funding and periodically report risk impact to board.

£10.92m committed* as of 31st March 2019

2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 TotalLGF Competitive £23.70 £33.25 £11.94 £4.44 £7.13 £0.03 £80.49

LGF DfT Retained (M6 J10) £0.65 £0.35 £0.12 £1.12

LGF DfT Competitive (M6 J10) £13.93 £14.60 £28.53LGF Expansion £3.90 £3.60 £3.60 £6.40 £6.40 £23.90GD 3 £12.82 £10.39 £5.32 £26.52 £55.05

Total LGF Commitment £24.35 £37.50 £28.48 £18.43 £32.78 £47.55 £189.09

LTB pre-allocated £5.60 £8.80 £2.90 £1.10 £0.20 £18.60

Existing DfT transport major* £3.60 £3.60

Total Other £9.20 £8.80 £2.90 £1.10 £0.20 £0.00 £22.20

Total Growth Deal £33.55 £46.30 £31.38 £19.53 £32.98 £47.55 £211.29

At 31st March 2019, claims to value of £6,494,939 for LGF and LTBcombined have been submitted to Walsall Accountable Body

£6,410,250 LGF £84,689 LTB

To date £5,425,777 has been paid £5,381,088 LGF £44,689 LTB

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2018/19 Quarterly Spend Profile (Cumulative £m)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total

Total LGF Programme Funding £4.88 £9.77 £14.65 £19.53 £19.53

Baseline 18/19 £5.22 £10.43 £15.65 £20.86 £20.86

Latest Forecast 18/19 £0.42 £3.08 £5.83 £21.76 £21.76

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GD 2018/19 SPEND PROFILE – LATEST FORECAST & OVERALL PROJECT RAG STATUS

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Accessing Growth - Salters Road & Shire Oak Improvements Walsall £0.01 £0.03 £0.35 £0.11 £0.50 New traffic signals switched on in December. Snagging to be complete in February 2019.

Accessing Growth - City North City East Major Development W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.10 £0.12 £0.22 Minor slippage meaning the project will run to June but outputs are being delivered and have supported 3 MRN bids which have been well received with one being in the top 10.

Accessing Growth - Springfield Campus Ph2 W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.55 £0.55 Contractors have been briefed and instructed. Started on site 18th March. Works to continue on plan until May 2019.

Accessing Growth - Westside Link Development W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.10 £0.00 £0.10 Stage 3 report will be submitted by end of this reporting period and all milestones nearing completion.

Accessing Growth - Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Extension Dudley £0.04 £0.03 £0.03 £0.00 £0.10 Project management of key milestones ongoing until March 2019.

Bilston Urban Village W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Countryside continue to make good progress with their enabling works contract. All anticipated works are now on site to deliver on outputs. Further works have been undertaken under Phase 2 open space works.

Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills BC Wide £0.00 £0.26 £0.57 £0.00 £0.82 Training equipment has been installed at Incomm and is awaiting commissioning. ECMS to apply for its own SFA Sub Contract.

Goscote Lane Corridor Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Completion of Phase 2 (Waterskeep Site) 177 affordable homes and 235 private homes for sale - homes are completed but Phase 2 is still ongoing with infrastructure and environment works.

Growing Priority Sectors BC Wide £0.00 £0.30 £0.47 £3.35 £4.13 Programme is now fully committed. All Applicants to be contracted by March and spend claimed by June 2019.

Wolverhampton Civic Hall W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Growth Deal funding allocation has now been spent and fully claimed. Project to be monitored on progress for the remainder of the programme.

M6 Junction 10 Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Ongoing engagement and communication with all affected parties while preparing for public inquiry. This has been scheduled for the first week of April 2019.

Woods Lane Sandwell £0.00 £0.00 £0.09 £0.26 £0.35 Demolition is mostly complete. The party wall works are the only remaining works needed to be completed. Contract has been agreed with a service provider and works are anticipated to be completed by June in line with contractual commitments.

Chances Glassworks Site Assembly Sandwell £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.41 £0.41 Grant Agreement negotiations are progressing with Walsall MBC and CGWHT.

Dudley Brownfield Land - Ph 1 Dudley £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.73 £0.73 Start discussed and site logistics for Stewarts & Portway. Land purchase ongoing with Portway Close. Change Request submitted to reprofile outputs.

Managing Short Trips Tranche 2 BC Wide £0.07 £1.18 £0.78 £0.21 £2.23 Towpath improvements for 2 year plan have been completed and under budget. Outputs have also been exceeded. An opportunity now exists to assess if further outputs can be achieved with the remainder of the underspend.

Very Light Rail (Main Scheme) Dudley £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Works ongoing on site, work on the full ERDF application is ongoing.

City North Gateway Phase 1 W'hampton £0.29 £0.26 £0.00 £0.48 £1.03Works on programme due to be complete May 2019. Final service road resurfacing has commenced. Excavation completed for bike hire stand is complete and concrete has been laid.

i9 Wolverhampton W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.89 £0.89Section 73 application has been approved by CWC. Drafting of legal agreements ongoing. Start on site May 2019.

The Leather Industry Expansion Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.45 £0.45Project approved at March BCJC to purchase a building to expand J&E Sedgwick. Reporting to commence 17th April.

Hatherton Street Phase 2 Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.80 £0.80Project approved at March BCJC. Works to start on site currently programmed for September 2019.Reporting to commence 17th April.

Birchley Island Main Scheme Sandwell £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.33 £0.33Project approved at March BCJC, reporting to commence 17th April.

Church Square Apartments Sandwell £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.12Project approved at March BCJC, to refurbish church square and create 4 apartments in Oldbury town centre.

Halesowen College - Business & Construction Management Centre Dudley £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.69 £0.69Project approved at March BCJC, reporting to commence 17th April.

Woods Lane Phase 2 Sandwell £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.70 £1.70Project approved at March BCJC, reporting to commence 17th April.

Phoenix 10 Phase 1 Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.94 £1.94Draft HoT has been issued for the grant and those are currently being reviewed.

Site Investigation Approved Funding

Challenge Block (SI) Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.01 £0.01 £0.02 SI reports were complete October 2018. To progress the delivery of the site, additional surveys have been identified by the contractor. These investigations were commissioned in March 2019 and are anticipated to complete April 2019.

Shidas Lagoon (SI) Sandwell £0.02 £0.00 £0.04 £0.06 £0.12 Specialist drilling rig is on site and has located 1 mine shaft. Probing continues to try and locate the other 2 shafts.

Wharf Approach, Aldridge (SI) Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.03 £0.03 Layout of site has been set and a possible plan for the unit has been prepared. On site investigative work has been completed and the results are awaiting. Flood risk assessment has been instructed.

Former Willenhall ST Works (SI) Walsall £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.08 £0.10 Work on detailed programme for carrying out the survey works to be agreed.

City Learning Quarter (SI) W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.12 Surveys to be completed end of quarter 4 2018/19. Claims to be made in 18/19 financial year. Works have begun on the Full Business Case for the main scheme.

Sandwell Residential Programme SI Sandwell £0.00 £0.04 £0.00 £0.00 £0.04 Site Investigations now complete.

University College Dudley (UCD) SI W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.06 £0.06 SI report is now produced but has shown further investigation of the limestone workings is required to confirm their presence or not. Order placed for additional survey and work now completed on site.

Bilston Urban Village East SI W'hampton £0.00 £0.03 £0.02 £0.02 £0.07 All interpretive reports have now been delivered. Final claims to be made.

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENTJC Programme Expenditure BC Wide £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.18 £0.18LEP Programme Management BC Wide £0.00 £0.05 £0.04 £0.08 £0.18Black Country Transport Expenditure Wolverhampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.10 £0.10Programme Technical Advisors BC Wide £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.16 £0.16LA Programme Work and Development BC Wide £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00Total Committed / Forecast Spend £0.42 £2.55 £2.66 £8.10 £13.73

LTB PROJECTSM6 Junction 10 (LTB) Walsall £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 As per 'M6 Junction 10' Commentary above.i54 Western Extension Access Package W'hampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.78 £0.80 Project approved at March BCJC, reporting to commence 17th April.LTB Development Funding Total BC Wide £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.78 £0.80 Funding awarded to a range of transport schemes to undertake required studies to support development of full business cases.Total Committed / Forecast Spend LTB £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.78 £0.80

OUTPUTS – TO BE REALISED POST PROJECT DELIVERY

Black Country LEP Growth Deal Dashboard as at 1st April 2019 v1.0Summary 2 of 2 – FUTURE YEARS

SPEND PROFILE

Programme Funding vs Spend (Cumulative £m)

BCC Programme Office – LGF Programme Dashboard Summary 2 of 2 – Future Years v1.0 Contact Officer: Shannon Nicklin Source Data: LGF Project Status Reports (Confidential – not for public review)

Growth Deal 1, 2 & 3 Funding Profile

*tail funding for Darlaston

Competitive LGF Funding (£m)

*Inc. GD 1, 2 & 3 Competitive, LTB Pre-Committed Funds & DfT for M6 J10

Profile has changed due to DfT reprofiling Following on from March JC all approved projects are now reflected in the overall

Programme PMO and Accountable Body are working closely together to finalise the final two years

of the Programme.

See reverse for breakdown by project

Includes Direct outputs only, subject to validation by Walsall Accountable Body

15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 Total

Total LGF Grant Award* £29.95 £46.30 £31.38 £19.53 £32.98 £47.55 £207.69

Baseline £28.33 £39.97 £39.89 £20.86 £8.81 £26.88 £164.73

Latest Committed / Forecast Spend £29.95 £46.30 £31.38 £21.76 £51.26 £34.16 £214.81

Over/Under-utilisation of Grant Funding £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.23 £18.28 -£13.39 £7.13

Outputs Forecast by Year Forecast to

2021Total

Forecast Actual to

Date2015-2017 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021+

Jobs Jobs Created 510 617 533 615 1,555 43 3,830 3,873 488Jobs Safeguarded 121 150 230 164 150 0 815 815 284

Houses Homes Started 557 464 702 131 98 0 1,952 1,952 721Homes Completed 341 296 108 149 162 0 1,056 1,056 685

Business Assists

# new enterprises receiving non financial support 1 15 6 6 6 0 34 34 9

# of enterprises receiving non financial support 159 482 440 450 473 120 2,004 2,124 179# of enterprises receiving grant support 16 15 7 0 0 0 38 38 39# of enterprises receiving financial support other than Grant 53 0 0 25 28 0 106 106 0

# of potential entrepreneurs assisted to be enterprise ready 73 59 51 55 62 0 300 300 87

Total Business Assists 302 571 504 536 569 115 2,482 2,597 308

Learner AssistsLearner Assists 2,512 3,236 3,350 3,480 3,616 524 16,194 16,718 5,228Apprenticeships Started 640 878 1,057 1,313 1,467 572 5,355 5,927 3,264Apprenticeships Completed 254 229 544 801 949 224 2,777 3,001 683

Land and Property

New build / refurbished training/ learning space (sqm) 3,903 5,129 0 0 0 5,008 9,032 14,040 4,632

Commercial floorspace constructed / Refurbished Gross (sqm) 20,042 30,939 10,682 17,355 22,107 0 101,125 101,125 51,608

Area of site reclaimed, (re)developed or assembled (ha) 27 8 12 7 22 0 76 76 11

Visitor Economy Visitor Numbers 63,925 68,195 65,217 100,250 170,268 180,000 467,855 647,855 63,984

InfrastructureTotal Length of Resurfaced Roads (Km) 13 1 5 0 0 0 18.45 18.45 13.58Total Length of Newly Built Roads (Km) 6 0 2 0 0 0 7.82 7.82 5.99Total Length of New Cycleway (km) 37 7 9 0 0 0 52.66 52.66 45.58

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2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 Total

LGF Competitive £23.70 £33.25 £11.94 £4.44 £7.13 £0.03 £80.49

LGF DfT Retained (M6 J10) £0.65 £0.35 £0.12 £1.12

LGF DfT Competitive (M6 J10) £13.93 £14.60 £28.53

LGF Expansion £3.90 £3.60 £3.60 £6.40 £6.40 £23.90

GD 3 £12.82 £10.39 £5.32 £26.52 £55.05

Total LGF Commitment £24.35 £37.50 £28.48 £18.43 £32.78 £47.55 £189.09

LTB pre-allocated £5.60 £8.80 £2.90 £1.10 £0.20 £18.60

Existing DfT transport major* £3.60 £3.60

Total Other £9.20 £8.80 £2.90 £1.10 £0.20 £0.00 £22.20

Total Growth Deal £33.55 £46.30 £31.38 £19.53 £32.98 £47.55 £211.29

£0.00

£50.00

£100.00

£150.00

£200.00

£250.00

2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/2020 2020/2021

Total LGF Grant Award* Baseline Latest Committed / Forecast Spend

13%

35%

65%

12%

31%

55%

33%

51%

15%

74%

77%

87%

87%

65%

35%

88%

69%

45%

67%

49%

85%

26%

23%

13%

Jobs Created

Jobs Safeguarded

Homes Completed

Total Business Assists

Learner Assists

Apprenticeships Started

New build / refurbished training/ learning space (sqm)

Commercial floorspace constructed / Refurbished Gross (sqm)

Area of site reclaimed, (re)developed or assembled (ha)

Total Length of Resurfaced Roads (Km)

Total Length of Newly Built Roads (Km)

Total Length of New Cycleway (km)

Achievement against Direct Output Forecast 2015/16 - 2020/21 +

Actual to Date Total Programme Forecast

GROWTH DEAL 1, 2 & 3 FUNDING COMMITMENT FULL PROGRAMME 2015/16 – 2020/21

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PROJECT NAME2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21

Total LGF Leverage Total Project InvestmentTOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

Garden CityCompleted Projects £0.00 £0.06 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.06 £0.00 £0.06Bilston Urban Village £2.75 £2.09 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £4.84 £81.25 £86.09Goscote Lane Corridor £1.70 £2.81 £4.31 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £8.82 £78.59 £87.41Woods Lane £0.55 £2.53 £0.98 £0.35 £0.36 £0.00 £4.77 £43.79 £48.56Walsall Waterfront £0.03 £0.10 £0.01 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.15 £0.31 £0.45Dudley Brownfield Land - Ph 1 £0.00 £0.99 £0.72 £0.73 £0.00 £0.00 £2.43 £27.61 £30.04Holloway Street, Gornal (SI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.04 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.04 £0.00 £0.05Reedswood (former) Golf Course (SI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.01Sandwell Residential Programme SI £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.04 £0.00 £0.00 £0.04 £0.02 £0.06Woods Lane Phase 2 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.70 £0.00 £0.00 £1.70 £13.20 £14.90HVM CityCompleted Projects £0.30 £1.74 £0.02 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.06 £14.87 £16.93Growing Priority Sectors £1.49 £1.34 £1.67 £4.13 £0.00 £0.00 £8.63 £18.00 £26.63Airfield Drive £0.00 £0.00 £0.37 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.37 £4.71 £5.08Very Light Rail SEED Funding £0.00 £0.64 £1.04 £0.31 £0.00 £0.00 £1.98 £0.00 £1.98Wharf Approach, Aldridge (SI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.03 £0.00 £0.00 £0.03 £0.00 £0.03Shidas Lagoon (SI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.00 £0.12Former Willenhall ST Works (SI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.04 £0.10 £0.00 £0.00 £0.14 £0.00 £0.14Very Light Rail (Main Scheme) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £9.89 £7.45 £17.35 £6.47 £23.82Bilston Urban Village East SI £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.07 £0.00 £0.00 £0.07 £0.04 £0.11Phoenix 10 Phase 1 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.94 £0.00 £0.00 £1.94 £0.00 £1.94The Leather Industry Expansion £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.45 £0.00 £0.00 £0.45 £1.05 £1.50Economic CapitalCompleted Projects £0.17 £0.32 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.49Wolverhampton Civic Hall £1.88 £2.30 £1.23 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £5.41 £5.43 £10.84Chances Glassworks Site Assembly £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.41 £0.00 £0.00 £0.41 £0.06 £0.47Refurbishment of 203/204 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley £0.00 £0.00 £0.15 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.15 £0.46 £0.61Challenge Block (SI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.01 £0.00 £0.00 £0.03 £0.00 £0.03Black Country Living Museum (SI) £0.00 £0.02 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.00 £0.02Church Square Apartments £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.31 £0.43Hatherton Street Phase 2 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.80 £0.00 £0.00 £0.80 £2.03 £2.83i9 Wolverhampton £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.89 £2.76 £0.08 £3.72 £12.62 £16.34Skills CapitalCompleted Projects £5.92 £11.05 £1.40 £0.48 £0.00 £0.00 £18.86 £6.35 £10.66Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills £0.00 £1.75 £5.97 £0.82 £0.00 £0.00 £8.55 £4.15 £12.70City Learning Quarter (SI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12University College Dudley (UCD) SI £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.06 £0.00 £0.00 £0.06 £0.03 £0.09Halesowen College - Business & Construction Management Centre £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.69 £3.02 £2.22 £5.93Local Transport SolutionsCompleted Projects £2.43 £3.86 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £6.29 £0.21 £6.51Accessing Growth Programme £1.99 £5.69 £1.77 £2.38 £2.97 £0.00 £14.80 £1.88 £16.68Wolverhampton Interchange Commercial Gateway Phase 2 £4.50 £0.00 £3.50 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £8.00 £105.20 £113.20M6 Junction 10 £0.65 £0.35 £0.12 £0.00 £13.94 £14.59 £29.65 £34.55 £64.20Managing Short Trips Tranche 2 £0.00 £0.00 £2.02 £2.23 £0.00 £0.00 £4.25 £0.16 £4.41City North Gateway Phase 1 £0.00 £0.00 £2.32 £1.03 £0.00 £0.00 £3.35 £0.75 £4.10Birchley Island Main Scheme £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.33 £1.21 £8.70 £10.24 £9.49 £19.74I54 Western Extension Access Package £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.50 £0.50 £3.00 £38.70 £41.70EARMARKED/GD3 INDICATIVE SCHEMESCity Learning Quarter Main Scheme £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £13.16 £0.00 £13.16 £18.03 £31.19

