Economic Development and Regeneration
Quarterly Performance Review
Quarter 3 1st October 2011 – 31st December 2011
Scrutiny Version
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Executive Summary Area Arts & Leisure Albert Avenue Pools A team from Albert Avenue Pools won the Special Inter Office Ping Pong Tournament for businesses in Hull!
Beverley Road Baths The site has instigated a public lifesaving course on a Tuesday evening which is now underway and lasts for 12 weeks.
Have played host to two successful swimming events for young children, in collaboration with the Youth Service and Community Play schemes.
Beverley Road Baths were successful in obtaining a Sportivate bid with Hull University to fund more students to take part in swimming for fitness. 75 students are expected to attend for 10 weeks.
Costello Stadium Hosted a Model Railway show on behalf of the Hull Miniature Railway Society on 12 th & 13 th November. The event attracted exhibitors and spectators from across the North of England.
Saturday 19 th November 2011 saw Costello Stadium host the annual Humberside Hounds Association Show. Approximately 200 hounds were shown on the day.
Costello Stadium now has new crèche opening hours, Monday, Thursday and Friday 9.30 – 11.30am.
East Hull Pools BP Young Leaders Programme Fundraiser event took place on 29 th October with Adam Whitehead, gold medallist swimmer, attending. The event gave the opportunity for families to swim at a reduced rate with a professional swimmer and talk to him about training, diets and commitment etc.
Hosted a private booking from Halliwick to deliver a course in September and October. The course was to teach clients with a physical disability to swim and to make them independent in water . The course was successful and has lead to another two bookings for 2012.
Ennerdale Leisure Centre Hosted the Alan Ward Dance Competition on Sunday 4 th September, where over 200 dancers participated and over 500 spectators attended. The event’s success will hopefully attract two more events in 2012.
Ennerdale hosted a Futsal Open Day on Sunday 25 th September, and a F.A. approved East Coast Futsal (indoor hall football) match on Sunday 20 th November.
Ennerdale hosted the Hull Open Gala on Sunday 2 nd October 2011. The Gala was an all day event with over 200 participants and 400 spectators.
- 2 - The Hull & District swimming Gala took place at Ennerdale on 16 th October 2011 with over 200 swimmers taking part in this competitive event.
On 5 th & 6 th November 2011 Ennerdale hosted the York City Swimming Club Open Gala with over 100 swimmers participating each day.
On Saturday 12 th November 2011, Ennerdale hosted a Kingston upon Hull Swimming Club Gala with over 200 participants attending.
Ennerdale hosted a Hull Wasps Basketball tournament in the main sports hall, on Saturday 26 th November between 5.00pm – 9.00pm with over 200 spectators attending.
Theatre / Halls / Arena Arena Winmau World Darts Masters at the Arena on 1 st to 4 th September proved to be a success with 4 days live world-wide tv coverage through ESPN. Excellent feed-back was received from all the organisations resulting in a proposed return for 2012 at the City Hall or the Arena, subject to agreement on terms and conditions.
Pro Venue Box Office Ticketing System was successfully installed at the Arena during mid October. Specified Arena events will now be sold on this system on a phased in basis with a view to all events at Hull New Theatre and City Hall also being available for ticket purchases at the Arena in the New Year – this will result in an expanded service provision to customers.
Specials Concert took place on 16 th October with over 3,000 attendees.
Hull City Hall As part of the Olympic celebrations, City Hall will be hosting an orchestral event with the Scottish Ensemble and young trumpet player ‘Alison Balsom’ as part of the Music Nation Weekend, the national pre-Olympics Arts.
Hull New Theatre The opening night of Blood Brothers was a resounding success with excellent feed-back being received throughout the run.
Horrible Histories has well exceeded expected target attendances with an additional performance being put on at short notice for the Saturday to meet customer demand.
An all day pantomime launch took place on 19 th October with live tv coverage on both Calendar and Look North, live radio interviews on Radio Humberside and substantial media coverage from newspaper publications.
Woodford Leisure Centre A new junior session of Street Games is being held on the outdoor pitch on Friday evenings. The session is in partnership with the Police, Community Wardens, Sports Development and Woodford Leisure - 3 - Centre, and is funded through Sportivate. Community Wardens and Police representatives to attend sessions.
Hull Schools Trampoline Competition was held on Sunday 4 th December 2011. This was an all day event with approximately 500 competitors and spectators attending throughout the day. City Cultural Arts Development Development The Leader has requested that the Head of Service initiates a Task Group to develop small, medium and long term plans for the regeneration of Whitefriargate and has requested regular updates on progress.
A mapping exercise of the retail units within Whitefriargate has been completed and is now being followed by consultation with the individual business units. Once this is concluded Silver Street and Trinity Market will undergo the same process. Once all the consultation is complete the traders comments will be amalgamated and presented to the Whitefriargate Task Group for consideration.
Following the decision by Cabinet to allocate funding to the replacement statue project discussions have re-commenced with the sculptor with a view to agreeing timescales for the completion of the replacement statue and it’s shipping to Hull. Discussion will also be held to explore in more detail the security options outlined and agree with members, which of these will be implemented.
