What is SELEP?

South East LEP is one of 38 partnerships nationally, It helps to decide the priorities SELEP brings together established to provide the clear for investment in activities like businesses, councils, universities vision and strategic leadership to skills, business support, transport and other industry players in a drive sustainable private sector- links, business facilities, housing genuine ‘coalition for growth’ led growth and job creation in and many more their area

SELEP works with its partners to SELEP strives to put collaboration pursue and attract major and engagement at the heart of investment in to the SELEP area its activity to deliver significant economic growth A Partnership for Growth

OUR VISION

A more productive and prosperous economy in which everyone has the opportunity to succeed

OUR ETHOS

We lead a partnership for growth across the South East and we will work:

- SMARTER to improve productivity - FASTER to accelerate housing and infrastructure delivery - TOGETHER, collaborating across the South East with Government and with business to ensure SELEP achieves more than individual members can by working in insolation We represent the largest LEP area in The SELEP area outside We cover an area encompassing the in terms of local authority areas of: population and economic output Southend

Medway Thurrock

Kent

East Sussex SELEP Our structure

Accountability Strategic Board Board

Investment Panel

Federated Boards

Kent and Opportunity South Team East Sussex Success Essex Economic Essex (OSE) (TES) Partnership (KMEP) Our working groups

COASTAL ENTERPRISE CLEAN GROWTH HOUSING RURAL SECEN COMMUNITIES ZONES

SKILLS ADVISORY SOCIAL SKILLS TOURISM U9 PANEL ENTERPRISE SELEP in numbers

4.2 million people 165,000 £600m VAT- Growth registered businesses Deal 8 ports

£90bn+ 9 GVA university campuses SELEP in numbers SELEP in numbers SELEP in detail

• Diverse environment, urban, • A growing, dynamic • Growing population, faster rural and coastal, no single network of growth corridors. than the UK average in centre dominates. proximity to London and both, existing communities international connectivity as well as emerging garden • Wide range of settlements, make it a gateway to settlements. 8 universities, 9 ports, enterprise, innovation and • We have both the capacity seaside towns and trade for UK and Europe. and appetite for growth as industrial centres, in well as strong business addition to an extensive • Vital, national infrastructure leadership. network of market towns assets, international ports, and rural communities. international rail link and two international airports. • We value our natural • 166,000 businesses and a environment, National significant share of the Parks and areas of country’s energy generating outstanding natural beauty. capacity. Key messages

ECONOMY POPULATION HOUSING CONNECTIVITY SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT 4.2 million and The South East is a increasing 9 Universities A new generation 137,000 students UK economic 20 years to 2017, asset. increased by 16.6% of garden The South East is 16 further education communities, Annual economic the international colleges. Expected to responding to gateway to the UK output £87 billion, increase by the 2011 - 2016 the population growth – it has eight ports, - 5% of the total same amount again number of jobs and changing the UK’s only UK by 2036. grew by 162,000 housing demand international rail (9%) Economy grew by Impact on through link and two of 32% working age £6.8 billion (9%) infrastructure and sustainable new London’s airports population (2.5 m) between 2014 and housing - demand developments. are qualified to level 2016. is exceeding 4 or higher. delivery. Creating ideas and Key priorities enterprise In order to deliver our vision, we have determined five Developing priorities to guide our actions tomorrow’s workforce over the next five years

Creating places

Accelerating infrastructure

Working together Key sectors

A high value, knowledge-based economy, the region’s key sectors are:

Construction Education Health and Care

Low Carbon and Life Sciences Manufacturing Environmental

Creative and Transport and Food Production Digital Logistics Skills

▪ SELEP Skills Strategy 2018-2023 ▪ Skills Advisory Panel ▪ Digital Skills Partnership ▪ European Social Fund ▪ Tutor bursary programme ▪ £2m COVID Skills Support Fund Strategy

▪ Build, Back, Better 2020

▪ Recovery and Renewal Statement ▪ Local Industrial Strategy ▪ Skills Strategy 2018-2023 ▪ Energy South2East ▪ SmarterFasterTogether Business Support

▪ South East Business Hub ▪ Local Growth Hubs: ▪ Business East Sussex ▪ BEST Growth Hub ▪ Kent & Medway Growth Hub ▪ £2m Business Support Fund ▪ Growth Hub Cluster with London and Funding

Local Growth Fund Capital grant for investment in infrastructure projects; includes the Skills Capital Fund. This funding aims to support the delivery of jobs, homes, new learners and other economic growth objectives