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

JC Programme Expenditure £0.13 £0.20 £0.18 £0.18 £0.18 £0.18 £1.02 £0.00 £1.02LEP Programme Management £0.26 £0.30 £0.20 £0.19 £0.18 £0.18 £1.31 £0.00 £1.31Black Country Transport Expenditure £0.21 £0.21 £0.25 £0.10 £0.10 £0.10 £0.98 £0.00 £0.98Programme Technical Advisors £0.00 £0.04 £0.04 £0.16 £0.17 £0.16 £0.56 £0.00 £0.56LA Programme Work and Development £0.42 £0.76 £0.76 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.93 £0.00 £1.93

Total Committed / Forecast Spend LGF £25.38 £39.13 £29.15 £20.97 £50.43 £34.16 £199.22 £530.33 £708.46

LTB PROJECTSLocal Transport Solutions - LTBM6 Junction 10 (LTB) £0.10 £0.00 £0.20 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.30 As Above £0.30Wolverhampton Interchange Commercial Gateway Phase 2 (LTB) £4.37 £4.63 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £9.00 As Above £9.00Birchley Island M5 J2 £0.10 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.10 £0.00 £0.10A4101 Pensnett Strategic Access Improvement Scheme £0.00 £2.35 £1.45 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3.80 £2.50 £6.30LTB Development Funding Total £0.00 £0.19 £0.58 £0.80 £0.00 £0.00 £1.57 £0.00 £1.57LTB Unallocated Funds (Aldridge Station) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.83 £0.00 £0.83 TBC £0.83Total Committed / Forecast Spend LTB £4.57 £7.17 £2.23 £0.80 £0.83 £0.00 £15.60 £2.50 £18.10

Grand Total £29.95 £46.30 £31.38 £21.77 £51.26 £34.16 £214.82 £532.83 £726.56

2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/2020 2020/2021 TotalTotal LGF Grant Award (LGF/LTB/M6 J10) £29.95 £46.30 £31.38 £19.12 £33.31 £32.95 £193.02

Utilisation of Grant Funding £29.95 £46.30 £31.38 £21.77 £51.26 £34.16 £214.82

Variance £0.00 £0.00 -£0.00 £2.65 £17.95 £1.21 £21.81

GROWTH DEAL SUMMARY OF PROJECTS IN OUTPUT MONITORING – TO DATE

*Projects in output monitoring have spent all Growth Deal Grant funding awarded, initial physical delivery is completed and contracted outputs are to be delivered over an agreed period of time. (monitored until March 2021)

PROJECT NAME Borough2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21

Total LGFTOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

Dudley Bus Station Dudley £0 £157,677 £42,323 £0 £0 £0 £200,000

Bloxwich Mitigation Package Walsall £0 £0 £100,000 £0 £0 £0 £100,000

Birchley Island M5 J2 Sandwell £100,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £100,000

GROWTH DEAL – COMPLETED TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING SUMMARY – TO DATE

*It is expected that a Capital Scheme will follow on from Transport Development funding.



Advanced Science, Engineering & Technology Centre (Halesowen College) Dudley £1,059,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,059,000

Dudley Advance Construction Centre Dudley £2,028,108 £5,851,892 £0 £0 £0 £0 £7,880,000

Fab Kit - Fab Lab (Sandwell College) Sandwell £36,300 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £36,300

Fab Kit - In-Comm Walsall £141,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £141,000

Fab Kit - PTP Walsall £98,787 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £98,787

Science, Technology & Prototyping Centre W'hampton £1,296,594 £3,583,406 £0 £0 £0 £0 £4,880,000

Ruskin Mill Glasshouse - Phase 3 Dudley £160,026 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £160,026

Dudley Town Centre - Sites & Buildings Improvements Dudley £169,558 £285,442 £0 £0 £0 £0 £455,000

Walsall College - Improving Engineering Capacity Walsall £207,128 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £207,128

University of Wolverhampton Apprenticeship Hub W'hampton £150,000 £50,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £200,000

Walsall College - Microsoft IT Academy Walsall £147,768 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £147,768

PTP IT Academy Walsall £40,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £40,000

Airfield Drive Walsall £0 £0 £370,993 £0 £0 £0 £370,993

Halesowen College - Access Centre for HE Dudley £0 £699,795 £0 £0 £0 £0 £699,795

Dudley College - Advanced Engineering Equipment Dudley £0 £104,400 £0 £0 £0 £0 £104,400

Walsall College – Additional Engineering Equipment Walsall £0 £149,250 £0 £0 £0 £0 £149,250

Dudley College - Construction Apprenticeship Training Centre Dudley £0 £507,247 £92,753 £0 £0 £0 £600,000

Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre Walsall £0 £0 £722,999 £0 £0 £0 £722,999

Refurbishment of 203/204 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley Dudley £0 £0 £145,947 £0 £0 £0 £145,947

Walsall Waterfront Walsall £31,638 £100,771 £14,965 £0 £0 £0 £147,374

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GROWTH DEAL - CLOSED PROJECT SUMMARY – TO DATE

GROWTH DEAL – COMPLETED SITE INVESTIGATION SUMMARY – TO DATE

*It is expected that a Capital Scheme will follow on from Site Investigation funding. Sufficient underwriting or clawback is agreed at time of Grant Award for Site Investigations

*Closed projects have spent all Growth Deal Grant Funding, practical completion and contracted Outputs delivered.

PROJECT NAME Borough 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 Commentary

Bourne St, Coseley (SI) Dudley £0 £63,565 £0 £0 £0 £0 Main scheme is awaiting planning permission

Pope's Lane (SI) Sandwell £54,301 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Capital Scheme completed 17/18

Pensnett (SI) Dudley £41,165 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Capital Scheme underway

Reedswood (former) Golf Course (SI) Walsall £0 £0 £9,330 £0 £0 £0 SI completed, awaiting a capital scheme to come forward

Holloway Street, Gornal (SI) Dudley £0 £0 £43,100 £0 £0 £0 SI completed, awaiting a capital scheme to come forward

Parkrose Industrial Estate (SI) Sandwell £53,994 £19,170 £0 £0 £0 £0 Capital Scheme underway without LEP Funding

Moxley Business Park (SI) Walsall £0 £88,600 £0 £0 £0 £0 Main scheme progressing through LPIF

Bull Street (SI) Sandwell £0 £34,761 £0 £0 £0 £0 SI completed, awaiting a capital scheme to come forward

Black Country Living Museum (SI) Dudley £0 £20,148 £3,821 £0 £0 £0 Main scheme progressing through LPIF

Music Institute (SI) Dudley £0 £32,579 £0 £0 £0 £0 Main scheme progressing through LPIF

Springfield Campus SI Wolverhampton £0 £0 £83,195 £0 £0 £0 Main scheme progressing through LPIF



Accessing Growth - Bilston Urban Village Access Package W'hampton £726,627 £2,168,661 £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,895,288

Accessing Growth - Junction & Highway Improvements (Canal Side) Sandwell £630,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £630,000

Managing Short Trips BC Wide £2,430,009 £3,860,836 £0 £0 £0 £0 £6,290,845

Accessing Growth - WCC Coach Station W'hampton £387,673 £90,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £477,673

Accessing Growth - M6 J10 Resilience Package Walsall £94,519 £1,235,176 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,329,695

Accessing Growth - Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Dudley £0 £400,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £400,000

Accessing Growth - Compton Park Improved Connectivity W'hampton £149,352 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £149,352

Accessing Growth - Springfield Campus Interchange Connectivity W'hampton £0 £600,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £600,000

Accessing Growth - A459 Dudley Road/Coombs Road Halesowen Dudley £0 £259,291 £280,709 £0 £0 £0 £540,000

Accessing Growth - Pinfold Bridge, Wednesfield Road, Wolverhampton W'hampton £0 £674,568 £0 £0 £0 £0 £674,568

Accessing Growth - City East Gateway - A454 Willenhall Road Corridor W'hampton £0 £158,800 £26,517 £0 £0 £0 £185,317

Accessing Growth - City North Gateway - A449 Stafford Road Corridor W'hampton £0 £101,011 £13,336 £0 £0 £0 £114,347

Accessing Growth - B4176 Himley Rd Junction Improvements Dudley £0 £0 £78,500 £0 £0 £0 £78,500

Accessing Growth - M6 J10 (Major) Walsall £0 £0 £218,834 £0 £0 £0 £218,834

Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills - Feasibility Study W'hampton £170,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £170,000

Accessing Growth - North Smethwick Canalside Access Sandwell £630,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £630,000

CWC Relocation - Campus Realignment - Feasibility Study W'hampton £310,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £310,000

Music Institute - Feasibility Study Dudley £80,000 £70,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £150,000

Very Light Rail Innovation Centre - Feasibility Study Dudley £150,000 £150,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £300,000

Birchley Island Development Funding Sandwell £100,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £100,000

Very Light Rail Innovation Centre - SEED Funding Dudley £0 £637,814 £198,914 £0 £0 £0 £836,728

A4101 Pensnett High Street Dudley £0 £2,348,432 £1,451,569 £0 £0 £0 £3,800,001

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Black Country Wide LEP Priority Pipeline Dashboard 1st April 2019 v1.0

Summary – BLACK COUNTRY PIPELINE

PROJECT PIPELINE

COMMENTARY

➢ The pipeline is now consolidated listing of all the priority bids for Black Country Wide support and will tap into a range of funding opportunities;

➢ Land and Property Investment Funds 17/18 +➢ Growth Deal 3 17/18 +➢ Transport Majors➢ Other opportunities as they arise

➢ The PMO continue to update the pipeline; working collaboratively with each of the councils, the colleges and the University to further refine thetimeline of when Grant support will be needed for Strategic Priority schemes.

➢ This profile of potential Grant bids linked to LEP Funded SI and Development activity presently being undertaken with potential Delivery timeframes identified as working towards is shown overleaf

➢ This will facilitate the development of a schedule of Grant funding requirements, specific to prioritised schemes, that can be supported as Growth Deal 3 and Land and Property Investment Fund and any other Grant Funding opportunities become available.

➢ Councils are now developing Business Cases for their strategic priority schemes.

(See Appendix 1 for full detail)

BCC Programme Office – BC Pipeline Dashboard Summary v1.0 Contact Officer: PMO BCLEP Source Data: PMO Project Initial proposal data

Issue Impact Description RAG Resolution

Limited capacity to support Pipeline Development & delivery of Projects

Limited resources in Local Authorities to support project development and subsequent project delivery will impact Black Country economic growth in future years.

Black Country Joint Committee approval has been awarded to capitalise proposition development work - £8.9m to 2021. Each Local Authority will be requested to identify, for the 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years, any revenue funding that could become available as a result of this capital allocation to form a Black Country Proposition Funding Pot that can be used to underwrite speculative capital expenditure.

Limited capacity to support Pipeline Development & delivery of Transport Schemes

Limited transport resources in Local Authorities to support project development and subsequent project delivery would impact Black Country ability to take advantage of emerging transport scheme funding opportunities.

Black Country Transport Director is urgently developing a range of innovative responses to help secure funding for priority Black Country transport schemes.

PROGRAMME ISSUES

Summary - Projects Bids by LEP Priority Proposition (Excluding Transport bids)

Note: Initial Proposals have been received for all projects listed on reverse. Full Business Cases are under development for priority schemes.

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LEP Proposition Total Investment

Funding Bid (£m) Core Outputs

16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 Sub Total 2021 + Total Jobs HousingBusiness Assists

Learner Assists ApprenticeshipsLand

RemediatedCommerial Floorspace

Learning Flrspace

(sqm)

Wolverhampton City East Gateway to Walsall Town £536.01 £0.00 £7.36 £40.69 £30.85 £13.33 £92.23 £1.50 £93.73 2,655 2,615 35 23 11 111.46 189,357 -

Wolverhampton City Centre & North Gateway £569.22 £0.00 £7.54 £36.14 £45.42 £1.00 £90.09 £0.00 £90.09 5,311 1,105 - 1,593 877 58.84 203,586 11,000

West Bromwich Triangle £333.41 £0.00 £4.08 £16.24 £35.16 £7.60 £63.07 £26.16 £89.23 546 2,168 200 900 115 58.54 40,676 1,300

Wednesbury to Brierly Hill £128.61 £0.00 £1.36 £10.51 £19.87 £22.51 £54.25 £3.20 £57.45 37 239 25 1,080 256 29.81 65,355 -

Outside and Serving £210.04 £0.00 £0.21 £10.45 £12.77 £2.43 £25.85 £4.00 £29.85 168 1,358 42 - 84 78.50 380 -

Programme and Development & Delivery £8.90 £1.78 £1.78 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3.56 £0.00 £3.56 - - - - - - - -

GRAND TOTAL £1,786.19 £1.78 £22.32 £114.03 £144.06 £46.86 £329.05 £34.86 £363.91 8,717 7,485 302 3,596 1,343 337.15 499,354 12,300

KEY

Feasibility/Planning

Site Investigation

Site Assembly / Remediation

Main Scheme Development

Super Corridor - Wolverhampton City East Gateway to Walsall TownDevelopment will be delivered without any great difficulty

Development faces barriers to delivery but likely to succeed

Not Likely to succees due to significant barriersVia

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Core Outputs

Delivery Timeline

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Heath Town Estate Regeneration City of WolverhamptonDue

Diligence£100.00 £5.00

Strong Developer Interest WV Living CWC + Market (repackaged)

c£30m - confirmedsite is unlikely to

generate any meaningful return

0.5 0 217 0 5 9 9 0 0

Development

Initial Proposal received and is in appraisal

Site Investigation



Former Caparo and Reedswood Golf Course, WalsallWalsall Council and Dalriada Trustees Limited (separate

adjoining land parcels, not joint owners)Feasibility £60.13 £10.03

Established relationship with land owner / land owner funding site investigations & other surveys

WMBC currently reviewing delivery options

Abnormals 0.6 0 510 0 0 0 11 0 0


Site Investigation



Willenhall Garden City Phase 1 Private Concept £18.00 £9.00

Sites to be considered are in private ownership. Engagement has taken place with the majority landowner,

further engagement required

Walsall Council is currently reviewing delivery options with

the assistance of external consultants

Land Contamination 1.1 0 836 0 0 0 24 0 0


Site Investigation



Stafford Works and William House Currently within two separate land ownerships Concept £19.75 £1.75Walsall Council is in discussions with

potential developer for a schemeTBC Land Contamination 1.0 0 150 0 0 0 1 0 0


Site Investigation



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Bilston Urban Village East City of Wolverhampton Council Feasibility £10.08 £5.05Market report completed. Strong

developer interest.CWC match Land Contamination 16.6 370 0 0 0 0 4 12,000 0

Development

Site Investigation



Phoenix 10 Walsall MBC and HCA Due


Development partner procurement exercise undertaken. Process ongoing

to appoint preferred bidder.

WMBC site acquisition to support project delivery c£775k max

Heavily contaiminated land

14.8 0 0 0 0 0 18 57,575 0


Full Business Case received, Been through appraisal and has been approved by the boards for upto £35.2m

Site Investigation



Willenhall ST Works (Anson Road) Midland Land Portfolio Ltd (Severn Trent) Feasibility £32.48 £3.46Working closely with landowner to

address issues and bring forward site TBC subject to outcome of site

investigationsLand Contamination 37.7 575 0 6 0 0 10 31,500 0


Site Investigation



Parallel 9-10 St Francis Group Feasibility £8.30 £2.00Established relationship with land

owner / site actively marketedTBC Contaminated Land 11.3 100 0 1 0 0 5 9,500 0


Site Investigation



Former Gasholders Site, Darlaston Rd Walsall Council and Holman Properties Feasibility £22.63 £5.40WMBC reviewing delivery & funding options / known developer interest

WMBC site acquisitions £2.6m Access constraints 16.8 400 0 6 0 0 8 26,022 0


Site Investigation



Aspect 2000, Bentley Mill Way Bulstrode Investments Ltd Feasibility £9.00 £1.70

Established relationship with land owner / known developer interest

subject to land owner ceasing current low quality employment uses on-site

TBC Abnormals 18.7 140 0 5 0 0 3 9,402 0


Site Investigation



Economic Capital

Regeneration of Former Jabez Cliff Private landowner Concept £12.98 £3.89Walsall Council is in discussions with a potential applicant for a development

schemeTBC

Derelict LandFunding

2.8 47 15 4 18 2 0 24,000 0


Awaiting revised information from applicant

Site Investigation



Regeneration of Bilston CentreIn muliple ownerships, public realm under the control of the

Council as Local AuthorityConcept £3.18 £3.00 TBC CWC match no realised asset value 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Development

Site Investigation



Station Street 0 Feasibility £19.38 £2.55Site is in private ownership ( 7

landowners) - landowners have been engaged and working with the Council

Walsall Council is currently reviewing delivery options with

the assistance of external consultants

Land Contamination 6.1 55 250 3 0 0 1 1,100 0


Site Investigation



Challenge Block walsall Council private ownership Feasibility £37.24 £1.54WMBC undertaking site preparation

and in discussion with potential developer

TBC subject to outcome of site investigations

Land Contamination 14.7 100 0 5 0 0 1 23,800 0


Site Investigation



KEY

Feasibility/PlanningSite InvestigationSite Assembly / RemediationMain Scheme Development

Super Corridor - Wolverhampton City Centre & North Gateway

Super Corridor - West Bromwich Triangle

Development will be delivered without any great difficulty



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Royal Wolverhampton(Cleveland Corridor)

HCA Feasibility £33.80 £1.20 Strong Developer InterestCoW and HCA contribution for

wider scheme TBCListed Building on site 3.6 0 370 0 0 0 0 0 0

Development

Site Investigation



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i54 Western Extension Wolverhampton City Council & Severn Trent / MarstonsDue

Diligence£40.00 £5.00 £600m - not secure

Contributions from existing Partners inc Staffs LEP.