Arts Development supported and developed the Freedom Chorus which performed several times at the Freedom Festival. Over 180 people took part in the project. Arts Development also managed the local dance programme for the Freedom Festival. 13 local groups of all ages had the opportunity to perform including dancers from Hull College, Wyke College, the Freedom Centre, Hull KR Cheerleaders, and groups specialising in Indian Classical, Bollywood, Russian, Flamenco and Street Dance.
Young people from our Creative Voice youth arts programme had the opportunity to DJ on the Freedom Stage in Queens Gardens during the festival.
A young band from Hull ‘The Dead Hormones’, who have been supported through the Creative Voice programme were chosen to represent the Humber Region on the Youth Music Action Zone ‘Power Tour’. They performed at the Junction-Goole, Hothouse-Morecambe, and the Sage-Newcastle during October half term. The project has been supported with a musician funded through the Music 4U programme. Our Music4U programme also enabled young people from the City to take part in the Music Port event in Bridlington. Hull Rhythm Pixies had the chance to work with professional musicians in a master class setting.
The Reveal Open Studios event, which is supported by Arts Development, began on the 24 th September. 18 local artists, including a group from Hull College, opened their studios for visitors over two weekends, in the Fruit Market and around the city.
‘Glimmer, the International Short Film Festival’ was held from the 6 th to - 4 - the 9 th of October in venues across the City.
City Arts supported the arts element of the international event ‘Black History Month’. There were arts and drama workshops for young people, arts exhibitions and choir and music performances. The activities took place in areas of Hull that had not experienced the event before such as shopping centres and community centres in East Hull.
The Creative Voice programme of arts for young people held workshops in dance and music over October half term preparing for future performances at Unite Youth Dance Platform in February 2012 and Musicport in November 2011. The workshops took place in Kingston Youth Centre, Wyke College and Hull College, with financial support from Music 4U and staffing and venues from Youth Development Service, Hull and Wyke Colleges.
Hull Truck Theatre has launched a new scheme to attract young people. The ‘GIVE IT A GO!’ scheme has been created by Hull Truck to offer young people accessible ticket prices for live theatre. The scheme is aimed at Young People aged 14-26. Members pay £15 up front and commit to coming to see 3 shows within 6 months. The scheme launched at the end of September and is already very popular.
‘Snow and Lights’ a community art project had its debut screening at the Christmas Lights switch-on. 19 local schools and 10 national and internationally based schools took part.
Arts Development arranged for Phoenix Dance to hold 5 workshops with local schools ahead of 2 sell out nights at Hull Truck Theatre on the 15 th and 16 th of November. The company is especially popular with young people, and the work was delivered in partnership with the Hull and East Riding Youth Dance Hub which we are a part of.
Hull Truck Theatre has confirmed the announcement of a new 3-year partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company , aimed at creating a lasting legacy of understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare amongst young people in the city. Hull Truck will join the RSC’s Learning and Performance Network (LPN) in September 2012, for a period of 3 years. The programme involves a close working relationship with a hub secondary school and up to 9 cluster schools in the city.
Events Team This years Freedom Festival took place in various locations across the city centre including Queens Gardens, Queen Victoria square, The Fruit Market, Hull Truck Theatre and Hull City Hall. Attendance at the event will be confirmed shortly by Visit Hull and East Yorkshire in a festival report carried out independently. Initial feedback has been extremely positive from the media, those attending the festival and partners involved in our Event Safety Advisory Group (ESAG).
Hull Fair opened to the public on 7 th October. Due to a number of operational changes, 2011 saw the events team working closely in partnership with the Showman’s guild to organise, site and operate the fair. - 5 - • Over 220 rides stalls and attractions were on the site • Over 300,000 people attended the fair over the 8 days. • This equated to 3,797 people per hour – with the most popular day being the last Friday when over 40,000 visited the fair between the hours of 5pm and 8pm • Nearly 13,000 postcodes were collected to enable further customer analysis – showing that 67.5% of attendees came from the HU1 to HU9 postcode areas • 17.1% reduction on last years crime figures • Travellers education team provided a school for tenants children with an average of 70 children attending classes daily 5 schools visited the fair with 235 children learning about the history and mechanics of the fair.
The Events Team worked with Hull Training to deliver the Apprentice Awards Ceremony on 13 th October for over 400 apprentices.
The Events Team are currently working with the Head of School of Sport at Hull College linking in with ‘Bridging the Gap’ – a scheme which has been put in place to deliver SIA licensed young people into the Security and Public Services Industry via the Further and Higher Education sectors. The project aims to enhance employment opportunities for participants through the introduction of a new industry approved ‘fit for purpose’ Edexel qualification, delivered by a network of specialist approved providers. Currently there are 100 young people studying this award at the KC and the events team will be working with the college to provide practical experience for these students within our events programme. Most of these young people will be working in London next year as part of the Olympics event.
