Metro schools and business engagement metro-level engagement and coordination alongside Aspiring City & Work Ready City Programmes
Scope: Regional
Visitor and Cultural Economy Partnership
Visitor and Cultural Economy Partnership to promote and coordinate City Centre heritage and cultural attractions across metro area
Local Enterprise Partnership
Local Enterprise Partnership ongoing engagement with provider of support and funding for economic growth projects
Regional Economic Coalition
Regional Economic Coalition City leader engagement in development of regional economic vision and national and international lobbying and marketing
Metro Promotion of Visitor & Cultural Offer
Metro Promotion of Visitor & Cultural Offer and coordination of activities in a network of complementary attractions across the metro area
Metro Procurement Portal
Metro Procurement Portal enabling supply chain links between SMEs and OEMs across the metro area
Metro Business Innovation Network
Metro Business Innovation Network metro–wide support network between 3 universities, City Councils and SMEs
Regional & National City Champions
Regional & National City Champions network of leading city professionals, businesspeople & academics specifically coordinated to advocate and promote the City’s economic vision through their networks & fields of work
Metro & Regional Connectivity
Metro & Regional Connectivity joint promotion of investment in improved transport corridors and new technologies
Regional Finance For Growth
Regional Finance For Growth Metro and Regional level access to finance strategy and funds
Metro Supply Chain programme
Metro Supply Chain programme facilitated by sector focused programmes for high-value manufacturing and digital
Metro Workforce Plan
Metro Workforce Plan promotion of direct contribution of the Future Proofing programme to the metro economy and engagement with Metro Talent initiative
Employment Sites
Employment Sites development-ready, large-scale sites located near existing economic centres and strategic transport connections
Productive & Innovative People
Productive & Innovative People with the right skills – both those native to the City and those attracted by: the university; Future Business Leaders programme; the Regional City Centre; & urban living offer etc
Metro University Partnership
Metro University Partnership business-friendly, collaborative research and business engagement supporting the productive and innovative economies
Place Marketing
Place Marketing evolution and maintenance of a City brand to concisely outline the City’s economic vison and management of place marketing activities at a regional, national and international level
Regional University Network
Regional University Network active engagement of range of HE institutions undertaking applied research to support productive & innovative economies
Regional Graduate Plan
Regional Graduate Plan through joint research on graduate destinations from region’s universities & the living/working locations of retained and incoming graduates – working towards a Regional Graduate Plan
Digital Infrastructure
Digital Infrastructure superfast broadband – direct fibre optic connections – public WiFi – digital conferencing – smart city connections – real time data sharing
Business Accommodation
Business Accommodation ladder of accommodation to meet the needs of growing businesses in different sectors and at different life stages – arranged where possible to support knowledge transfer, supply chain relationships and agglomeration of specialist activities
City R&D facilities
City R&D facilities network of R&D & commercialisation facilities for innovative products & services
Regional City Centre
Regional City Centre containing national brands & recognised on a regional scale as a place of choice for retail, leisure and living – particularly focused in urban entrepreneurs and the productive and innovative workers of the future. Somewhere also recognised a s a competitive and complementary parts of a regional network of central business districts