Land Remodelling 77.2 1,700 0 0 0 50 24 100,000 0

Development

Full business case has been recevied and is in appraisal

Site Investigation



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Steam Mill Council/ interchange partnership owned - vacant possession Feasibility £7.50 £2.80 Developer secured - Neptune CWC matchdemolishing the

dangerous structure21.1 261 0 0 0 0 1 3,128 0

Development

Site Investigation



Wolverhampton Interchange I9 The City of Wolverhampton Council

Implementation - Main

scheme developme

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£16.45 £3.83 Developer secured - Neptune CWC match 10.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,436 0

Development


Site Investigation



Canalside South Mixed inc CRT and UoW Feasibility £131.00 £11.00 Strong Developer Interest CWC match and othersDerelcit Buildings /

abnormals33.3 0 340 0 0 0 16 40,000 0

Development

Site Investigation



St Georges City of Wolverhampton Council Concept £16.80 £16.80 £13.2m - NOT secure CoW contribution TBC None other than funding 3.8 280 0 0 0 0 2 5,600 0

Development

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City of Wolverhampton Council Feasibility £39.25 £15.22 Strong Developer InterestSignificant match funding contribution - acquisitions

through CWC

Derelict Buildings in poor condition

1.6 20 0 0 1,593 827 5 0 11,000

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The Lyng Mixed Private Sector Feasibility £123.07 £40.06 Draft Masterplan TBCFragmented Ownership.

Contaminated Land0.1 0 494 0 0 0 10 0 0


Multiple Landowners with actibe business users. May be difficult to bring forward as resi as indsutrial

busniess now occupying site

Site Investigation



Eastern Gateway Phase 4 JK Builders Feasibility £7.15 £0.00 Potential partner identified NoDemolition of existing

buidlings. Potential land contamination

0.0 0 60 0 0 0 2 0 0


Site Investigation



Lye Garden City Mixed Private Sector Feasibility £18.50 £5.20Awaiting completion of feasibility

studies prior to partner engagementPrivate sector match funding

under review

fragmented land ownerships, Land

contamination2.0 0 900 20 0 0 30 0 0


Site Investigation



Grove Lane Intervention Area, Smethwick Private Concept £26.82 £12.53 Not secured HCA support in place HIFFragmented Ownership -over 30 registered titles.

Contaminated Land1.1 40 450 0 0 0 4 600 0


Housing Zone Status from HCA - HIF Funding £15.3m Targeted. FBC under development ready Feb 18 will

undergo Gap. Decision March 18

Site Investigation



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Bull Street West Bromwich Sandwell MBC / Private sector Feasibility £1.47 £1.45 Soft market testing completed NoDemolition of existing

buidlings. Potential land contamination

0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14,772 0


Amended scheme name to Phase 1 - FBC under development SMBC contribution cannot be considered

as "Match" going to cabinet Dec 17

Site Investigation



Super Corridor - Wednesbury to Brierley Hill

Super Corridor - Outside and Serving

Development will be delivered without any great difficulty



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Dudley Brownfield Land Improvement Programme Phase 2 Dudley MBC/ Private Secotr


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£15.88 £2.72 Developer interest secured DMBC match Land Contamination 0.0 0 320 0 0 0 6 0 0


Full business case received, been through appraisal, been approved by boards, awating grant agreement to

be signed, applicant started on site and is delivering

Site Investigation



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DY5 Brierley Hill Package - DY5 and Strategic Centre Dudley MBC / Private Sector Feasibility £12.00 £11.00EZ Approved by Gvt, first schemes to

be submitted summer 2017.Private sector match funding

under reviewNone other than funding 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0


Site Investigation



The Black Country Living Museum: Forging Ahead BCLM


scheme developme

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£23.69 £9.00 None. Charity funding.HLF fully engaged & design stage

progressing.None other than funding 1.8 58 0 0 308 19 2 12,491 2,530



be signed

Site Investigation



Dudley Zoological Gardens Investment Package Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society Feasibility £6.00 £3.49 None other than funding 1.3 20 0 0 0 5 0 1,250 0


Site Investigation



Dudley Town Centre Town Heritage Scheme Building and Site Programme

Mixed Feasibility £0.58 £0.12 Private Sector HLF, ERDF,DMBC Land Assembly/Funding 22.3 10 35 5 0 0 1 0 0


Site Investigation



Portersfield Retail Scheme DMBC/PrivateDue

DiligenceTBC TBC

Initial scheme prepared, first IPs to be submitted summer 2017.

Private sector match funding under review

None other than funding 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.81 0.00 0.00


Full business case received, been through appraisal, curretly awaiting board approval

Site Investigation

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Brownhills Residential Masterplan Phase 3 Walsall Council / Walsall Housing Group Feasibility £14.62 £2.20WMBC majority land owner and working in partnership with whg

WMBC currently reviewing delivery options for Phase 3b; whg

commencing Phase 3a through SOAHP funding



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Friar Park, Wednesbury Sandwell MBC / Midland Land Portolio 50/50 Seven Trent Feasibility £103.03 £10.06Neogiations with co-owner

progressingHCA support in place HIF

Heavily contaiminated land

0.7 0 600 0 0 0 27 0 0


Site Investigation



Goscote Lane Residential Development Scheme St Francis Group


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£35.82 £3.59Options agreement being finalised

between land owner and public sector purchaser

Business Case for site remediation being prepared by land owner




be signed

Site Investigation



Garden City - Holloway Street, Gornal Dudley MBC / Private Sector Feasibility £29.60 £4.00Awaiting completion of feasibility

studies prior to partner engagementPrivate sector match funding

under reviewFunding and land

contamination0.6 0 200 0 0 0 11 0 0


Site Investigation



Brookside (Wednesbury) Private/Mix Feasibility £0.00 £0.00 Strong developer interest No

Contamination, ground conditions, expensive

remediation and demolition of factory

premises due to decommissioning of

machinery

0.0 0 100 0 0 0 32 0 0


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Ironpark Moxley Tip Top Private and PublicDue


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TBC subject to outcome of site investigations




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APPENDIX 1 - BLACK COUNTRY PIPELINE

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Project Bid Name / Site Total Investment/£m

Funding Bid (£m)Total

Leverage% Leverage

Core Outputs

BCR RatingJobs Housing

Business Assists

Learner Assists Apprenticeships Land RemediatedCommercial Floorspace

Learning Flrspace (sqm)

Total Learners and

Apprenticeships16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 Sub Total 2021 +Total 17/18 -

2021+Total

Wolverhampton City East Gateway to Walsall Town

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East Park Gateway £17.11 £0.00 £0.16 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.16 £0.00 £0.16 £0.16 £16.95 73% 60 0 0 0 0 11.80 1,280 0 0 87.8

Station Street, Walsall £19.38 £0.00 £0.00 £0.55 £1.25 £0.75 £2.55 £0.00 £2.55 £2.55 £16.83 87% 55 250 3 0 0 0.70 1,100 0 0 6.1

Heath Town Estate Regeneration £100.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.50 £2.50 £0.00 £5.00 £0.00 £5.00 £5.00 £95.00 50% 0 217 0 5 9 9.00 0 0 14 0.5

Willenhall Garden City Phase 1 £18.00 £0.00 £0.30 £0.45 £2.50 £5.75 £9.00 £0.00 £9.00 £9.00 £9.00 46% 0 836 0 0 0 23.88 0 0 0 1.1

Stafford Works & William House £19.75 £0.00 £0.38 £0.25 £0.43 £0.70 £1.75 £0.00 £1.75 £1.75 £18.00 91% 0 150 0 0 0 0.50 0 0 0 1.0

Cable Street £39.77 £0.00 £0.04 £5.16 £0.00 £0.00 £5.20 £0.00 £5.20 £5.20 £34.57 87% 0 276 0 0 0 7.30 0 0 0 0.6

Livingstone Road, Bilston £7.07 £0.00 £0.89 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.89 £0.00 £0.89 £0.89 £6.18 87% 0 54 0 0 0 2.00 0 0 0 0.7

Saddlers Quay, Walsall £43.44 £0.00 £0.00 £0.82 £6.38 £4.63 £11.82 £0.00 £11.82 £11.82 £31.62 73% 0 237 0 0 0 0.46 0 0 0 0.2

Former Caparo & Reedswood Golf Course, Walsall £60.13 £0.00 £0.13 £4.50 £5.40 £0.00 £10.03 £0.00 £10.03 £10.03 £50.10 83% 0 510 0 0 0 11.40 0 0 0 0.6

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Anson Road, Willenhall £32.48 £0.00 £0.12 £0.14 £3.20 £0.00 £3.46 £0.00 £3.46 £3.46 £29.02 89% 575 0 6 0 0 10.00 31,500 0 0 37.7

Showcase Cinema, Bentley Mill Way £8.32 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.50 £0.00 £1.50 £0.00 £1.50 £1.50 £6.82 82% 180 0 2 0 0 2.53 10,150 0 0 27.2

Former Deeley's Castings £8.10 £0.00 £0.50 £1.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.50 £0.00 £1.50 £1.50 £6.60 81% 154 0 1 0 0 2.54 10,000 0 0 23.3

Tempus Ten Onyx & opal £10.43 £0.00 £0.50 £3.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3.50 £0.00 £3.50 £3.50 £6.93 66% 300 0 2 0 0 3.46 10,500 0 0 19.4

Aspect 2000, Bentley Mill Way £9.00 £0.00 £0.20 £0.50 £1.00 £0.00 £1.70 £0.00 £1.70 £1.70 £7.30 81% 140 0 5 0 0 3.30 9,402 0 0 18.7

Former Gasholders Site, Darlaston Rd £22.63 £0.00 £0.00 £5.40 £0.00 £0.00 £5.40 £0.00 £5.40 £5.40 £17.23 76% 400 0 6 0 0 8.30 26,022 0 0 16.8

Bilston Urban Village East £10.08 £0.00 £1.05 £4.00 £0.00 £0.00 £5.05 £0.00 £5.05 £5.05 £5.03 50% 370 0 0 0 0 4.40 12,000 0 0 16.6

Challenge Block £37.24 £0.00 £0.04 £0.50 £1.00 £0.00 £1.54 £0.00 £1.54 £1.54 £35.70 96% 100 0 5 0 0 1.26 23,800 0 0 14.7

Parallel 9-10 £8.30 £0.00 £0.00 £2.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.00 £0.00 £2.00 £2.00 £6.30 76% 100 0 1 0 0 4.59 9,500 0 0 11.3

Hills Scrap Yard, Wolverhampton Road £7.19 £0.00 £0.00 £2.00 £0.90 £0.00 £2.90 £0.00 £2.90 £2.90 £4.29 60% 120 0 0 0 0 1.62 6,500 0 0 9.4

Pantheon Park, Wednesfield Way £26.09 £0.00 £2.50 £2.50 £0.00 £0.00 £5.00 £0.00 £5.00 £5.00 £21.09 81% 54 0 0 0 0 0.00 12,077 0 0 2.4

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Regeneration of Bilston Centre £3.18 £0.00 £0.00 £1.25 £1.75 £0.00 £3.00 £0.00 £3.00 £3.00 £0.18 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Walsall Waterfront Lex £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 0% 0 70 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Hatherton Street Phase 2 £2.96 £0.00 £0.00 £0.45 £0.44 £0.00 £0.89 £0.00 £0.89 £0.89 £2.07 70% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1,526 0 0 15.6

Walsall town centre public realm improvements £12.40 £0.00 £0.00 £1.50 £1.50 £1.50 £4.50 £1.50 £6.00 £6.00 £6.40 0% 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 0 0 0 0.0

Wolverhampton City East Gateway to Walsall Town Total £536.01 £0.00 £7.36 £40.69 £30.85 £13.33 £92.23 £1.50 £93.73 £93.73 £442.28 £16.39 2,655 2,615 35 23 11 111.46 189,357 0 £34.00

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Daisy Bank (SI) £0.02 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.00 £0.02 £0.00 £0.02 £0.02 £0.00 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 00.0

Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary £13.35 £0.00 £1.97 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.97 £0.00 £1.97 £1.97 £11.39 85% 0 95 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 00.6

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St Georges £16.80 £0.00 £0.00 £6.80 £10.00 £0.00 £16.80 £0.00 £16.80 £16.80 £0.00 0% 280 0 0 0 0 2.20 5,600 0 0 3.8

IronPark Moxley Tip Top £54.50 £0.00 £0.00 £6.87 £7.83 £0.00 £14.70 £0.00 £14.70 £14.70 £39.80 58% 0 0 0 0 0 11.26 0 0 0 0.0

Lupus Park £55.50 £0.00 £1.50 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1.50 £0.00 £1.50 £1.50 £54.00 97% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 00.0

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Southside Infrastructure works £54.10 £0.00 £0.50 £3.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3.50 £0.00 £3.50 £3.50 £50.60 92% 1,000 0 0 0 0 0.00 20,000 0 0 64.8

Building 48 Pensnett Estate £2.24 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.63 £0.00 £0.63 £0.00 £0.63 £0.63 £1.61 72% 0 0 0 0 0 0.10 1,858 0 0 33.7

Canalside Quarter £131.00 £0.00 £3.00 £3.00 £5.00 £0.00 £11.00 £0.00 £11.00 £11.00 £120.00 0% 0 340 0 0 0 15.50 40,000 0 0 33.3

Wolverhampton Westside £57.50 £0.00 £0.00 £4.00 £1.50 £0.00 £5.50 £0.00 £5.50 £5.50 £52.00 87% 550 250 0 0 0 0.00 13,000 0 0 23.2

Wolverhampton Interchange: Steam Mill and Sack Works Site £7.50 £0.00 £0.40 £2.40 £0.00 £0.00 £2.80 £0.00 £2.80 £2.80 £4.70 63% 261 0 0 0 0 0.58 3,128 0 0 21.1

Connected Places – Commercial Centre £3.25 £0.00 £0.00 £1.00 £1.25 £0.00 £2.25 £0.00 £2.25 £2.25 £1.00 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

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City Learning Quarter Phase 2 Paget Road £15.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £5.00 £0.00 £5.00 £0.00 £5.00 £5.00 £10.00 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Wolverhampton City Centre & North Gateway Total £569.22 £0.00 £7.54 £36.14 £45.42 £1.00 £90.09 £0.00 £90.09 £90.09 £479.13 £9.58 £5,311.00 £1,105.00 £0.00 £1,593.00 £877.00 £58.84 £203,586.00 £11,000.00 £2,470.00

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Grove Lane Intervention Area, Smethwick £26.82 £0.00 £0.00 £0.30 £9.44 £2.80 £12.53 £0.00 £12.53 £12.53 £14.29 53% 40 450 0 0 0 3.87 600 0 0 1.1

Eastern Gateway South (West Brom Town Centre) £7.15 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £7.15 99% 0 60 0 0 0 2.26 0 0 0 0.0

Mill Lane £15.45 £0.00 £0.07 £0.98 £0.98 £0.00 £2.03 £0.00 £2.03 £2.03 £13.43 86% 0 90 0 0 0 2.30 0 0 0 0.5

Woods Lane Phase 2 (Developer Bid) £13.36 £0.00 £1.00 £0.60 £0.00 £0.00 £1.60 £0.00 £1.60 £1.60 £11.76 0% 0 130 0 0 0 3.62 0 0 0 1.0

Church Square Apartments (17 Church Square) £0.46 £0.00 £0.00 £0.15 £0.00 £0.00 £0.15 £0.00 £0.15 £0.15 £0.31 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0.3

The Lyng £123.07 £0.00 £0.08 £6.28 £8.24 £0.00 £14.60 £25.47 £40.06 £40.06 £83.00 67% 0 494 0 0 0 9.88 0 0 0 0.1

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Chances Glassworks Main Scheme £35.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £10.50 £0.00 £10.50 £0.00 £10.50 £10.50 £24.50 0% 200 0 0 0 0 2.20 0 0 0 4.3

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St Michaels Square, West Bromwich £6.91 £0.00 £0.06 £0.21 £0.76 £0.40 £1.43 £0.69 £2.12 £2.12 £4.80 68% 40 40 0 0 0 0.19 620 0 0 4.5

Commonwealth Aquatic Centre £60.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.50 £2.50 £5.00 £0.00 £5.00 £5.00 £55.00 0% 20 0 80 0 15 0.00 14,000 0 15 1.0

West Brom Public Realm £1.98 £0.00 £0.00 £1.21 £0.58 £0.00 £1.79 £0.00 £1.79 £1.79 £0.19 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

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Bangladeshi Islamic Centre £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Sandwell College - Health & Social Care Innovation Hub £2.24 £0.00 £2.08 £0.16 £0.00 £0.00 £2.24 £0.00 £2.24 £2.24 £0.00 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

West Bromwich Triangle Total £333.41 £0.00 £4.08 £16.24 £35.16 £7.60 £63.07 £26.16 £89.23 £89.23 £244.18 £5.29 546 2,168 200 900 115 58.54 40,676 1,300 1,015

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Swan Lane £13.90 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3.70 £0.00 £3.70 £0.00 £3.70 £3.70 £10.20 73% 0 138 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.4

Stourbridge Law Courts £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Phoenix Street £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Dudley Brownfield Land Improvement Programme, Phases 3 - Redevelopment of Arley Court and Compton Court

£9.92 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.54 £0.00 £2.54 £0.00 £2.54 £2.54 £7.38 74% 0 0 0 0 0 1.10 0 0 00.0

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£5.72 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.21 £0.00 £2.21 £0.00 £2.21 £2.21 £3.51 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.65 0 0 00.0

Bradleys Lane Site Acquisition £2.30 £0.00 £0.00 £0.80 £1.50 £0.00 £2.30 £0.00 £2.30 £2.30 £0.00 0% 0 0 0 0 0 5.80 0 0 0 0.0

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DY5 EZ – Investment Programme – Phase 1 £19.00 £0.00 £0.10 £0.70 £3.00 £3.00 £6.80 £2.20 £9.00 £9.00 £10.00 0% 0 0 18 0 0 5.80 17,945 0 0 0.0

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Dudley Zoological Gardens Investment Package £6.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.25 £0.99 £1.25 £2.49 £1.00 £3.49 £3.49 £2.51 0% 20 0 0 0 5 0.00 1,250 0 5 1.3