Supported the Civic Office with visit hosted by the Lord Mayor for the Iron Duke:- Friday 4 November • School trips x 3 visited ship • Football match for crew members with East Riding County FA at Inglemire Lane ground Saturday 5 November • Freedom Parade in QVS • 20 complimentary tickets arranged for crew members to go to Hull City v West Ham • Rugby match for crew members with Hull RUFC at Chanterlands Avenue ground • Children’s pirate party on board for 40 children in partnership with Hull Fostering/Adoption Team.
Advance party of crew members painting Hull Sea Cadets HQ as community project.
The Events Team worked with Hull BID, the shopping centres, VHEY, various internal service areas and local media partners to provide a coordinated Christmas Campaign titled ‘Christmas in Hull’ which covered a variety of family orientated Christmas activities over a 4 week period leading up to Christmas in and around the City Centre. - 6 -
The campaign included the Christmas Light Switch On which took place on Thursday 24 th November 2011 with a main stage programme from 5pm until 9pm to coincide with those shops opening late.
The City Hall balcony and a separate stage & screen in Queen Victoria Square showcased a selection of themed live music acts which included traditional entertainment, carol singers, choirs, local musicians etc throughout the programme and incorporated the turning on of the Christmas Lights.
Other activities included children’s workshops (making lanterns, snowman spoons, Christmas Doves and Peg Fairies!), and Street entertainment (stilt walkers, fire eaters).
In addition to this event, other festive activity took place in the city centre (including Trinity Square/Holy Trinity Church) on Thursdays and Saturdays leading up to Christmas. This included: • ‘Busk Idol’ – a partnership with the Hull Daily Mail and VikingFM to find Hull’s talented musicians and performers. The winner was given the opportunity to perform at the Christmas Light Switch On and other Thursdays and Saturday’s leading up to Christmas. • Interact with Dickensian folk – playing traditional games • Trinity at Christmas offered stalls, entertainment and food within the square/church on Saturday 10 th and 17 th December. A number of traditional fairground rides in and around the city centre.
Tourism The Hull Conference Bureau / VHEY were a short listed finalist at the Annual Traveloution Awards, in the ‘Best Desktop Online Application’ category.
Visit Hull & East Yorkshire winner of Best UK Tourist Board at the Group Travel Awards, beating Southern Wales Tourism, Visit Essex & Welcome to Yorkshire.
The Conference Bureau has launched the 2012 interactive guide, targeted at Conference Buyers across the UK.
VHEY ran a 3 day familiarisation visit across Hull & East Yorkshire with over 20 National Group Travel Buyers and Coach operators in attendance. As a result of the visit there have been 5 provisional bookings.
VHEY Attended World Travel Market Exhibition, EXCEL Centre London 7th – 10 th November in partnership with Hull Trains. The show is the largest travel exhibition in the world attracting the world’s travel media and tour operators.
VHEY Conference Bureau attended sales mission to Holland in partnership with ‘Meet England’ to showcase the City & East Yorkshire conference tourism offer 31 st Oct – 3rd Nov. 14 appointments were made with agents.
- 7 - VHEY hosted a group travel familiarisation, 12 th – 14 th October where 24 group operators and coach operators visited attractions and hotels in Hull, Beverley and Bridlington.
Submitted ERDF outline business plan to Department for Communities and Local Government. The proposed ERDF project is a partnership bid working with East Riding, Scarborough, Ryedale and York and is very much aimed at supporting visitor economy businesses in accordance to the ERDF Priority 2 objectives. The combined bid is in the region of £12m and work is commencing on the full business plan to be submitted in February 2012.
The VHEY Conference Bureau booked the International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference 2012 which takes place at Hull University over 23 rd – 26 th June 2012 and has 500 delegates. Developing and implementing the 2012 marketing campaign focusing on day visitors, conference visitors, group & coach operators. City Economy Adizones In addition to the two adizones established last year another five (funded by the Council’s Area Committees and with Government grant aid) have been installed. The five additional sites were chosen to provide a mix between community utility and known key local health issues (i.e. % never exercised, coronary heart disease rates and obesity levels). There are now adizones at the following sites: • Bellfield Park (Ings) • Bude Park (Kingswood) • Issac Newton (Marfleet) • King George V Playing Field (University) • Massey Street (St Andrews) • Pearson Park (Avenues) • Rosmead Street (Southcoates West)
These adizones have been utilised to deliver a summer health programme, targeted at the over 50s as nominated by local GPs and funded by NHS Hull. This is to be run again in summer 2012. In summary this programme created consisted of a six week programme of personalised activities at each of the outdoor gym sites, the recruitment of local Volunteers to maximise use of the outdoor gym and a set of promotional activities (e.g. posters in GP surgeries).
In addition a bid has been submitted to the Sport England “Inspired Facilities” Grant for a 50% capital match contribution for a further four adizones to be installed in the city at West Park, Pickering/Anlaby Park, Waterloo Street and Shaw Park with a decision expected before the year end.
Fruit Market Discussions are continuing over potential long term development options for the Fruit Market, building on the substantial planning work the public sector has already undertaken with a view to bringing proposals to Cabinet in the new year.
