OVERVIEW

Thames Valley Berkshire LEP has

been selected to deliver the flagship

Enterprise Adviser Network, working

in partnership with The Careers &

Enterprise Company.

Research from the Education &

Employers Taskforce and other

sources shows that young people

who have a greater exposure to

employers whilst at school, achieve

better employment outcomes.

Our first and cornerstone initiative is

a new network of ‘Enterprise

Advisers’ who will work one-to-one

with school and college leaders,

helping them to develop effective

employer engagement plans, drawing

on existing, local business networks.

The Enterprise Adviser Network is a

joint initiative brought to you by The

Careers & Enterprise Company and

Thames Valley Berkshire LEP.

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The cluster of schools, colleges and

Enterprise Advisers are supported

by Allison Giles, a full-time

Enterprise Co-ordinator, who will

work to bring the Network

together.

You will need to devote up to one

day per month for a minimum of a

year. In return, you will have the

opportunity to shape our education

landscape and help develop our

future workforce.

You will be matched with an

Enterprise Adviser based on your

needs. So if you want access to an

industry specialist who can

improve destination measures,

then join the network. There is an

upper limit of 20 schools and

colleges per cluster, so act now.

Thames Valley Berkshire (TVB) is

an economic powerhouse of

enormous importance to the UK.

It is home to over 878,000 people

and 43,000 businesses. Together

these generate economic output –

measured in terms of Gross Value

Added (GVA) – of well over £34bn

(in current prices). TVB is the only

area of the UK with higher

productivity levels than parts of

the US.

Employment rates in TVB are high

and unemployment rates are

low. However, there has been little

change in these rates over the last

18 months, which has seen other

local areas leapfrogging TVB in

terms of labour market

performance.