Dudley Town Centre Town Heritage Scheme Building and Site Programme £0.58 £0.00 £0.12 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.12 £0.00 £0.12 £0.12 £0.46 0% 10 35 5 0 0 1.00 0 0 0 22.3

VLR - Fast Track to Future Competitiveness £3.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.75 £0.75 £0.00 £1.50 £0.00 £1.50 £1.50 £1.50 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

DY5 Brierley Hill Package - DY5 and Strategic Centre £12.00 £0.00 £1.00 £2.25 £2.25 £5.50 £11.00 £0.00 £11.00 £11.00 £1.00 0% 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 0 0 0 0.0

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Ellowes Hall Sports College £0.83 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.39 £0.00 £0.39 £0.00 £0.39 £0.39 £0.44 27% 2 0 2 1,080 1 1.00 1,160 0 0 0.0

University College Dudley (Main Scheme) £31.63 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £9.53 £9.53 £0.00 £9.53 £9.53 £22.10 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 00.0

Wednesbury to Brierly Hill Total £128.61 £0.00 £1.36 £10.51 £19.87 £22.51 £54.25 £3.20 £57.45 £57.45 £71.16 £2.04 £37.00 £239.00 £25.00 £1,080.00 £256.00 £29.81 £65,355.00 £0.00 £5.00

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Brownhills Residential Masterplan Plan - Phase 3 £14.62 £0.00 £0.00 £0.30 £1.05 £0.85 £2.20 £0.00 £2.20 £2.20 £12.42 82% 0 90 0 0 0 2.00 380 0 0 2.1

Parkfields Wolverhampton (Former School) £5.28 £0.00 £0.00 £0.75 £0.45 £0.08 £1.27 £4.00 £5.28 £5.28 £0.00 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Wolverhampton Environment Centre (SI) £0.02 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.00 £0.02 £0.00 £0.02 £0.02 £0.00 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Heathfield Lane West £17.30 £0.00 £0.05 £1.00 £2.25 £0.00 £3.30 £0.00 £3.30 £3.30 £14.00 81% 0 250 0 0 0 4.60 0 0 0 0.9

Friar Park, Wednesbury £103.03 £0.00 £0.06 £5.00 £5.00 £0.00 £10.06 £0.00 £10.06 £10.06 £92.97 90% 0 600 0 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 0.7

Garden City - Holloway Street, Gornal £29.60 £0.00 £0.00 £1.50 £2.50 £0.00 £4.00 £0.00 £4.00 £4.00 £25.60 84% 0 200 0 0 0 10.50 0 0 0 0.6

Brookside (Wednesbury) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 0% 0 100 0 0 0 31.80 0 0 0 0.0

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Outside and Serving Total £210.04 £0.00 £0.21 £10.45 £12.77 £2.43 £25.85 £4.00 £29.85 £29.85 £180.19 £7.17 168 1,358 42 0 84 78.50 380 0 84

Programme Development & Delivery £8.9 £1.8 £1.8 £0.0 £0.0 £0.0 £3.6 £0.0 £1.8 £3.6 £0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0

GRAND TOTAL £1,786.19 £1.78 £22.32 £114.03 £144.06 £46.86 £329.05 £34.86 £362.13 £363.91 8,717 7,485 302 3,596 1,343 337.15 499,354 12,300 3,608

OUTPUTS

PROGRAMME ISSUES & RISKS

Black Country Land and Property Investment Fund Dashboard at 1st April 2019 v1.0

SPEND PROFILE

➢ The first tranche of the funding £53 Million Facility is available up toMarch 2021.

➢ The second tranche £97 Million facility to become available once the£53M tranche is fully utilised.

➢ 11 Schemes have been through Joint Committee and are now progressingthrough Grant Award .

➢ A range of project bids are currently under technical appraisal, with theexpectation that these projects will progress through the approvalprocess in late Spring.

➢ Residential schemes and Site Investigations are progressing well on site.

Land and Property Investment Fund - Funding Profile


Major Scheme may not deliver by March 2021

Cashflow may extend beyond March 2021 and Direct outputs will not be delivered by March 2021

PMO to encourage local authorities and developers to submit competitive bids.

CLAIMS

Programme Outputs First Tranche (£53m)

BCC Programme Office – LPIF Programme Dashboard Summary – In Flight v1.0 Contact Officer: Arun Kumar Source Data: LPIF Project Status Reports (Confidential – not for public review)

£1,589m

Risk Impact Description RAG Action

Delivery of Direct outputs by 2021

Targeted outputs may not be achieved by March 2021

To seek agreement that Land Remediation is an acceptable Output.

The initial facility of £53m is over committed

Some schemes may need to await release of the second tranche of £97m

Discussions continue with the WMCA regarding early access to the £97m,. This is required to protect projects currently in the pipeline.

£1.902m

£18.4m

£1.24m

Project Committed Spend (£m)

*Based on forecasts submitted by project managers

• This includes Output forecasts of projects approved at the Black Country Joint Committee• This includes Outcomes post 2021• Apprenticeships have been included in the Jobs created forecast

2017-2021 2022-2026 Total

Total LPIF Commitment (m)

£53 £97 £150

Leverage (m) £133.87 £0 £133.87

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Wolverhampton Accountable Body

Project Claims (£m)

Grant Claimed YTD (£m)

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LPIF Claim Value (£m) £7,142,375 £5,267,182

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Spend Profile (Cumulative £m)

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Latest Forecast £18.94 £13.38 £28.97 £3.62 £64.91

Project Committed

Spend£8.72 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £8.72

Investment Leverage Forecast

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CompletedJobs Created Construction Jobs Floorspace (sqm) Business Assists

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Black Country Land & Property Investment Fund Pipeline v1.0 Contact Officer: Arun Kumar


Original Baseline Schemes

The below table outlines the original schemes put forward for the Land and Property Investment Fund. These are schemes that are of strategic importance within the Black Country. Included are assumptions based on the level of funding required and the amount of outputs they may potentially deliver. Key to delivery of outputs is the level of land remediation required, there is an indicative level of land remediation costs associated with each project.

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Business Assists Apprenticeships Commentary

Establishing High Value Manufacturing City

Middlemore LaneCommercial -

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Walsall 2017/18 £20.99 £0.41 £2.19 £0.93 £1.01 £0.11 £4.24 £16.75 79.78% 5.77 0 503 22,703 5 0Application under revision with the applicant who are changing scope of both

project and company

Phoenix 10 Walsall 2017/18 £48.00 £10.13 £1.70 £5.00 £5.00 £11.70 £36.30 75.63% 16.50 0 900 55,000 6 0 Application in Appraisal

Delivering Black Country Garden City

Bourne Street, CoseleyHousing - Land Remediation

Y Dudley 2017/18 £14.40 £0.50 £0.06 £0.44 £0.50 £13.90 96.53% 2.60 118 0 0 0 0 SI Completed within GD, Planning permission to be approved for main scheme.

Cable Street

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Y W'hampton 2017/18 £39.77 £5.20 £0.04 £5.16 £5.20 £34.57 86.92% 4.20 200 0 0 0 0 Development works in progress, awaiting FBC

Heath Town Estate RegenerationHousing

DevelopmentY W'hampton 2017/18 £43.00 £2.00 £4.00 £0.00 £4.00 £39.00 90.70% 0.00 400 0 0 0 22 Early demolition works started 2017, FBC expected by the end of summer 2018

Strategic Population Centres

The Black Country Living Museum: Forging Ahead

Visitor Economy Dudley 2017/18 £18.60 £0.03 £2.67 £3.35 £1.98 £8.00 £10.60 67.56% 0.00 0 60 5,575 0 29 Progressing through Black Country LEP Approval process

Canalside Public Realm W'hampton 2017/18 £131.00 £4.00 £3.00 £3.00 £5.00 £11.00 £120.00 91.60% 15.50 340 0 40,000 0 0 Development works in progress, awaiting FBC

Wolverhampton Interchange: Steam Mill and Sack Works Site

Public Realm W'hampton 2017/18 £7.50 £0.40 £1.10 £1.70 £2.80 £4.70 62.67% 0.58 0 261 3,128 0 0 Scheme still to be determined

Music Institute Cable Plaza Public Realm Dudley 2017/18 £48.45 £1.10 £4.88 £2.28 £7.16 £41.29 85.22% 1.00 600 138 0 0 0Approved via LEP and Black Country Joint Committee, Currently undergoing Grant

Agreement with Accountable Body

Bull Street Sandwell £1.37 £1.37Site Investigation and feasibility works complete, final scheme still to be

determined

Total £371.71 £23.77 £4.88 £15.74 £18.90 £14.36 £2.09 £54.60 £317.11 46.15 1,658 1,862 126,406 11 51

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In flight Projects

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Potential Impact of all projects

GVA £m£1,092

Spend Profile Outputs Outcomes

2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021 + Total Rag Status

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Resonance - Music Institute Economic Capital £7.16 £2.00 21.84% £9.16 £6.00 £3.63 £1.01 £0.00 £0.15 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £7.16 £3.63 1 0 600 0 57 0 0 0 4,800 0 0 0 0 0Final design drawings for the project completed and approved. Project Executive Board has been established.

Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 2 Garden City £2.72 £13.16 82.87% £15.88 £2.28 £1.46 £0.44 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £2.72 £1.46 3.19 0.51 121 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 sites have been completed to date, 40 houses completed and handed over to new ownership.

Goscote Lane Residential Development Scheme Garden City £3.60 £4.70 56.63% £8.30 £3.12 £1.58 £0.48 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3.60 £1.58 17.6 0 263 0 0 0 1,126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Works started on site, programme on track. Land Remediation well under way

Springfield Infrastructure and Remediation Skills Capital £4.42 £2.08 32.00% £6.50 £4.42 £0.08 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £4.42 £0.08 2.28 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 39,691 0 221 0 145 0Works progressing well onsite with the main remediation works completed. Utilities orders have gone in with the selected providers.

National Brownfield Insitute Seed Funding Skills Capital £0.50 £0.00 0.00% £0.50 £0.50 £0.090 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.50 £0.09 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Project manager appointed with the outline business case near completion. The RIBA stage 2 design is progressing well.

Black Country Living Museum - Forging Ahead Economic Capital £9.00 £14.69 62.01% £23.69 £0.00 £0.00 £2.63 £0.00 £6.37 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £9.00 £0.00 3.144 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 3,122 0 47 0 0 0 Project to formally start works in the summer of 2019.

Tibbington Open Space ( The Cracker) Site Investigation Garden City £0.02 £0.01 25.63% £0.03 £0.02 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.02 £0.00 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Works commenced early February 2019 onsite and completed in March 2019.The SI Report is due to completed and submitted to the LEP before the summer.

Narrowboat Way Site Investigation Economic Capital £0.05 £0.00 2.51% £0.05 £0.05 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.05 £0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50,000 0 0 0 0 0Works have started on site. Access feasibility and mining assessments are underway.

School of Architecture & Built Environment (SOABE) Skills Capital £3.52 £41.48 92.18% £45.00 £1.89 £1.89 £0.00 £0.00 £1.63 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3.52 £1.89 1.12 0 0 0 28 1 0 0 7,981 0 175 159 128 40Demolition and piling works are now complete. Small amount of remedial works still required to the remaining existing buildings. Drainage groundworks underway.

Phoenix 10High Value

Manufacturing City£35.21 £57.69 62.10% £92.90 £0.00 £0.00 £8.83 £0.00 £20.82 £0.00 £3.62 £0.00 £33.26 £0.00 18 0 0 0 1,100 0 0 0 57,575 0 0 0 7 0 Grant Agreement negotiations are underway.

Portersfield Phase 1 (Cavendish House) Economic Capital £0.66 £0.00 £0.00 £0.66 £0.66 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.66 £0.00 0.81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grant Agreement negotiations are underway.

Total £66.86 £133.81 £202.67 £18.94 £8.72 £13.38 £0.00 £28.97 £0.00 £3.62 £0.00 £64.91 £8.72 47.14 0.51 1,074 40 1,327 1 1,126 0 163,169 0 443 159 280 40

Programme Management Costs

Accountable Body Expenditure £0.18 £0.15 £0.18 £0.00 £0.18 £0.00 £0.18 £0.00 £0.70 £0.15

LEP Programme Manangement £0.19 £0.19 £0.19 £0.00 £0.19 £0.00 £0.19 £0.00 £0.76 £0.19

Financial Appraisals & Due Diligence £0.01 £0.06 £0.01 £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.04 £0.06

Programme Legal Advisors £0.06 £0.06 £0.06 £0.00 £0.06 £0.00 £0.06 £0.00 £0.24 £0.06

Professional Property Advisors £0.05 £0.00 £0.05 £0.00 £0.05 £0.00 £0.05 £0.00 £0.20 £0.00

Evaluation £0.01 £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.01 £0.00 £0.05 £0.00

Total Programme Management & Development Spend £0.50 £0.46 £0.50 £0.00 £0.50 £0.00 £0.50 £0.00 £1.99 £0.46

Total Programme Spend £19.44 £9.18 £13.88 £0.00 £29.47 £0.00 £4.11 £0.00 £66.90 £9.18

Black Country LEP Growing Priority Sectors as at 1st April 2019

386Jobs Created

37Apprenticeships

Created

17,122m2

Commercial Floorspace

TARGETED OUTPUTS

PRIVATE INVESTMENT PER SECTOR

RECENT UPDATE

INVESTMENT, GRANT & REMAINING SPEND

From Express & Star Jan 2019 – Re: A&M EDM

"A&M demonstrates SMEs can access Government support by working in partnership with LEPs and local authorities.” The investment was part funded by a £50,000 grant from the Black Country LEP’s Growing Priority Sectors fund, administered by Sandwell Council. The grant helped create five new jobs, with A&M’s taking on 10 new staff in 2018 to take the current workforce to 67.

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Sector Sum of Private Investment

Bathroom Furniture £190,788

Construction £2,592,768

Defence £194,283

Petrochemical £417,060

Aerospace £232,000

Aerospace/Medical £240,000

Automotive £8,869,923

Automotive £2,835,000

Automotive/Aerospace £2,972,455

Automotive/Aerospace/Medical £192,465

Catering and food retail £1,232,000

Chemical £1,092,000

Construction £11,264,098

Construction/Energy £164,490

Construction/Horticulture £990,000

Electrical £126,500

Environmental £750,000

Furniture £1,200,000

Manufacturing £761,750

Materials Testing £547,500

Oil/Gas/Energy £1,157,000

Packaging £2,333,750

Security £120,000

Textiles £576,000

05,000,000

10,000,00015,000,00020,000,00025,000,00030,000,00035,000,00040,000,00045,000,000

PrivateInvestment

Total Grant Grantreceived

2015 - 2018

RemainingSpend

Am

ou

nt

(£)

Investment Type and Spend

Growing Priority Sectors

*Figures are subject to validation by the accountable body.

Actuals to date

Output 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

Jobs Created 42 60 133 16 251 928

Business Assists 11 5 14 7 37 59

Apprenticeships 3 5 6 3 17 99

Private Sector Match £5,008,458 £7,095,539 £7,439,628 £3,166,437 £22,710,062 £40,986,665

Commercial Floorspace (sqm) 10209 9755 57 0 20021 25057

End of Programme

Forecast TotalTotal Actuals to date

Actuals by Year

Bathroom Furniture

Construction

Defence

Petrochemical

Aerospace

Aerospace/Medical

Automotive

Automotive

Automotive/Aerospace

Automotive/Aerospace/Medical

Catering and food retail

Chemical

Construction

Construction/Energy

Construction/Horticulture

Electrical

Environmental

Furniture

Manufacturing

Materials Testing

Oil/Gas/Energy

Packaging

Security

Textiles

Growing Priority Sectors – Spend Profile

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Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual

A&M EDM Automotive/Aerospace Complete £327,000 £58,000 £58,000 £0 £0 £0 3 3 2 2 1 1

A&M EDM 2 Automotive/Aerospace Contracted £260,455 £50,000 £0 £50,000 £0 £50,000 5 1 1

Adastra Construction Complete £1,900,000 £250,000 £250,000 £0 £0 £0 19 19 2 2 734 734 1 1

Advanced Direct Mail

LtdPackaging Contracted £453,750 £151,250 £0 £151,250 £0 £151,250 15 0 1

AIB Food Limited Catering and food retail Approved £600,000 £150,000 £0 £150,000 £0 £150,000 10 5 1

Akaal Construction Complete £261,000 £111,000 £111,000 £0 £0 £0 10 372 372 1 1

Allen's Crankshafts Construction Complete £415,000 £60,000 £0 £60,000 £60,000 £0 4 2 1 1

Alucast Automotive Contracted £1,038,400 £259,600 £104,323 £155,277 £71,861 £83,416 30 17 6 1 1 1

Ash and Lacey Construction Complete £778,500 £86,500 £73,209 £0 £0 £0 8 1 1

Autostyling Automotive Contracted £200,000 £50,000 £0 £50,000 £0 £50,000 6 1

Burcas Automotive/Aerospace Complete £385,000 £125,000 £91,225 £0 £0 £0 13 1 1 1

CBS Packaging Approved £362,400 £90,600 £0 £100,000 £0 £100,000 13 2 1

Chamberlain & Hill

CastingsAutomotive Complete £3,637,778 £330,000 £223,003 £0 £0 £0 33 51 1 1

Chemique Chemical Complete £522,000 £80,000 £80,000 £0 £0 £0 8 2 1 1

Chicken Joe Catering and food retail Contracted £632,000 £158,000 £32,481 £125,519 £0 £125,519 20 4 1 1

Drywall Steel Sections Construction Complete £269,924 £102,385 £0 £102,385 £102,385 £0 10 4 1 1

Energy Saving Glass Construction Contracted £820,696 £200,000 £0 £200,000 £0 £200,000 20 2 1

Frameclad Ltd Construction Complete £388,392 £97,098 £0 £100,000 £86,274 £13,726 10 11 2 2 1 1

Futura Automotive Complete £519,116 £173,049 £173,049 £0 £0 £0 19 1 1

Harco Engineering Manufacturing Approved £159,600 £68,400 £0 £68,400 £0 £68,400 7 1 1