BAE - 8 - Following the announcement from BAE regarding 899 redundancies at Brough, the Service, on behalf of the Council, will be working with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Jobcentre Plus to assist those individuals affected in securing alternative employment.
An employee advice/support centre has been established on site in order to assist individuals likely to be affected. The Service will continue to work with Partners, including East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Job Centre Plus, to see what support can be provided to those affected. City Planning Hull City Council, North Lincolnshire Council and the Chamber of Commerce met with the Department of Communities and Local Government and agreed to produce a single Local Development Order for the Enterprise Zone. The LDO would remove the need for outline planning permission for B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Storage and distribution) uses tied to the renewable sector.
The LEP is exploring ways to fund the work to support the LDO (including an Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats Directive Assessment).
The Cabinet is due to consider whether to issue an Article 4 Direction for Houses in Multiple Occupation at cabinet this month. If agreed this would lead to houses which are converting to shared houses of between 3 and 6 people requiring planning permission. The direction is proposed for parts of Wyke and Northern Area Committees and would come into force in 12 months time.
Consultation on the Issues and Options for the Kingswood AAP closed in October. There was significant return of questionnaires and the public events were well attended.
Newington & St Andrews Housing Projects – following detailed pre- application discussions Keepmoat Homes have submitted planning application for hundreds of new homes in West Hull. Their delivery is assisted through funding from the Regional Growth Fund.
Cabinet have endorsed the submission of the Core Strategy to the Secretary of State. The formal submission requires a Full Council decision in December. Once submitted the core strategy will be examined by an Independent Inspector and should be adopted during 2013. The Core Strategy provides the strategic planning framework for the city and will guide investment decisions both in the public and private sector.
The Joint Waste Plan has been considered by Environment & Transport Scrutiny and Planning Committee. Cabinet considered it in December with the consultation proposed for January/February 2012 on the Issues and Options consultation.
A Local Development Order (LDO) is being prepared for Alex and QE Dock which provides outline planning consent for the renewables sector when proposing facilities for industrial and storage purposes. The draft LDO is proposed for consultation in January 2012 and needs to be confirmed and submitted to the Secretary of State ahead of the - 9 - Enterprise Zones coming into force in April 2012. This requires a cabinet decision in December with final submission agreed through a leader’s decision record in February 2012 to meet 1 st April 2012 deadline.
The LDO will reduce planning income by £100k pa but help in securing renewables industries to the city. The LDO is being compiled in close cooperation with North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the Humber LEP and key statutory consultees (e.g.: Natural England, Environment Agency, English Heritage, Highways Agency and the Marine Management Organisation). An Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats Directive are also being prepared to support the LDO.
Hotel Planning Permission 25-5-07 - Quay West, including hotel, expires May 2015
10-1-07, hotel, Preston Road, now expired
20-8-08, Humber Quays II, hotel etc, expires 20-8-13
5-9-08, 124 bed hotel, Anlaby Road, expired.
6-5-09, 80 bed (Travelodge), Pryme Street, now open
9-11-10, Clarence Mills, including hotel, renewed, now expires 3-12-13
7-12-11, Hedon Road, 48 bed hotel, renewed, now expires 7-12-14
8-9-11, High Street, 178 bed hotel, renewal, not yet determined
24-11-11, 132 bed hotel Anne Street, not yet determined City, Region & Green Port Hull European Agreement reached with the Highways Agency on the Transport Economic Assessment. All objections to the Public Right of Way diversion have Programmes now been withdrawn. Now awaiting order confirmation by Secretary of State (Defra).
Enterprise Zone/s Work on both the ‘original’ Humber EZ and the additional (post BAE announcement) EZ stepped up a gear, as Government set a deadline of 11 th November for full (and final) maps of which sites in the Enterprise Zone/s are to receive Business Rate Discount.
The North Bank Humber LEP Sub Board meeting of 20 th October and the Humber LEP Board meeting of 21 st October agreed with requests from Hull City Council for changes to the Humber Enterprise Zone in order to take advantage of the Government’s (late) decision to allow the use of the Business Rate Discount on part of the Enterprise Zone. Together with the sites chosen for EZ ‘2’ (post BAE), this now means that EZ coverage in Hull has increased (thus at 03 November – and subject to final agreements), Hull will have EZ site coverage of 155 hectares within its administrative boundary i.e. an additional 27 hectares– courtesy of EZ’2’ (likely to be known as “Hull Green Port Corridor”)
- 10 - The EZ 2 (post BAE) sites are: • Queen Elizabeth Dock (north) 29.64 ha (Hull) • Brough 35 ha (East Riding) • Paull 81 ha (East Riding) • Staithes Road 2 ha (East Riding) • Wyke Works 2.0 ha (Hull) The EZ 1 (original EZ ) sites are: • Green Port Hull, Alexandra Dock, Hull 79 ha (Hull) • Queen Elizabeth Dock South, Hull 20.33 ha (Hull) • Keystore 0.67 ha (Hull) • Former Hedon Rd Maternity Hospital 4.03 ha (Hull) • Burma Drive 3.98 ha (Hull) • Marfleet Environmental Technology Park 2.69 (Hull) • Elba Street 1.94 (Hull) • Valletta Street 3.24 (Hull) • Rix & Kingston International Business Park 8.13 (Hull)
Arrangements for the launching of the Enterprise Zone (in April 2012) are underway and include the production of a Local Development Order and confirming financial arrangements with HM Treasury regarding the incentives on offer to companies locating in the Zone.