Growing Places Fund Capital loan, awarded at a low or zero percent interest rate. Similar to the LGF, this funding aims to tackle barriers to economic growth

Sector Support Fund Revenue grant aimed at supporting the work of the SELEP sector working groups

Getting Building Fund £900m national pot for shovel-ready capital projects which can be delivered within 18 months to combat economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic Our Investments

20 Growing 110 LGF projects Places Fund projects £409.2m LGF spent

34 Getting Building Fund 33 LGF projects projects delivered

11 Sector Support 15,596 jobs created Fund revenue projects 20,630 new homes Local Growth Fund Growing Places Fund Sector Support Fund

KENT MEDICAL CAMPUS ENTERPRISE ZONE SSF AWARD: £156,000 Getting Building Fund

34 projects | £85 million To help bolster the economy and support sectors most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic

National £900 million Getting Building Fund. SELEP received £85 million share of the fund

34 projects to benefit. These projects will deliver 9,167 new jobs and safeguard a further 3,341.

There will be 7,234 new homes unlocked, over 50,000sq m in new commercial space unlocked and 8,663 new learners assisted through new skills facilities and programmes. Investment in Medway

Funding Stream Number of projects Value of investment Local Growth Fund 9 £32.44m Getting Building Fund 1 £1.99m Growing Places Fund 4 £8.61m Sector Support Fund 1 £0.14m 15 £43.18m Local Growth Fund investment

Project Funding allocation A289 Four Elms roundabout to Medway Tunnel journey time and £1,821,046 network improvements Strood town centre journey time and accessibility enhancements £8,600,000 Chatham town centre placemaking and public realm package £4,200,000 Medway Cycling Action Plan £2,500,000 Medway City Estate connectivity improvement measures £2,200,000 Rochester Airport – Innovation Park Medway enabling works £4,400,000 Innovation Park Medway – northern site £3,700,000 Strood Civic Centre – flood mitigation £3,500,000 Innovation Park Medway – northern site extension £1,518,500 Total £32,439,546 Innovation Park Medway Growing Places Fund Investment

Project Funding allocation Rochester Riverside £4,410,000 Chatham Waterfront £2,999,042 Fitted Rigging House, Chatham Historic Dockyard £550,000 Innovation Park Medway – southern site enabling £650,000 works Total £8,609,042 Rochester Riverside Chatham Waterfront Other SELEP investment in Medway

Getting Building Fund

➢ £1.99m investment in the Britton Farm Redevelopment: Learning, Skills and Employment Hub project

Sector Support Fund

➢ £141,000 investment provided to support the preparation of the Masterplan and Local Development Order for Innovation Park Medway The KMEP approach 31 Looking to the future

“We face a challenging economic context. But as well as mitigating the impacts of the current crisis, renewal and resilience means building an economy that is stronger in the long term, and which is better able to manage economic shocks in the future”

Better Greener Productive Opportunities; Futures and Open Fairer Chances 32 The next 18 months 33 Action now: for businesses….

 Extending the Growth Hub COVID-19 Helpline  Kent and Medway Business Fund - £6 million loan support for firms with the appetite and capacity for growth – up to 6 years interest free  New campaign to encourage visitors to enjoy Kent’s hospitality

 Apply for loan support: www.kent.gov.uk/business/business-loans- and-funding  Access business support: www.askphil.biz 34 Action now: for jobs….

Careers and employment advice

Government action to  New Employment Task support jobs Support for Force – focusing on the crisis, as emergency green jobs schemes wind working with Government, down creating solutions to work for Kent and Medway

Apprenticeships Kickstart and and new Traineeships employment schemes Action now: for longer term investment Areas of focus

COVID 19 Major Projects EU Transition response Group

Diversity and Catalyst South Inclusion Work plan 21/22: highlights

➢ Getting Building Fund project ➢ Website improvements delivery ➢ Improved MP engagement & ➢ Economic response capabilities influencing ➢ Strategy development & action ➢ Wholesale project evaluation plan ➢ Board diversity ➢ CV19 Funds & lobbying for more ➢ Growth Hub delivery Our Recovery and Renewal Strategy

the importance of creating a the scale of opportunity to coastal catalyst to harness the The South East’s critical role as deliver communities for opportunities within our a global gateway and as a the future that will create coastal communities and to leading location for inward the best places to live and promote greater inclusion and investment, connecting the UK work, driving better design change. The estuary has some with international markets and and innovation and of the most challenged coastal with important links into and supporting our shift to communities in the country around London becoming a net zero carbon and our aim is to improve the economy economic fabric of our coastal and rural areas