Hawthorne Trading Construction Complete £1,980,000 £330,000 £329,593 £0 £0 £0 39 3 4,180 4,180 1 1

J H Lavender Automotive Complete £844,800 £211,200 £210,904 £0 £0 £0 20 1,025 1,025 1 1

JC Payne Automotive Complete £1,581,579 £390,000 £360,621 £26,148 £26,148 £0 40 28 4 4,060 4,060 1 1

Keytracker Security Complete £120,000 £50,000 £29,775 £0 £0 £0 7 2 57 57 1 1

Kilo Chemical Complete £570,000 £200,000 £200,000 £0 £0 £0 23 14 2,021 2,021 1 1

Lathams Construction Contracted £600,000 £250,000 £0 £250,000 £0 £250,000 24 3 2,175 1

MBS Oil/Gas/Energy Complete £1,157,000 £250,000 £250,000 £0 £0 £0 16 1,672 1,672 1 1

Mellish Engineering

Services Ltd Petrochemical Complete £417,060 £178,740 £0 £178,740 £178,740 £0 18 2 2 1 1

Midland Tool & Design Aerospace/Medical Complete £240,000 £100,000 £100,000 £0 £0 £0 8 7 3 46 1 1

MiGlass Construction Complete £560,000 £140,000 £133,100 £0 £0 £0 15 12 3 1 1

NDC PolipakConstruction/Horticultu

reComplete £990,000 £260,000 £235,998 £0 £0 £0 23 3 929 929 1 1

P & R Engineering Construction Approved £1,315,500 £200,000 £0 £200,000 £0 £200,000 17 5 1

Pascon Construction/Energy Complete £164,490 £65,760 £65,760 £0 £0 £0 7 1 1,394 1,394 1 1

Petfords Automotive/Aerospace Complete £2,000,000 £500,000 £499,933 £0 £0 £0 19 17 325 325 1 1

Phoenix Materials

TestingMaterials Testing Approved £547,500 £110,000 £0 £110,000 £0 £110,000 11 1

PK Engineering Manufacturing Approved £316,000 £122,000 £0 £124,500 £0 £124,500 6 5 1

Professional Polishing Construction Contracted £368,000 £50,000 £0 £50,000 £17,131 £32,869 4 1 1 1 1 1

Quality Metal

ProductsFurniture Contracted £1,200,000 £300,000 £58,459 £241,541 £158,703 £82,838 30 1 1

R P TechnologiesAutomotive/Aerospace/

MedicalComplete £192,492 £82,458 £79,632 £0 £0 £0 9 3 3 2 1 1

Ramfoam Packaging Contracted £1,120,000 £180,000 £0 £180,000 £0 £180,000 18 1

Recycled Plastics Environmental Contracted £750,000 £200,000 £0 £200,000 £0 £200,000 22 3 1,965 1

Roadlink Automotive Complete £479,000 £119,000 £118,986 £0 £0 £0 12 2 557 1 1

Sant Products Manufacturing Approved £195,650 £83,850 £0 £83,850 £0 £83,850 10 2 1

Shakespeare Automotive Complete £162,680 £40,492 £40,492 £0 £0 £0 2 2 1 1

Simco Construction Contracted £530,051 £131,172 £0 £131,172 £0 £131,172 20 1

Slickstich Textiles Complete £576,000 £144,000 £119,063 £24,937 £24,937 £0 50 60 1 1

Somers Forge Aerospace Contracted £232,000 £58,000 £0 £58,000 £0 £58,000 8 2 1

Steadfast Automotive Complete £131,250 £56,250 £56,250 £0 £0 £0 4 2 1 1

Strimech Engineering Construction Contracted £185,532 £75,228 £0 £75,228 £75,228 £0 8 2 2 1

Strut Direct Ltd Construction Complete £219,945 £94,262 £94,262 £0 £0 £0 9 1 1 1

Superior Sections Construction Complete £1,804,500 £180,000 £156,518 £0 £0 £0 19 1 3,252 3,252 1 1

The Label Centre Packaging Approved £360,000 £50,000 £0 £50,000 £0 £50,000 3 4 1

Thomas Dudley Automotive Approved £2,828,700 £314,300 £0 £315,000 £0 £315,000 40 0 1

Total Construction Construction Complete £187,629 £46,907 £26,345 £20,562 £20,562 £0 67 8 1 1

Total Power Group

LtdElectrical Contracted £126,500 £50,000 £0 £50,000 £32,386 £17,614 5 1 1 1

UK Rubber & Plastics Manufacturing Approved £116,000 £50,000 £0 £50,000 £0 £50,000 5 1

Valent Applications Defence Approved £194,283 £83,264 £0 £83,264 £0 £83,264 9 2 1

Vanity Hall Bathroom Furniture Contracted £190,788 £81,765 £0 £81,765 £26,997 £54,768 9 2 896 1 1

Wolbridge Construction Approved £123,736 £53,029 £0 £53,029 £0 £53,029 6 2 1

TOTAL £39,609,676 £8,532,559 £4,361,982 £3,950,567 £881,352 £3,069,215 925 251 99 17 25,660 20,021 59 37

TARGET £34,125,791 £8,627,000 £6,627,000 £4,018,018 £3,950,567 £0 800 800 40 40 18,817 18,817 48 48

Total Grant £8,627,000

Total Grant Spent £5,243,334

Total Remaining Grant

Allocated 2018/19£3,069,215

M&A Budget £247,000

Total Grant

Unallocated£67,450

Business AssistsForecasted

2018/19

2018/19

Actual*

2018/19

Remaining

Jobs ApprenticesCommercial

Floorspace (sqm)Company Name Sector StatusPrivate

InvestmentTotal Grant

Grant

received

2015/18

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PROGRAMME FUNDING

AllocationInterest Accrued on

AllocationTotal

Capital £13,530,564 £142,841 £13,673,405

Revenue £1,098,439 £18,019 £1,116,458

Total £14,629,003 £160,860 £14,789,863

CAPITAL➢ £13.83m allocated to 13 projects to date, this includes £300k over-programming as

previously approved by LEP Sub Group➢ Includes allocation of Loan, Grant and combination of both. Loan allocation

totals £5.15m. Grant allocation totals £8.67m➢ £9.4m has been drawn down to date (£4.4m remains)

➢ Nine projects have fully drawn down – Darlaston EZ , Dudley Canal Trust, YMCAWestern Gateway, YMCA John Dando, Opus Blueprint, Dudley College, WalsallMBC (Norit) and Stuart Works (CPD and Dudley MBC).

➢ One project is currently making loan repayments (£2.3m - repaid to date)➢ Remaining Capital for Reinvestment is £2,780,329.97

REVENUE➢ £1.11m including interest earned for revenue expenditure all now allocated to Revenue

projects:➢ Black Country Broadband - £250k initially allocated, £165k utilised and £85k

allocated to LGF site investigation fund➢ SEED - £50k allocated and drawn down➢ Black Country Consortium subscription - £447k allocated in total and drawn

down➢ Remaining Revenue funding:

➢ Of the funding allocated to Growing Places M&A, £74,198 is still to be drawndown

Norit Site Infrastructure

Darlaston EZ

Wolverhampton CC Canalside

Dudley Canal Trust

Dudley College, Advance Innovation Centre

Castle Hill

Stuart Works

SMBC Superfast Broadband

Opus Blueprint

YMCA

CASHFLOW - LOAN

Based on current profiles, the cashflow forecastshows;➢ Current £5.15m loan allocation will not be fully

advanced until end of 2019/20 financial year➢ Rolfe Street has yet to be contracted so a

potential £1.6m can be returned to the pot.➢ Although loan allocation is not fully recoverable

within a 15-year payback period, repaymentscommenced during 2015/16

➢ There is now £2.78m of available funding forreinvestment due to the additional grant for theBroadband Project no longer being required.

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CASHFLOW -GRANT

➢ £2.3m is still to be drawn down from the £8.67m grant➢ Current claim profiles forecasting defrayment of grant in

full by the end of Q1 20/21.

KEY Site development / land remediation

Tourism Education / skills developmentBuilding refurbishment Technology developmentCharity Site investigation

FUNDING LEVERAGE & TARGETED OUTPUTS

£187mTotal

funding

£27mERDF£37m

Public sector

funding

£150mPrivate sector

funding

£6m SFA

£2m HCA

£1m HLF£0.6m

EHCG

£0.3m LA

Rolfe Street 35ha land remediated

82,588m2 new industrial / retail buildings

889 new residential buildings / units

7,848 m2 refurbished buildings19,500m2 new office buildings

2,490 jobs created64 jobs safeguarded

14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22+

Start Balance £5,159,377 £5,141,681 £2,371,885 £3,443,282 £4,063,967 £4,109,967 £3,476,955 £3,889,055

Repayments (IN) £0 £31,320 £1,692,807 £620,685 £46,000 £486,056 £466,606 £1,171,042

Loan Advanced (OUT) £17,696 £2,801,116 £621,410 £0 £0 £1,119,068 £54,506 £0

Difference -£17,696 -£2,769,796 £1,071,397 £620,685 £46,000 -£633,012 £412,100 £1,171,042

End Balance £5,141,681 £2,371,885 £3,443,282 £4,063,967 £4,109,967 £3,476,955 £3,889,055 £5,060,097

14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 Total

Actual Claims Paid £1,217,840 £2,088,657 £1,399,359 £1,646,947 £0 £1,811,691 £8,164,493

Forecast Claim Paid £1,217,840 £2,088,657 £1,399,359 £1,646,947 £0 £1,811,691 £8,164,493

£0

£1,000,000

£2,000,000

£3,000,000

£4,000,000

£5,000,000

£6,000,000

14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22+

Net Loan Outstanding

Repayments (IN) Load Advanced (Out) Loan Capacity

£0

£500,000

£1,000,000

£1,500,000

£2,000,000

£2,500,000

14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20

Grant Overview

Actual Claims Paid Forecast Claim Paid

http://www.blackcountrylep.co.uk/Default.asp

GROWING PLACES PROJECT REGISTER

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Loan

Project Name Loan GrantTotal

InterventionLoan Grant

Total

Interventio

n

Funding

remaining

Loan repaid

to datePrivate Sector

Public

Sector

Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual

Capital Projects

Rolfe Street (Complex Development Projects Ltd) £1,167,000 £1,400,000 £2,567,000 £0 £2,567,000 £0 50 4,264 3,933 £2.61

Opus Blueprint £67,500 £67,500 £56,362 £56,362 £11,138 N/A 9.2 44,129 £19.50

SMBC Superfast Broadband £3,000,000 £3,000,000 £1,948,862 £1,948,862 £1,051,138 N/A

Dudley Castle Hill £300,000 £300,000 £0 £300,000 N/A

£5,159,377 £8,674,698 £13,834,075 £3,440,222 £5,912,422 £9,352,644 £4,481,431 £2,321,812 £2,397 £0 £12 £19 £82,588 £8,350 £768 £127 £3,933 £0 £150 £37

Revenue Projects

Black Country Broadband £250,000 £250,000 £250,000 £250,000 £0 N/a

SEED £50,000 £50,000 £50,000 £50,000 £0 N/a

Revenue Other

Growing Places M&A £368,612 £368,612 £271,789 £271,789 £96,823 * N/a

Black Country Consortium Subscription £447,000 £447,000 £447,000 £447,000 £0 N/a

£1,115,612 £1,115,612 £1,018,789 £1,018,789 £96,823 *

£5,159,377 £9,790,310 £14,949,687 £1,701,127

8,350

New Houses

Built (units)

New

Residential

Buildings

(units)

Refurbished

Buildings (sqm)

31

Sites & PremisesJobs

(loan repaid but no

output reporting to

date)

Funding Approved (£) Funding Drawn Down (£)

£56,797 £0

£2.00 29,300 750

Jobs CreatedJobs

Safeguarded

Follow On Investment (£m)

BoroughSector / Investment

TypeStatus Commentary

The majority of jobs will be created once development

complete. £600,000 £600,000 £593,426 19 £143

Brownfield

Land

Remediated

(ha)

Brownfield

Land

Redeveloped

(ha)

Commercial

Building

(Industrial,

Retail Office)

(sqm)

Mixed

Development

(sqm)

Darlaston EZ WalsallLocal Authority / Site

InvestigationIn progress

Seven claims submitted and paid.

Project will not draw down any further funding as of

07/03/2017

£180,000

£593,426 £6,574 £0 2,300 Wolverhampton City Centre, Canal Side W'hamptonLocal Authority /

RelocationIn progress

Two claims totall ing £593k received and paid.

Outstanding loan of £6k.

£1,410,400 £1,429,600 £2,840,000YMCA Black Country Group, Western Gateway Sandwell Charity / Expansion

Complete

£180,000 £123,203 £123,203

£3.82 £3.08

YMCA John Dando Sandwell Charity / Expansion In progress

All loan funds of £560k have been drawn down.

The total loan repayable is £575k; principle of £560k

and £15k interest. This has been repaid in full June

2017

£560,000

96 £1,410,400 £1,429,600 £2,840,000 £0 £1,442,647

Loan of £1.41m has been drawn down and repaid in

full on 01/07/16.

The total loan repayable is £1.442m; principle of

£1.4m and interest of £32k.

Dudley Canal Trust (Trips) Ltd Dudley Tourism / Expansion In progress

A loan of £753k was drawn down against an original

offer of £755k.

£574,685£560,000 £560,000 £560,000 £0

At the end of Q2 17/18 a total of £304k has been

repaid.

£755,000 £755,000 £753,193 £304,480 14

Repayments have been reduced from £15,660 per

quarter (until March 2034), to £11,500 per quarter

because DCT were able to make a one off additional

payment of £200,000 at the start of this financial year.

N/A

£0.43 £1.95

Stuart Works (Complex Development Projects Ltd) DudleyManagement Services

/ RefurbishmentIn progress

This project is sti l l in process.

Waiting an update from Complex Development

Projects (CDP) on progress.

£658,539

1.0 1,000 £753,193 £1,807

£2.69 £1.79

Stuart Works (DMBC) DudleyLocal Authority /

RefurbishmentIn progress

The full grant of £646k has been drawn down.

Funding of £487k has been formally decommitted from

Dudley and reallocated via the Growing Places fund.

33 1.4 2,029 18 £658,539 £658,539 £658,539 £0

£645,699 £486,977 £0£486,977 £645,699 £1,132,676 £645,699

SandwellLocal Authority / New

TechnologyIn progress

£1.9m has been drawn down to date. Outstanding

amount of £1m will be fully drawn down by Q4 18/19.

SandwellManagement Services

/ DiversificationIn progress

Currently awaiting an update from Complex

Development Projects (CDP) on progress.

Sandwell

Commercial

Development / Site

Remediation

Complete Grant of £56k drawn down.

£798,360 £798,360 £798,360

DudleyZoological /

ExpansionIn progress

Awaiting update from Dudley Zoo following liaison

with DMBC regarding project.

Dudley College, Dudley Advance and Innovation

CentreDudley Education / Expansion

Complete

( no output reporting

to date)

Total grant of £798k drawn down.

£5.89

Norit site infrastructure WalsallConstruction /

Redevelopment

Complete Full grant now drawn down.

Practical completion obtained.

£798,360 £0 N/AA project closure meeting will be completed to gather

output information which will then be reported.

0.7 1,866 £375,000 £375,000 £0 N/AClaim received and being processed for full grant

amount.

A project closure meeting will be completed to gather

output information which will then be reported.

£375,000 £375,000

( no output reporting

to date)

Total Capital

Sandwell Remaining £96,823 required.

W'hampton Complete £85k allocated to LGF site investigation fund.

Sandwell Complete Project complete.

Total Revenue

Growing Places Total (inc. over programming)

Black Country Wide In progress All funding drawn down.