On 3 rd October the Government announced that it was inviting the Humber LEP to develop proposals for an additional Enterprise Zone in response to the recent announcement by BAE Systems regarding job losses at BAE Brough. The additional Humber Enterprise Zone is expected to be up and running by April 2012.
Technology Innovation Centre bid (offshore renewable energy) The University of Hull’s bid to work with the proposed national research centre specialising in offshore renewable energy has progressed to the second stage (i.e. a compulsory workshop being held in Edinburgh in early October). The final stage of the process was the full application stage which concluded on 17 th November.
Transport Funding In a speech to the Local Enterprise Partnerships Network on 15 th September, the Transport Minister, Philip Hammond announced the Government’s intention to launch a consultation (in October) on how the Government can fully devolve decisions and funding for local capital transport improvements. The Secretary of State said that he expected “Local Transport Consortia, each made up of a number of Local Enterprise Partnerships and their constituent local authorities” to be required.
The Government’s consultation document on devolution of Transport Funding has been delayed following the appointment of a new Secretary of State for Transport. The consultation document is now expected before the end of 2011.
Renewables UK Staff from EDR attended the 3 day Renewables UK AGM and Exhibition - 11 - in Manchester promoting Green Port Hull. Our stand was very well received and we have obtained some useful contacts with parts of the offshore industry which we are following up.
Carbon Reduction Plan We have agreed the Council Carbon Reduction Plan and the detailed action plan is being developed over the coming months with the Corporate Strategy Team.
A63 Castle Street Meeting was arranged with 3 local MPs and Roads Minister (Mike Penning) on the 23 rd November to lobby for an early scheme start and also discussed the poor state of landscaping along the Trunk Road in the City.
Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Richard Brough, OBE has been appointed as the new (permanent) Chair of the North Bank Partnership (North Bank Sub Board of the Humber LEP).
Lord Christopher Haskins has been appointed the new (permanent) Chair of the Humber LEP and the new private sector members Board of the Humber LEP have been announced.
The LEP was successful in winning £177,000 from the Government’s one-off LEP start-up fund. The bid to this fund was made possible after 16 local businesses and the four Humber local authorities, and the University of Hull pledged £2,500 each to get the LEP up and running. The LEP has subsequently appointed Richard Kendall as the Humber LEP Manager; a marketing & PR person and an administrative officer are now in post.
Details of the Growing Places Fund were released by Government on 7 th November. The Fund is designed to unblock any stalled infrastructure projects which are otherwise “ready to go” and the same time the Fund is meant to be the ‘seed corn’ for a revolving Fund to fund future economic development and regeneration activities. The Humber has an indicative allocation of £5.8m.
Regional Growth Fund Hull, in partnership with East Riding Council, has successfully bid into Round 2 of the Government’s RGF winning £25.7m of RGF that will be matched with £27m ERDF to deliver the Greenport Growth programme (total value with private sector investment/leverage £355m) that will capitalise on offshore wind renewables investments in Hull by building a local supply chain, creating around 3500 jobs. Other partners include the University of Hull, Hull College and Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce The programme has six strands: 1. Skills Development - Apprenticeships, upskilling & Specialist Skills Training to create a capable workforce to meet the challenges of the new industry. This will help avoid the potential vacuum that could be created in the local business base as Siemens employ the current skilled workforce. - 12 - 2. Business Support & Advice – Helping and encouraging local businesses to ‘step up to the plate’ or to diversify and enter the offshore wind renewable energy supply chain 3. Site Assembly - Employment sites adjacent to Greenport and sites with excellent access for Tier 1 & 2 supply chain companies to move to – assembled with funding from ERDF. 4. Inward Investment - Proactive targeted overseas visits and trade missions to promote the area and to encourage local businesses into the export market. 5. Business Investment Grants - To lower the relocation and expansion costs for Tier 1 & 2 supply chain companies. 6. Industrial Doctorate Training Centre - R&D for key industries working in the offshore wind renewable energy sector and wider renewables sector.
The due diligence process is expected to begin early in the New Year, although a ‘case officer’ has yet to be allocated by BIS. Work is continuing on drawing up a Programme Management Board and the Delivery Partnership for the East Riding/Hull joint RGF Programme – the Green Port Growth Programme.
The Programme Management Board is likely to comprise partners in the Green Port Growth initiative (i.e. both Councils, ABP and the University of Hull).
A Delivery Partnership is also to be established and will comprise both Councils, Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, the University of Hull and Hull College. This group will provide information for the Programme Management Board.
Each of the six-strands of the Green Port Growth Programme has a local authority lead. Each lead will work with relevant partners in delivering the Programme:
• Skills (Hull CC): working with Hull College and other training providers • Inward Investment (Hull CC) (based in the handling of the current Siemens enquiry) and working with the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce on the international element (e.g. trade missions and ambassadorial meetings); • Business Investment Grants (Hull CC), a private sector delivery partner will be commissioned • Research & Development (Hull CC), working with the University of Hull • Business Support (ERYC), some elements of this strand will be commissioned (ERYC has business advisors in all of their business centres) • Sites and premises (ERYC), the largest challenge in terms of site development is the Paull site, although Hull has a series of sites that have all been outlined within the Programme as leverage and are all in the ERDF process.
A Communications Strategy is being produced for the Green Port Growth Programme, this will emphasise two areas:
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Humber Bridge The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement (29 th November 2011) announced the outcome of the Humber Bridge Review. In return for writing down £150m of the Bridge debt, allowing for the tolls to be reduced, the Government has asked Humber Unitary Leaders and the Bridge Board to agree to “radical reform of the Bridge Board to bring in new expertise and give it a sharper commercial focus so that costs are controlled and opportunities to bring in new revenue are seized ”and for the Humber local authorities to take on full responsibility for the remaining level of debt and sharing it out much more broadly and realistically between them”. Humber Unitary Leaders expect to make a full and considered response to the Government’s offer by the end of February 2012. Heritage Visitor figures for Q3 (2011-2012)
Heritage Venue Visitor Figures Arctic Corsair 936 Ferens Art Gallery 21186 Guildhall Collections 1391 Hands on History 4508 Hull & East Riding Museum 7311 Hull Maritime Museum 9173 Streetlife 12690 Wilberforce House 4834 History Centre 5897
Work to dry out the iconic Hasholme logboat has progressed well over the summer months with the process almost complete and the boat almost fully dried and stable.
A large specialist cleaning job has been completed with five of the service’s superb Roman Mosaics being hand cleaned by curatorial staff. This has made a great difference to the quality of public visits to the Roman Galleries.
Hull Maritime Museum Evaluation of the recent FS Smith exhibition of drawings of Victorian Hull based on 311 surveys completed by visitors. Good feedback received from surveys, with 97% rating the exhibition as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’. Evaluation showed visitors engaged with the exhibition in a variety of ways, including enjoying learning about the history of Hull and how it had changed, and reminiscing about their own experiences of Hull.
The For Our Freedom and Yours Exhibition which is the story of the 1 st Polish Armoured division received good coverage in the local media (Hull Daily Mail, Yorkshire Post, BBC Radio Humberside). Cllr Korczak Fields translated text for the FOFAY leaflet into Polish.
A public talk in the live art space delivered by the FOFAY exhibition researcher on Remembrance Sunday was attended by 31 people - 14 - including students and staff from the St Mary’s College Polish Saturday School. We are developing the relationship with the school, which we used to translate for the recent visit by the Warsaw Philharmonic.
We have trained a volunteer pool of 21 to invigilate the FOFAY exhibition, mostly from the Heritage Volunteers database, others recruited specifically for this exhibition via Hull CVS. They include people with family links to Poland.
A recent episode of the Inside Out TV programme was about Max Schultz, English spy who made a ship model whilst in prison. The model is on display in our collection and was featured in the programme.
Hull & East Riding Museum Precious Cargo exhibition intended to act as inspiration for students in a variety of disciplines, was set up in the Open Space at Streetlife. Archaeological objects on display included a Neolithic polished stone axe, an early Bronze Age flat axehead, a Bronze Age decorated beaker, an Anglo-Saxon cremation urn from Sancton, a Roman oil-lamp and a medieval floor tile from Holy Trinity Church, Hull.
October Half Term activity – ‘Crazy Cave Art’. 73 visitors had fun creating their own Ice Age cave art.
Streetlife Museum Big Bus Day on 3 rd September at Streetlife museum attracted over 3,000 visitors over the course of the day. Delivered in partnership with EYMS the only additional costs to the council was the cost of a face painter for the day.
The East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club rally on Saturday 10 th September attracted over 500 visitors to Streetlife Museum.
On 12 th November, the Remembrance Event attracted 1,295 visitors. The involvement of the Royal British Legion as our charity partner was very successful and we helped them to raise £675 on the day. They also ran the tea room in Wilberforce Education room, which was well attended. They are keen to be involved again.
The Victorian Christmas Event will take place in the Museums Quarter on Saturday 3 rd December.
Ferens Art Gallery The David Hockney exhibition closed on the 18 th September and attracted just under 70,000 visitors to the Ferens Art Gallery. The exhibition has been the busiest show ever at the art gallery.
The Woodman Artists’ Rooms exhibition attracted over 17,000 visitors.
The Ferens has secured two very high profile exhibitions for 2012 – Artists Rooms Andy Warhol and ten Leonardo da Vinci paintings from the Royal Collection as part of the Diamond Jubilee.