* £96,823 allocated to Growing Places M&A and NOT available funding

BCC Programme Office – Black Country Enterprise Zone Dashboard v1.0 Contact Officer: Arun Kumar

Wolverhampton / i54 Brierley Hill / DY5Walsall / Darlaston

6,356New Jobs

Black Country Enterprise Zones have the potential to deliver:

502,804m2

Industrial Floorspace£298.18m+

Business Rates

315,178m2

New Industrial Space Delivered

£88.61mBusiness Rates

By 2037(25years)

131,078m2

Commercial & OfficeFloorspace

76hectares developed

£1.13bn+Initial

Investment

PROPOSED DELIVERY:

44hectares developed (net)

£165mBusiness Rates

By 2042(25years)

36,000m2

New TechnologySpace

£71m+Initial

Investment

PROPOSED DELIVERY:

65,000m2

New Industrial Space

100,000m2

New Office Space

7,000New Jobs

PROPOSED DELIVERY:

£98m+Initial

Investment

40.49hectares developed

122,626,m2

New Industrial Space

32,800m2

Open Storage Space

2,274New Jobs

£44.57mBusiness Rates

By 2037(25 years)

+ Western Extension

40 hectare site *

13,078m2

New Commercial Space Delivered

18,000m2

Vacant Office Space Refurbished

Delivered to date

Investment Value 1,041

Hectares Developed (ha) 61.55

Industrial Floorspace (sqm) 251,764

Commercial Floorspace (sqm) 6,002

Jobs Created 4,376

Biz Rates Uplift (to 2037) 42.26

April 2019

*I54 Western Extension is an extension of the i54 not necessarily an extension of the Enterprise Zone 5

15,630New Jobs

1

Delivered to date

Investment Value £24.30

Hectares Developed (ha) 5

Refurbished Floorspace(sqm) 5738.00

New Floorspace (sqm) 14864.49

Jobs Created 610

Biz Rates Uplift (to 2037) £131.000

Delivered to date

Investment Value TBC

Hectares Developed (ha) 1.9

Industrial Floorspace (sqm) 19,060

Commercial Floorspace (sqm) 0

Jobs Created Circa 50

Biz Rates Uplift (to 2037) 44.57

Pensnett

Pensnett6 ha333 Jobs24,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Tempus 10

Tempus 10 - Onyx1.5 ha150 Jobs5,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Gasholders

Gasholders8.3 ha400 Jobs26,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Parallel 9/10

Parallel 9/104.95 ha100 Jobs10,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Aspect 2000

Aspect 20003.8 ha140 Jobs9,400 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Box Pool

Box Pool1.60 ha3,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace4,500 sqm Open Storage

George Dyke

Former Charles Richards-George Dyke2 haTBC Jobs2,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace

The Waterfront

The Waterfront7.05 ha654 Jobs10,901 sqm Commercial + 4,800 sqm Learning Floorspace

Archill

Archill9.65 ha12,000 Sqm Retail 30,000 sqm Residential70,000 Office

Harts Hill

Harts Hill14.79 ha100,000 sqm Technical Floorspace

Canal Walk

Canal Walk7.00 ha115,000 sqm Residential Floorspace18,000 Retail Floorspace

Blackbrook Valley

Blackbrook Valley*4.85 ha258 Jobs18,594 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Pensnett

Pensnett Dreadnaught6 ha333 Jobs24,000 sqm Industrial / Mixed Use Floorspace

MARKET READY/INVESTMENT REQUIRED

Holland Industrial Estate East– Plot 20.34 ha19 Jobs1,100 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Holland Industrial Estate - East

Phoenix 10

Phoenix 1016.5 ha900 Jobs57,575 sqm Industrial Floorspace

OPERATING BUILD & FIT OUT

Costa Drive Thru0.28 ha25 Jobs167 sqm Industrial Floorspace

The GatewayThe Gateway

Porche1.05 ha34 Jobs2,802 sqm Commercial Floorspace

Wolverhampton Business Park

1B Plot 9 (Charter Court)0.40 ha240 Jobs2,873 sqm Commercial Floorspace

ERA3.12 ha200 Jobs12,600 sqm Industrial Floorspace

i54 South Staffordshire

JLR (Module 4) 21 ha1,300 Jobs85,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace


SITE DETAIL

Garringtons –Plot 1 & 21.21 ha43 Jobs11,700 sqm Open Storage

Garringtons – Plot 1 & 2

Central Point

Central Point1.67 haTBC Jobs16,500 sqm Open Storage

Tentec/Atlas Copco1.21 ha150 Jobs4,100 sqm Industrial Floorspace

I54 South Staffordshire

SITE PREPARATION

Wolverhampton Business Park

1B Plot 6, 7, 8,3 ha750 Jobs9,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Plot C6.26 ha565 Jobs27,314 sqm Industrial Floorspace


Lupus Park4.05 ha350 Jobs18,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Lupus Park

Plot 3Euro Garages0.20 ha50 Jobs5,000 sqm commercial floorspace

The Gateway

ISP1.80 ha83 Jobs6,251 sqm Industrial Floorspace



Eurofins1.06 Ha236 Jobs3,715 sqm Industrial Floorspace


Moog4.41 Ha459 Jobs20,475 sqm Industrial Floorspace


KEY

Wolverhampton/I54

Walsall/Darlaston

Brierley Hill/DY5

Holland Industrial Estate West - Plot 10.76 ha42 Jobs2,500 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Holland Industrial Estate West

Tempus 10

Tempus 10 - Opal1.5 ha150 Jobs5,000 sqm Industrial Floorspace* Garrington’s Plot 1 & 2 are operational as

storage Units but investment still required

2

JLR21.20 ha1400 Jobs

101,1455 sqm Industrial Floorspace


Plot D & E6.26 ha565 Jobs27,314 sqm Industrial Floorspace


* 18 Plot 6,7,8 is currently a temporary car park that is generating rates

MCR7.29 ha700 Jobs35,500 sqm Industrial Floorspace

Wobaston Road

* Phoenix 10, Parallel 9/10 and Gasholders are under project development

>40 ha0 / 0%

Large (10-40ha)2 / 4%

Medium (3-10 ha)12 / 21%

Small (<3 ha)43 / 75%

SITE SIZE

Size of sites (ha)The chart demonstrates the composition ofthe EZ sites across the Black Country portfolio.There is a total of 55 EZ sites across the BlackCountry, totalling 150 ha.

Note: Wolverhampton rates subject to rate review and inflation


UPLIFT

Graph showing the January LEP update surplus of £110.1M cash or £40.1M NPV should the surplus from Wolverhampton sites (base case) be used to Walsall sites including capital investment in P10 and Gasholders.

CommentaryDY5 – Quay House part of the waterfront has office space letting to Cromwell toolswho opened a new customer services centre and has taken 22,000 sq. ft of officespace creating 170 new jobs.The Pensnett area is also trading well with a further investment planned creating newindustrial floorspace.Blackacre Developments still pursuing site investigation funding from LEPAntringham Developments continue to progress Dreadnought Road site to bringforward 40,000 – 50,000 Sq. Ft. Pre App discussions ongoing. Actively pursuingoccupiers.Walsall – Gasholders, land at the rear of the site has been acquired, which has giventhe council full control over the site.Expected delivery of Darlaston Railway station currently anticipated at the end of2021.

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Projected view of Business Rates

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£50

£100

£150

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2013-2017 2018-2022 2023-2027 2028-2032 2033-2037

EZ Cumulative Business Rates Uplift (£m)

Wolverhampton Walsall DY5

2013-2017 2018-2022 2023-2027 2028-2032 2033-2037

Wolverhampton £6.54 £25.06 £46.24 £67.43 £88.61

Walsall £0.15 £1.98 £15.80 £30.19 £44.57

DY5 £3.75 £8.09 £8.09 £8.09 £164.84

Total £6.69 £30.79 £70.13 £105.71 £141.27

* Wolverhampton and Walsall rates subject to change due to model update in progress


PRISMResourcing / computing implications due

to scale of work required A series of updates has increased efficiency

Resources Insufficient resource to deliver schemes

noted in the 10-year period

Delivery methods developed via collaboration

between the Black Country, TfWM and

WMCA

Funding - Local

Contributions

The level of local contribution required to

secure funding from the CA has still not

been determined

Liaison with CA finance officers is continuing

Funding -

Accuracy of

Forecast Costs

Budgets are sometimes provisionally

allocated without a detailed assessment

being undertaken

Uncertainty managed through provision for

risk contingency

Risk Impact Description RAG Mitigation

Deliverability- lack of expertise

A lack of forecasting expertise is potentially resulting in some schemes being prevented from taken to site

A review of current deliver mechanisms is underway to explore opportunities and new models of delivery.

Black Country Transport Programme Dashboard as of 1st April 2019

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW PROGRAMME ISSUES & RISKS

PROGRAMME FUNDING PROFILE

BCC Programme Office – Transport Programme Dashboard v1 Contact Officer: Shannon Nicklin Source Data: Transport Project Status Reports (Available for public review)

There are 40 transport schemes proposed within the Black Country. By 2020, 12 projects will be completed, 14

are scheduled to start construction work and 14 will have started development work.

The Wednesbury to Brierley Hill scheme is the largest by far within the current programme, with an estimated

capital cost of around £343m. Development for the scheme is due to be completed by the end of 2019. M6

Junction 10 is due to also complete development stage by the end of 2019. Birchley Island Main Scheme is due

to be approved at March Joint Committee.

PROGRAMME FUNDING ALLOCATED

Funding Stream

Total

2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21

£m

LGF £45.10 £5 £9.80 £6.20 £8.38 £1.21 £14.60

LTB £18.60 £4.60 £7.20 £2.20 £1.80 £1.50 £1.30

LGF DfT Retained £29.62 £0.65 £0.35 £0.12 £0 £13.93 £14.59

Total £93.32 £10.25 £17.35 £8.52 £10.18 £16.64 £30.49

Principle Transport Mode No. of schemes £m

Highways 21 £527.05

Metro 3 £354.0

Rail 7 £107.4

Rapid Transit 3 £45.55

Bus 3 £52.0

Active (walking & cycling) 3 £24

Total 40 £1,110

OUTPUTS

Newly Built Roads (km) New Cycle Ways (km) Resurfaced Roads (km)

Target 8,019 46,905 5,976

Forecast 8,516 52,655 8,212

Actual 5,126 45,580 2,672

*£3m Variance is DfT Tail Funding for Darlaston

ESTIMATED TOTAL PROGRAMME COSTHighways

47%

Metro32%

Rail10%

Rapid Transit4%

Bus5%

Active (walking & cycling)2%

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LGF , £45.10 LTB ,

£18.60

LGF DfT Retained, £29.62

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GD TRANPORT SPEND PROFILE – LATEST FORECAST & OVERALL PROJECT STATUSPROJECT NAME 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 TOTAL This Period Commentary

LTB COMMITTED PROJECTS

M6 Junction 10 £99,863 £0 £200,000 £0 £0 £0 £299,863Ongoing engagement and communication with all affected parties while preparing for the public enquiry.

Wolverhampton Interchange Commercial Gateway Phase 2 £4,367,751 £4,632,249 £0 £0 £0 £0 £9,000,000Substation foundations have commenced and works are ongoing. Metro paving works are set to start by end of March 2019.

Birchley Island M5 J2 Development Funding £100,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £100,000 First tranche of development funding has now been completed.

A4101 Pensnett Strategic Access Improvement Scheme £0 £2,348,432 £1,451,568 £0 £0 £0 £3,800,000 Project now complete.

A4123 Development works £0 £30,000 £66,228 £53,772 £0 £0 £150,000 Draft SOC approved and is being finalised. Stakeholder event to take place in early 2019.

Wolverhampton to Willenhall Metro Extension £0 £0 £150,000 £50,000 £0 £0 £200,000Midlands Metro Alliance have been commissioned to undertake a more detailed cost estimate of the route to update the modelling required. Consultants will be commissioned to assess alternative travel modes on the route.

Mill Lane & Aldridge Lane Aqueduct GRIP 3 Studies £0 £0 £120,000 £107,500 £0 £0 £227,500 Additional funding request currently going through approval to include highways design.

Dudley Bus Station Development Funding £0 £157,677 £42,323 £0 £0 £0 £200,000 Development now complete. Awaiting Full Business Case.

West Coast Mainline HS2 Study £0 £0 £40,000 £40,000 £0 £0 £80,000 Studies ongoing. No update received.

A461 Corridor Improvements Phase 2 & 3 £0 £0 £63,877 £26,123 £0 £0 £90,000Reports have now been completed and the final invoice has been issued. Claim to be submitted by March 2019. Detailed design is still continuing for Phase 2.

Bloxwich Level Crossing Mitigation Package £0 £0 £100,000 £0 £0 £0 £100,000 Project now complete.

A34 Corridor Development funding £0 £0 £0 £70,000 £0 £0 £70,000 No long requires funding. Withdrawal currently going through the relevant boards.

Birchley Island Development funding £0 £0 £0 £150,000 £0 £0 £150,000 Project Manager now appointed. Full Business Case submitted and to be approved at March BCJC.

Black Country Train Stations (Walsall) Development funding £0 £0 £0 £37,500 £0 £0 £37,500 Atkins have been appointed to complete a supporting GRIP 3 report to assess walking and cycling accessibility around Darlaston Train Station. This work is due to be complete by the end of April.

I54 Western Extension Development Funding £0 £0 £0 £75,000 £0 £0 £75,000 Determine final cost for Northern Triangle Study claim, HE liaison and business case development work.

Sustainable Transport Scheme Development funding £0 £0 £0 £40,000 £0 £0 £40,000 Working with all local authorities within the Black Country connecting cycling communities and clubs raising awareness of LCWIP and other improvements in cycling infrastructure.

Dudley Town Centre Highway Infrastructure Improvements - Development Funding £0 £0 £0 £150,000 £0 £0 £150,000 To be approved at March BCJC.

i54 Western Extension Access Package £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,500,000 £500,000 £3,000,000 To be approved at March BCJC.

LTB Unallocated Spend (Aldridge Station) £0 £0 £0 £0 £830,000 £0 £830,000

ACCESSING GROWTH (LGF)

Accessing Growth - Bilston Urban Village Access Package £726,627 £2,168,661 £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,895,288 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - Junction & Highway Improvements (Canal Side) £630,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £630,000 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - WCC Coach Station £387,673 £90,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £477,673 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - M6 J10 Resilience Package £94,519 £1,235,176 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,329,695 Please refer to M6 Junction 10 commentary

Accessing Growth - Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro £0 £400,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £400,000 First tranche of development funding awarded has been claimed.

Accessing Growth - Compton Park Improved Connectivity £149,352 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £149,352 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - Springfield Campus Interchange Connectivity £0 £600,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £600,000 project now complete. Second phase continues.

Accessing Growth - A459 Dudley Road/Coombs Road Halesowen £0 £259,291 £280,709 £0 £0 £0 £540,000 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - Pinfold Bridge, Wednesfield Road, Wolverhampton £0 £674,568 £0 £0 £0 £0 £674,568 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - City East Gateway - A454 Willenhall Road Corridor £0 £158,800 £26,517 £0 £0 £0 £185,317 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - City North Gateway - A449 Stafford Road Corridor £0 £101,011 £13,336 £0 £0 £0 £114,347 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - B4176 Himley Rd Junction Improvements £0 £0 £78,500 £0 £0 £0 £78,500 Project now complete.

Accessing Growth - Salters Road & Shire Oak Improvements £0 £0 £768,340 £495,130 £0 £0 £1,263,470 Snagging to complete by March 2019.

Accessing Growth - M6 J10 (Major) £0 £0 £218,835 £0 £0 £0 £218,835 Please refer to M6 Junction 10 commentary

Accessing Growth - City North City East Major Development £0 £0 £200,000 £220,000 £0 £0 £420,000Project proceeding well to deliver outcomes and enable schemes being submitted for impementation funding at the appropriate time. A454 phases 1 & 2 improvement options conulstatopon response analysis. A454 Phase 3 testing of top three identified options. A449 Initial phase of Do Something testing.

Accessing Growth - Springfield Campus Ph2 £0 £0 £0 £550,000 £0 £0 £550,000 Reprogramming of scheme and coordination with campus redevelopment is complete. Works to begin on site.

Accessing Growth - Westside Link Development £0 £0 £54,461 £100,539 £0 £0 £155,000

Draft Stage 3 report completed and currently out to project team consultation. Work beginning on Stage 4 design for phase 1.. Constraints associated with Phase 3 works being considered and risk register formulated. Funding for delivery of Phase 1 being sought through various applications to external funding bodies.

Accessing Growth - Walsall Economic Growth & Infrastructure Package (NPIF) £0 £0 £0 £918,000 £0 £0 £918,000 Various works being undertaken.

Accessing Growth - Wednesbury to Brierly Hill Metro Extension £0 £0 £130,000 £100,000 £0 £0 £230,000 Project management of key milestones ongoing until March 2019.

i54 Western Extension Access Package £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,000,000 £0 £2,000,000 To be approved at March BCJC.

TRANSPORT PROJECTS - LGF COMMITTED

Managing Short Trips £2,430,009 £3,860,836 £0 £0 £0 £0 £6,290,845 Project now complete and proceeding with Tranche 2.

Managing Short Trips Tranche 2 £0 £0 £1,827,266 £2,427,584 £0 £0 £4,254,850 SAN09 to be complete by March 2019.

Wolverhampton Interchange Commercial Gateway Phase 2 £4,500,000 £0 £3,500,000 £0 £0 £0 £8,000,000

City North Gateway Phase 1 £0 £0 £2,319,080 £1,031,920 £0 £0 £3,351,000 Scheme completion date has been extended to allow for additional works within the service road.

Birchley Island Main Scheme £0 £0 £0 £328,000 £1,212,000 £8,703,000 £10,243,000 To be approved at March BCJC.

TOTAL FUNDS 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 Total

LTB Pre-Committed Funds £4,567,614 £7,168,358 £2,233,996 £799,895 £2,500,000 £500,000 £17,769,863

LTB Unallocated Funds £0 £0 £0 £0 £830,000 £0 £830,000

Accessing Growth £1,988,171 £5,687,507 £1,770,698 £2,383,669 £2,000,000 £0 £13,830,045

Accessing Growth: Spare Capacity £0 £0 £0 £0 £969,955 £0 £969,955

LGF (Competitive) £6,930,009 £3,860,836 £7,646,346 £3,787,504 £1,212,000 £16,323,000 £39,759,695

DfT Retained Funding (M6 J10 & tail funding for Darlaston) £650,000 £350,000 £119,902 £0 £13,936,742 £14,593,356 £29,650,000

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Minutes of a Meeting of the Black Country Local Enterprise

Partnership Funding Applications Sub-Group

Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 at 2.00pm at The Deckhouse, Brierley Hill

Present: Chris Handy Accord Housing

Tom Westley Westley Group in the Chair In Attendance:

Lara Cragg Black Country Consortium Ltd Ian Cribbes Black Country Consortium Ltd Mark Lavender Walsall MBC Jenna Langford Sandwell MBC Hywel Ruddick Black Country Consortium Ltd

Dial in: Helen McGourlay City of Wolverhampton City Learning Quarter: Peter Merry Wolverhampton College Mark Boorman Turner & Townsend Raj Cholia Turner & Townsend Apologies: Simon Eastwood and Ninder Johal

75/19 Declarations of Interest

Tom Westley referenced Minute No. /19 Very Light Rail and advised that as the project was linked to Dudley College in location, as a Governor he would declare an interest, although there was no pecuniary interest.

76/19 Minutes

The Minutes of the meeting held on the 6th March 2019 were submitted. Agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 6th March 2019 be received and confirmed as a correct record.

Part A - Land and Property Investment Fund (LPIF)

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77/19 Update on Forecast utilisation of £53m LPIF allocation

Ian Cribbes advised of the LPIF outputs and highlighted that work was continuing to balance the LPIF pipeline and consider housing bids. He stated that confirmation was awaited on the £97m, which was scheduled for release from April 2021 but an earlier release of some of the funding would be required otherwise some projects could be at risk. Chris Handy stated that if confirmation was received on £97m there could be potential for projects to “forward fund” their project if they knew the funding was going to be released. Ian Cribbes and Helen McGourlay advised that a confirmation letter on the release of funding date would be required from the WMCA before this could be considered. Mark Lavender advised if this was to happened then the local authority involved would need to undertake prudential borrowing and it would be dependent on the conditions of the WMCA regarding the outputs being delivered on the first tranche of LPIF. Agreed that the update be noted.