Francesca Woodman exhibition : 11 th June to 23 rd October, total visitors - 15 - estimated at around 20,000.
5th November: Photography exhibition, City born artist Colin Gray’s photography tour In sickness and in health launched.
Wilberforce House October half term activity, ‘Master Longtail’s Cartoon Tale!’’ was attended by 84 visitors and good visitor feedback given.
History Centre The National Archives (TNA) has granted the History Centre ‘Approved Status’. This was one of the main goals of the History Centre project, and has now been achieved.
Dr Nicholas Kingsley, Head of Archives Sector Development at TNA writes:
“Having considered the report I am very pleased to formally appoint Hull History Centre as a place of deposit and award TNA approval to the service as a whole. It is a great pleasure to be able to add Hull History Centre to the list of approved repositories and recognise the highly successful realisation of the partnership’s objectives. The Centre is an important addition to the civic landscape of Hull and represents a significant development in the provision of high standard services for archives in the region.”
This is the fulfilment of an ambition which many elected members and officers of the Council and University, as well as citizens of Hull and the wider local and family community have shared for well over a decade. The City has a great resource and a great facility and it is very satisfying to gain this official recognition from the archive sector’s governing body.
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Measure Owner Q1 Q1 Q2 Target Q2 Q3 Target Q3 Actual 2010/11 2011/12 On Comments Corporate Target Actual Actual Actual Target Target Indicator
ARTS & LEISURE - ALISON WALKER
Leisure - Mike Derwin / Colin Clark / Janice Wincott
Increased participation leads to healthy outcomes. Q3 actual total MD / is 835,554 visits, and To increase overall visits to CC / 288,484 293,579 560,661 584,018 776,211 835,554 1,079,409 1,079,409 Yes indicates that by Q4 the Hull Leisure facilities JW 2011/12 target will be met, resulting in participation rates holding the same as the previous year
The average cost to date per visit is £1.28.This indicator is calculated per site so that the service can compare and understand MD / the costs of each site in Cost per visit - Hull Leisure CC / £2.01 £2.19 £1.27 £1.58 £1.41 £1.28 £1.55 £1.08 Yes relation to usage. The Facilities JW centralisation of budgets does not provide a true cost per visit. The Q3 result is better that last years results but below this years target.
Satisfaction surveys inform the service of areas Overall customer MD / for improvement. Q3 Satisfaction with - Hull CC / 95% 89% 95% 95% 95% 97% 92% 95% Yes rating is 97% which is Leisure Facilities JW better than last years rating and this years target.
- 17 - At the beginning of the year the service re- positioned its commercial offer. Membership prices where reduced to retain our customer base after a MD / number of our competitors Income per visit CC / £3.29 £2.75 £3.35 £3.07 £3.16 £3.02 £3.24 £3.24 No reduced their fees. Footfall JW & memberships have now started to recover and decline in usage is halted. Q3 results show average income to date at £3.02 which is below target.
Theatre & Halls - Janice Wincott
Attendances have seen a decline and a reduction in To increase overall visits to JW 72500 48,327 145,000 91,320 217,500 170,005 270,939 290,000 No the hire of venues which is CH&HNT in line with the national financial climate
At Q3 the average cost per visit is £1.22 which is a significant improvement on last years cost of Cost per visit CH&HNT JW £3.00 £2.97 £3.00 £2.97 £3.00 £1.22 £2.87 £3.00 Yes £2.87. This is due to reducing overheads in the service even though some visits have seen a decline.
Satisfaction surveys Not Not inform the service of areas Overall customer JW 90% available 90% available 90% 88% 95% 90% for improvement. Q3 Satisfaction with CH&HNT Q1 Q2 rating is 88% which is slightly under target.
CITYECONOMY - MALCOLM RELPH
Business Programmes - Paul Burnley
Count of births of new 2010 figures released Dec PB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 620.00 680 700 No enterprises 2011. Below target
- 18 - Survival of newly born 2010 figures released Dec PB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 95.4% New 94.3% yes enterprises (after 1 year) 2011 (annual release)
Survival of newly born 2010 figures released Dec PB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 37.9% New 45.8% No enterprises (after 5 years) 2011 (released annually)
The team has supported a Jobs created through number of businesses with enterprise / inward investment projects that PB 63 59 126 122 189 298 377 250 Yes investment support per has lead to pleasing job annum creation. Consequently, currently ahead of target.
On target and expected to Jobs Safeguarded PB 38 68 76 85 114 110 187 150 Yes achieve whole year target
The number of businesses Number of businesses and supported continues at a SMEs receiving Information high level. The demise of PB 100 129 200 154 300 511 930 400 Yes / Immediate Help / Bespoke Business Link has Solutions resulted in an increase in enquiries.
Reflection of economy. Currently rationalising Managed Workspace – provision which should PB 80-85% 69% 80-85% 67% 80-85% 66.00% 81% 80-85% No Occupancy Rate result in increased efficiency/occupation levels. Economic Inclusion - Bob Ferraby
GROW – Employment On target and expected to Sustainability - jobs BF 202 233 402 425 602 564 1,033 802 Yes achieve whole year target safeguarded GROW - Redundancy On target and expected to response people assisted to BF 71 52 142 145 213 245 119 284 Yes achieve whole year target get a job
CITY, REGION & EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES - PATSY KAYS
Environment & Climate Change - Martin Budd
(NI185) Reduction in Reported annually in Council Carbon Emissions MB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 56,153 55,000 n/a August - 10/11 reported (tonnes CO2e)
Total Council Emissions Reported annually in MB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 57,491 55,767 n/a (tonnes CO2e) August - 10/11 reported
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Tourism - Anthony Yates
Target is likely to be achieved due to the VHEY Partnership investment in website Search Engine Optimisation, VHEY Increase estimated users to AY 300,000 205,263 600,000 501,215 800,000 937,883 1,142,684 1,000,000 Yes marketing and social VHEY consumer website media campaigns and general increase in internet usage. Website KPIs are generated through New Vision's web- system monitor program.
*based on national business tourism economic impact formula supplied by VisitBritain, Increase visitor spend into using figures of business the local visitor economy via £ £ £ £ £ £ tourism placed via VHEY AY New £3,000,000 No bookings taken through the 750,000 167,220 1,500,000 713,376 2,250,000 863,351 Conference Bureau. Due VHEY Conference Bureau to the current economic climate business tourism has decreased across the UK over the last 12months.
HERITAGE - SIMON GREEN
Ahead of projected performance due to (NI10) To increase the increased marketing and number of in person visits to SG 85,000 102,781 205,000 275,857 305,000 367,590 438,784 390,000 Yes significant impact of museums Hockney exhibition
Ongoing steady performance with a newly To increase the number of expanded audience base, users of the History Centre SG 7,500 8,243 15,000 17,616 22,500 24,413 38,427 30,000 Yes work planned for new (contributes to NI9) financial year around new audiences
(NI110) To increase the no. On target for this year but of children (0-16) who are SG 550 537 1,500 1,577 2,000 2,157 4,483 2,500 Yes the project is unfunded for involved in heritage (Time 2012-13 troopers) club
- 20 - (NI75) To increase the On target for this year but participation of school SG 8,000 6,895 14,000 14,412 23,000 23,977 35,765 30,000 Yes the project is currently children visiting museums unfunded for 2012-13 and galleries
Cost per visit - Museums SG £5.50 £14.06 £5.50 £6.57 £5.50 £4.52 New £5.50 Yes Ahead of target
PLANNING - ALEX CODD
Archaeology - Dave Evans
% of new or modified records added to the SMR DE 3% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 16% 3% n/a Annual return. per year
We have already exceeded our target by about 350%. This is largely due to the amount of Outreach work which the team has performed this year - in local schools, evening talks to community organisations and societies, and Number of SMR users and participating in major DE 88 123 176 463 264 177 1,268 352 Yes visitors to our annual events events such as Hull Heritage Open Days, and a day-school to celebrate the centenary of the death of the great East Riding archaeologist and antiquary, John Robert Mortimer. These were highly prestigious events, which were very well attended.
Building Control - Phil Parker
On target and expected to Validate applications within achieve whole year target. PP 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Yes 3 working days of deposit Figures published on website
Assess all applications for On target and expected to compliance with the achieve whole year target. PP 75% 94% 75% 90% 75% 94% 100% 75% Yes Buildings Regulations within Figures published on 15 days of deposit website
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Implement and Monitor New Targets for Site Visits; GV 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Yes Target met. Category A: within 1 Working Day
Implement and Monitor New Below target mainly due to Targets for Site Visits: GV 100% 90% 100% 96% 100% 84% 94% 100% No extended sickness Category B: within 5 absence of one officer. Working Days
Implement and Monitor New Marginally below target - Targets for Site Visits: GV 100% 96% 100% 94% 100% 97% 94% 100% No improved from previous Category C: within 10 quarter. Working Days
Planning Development Control - Dave Harris
Below target (mainly due to complexity of (NI157a) Processing 60% in 13 applications and DH 60% 59% 60% 40% 60% 52% 53% No Planning Applications Major wks applications for dwellings requiring legal agreements). Below target (mainly due (NI157b) Processing 65% in 8 to applications for DH 65% 59% 65% 68% 65% 56% 66% No Planning Applications Minor wks dwellings requiring legal agreements).
(NI157c) Processing 80% in 8 DH 80% 80% 80% 78% 80% 81% 78% Yes Above target Planning Applications Other wks
Number of decisions Slightly below target, delegated to officers as a % DH 90% 93% 90% 89% 90% 88% 89% 90% Yes difference not significant of all decisions (BVPI 188) but needs monitoring Urban Design & Conservation - Stev e Wragg
No. of Planning application consultations responded to DH 90% 100% 90% 100% 90% 100% 100% 90% Yes All on Target within 21 working days
No. of adopted Conservation Area Character Appraisals completed (i.e. the character DH 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Yes All on Target & distinctiveness of settings will be protected & enhanced)
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