78/19 Iron Park It was noted that Iron Park was undergoing Due Diligence. 79/19 Heath Town It was noted that Heath Town Park was undergoing Due Diligence. 80/19 LPIF Dashboard Ian Cribbes provided an overview of the dashboard and reiterated the

work being done to keep the project allocation within the £53m first tranche of LPIF.

Agreed that the LPIF dashboard contents be noted. 81/19 Black Country Growth Deal: Growing Priority Sectors Regional

Growth Fund Jenna Langford advised that following an offer from the Ministry of

Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to close the

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Regional Growth Fund Programme Round, Board approval was being sought for this course of action.

She further advised that MGCLG had given permission to look at the

prospect of closing the project early making 2017/18 the final monitoring year instead of 2022/23. It was noted that a number of projects had underperformed and not met their outputs, although Sandwell MBC currently were still pursuing these.

Alison Guerra advised that as the Accountable Body, Walsall MBC,

would still need outputs monitored and Chris Handy agreed that continued monitoring would be important.

Agreed: - that the LEP Board be recommended to

a) Accept the offer from MHCLG that the Regional Growth Fund

Programme 3 close early;

b) Note that arrangements would be put in place to continue to

monitor outputs until 2022/23, with annual reporting through to the

Funding Sub-Group.

Part B – Local Growth Fund 82/19 Growing Priority Sectors – AIB Foods Ltd (It was noted that the Chair, Simon Eastwood, had agreed to the

consideration of this additional item, as a decision thereon was required before the next meeting of the FSG).

It was noted that the applicant had objected to signing the one of the

standard conditions regarding security, as a Director of the Company.

Jenna Langford advised that he had now signed the contract. However, she advised that there was still an issue with signing the security condition attached to the grant, which would be required to release grant payment. She added that Sandwell MBC would require all conditions to be met as payment would not be released. Members concurred that the all conditions needed to be adhered to and regard to the provision of the security, noted that this was a standard condition for all applicants. Agreed: -

1) that the Group note the update; and

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2) That the Group confirm the requirement for all applicants to sign

and enter into the contract, to include all conditions.

83/19 Black Country Strategic Economic Plan - Growing Places Fund

Lara Cragg provided an update on the utilisation of Growing Places Fund to date. She advised that because of the receipt of loan and interest repayments, £2.78m was now available for re-investment and, subject to Walsall MBC Cabinet decision, it was likely that as part of the Single Accountable Body report, that this fund would move to Walsall MBC’s Accountable Body at the end of April 2019. Agreed that the Group note the update.

84/19 Growing Places Fund – Daisy Bank Site Investigation It was noted that following a positive assessment under Due Diligence,

it was recommended that grant assistance for site investigation costs be approved to the value £18,725.00.

Agreed that the LEP Board be recommended to approve grant

assistance to the value of £18,725.00 for the Daisy Bank Site Investigation, subject to: -

a) Grant funding to be awarded at 70% of the lowest tendered

quote of £18,725. b) Spend/drawdown of funding to be complete by the end of

financial year 2020/21. c) Provision of evidence of the freehold ownership of the title,

including a plan highlighting the title boundary. d) Provision of legal advice confirming that should grant be

awarded it will be in accordance with State Aid regulations.

85/19 Growing Places Fund – Wolverhampton Environment Centre (WEC) Site Investigation

It was noted that following a positive assessment under Due Diligence, it was recommended that grant assistance for site investigation costs be approved to the value £10,601.80.

Agreed that the LEP Board be recommended to approve grant assistance to the value of £10,601.80 for the WEC Site Investigation, subject to: -

a) Grant funding to be awarded at 70% of the lowest tendered quote of £10,601.80.

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b) Spend/drawdown of funding to be complete by the end of financial year 2019/20.

c) Provision of legal advice confirming that should grant be awarded it will be in accordance with State Aid regulations.

86/19 Local Growth Deal - Forecast utilisation of £19.53m Growth Deal

Funds in 2018/19 Programme The meeting was advised that the total LGF / LTB funding allocation for 18/19 was £19.53m. Latest in-flight Dashboard (1 of 2) indicated at the 1st of March 2019, forecast spend by individual approved schemes to be £23.80m in 2018/19.

Agreed that the update be noted.

87/19 Commitment of Growth Deal Funds from 2018/19 to 2020/21 Agreed that the update be noted.

88/19 Transport Development Funding It was noted that there was an historic underspend of Transport Development Funding of £116,000. Following consideration, officers were of the opinion that this would be better transferred to the Black Country Transport Director to utilise for development of schemes of the Transport pipeline: -

• Initial Major Road Network Bidding opportunities – helping to

provide resource to develop up the bid documents required to

make the MRN and Large Local Majors submissions which are due

throughout 2019. There is a need to develop major scheme

business cases and submit further scheme evidence to the DfT in

order to unlock circa £50m for each of the A4123, A454 and A449

corridors.

• Electric Vehicle Charging infrastructure – develop proposals to

make submissions to the DfT to increase the level of Electric

Vehicle charging points across the Black Country both on street

and in public car parks. Also ensuring there is a consistency in the

facilities that are available and the payment systems.

• Sustainable Transport – work closely with Active Black Country to

develop proposals for sustainable transport that tackle the first and

last mile of the journeys. Infrastructure is one part of the issue, but

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greater links between Cycling and Walking and the Public Health

agendas need to be enhanced to tackle obesity levels with the

Black Country and ensure people lead a more active and healthier

lifestyle.

• National Productivity and Investment Fund (NPIF) – help facilitate

the development of bids for the next round of NPIF funding with the

possibility of securing £5m per authority for further enhancements

to the highway network via junction improvements or signal

optimisation.

Agreed that the LEP Board be recommended to endorse the proposed transfer and utilization of the transport underspend.

89/19 Transport Schemes Spend Profile Following discussions with the Transport Director, funding attached to various Growth Deal supporting transport schemes had been slipped into subsequent years of the programme to support delivery of strategic priorities as they are programmed to come forward. The PMO are working closely with the Transport teams to understand the impact of this on the overall programme cashflow and the breakdown was contained within the report. Agreed that the update on the Transport Schemes Spend- Profile be noted.

90/19 Growing Priority Sectors Funding Extension

Agreed that the update on the grant extension of £2,000,000 in 2018/19 be noted.

91/19 Dudley Brownfield Land Phase 1 The meeting was advised that the Dudley Brownfield Land Programme, had been very successful to date. Phase 1 had delivered 143 new housing units in the Black Country, some of which were affordable as well as private market housing. Phase 2 of the project, funded via the Land and property Investment Fund, had delivered 40 new units which were occupied and handed over to new ownership.

It was noted that a Change Request had been submitted to amend the number and scope of outputs to be delivered on the remaining

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undeveloped sites, to include the Stewarts Road and Portway Close sites. The initial bid for Portway Close was based on council owned land at the time of the project submission for Grant Funding from the BCLEP. Subsequent meetings and project discussions have led to Dudley Council purchasing an adjacent piece of land to maximise the development potential in terms of the housing needs. This means the area of land remediated would increase from 0.16ha to 0.228ha. The initial bid for Stewarts Road was based on a feasibility layout prior to the full set of surveys and designs. Subsequent works have led to a reduction in the number of housing units due to cost viability reasons such as the extent of the retaining walls would make the scheme unviable and place too much risk on existing adjacent properties. The number of units will be reduced from 16 to 14. There will be no impact on delivery or timescales. There are also no plans to revisit the costs as the council anticipate that one change will offset the other, albeit it differing outputs. Agreed that the LEP Board be recommended to endorse the proposed Change Request and the required amendments.

92/19 Very Light Rail Main Scheme – Change Request

The meeting was advised that a meeting was held with Dudley MBC regarding the State Aid Rules and the next steps for the scheme. It was agreed to create a ‘development phase’ to consist of the cost incurred and committed to date to the value of £1,145,747, which would be deducted from the main scheme Hub to Home to reduce the main scheme grant to the value detailed in the report. The new proposed LEP funding for the development phase. The report, if approved, would enable Dudley MBC to be paid for the development phase, while the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) application for the remaining match funding is being processed. The re-application for the ERDF funding was submitted before the end of 2018, and was ‘approved’ in February 2019. This approval was to allow the capital scheme to progress to the next stage of approvals in May 2019. However, it was agreed at the meeting in October 2018 that the capital scheme had to be state aid compliant before the end of the 2018-19

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financial year or funding would be re-allocated within the Growth Deal programme. The Black Country consortium is committed to assisting with delivering this capital scheme, however given the delays and ongoing state aid compliance work, the 2018-19 year-end has been impacted by the sum that Dudley MBC were originally profiled to spend. Through effective programme management by the Accountable Body and the PMO, the programme was now due to achieve its year-end spend target. The strategic importance of this scheme was acknowledged and it was appropriate to pay out costs incurred to date whilst the main scheme was finalised. Members noted that they had previously agreed that programme had to be state aid compliant by the end of the financial year, which had not be achieved. Stuart Everton advised that there was additional money received by Transport for West Midlands and thus he had been advised that the Black Country could submit schemes for funding which provided a potential future route for the VLR scheme. On a request from the Chair he agreed to investigate this further. Agreed that the LEP Board be recommended to: -

1) Endorse the proposed requirements for the Development Phase

Grant Agreement to proceed. 2) Un-allocate the remaining funding committed to the VLR Main

scheme to be returned to the Growth Deal programme for re-allocation to projects.

93/19 Growth Deal – Schemes not yet achieved Grant award

Members were advised of updates on Chances Glassworks which was proceeding to contract. In regard to the City Learning Quarter it was noted that there was presentation from the applicant and their agents. Agreed that the update on Chances Glassworks be noted.

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94/19 Sandwell College – Health & Social Care Innovation Hub

The meeting was advised that a copy of the original Initial Proposal had been provided for comment and feedback by FSG members. Sandwell College would had requested feedback before they look to revise the bid for submission and appraisal. FSG Members noted that this appeared to be a good and important project which was worthy of support. However, it was noted that the funding to support the project was not currently available. It was asked that the PMO hold in abeyance until a decision had been made on the further release of LPIF funding and the current cash flow balance had been reviewed.

95/19 Music Institute Change Request The report was welcomed but given the immediate term LPIF issue, it was noted that there was potential work the applicant could do within their available funds. It was noted that the lift engineers report suggested that the lifts could be replaced one at a time in years 2 and 3 and that on opening they would only have a single year intake; thus, did they need to have everything completed at day 1. It was suggested that they might be able to phase their works by deferring some fit-out work to free up funding for the additional soundproofing within their main works and then look to replace the lifts in year 2 and 3 as per their engineers’ report. Agreed that consideration of the change request be deferred.

96/19 Black Country LEP Programme Funding Proposals Report to BC

LEP Board

The funding proposals report was submitted and Members noted the proposals relating to the currently approved programme. Reference was made to the Enterprise Zones business rates surplus, would be coming on track and that there was a need for all local authorities to work with the funds in the same way. In order to meet the current demand for grant funding the following changes to projects were: - Agreed that the LEP Board be recommended to: -

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a) Remove City Learning Quarter Capital scheme ear marked funding (and any ear marked funding that has not submitted a Full Business Case) from Growth Deal.

b) Fund the Very Light Rail Capital scheme from alternative funding sources such as the Enterprise Zone business rates.

c) Transfer the following listed projects from LPIF to Growth Deal – Springfields Infrastructure and Remediation; School of Architecture & Built Environment; National Brownfield Institute Seed Funding; and Black Country Living Museum – Forging Ahead;

d) Acknowledge that Birchley Island Capital scheme is to be a reduced amount from Growth Deal and not the sum originally anticipated;

e) Note that there was potential to have Birchley Island Capital scheme project funded from alternative transport funding streams in the West Midlands such as the MRM funding.

f) Acknowledge that there was spare capacity within Growing Places Fund that could start cash flowing the overcommitted LPIF projects; and

g) Note that Enterprise Zones business rates surplus needed to be dealt with in the same way by each Black Country local authority.

97/19 LGF - Dashboards The following Dashboards were submitted: -

• In-flight

• Future Years

• Pipeline

• Growing Priority Sectors • Growing Places • Enterprise Zones • Transport • Land Property Investment Fund

Agreed that the FSG note the update on the respective Dashboards.

98/19 City Learning Quarter Presentation Peter Merry, Wolverhampton College and Mark Boorman and Raj Cholia,

Turner and Townsend were in attendance to provide an update on the progress with the City Learning Quarter and clarify their request for LEP support.

The Chair noted the cost estimate; the Colleges existing liabilities; and

commented that a costed business plan was required in order to profile how the project was doable. He stated that I its current format he would

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not be comfortable with the project being submitted for consideration to the Funding Applications Sub-Group.

Agreed that the Black Country PMO continue discussions with

Wolverhampton College and their appointed agents. 99/19 Date of Next Meetings Agreed that the Meeting was advised that the FSG would be held on 1st

May 2019.

(The meeting closed at 4.20pm)

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Agenda Item 13

Active Black Country Partnership

Board Meeting Tuesday 19th March 2019

(Dudley College, The Broadway, Dudley DY1 4AS)

Present: Board Members: Deborah Williams (DW) Amanda Tomlinson (AT), Ian Carey (IC) Ash Rai (AR) and Richard Medcalf (RM) Advisors: Ian Carey (IC) Rachel Conlisk (RCL) Jennie Bimson (JB) and Paul Griffiths (PG) In attendance: Michael Salmon (MS) Katherine Birch (KB) and Rebecca Hill (RH) Apologies: Richard Callicot, John Denley, Lina Martino, Kim Babb, Arwyn Jones, Chris Jones, Sarah Middleton, Cllr Anne Shackleton, Graham MacPherson and Anam Choudhury.

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NOTES & ACTION Who

13/19 Welcome and Apologies

Welcome from Chair.

Apologies noted.

14/19 Declarations of Interest and Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance

No declarations made.

Noted that DBS Clearances are ongoing and some declaration of interest forms are still outstanding. These needed to be clarified after the meeting had taken place.

15/19 Minutes – 28th January 2019

The minutes of the meeting held in 28th January 2019 were submitted and confirmed as a correct record of the meeting.

16/19 Active Black Country Quest Assessment

A report was circulated to the Board and generated the following discussion:

It was felt that overall the comments from Sport England in relation to the the Quest Assessment had been positive; and that there had been an improvement in Sport England’s perception of Active Black Country. It was hoped that the new

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Chief Executive of Sport England would visit the Active Black country base in the near future.

It was acknowledged that may of the improvements suggested in the documents had already been actioned and were underway.

AR pointed out that the result of the assessment would likely alter dependent upon the assessor that looked at the evidence presented. It was agreed that there was felt to be a lack of consistency in the process.

Earlier indications had led the Board to believe that there would be the opportunity to compare Active Black Country’s score with those of the two highest performing County Sport Partnerships, being London and Manchester; however, this information had not proved to be forthcoming which was a disappointment.

IC shared that there had been new additions to the workforce of Active Black Country, therefore the team development plan was being reviewed to ensure all areas are effectively covered.

17/19 Towards An Active Black Country Strategic Framework

• Priority Activity Corridors;

It was highlighted that effort had been made to balance the focus of the Active Black Country Board.

• Insight Hub;

The need for a refreshed costumer-facing offer had been identified and work had begun towards the online Insight Hub. The hub will provide the evidence base for:

➢ Delivering better health and wellbeing for the Black country residents by focusing on outcomes, not services;

➢ The benefits of the promotion of the Prevention agenda – keeping people healthy to deliver the greatest improvement in outcomes;

➢ Concerned action across priority themes and the adoption of a whole system approach to tackling inactivity in the Black Country and address wider Government actions;

➢ Support Active Black Country staff and Board to adopt and actively implement the principles of being an insight-led County Sports Partnership.

It was hoped that the Black Country County Sports Partnership was to be very evidence led, with the culture of using insight being only improved, with that insight being unique to the area.

Current available data was not interactive enough and was quite well hidden; however, the Insight hub was a stand-alone website that could be used by the public as well as professionals.

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Three areas would be covered:

➢ Data;

➢ Learning;

➢ Additional Offer.

MS shared that all the required data was in hand, and a clear timeline to implementation would be available soon. Data would be refreshed at least annually, some twice yearly. Ownership of the data needed to be confirmed at a later stage, though it was intended for external partners to be sought to provide data.

The learning aspect required further work. This was a tangible way to demonstrate impact, and it was felt that the Board should monitor the progression closely.

Links between Active Black Country and the Consortiums Economic Intelligence unit would develop over time, and a service level agreement was in place.

The Board voiced excitement in relation to the additional offer, which intended to support organisations in their bids for financial support; this would be via evaluation and monitoring. Each bid required a bespoke approach so the impact on Active Black Country was difficult to predict at this stage. Conversations between those involved needed to take place so that a clear pathway was established.

IC pointed out that learnings were critical through the wider work for further investment.

Action – Next meeting needed both timeline and briefs in relation to Black Country fund to be shared, to include data sets and refreshment schedule.

• Education Theme;

IC stated that staff had been brilliant at driving this aspect forward.

Sandwell schools had become interested in an apprenticeship programme based on a model used by Wolverhampton City Council and wished to sign up. A steering group was in development and both Sandwell and Wolverhampton had been named as Active Black Country partners. Risk was to be mitigated with both.

IC confirmed no extra resources were needed in respect of procurement as this would be overseen by the Local Authority partners. Active Black Country intended to monitor by utilising temporary workers to process forms over a six to eight-week period. Discussions in relation to this had taken place with Human Resources.

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A recent Physical Education and School Sport programme conference had taken place with good attendance and informative keynote speakers.

• Workforce;

Board members heard of the recent Workforce submission that was submitted to Sport England in February 2019. This detailed how Active Black Country was to deliver on the stages of workforce development, to include, recruitment, deployment, employment, development and retention, whilst aligning with Sport England Workforce priorities. Areas for focus were highlighted as;

• Volunteering;

• DWP;

• Professional Workforce;

• Coach Core Apprenticeship;

• PALS Apprenticeships;

• Coaching.

In relation to the Coaching, in early March 2019, Active Black Country were notified of a successful submission and have been granted £75,000 over two years for the development of coaches/volunteers.

MS confirmed that coaching opportunities were open to all, and not restricted to the ‘young’.

• Communities;

The Active Black Country Inclusion and Diversity Forum had been reformed with its third meeting recently taking place. Each forum meeting had been centered around key themes which related to the largest inactive and underrepresented groups in physical activity across the Black Country. Many useful organisations had become involved.

A wheels for all event had been facilitated by Cycling Projects UK, and consultation had also been undertaken with both local and regional partners which reinforced the need to pilot and develop inclusive cycling hubs in the Black Country.

There was a significant amount of investment which had been proposed to develop cycling corridors and canal tow paths to better connect the Black Country cycling and walking infrastructure. A meeting on 20th March was to be held in relation to funding.

Work was ongoing in relation to the engagement of Faith Centre’s to help support the Active Black Country agenda.

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• Health & Wellbeing;

Collaborative working had been taking place between Active Black Country and the West Birmingham Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP). This included the placement of physical activity upon the CYP’s strand as well as the potential to use this relationship towards the delivery of the Black Country Fund.

A key STP aim is that no child in the Black Country should be deemed less active by *date to be confirmed*. This included sub-goals of an increased number of schools which had formal activities in place to support children to increase their activity levels and ensuring the developing navigator role in primary care was focused on social prescribing, with an activity element of CYP.

18/19 Dashboard Reporting

It was hoped that the dashboards would be used at Board meetings effectively going forward, with the option of allowing members to dive down into the data via an interactive platform.

AR suggested that the public might be engaged into the aims of Active Black Country via the promotion of the “This is what we need to do to get from ‘A’ to ‘B’” message, in order to close the gap between the Black Country average and national.

19/19 Commonwealth Games 2022 Report

• Sandwell Aquatic Centre;

The Aquatic Centre’s planning permission had been approved, and the design was progressing well. A short fall had been identified in the funding, but work was ongoing to ensure this was effectively addressed.

• Swimming and Diving Development;

Swim England had focused work underway in regard to dive development facilities, with the goal stretching beyond the Commonwealths Games. A meeting was due to take place in April to discuss this in further detail.

DW shared with the Board that an initial Black Country Commonwealth Games 2022 Steering Group had met in late January 2019 with more to follow. A strong theme had been the capitalisation of the Aquatics Centre via a robust swimming agenda. It was acknowledged that for every Black Country primary school child to become engaged in swimming, existing facilities would have to be improved.

20/19 Active Black Country Business Plan 2018-2021

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• 4 Year Business Plan;

IC shared that the circulated version incorporated comments taken on from Board Members, and confirmed that the strategy refresh was due later this year. It was hoped that the Board would see fit to sign off this business plan.

Agreed – Board Members felt that the 4-year business plan was fit for purpose and should be adopted and approved.

• Risk Strategy 19/20;

It was acknowledged that relevant Active Black Country risks must be discussed if strategic priorities were to be focused on.

DW consider Active Black Country had begun to move into a period of greater risk in respect of having access to increased funds.

It was felt by the Board that having sight of the risks concerned twice annually would be adequate.

• Marketing 19/20;

It was felt that marketing was a key area for focus, with meetings already completed between JB, IC and KB. It was acknowledged that this strategy required a level of refresh with a clear activity timeline is situ.

The draft Active Black Country Marketing Communications Plan March 2019 onwards asked the following questions:

• What’s our situation?

• Who’s our audience?

• What’s our objective?

• What are our goals?

• What’s our strategy?

• What are our tactics?

• What’s our budget?

Board Members were of the opinion that this subject needed further opportunity for discussion, and so time would be given at the next meeting to have a deeper discussion

Action – time to be given to an in-depth discussion of the 2019/2020 Marketing Strategy, to include an activity timeline.

• Financial Report;

It was confirmed that Active Black Country now had a full compliment of

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staff.

IC stated that although it was not yet confirmed the Insight Hub had finances of £150,000. It was hoped this was to be finalised by 1st April 2019 by the Combined Authority.

• Safeguarding Paper;

The Board heard that the Safeguarding Framework meeting had been held with CPSU on 1st March 2019.

The revised Safeguarding Policy was to incorporate the 2018 working together legislation. This was due to be completed and circulated at the next Active Black Country Board meeting.

Action – Revised Safeguarding Policy to be circulated at the next meeting of Active Black Country on Wednesday 22nd May 2019.

It was intended that relationships would eb foster with each of the Local Authorities Children’s Safeguarding Boards to assess how working together legislation was expected to impact the landscape.

A new Deputy Safeguarding Lead was in place as of March 2019, with all relevant training attended in May 2019.

• 19/20 Budgets; Details of the budget for the next twelve months were circulated to Board Members.

Agreed – Board Members agreed that the budget for 2019/2020 should be approved and signed off.

21/19 Board Development

• Board re-appointment and Chair succession;

The Board was asked to consider the re-appointment of the following three individuals;

➢ Amanda Tomlinson for a second term, approved for three years,

until 31/03/22;

➢ Arwyn Jones for a second term, approved for three years,

until 31/03/22;

➢ Richard Callicott for a third and final term, approved for three years, until 31/03/22.

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Agreed – Board Members unanimously approved the re-appointment of the above three members.

The Board was also asked to consider the re-appointment Deborah Williams as Chair of the Active Black Country Board for a further twelve months, until 31/03/20.

Agreed – Board Members unanimously approved the re-appointment of Deborah Williams as Chair of the Active Black Country Board for a period of a further twelve months.

It was noted that succession planning should be undertaken in a timely manner to ensure a suitable replacement was found for the role of Chair.

• Portfolio Holders and Sub group meetings;

A comprehensive overview of the Portfolio structure was shared by IC via a visual aid, and it was explained that the illustration would vary from member to member dependent on the portfolio held.

A brief discussion was centered upon the Investment Sub-group of which the first meeting was still to be arranged.

22/19 Next Meeting and 2019 Board Dates

Date Venue Time

Full Address

Wednesday 22nd May

National Metal forming

Centre

14.00-16.00

NMC, 47 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 6PY Phone: 0121 601 6350

Monday 29th July

Walsall College

10.00-12.00

The Hub, Littleton Street West, Walsall, WS2 8ES Phone: 01922 657090

Tuesday 24th September

Beacon Centre

15.00-17.00

Wolverhampton Road East, Wolverhampton WV4 6AZ Phone: 01902 880111

Wednesday 27th November

Dudley College

11.00-13.00

The Broadway, Dudley DY1 4AS Phone: 01384 363000

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Meeting ended 17.42

Black Country Communications & Marketing Dashboard April 2019

LEP Communications & Activity

• E-newsletter to external stakeholders and Black Country MPs • Enterprise Zone brochure development for MIPIM• Black Country productivity increase PR• Production of Black Country Annual Economic Review• Black Country LEP Annual Conference• Board member recruitment campaign• Broadband demand stimulation activity• Board member representation at Wolverhampton railway

station milestone photoshoot• CEC Business and School’s Engagement event support• WMLIS pre-launch case study support• Support with Cabinet Office campaigns: National

Apprenticeship Week & Cyber Aware• Support with Midlands Engine ongoing Twitter campaign• International Women’s Day promotion• Growth Hub rebrand/relaunch support / promotion• Skills Factory Apprenticeship Survey and Future Skills event

promotion• LEP & CEC Give an Hour campaign promotion• New Darlaston and Willenhall Railway station plans

consultation promotion • WMCA’s Mayor’s Giving Day promotion• Brexit support and guidance for SMEs from Dept of BEIS &

DEFRA• Pitchfest 2019 promotion• Governance updates to website

Active Black Country Communications & Activity• E-newsletter sent to all stakeholders• Launch of Instagram & Black Country Schools Hub• Draft comms plan presented at ABC Board meeting• Primary School Conference held• 2 x Primary School awards presented• Flyer produced for University Faith Centre event• Success of Inclusion & Diversity Forum shared• Black Country School Games events held• CIMSPA Workforce event promoted • Safeguarding course promoted• Promotion for International Women's Day• Chance 2 Shine – Black Country girl celebrated• Sustrans Big Pedal promotion• Black Country blog promoted with Activity Alliance• Promotion of Coach Core• Interviewed on Black Country Radio – Coach Core• Promotion of Football Foundation funding• Launch of Active Partnerships• Promotion of Inclusion event at BCLM & Mayors

Community Weekend• Safeguarding promotions• Social Prescribing Day & One You campaign promotion• Support at LEP Conference• Promotion of Active Lives survey results• Promotion of Team England scholarship

Skills Factory Communications & Activity• E-bulletin sent out for Business & Schools Engagement

Event

Growth Hub Communications & Activity• March Newsletter sent on 20th March 2019• Published various new blogs for International Women’s Day

written by local women in business via the website• Added new Brexit resources to Brexit Support page

(BEIS sector primers and info from latest newsletter)• Added a new page on the website for the University of

Birmingham’s Impact Challenge• Supported various campaigns including new funding

competitions, smart grants from Innovate UK, Making Tax Digital, Green Business Webinars & Back Her Business etc

• Announced Rebrand/Relaunch and changed to new logos across all channels

Newsletter Statistics

Incorporating: Black Country LEP, Active Black Country, Black Country Skills Factory and Black Country Growth Hub

Planned Events• Black Country Skills Factory Future Skills Breakfast (17 April) • Black Country School Games Festival (28th June)

Target

RAGLEP Active Black Country Skills Factory Growth Hub

Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar

Emails Sent n/a 695 695 709 193 0 203 933 465 150 305 324

Emails Delivered n/a 688 694 705 192 0 201 919 462 139 301 319

Opened n/a 332 258 244 77 0 81 190 84 161 132 116

Open Rate 25% 48.30% 37.20% 34.60% 41.7% 0 40.3% 20.7 18.2% 36.7% 43.9% 36.4%

Clicked n/a 111 71 50 18 0 30 21 4 29 55 48

Bounced n/a 7 1 4 1 0 2 14 3 11 4 5

Unsubscribed n/a 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

New Subscribers n/a 3 15 29 2 9 6 3 4 22 12 13

Top 3 Press Articles (based on AVE for March)• Mapping out the future• Thousands of jobs to be created in multi-million makeover of

contaminated wasteland in Walsall• Thousands of jobs to be created in multi-million makeover of

contaminated wasteland in Walsall

AVE (as at end March 2019)

Instagram Analytics

Growth Hub

January February March

Followers 148 161 193

Posts 36 27 27

Engagement

228 278 372

Partners Engaged• Dudley MBC, Sandwell MBC, Walsall MBC,

Wolverhampton CC, WMCA, TfWM, Midlands Engine, Dept of BEIS, DEFRA, Cabinet Office, Black Country Chamber of Commerce, CEC, MMA, Aston Centre for Growth, Sport England, CPSU, Mind, Local Government Association, Activity Alliance, Sport NGBs, all current Growth Hub partners.

Black Country Communications & Marketing Dashboard April 2019

Website Analytics

LEP Active Black Country Skills Factory Consortium Growth Hub

Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar

Total Visits 2825 2982 3748 1,161 1,255 1,939 697 572 1740 1582 1280 1,827 1,819 1,854

Users 2274 2498 3091 959 1,073 1,747 588 510 1387 1247 1024 1,273 1,324 1,131

Page Views 7295 7091 8998 3,140 2,894 4,089 2,778 1,800 5010 4265 3406 7,959 7,649 7,403

Twitter Analytics

LEP Active Black Country Skills Factory Growth Hub

Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar

Tweets 79 126 163 84 72 107 32 1 122 116 122

Tweet

Impressions64,000 90,200 130,000 67,400 43,100 71,600 8,767 1,544 55,100 52,600 56,300

Profile Visits 1,109 1,434 1,758 569 1,097 1,624 173 58 1,220 951 1,071

Mentions 85 114 143 98 128 158 3 8 43 30 37

New Followers 50 41 89 36 31 48 0 7 33 32 47

Twitter FollowersFacebook Analytics

LinkedIn Analytics

YouTube Analytics

Active Black Country Growth Hub

Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar

Posts 38 33 28 108 102 102

Post

Impressions6,341 4,412 25,579 3,316 2,240 2,575

Reach 4,401 3,086 16,808 2,418 1,678 1,798

Engagement 340 139 1,474 72 27 37

New Page

Likes7 7 16 4 4 1

LEP Growth Hub

Jan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar

Posts 5 20 30 108 104 104

Post

Impressionsn/a 212 678 17,999 18,559 17,003

Clicks n/a 5 28 249 282 288

Shares &

Commentsn/a 2 13 115 43 66

New

Followers13 10 29 109 148 125

LEP Active Black CountryJan Feb Mar Jan Feb Mar

Views 14 14 35 119 91 96

Average %

Viewed34% 32% 21% 28.2% 36.6% 28.8%

Incorporating: Black Country LEP, Active Black Country, Black Country Skills Factory and Black Country Growth Hub

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Analysis of the 2019 Black Country LEP Annual Conference Twitter Campaign -

#BCLEPConference19 Lead from @BlackCountryLEP

For more details contact: Jas Jandu on 01384 471163 or [email protected]

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Campaign Overview The Black Country LEP encouraged attendees of the 2019 Annual LEP Conference to tweet using the hashtag #BCLEPConference19 The aim of the campaign was to encourage people to share their views and opinions about the content of the Conference and ultimately to increase Twitter followers. By using a hashtag, we were able to group tweets and monitor feedback from Black Country businesses, people and initiatives. The Black Country LEP kicked off the campaign by posting images from the Conference including: the set-up, speaker line-up and audience arrival to the event. The LEPs tweets ran for the duration of the Conference and included several after the event. The response to the conference on social media was extremely positive.

A selection of tweets issued by the LEP on 21 March 2019 We’re here at the Hawthorns bright and early for the annual #bclepconference19 - looking

forward to a great morning!

You can follow all the action from this mornings conference by following #bclepconference19



https://twitter.com/hashtag/bclepconference19?src=hash




Make sure you take a few minutes to visit our marketplace this morning and have a chat to some

of the team #bclepconference19 @bcgrowthhub @bcskillsfactory @bcbeactive @bceiu

You’ll be able to pick up a copy of the newly released Black Country Annual Economic Review if

you’re joining us at this mornings #bclepconference19

The stage is set, the room is full, and we’re almost ready to start this years #bclepconference19

The Black Country economy is at a record high with total GVA and GVA per head increasing. Our

ambition is to close the productivity gap. #bclepconference19



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The Black Country has been moving up the GVA Growth Rate league tables over the last ten

years. Increasing by 27 places in relation to all leps #bclepconference19

Enterprise stock in the Black Country is at its highest since 2004. Our ambition is to have 55000

businesses trading. There are encouraging signs. #bclepconference19

Workforce jobs are at their highest across the Black Country since 2009. We’ve seen growth in

business services and manufacturing #bclepconference19

Resident wages are up across the Black Country. Following the national trend. Encouraging

direction of travel #bclepconference19









#bclepconference19 In summary, an economy at an 8 year high, more businesses than ever

before, we’ve got more homes than ever before

How is the LEP influencing #government thinking? - the key thing for us is to get our voice heard.

We need to work together to make the most of the opportunities. LEP chairs get 1 to 1s with the

Prime Minister & can put the Black Country’s thoughts over #bclepconference19

The LEP has been given resources to invest in the Black Country. Where has this investment

gone? £560million has been invested. J10 improvements is an example. Creative industries is

being invested in and garden city amongst others #bclepconference19

What is the mood amongst Black Country businessses with regards to #brexit?

#bclepconference19 we don’t yet know what the end game is and companies have taken a view

on what to do. My real worry is that we are worse off than what we have now in terms of goods

movement.

What are the biggest skills challenges facing our region? #bclepconference19 we need to think

about the bigger picture which includes early years. We also need roughly 100000 people to get

higher level qualifications

At last years conference we had a few questions about #health and #socialcare. What role does

the LEP have? #bclepconference19 - we set up a group as part of the lep board. We need to

address perceptions. We’re looking at training & development, best practices and funding.

We’d now like to welcome Kenny Aitchison from Countryside Properies plc to discuss Garden City

and give us some examples in practice #bclepconference19 @CountrysideProp



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Can you give some examples of where @CountrysideProp have implemented garden city

principles? #bclepconference19 - Bilston Urban Village is one of the schemes linking in with

@TheAccordGroup. A scheme at Rowley Regis and one in Walsall have also been accredited

How do you think we can create a lasting legacy from the games for the people of the Black

Country? #bclepconference19 @birminghamcg22 - Legacy doesn’t just happen. We need to look

at what the Black Country can get out of it. The LEP has set up a strategic group to look at this

Ninder Johal - the Black Country LEP was the first in the Country to have a diverse board

#bclepconference19

Annual Black Country LEP Conference celebrates continued economic success. Discover more

about our event earlier today: https://bit.ly/2TMi19I #BCLEPConference19





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Campaign Analysis of #BCLEPConference19

(2017 included the Mayoral debate and is not relevant for comparison)

2019 2018 2017 2016

Total Tweets using #BCLEPConference19 524 500 758 233

Total Users Tweeting (inc businesses & individuals) 78 83 140 46

Total People Potentially Reached (Audience) 135,913 112,874 236,702 58,165

Total Impressions (total number of views of a tweet) 1,693,349 1,732,684 - -

Increase in LEP twitter followers during campaign period: 60 36 56 33

On the day analysis of #BCLEPConference19

Thursday 21st March 2019

Total Tweets using #BCLEPConference19 456

Total Users Tweeting (inc businesses & individuals) 72

Total People Potentially Reached (Audience) 101,700

Total Impressions (total number of views of a tweet)

1,594,632

* Please see the enclosed report for a more detailed Twitter analysis from the day.

Top LEP Tweet of the Conference

Negative Comments via twitter

There was very little negativity shown on twitter during the conference.

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POTENTIALIMPRESSIONS 1.6MFREQUENCY 15.68

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TWEETS/CONTRIBUTOR 6.3AVGFOLLOWERS 1,743

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Retweets 312

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