Appendix B – Existing joint working arrangements

As well as having the Mayor, business and borough representation on the Board, the London Enterprise Partnership will engage with existing local and sub regional partnerships as appropriate. Existing relationships are outlined in more detail below.

The Mayor working with business

The Mayor has a strong track record of working with businesses. The Mayor has a number of formal and informal mechanisms for business engagement. Formal mechanisms include:

. Quarterly meetings with the London Business Advisory Council . Annual meetings with the International Business Advisory Council . Twice-yearly meetings with Business Improvement Districts . Ongoing one to one meetings with business leaders and one-off events . Annual Business Question Time event held to engage directly with SMEs (this year attended by 600 business representatives)

The Mayor also has a private sector team dedicated to building and maintaining relationships with business. Through this team the Mayor has established particular initiatives with a business interface such as the Mayor’s Fund and working with businesses to promote the London Living Wage and apprenticeships.

London Boroughs working with business

London Boroughs have numerous interfaces with businesses. The White Paper sets out the important role that local authorities play in supporting local growth including leadership and coordination, supply of land, an asset base, local infrastructure investment, regeneration and service delivery.

Boroughs and sub-regional partnerships work with businesses through their Business Boards, Partnerships and inward investment agencies. London Boroughs also work with business in areas such as: . Business continuity planning . Supply chain support for SMEs . Town Centre Initiatives . Taking an “ambassadorial” role . Building trust with local business leaders . Creating local job opportunities through inward investment . Initiating collaboration between business and higher and further education

Through the established Local Strategic Partnerships Boroughs are able to engage with other members of the public, private, community and voluntary sectors.

London boroughs and the GLA Group are also major employers in their own right with economic development opportunities presented by responsible procurement, training interventions and support for London’s Living Wage.

Sub-regional partnerships

There are five sub-regions in London as set out in the London Plan with existing strong sub regional arrangements working with Boroughs, businesses and the Higher Education Sector - North London Strategic Alliance, South London Partnership, Thames Gateway London Partnership, West London Alliance and Central London Forward. Membership of these Partnerships are as follows:

North London Strategic Alliance London Boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Redbridge, Waltham Forest. Waltham Forest College, Barnet College, College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, Middlesex University, Job Centre Plus, North London Business, North London Chamber of Commerce.

South London Partnership London Boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth and the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. The Partnership also works with South London Business, South London Export Club, Chambers of Commerce in Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Thames Gateway London Boroughs: Local Authorities: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, City of London, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Gateway to London, 7 HEIs (Goldsmiths, University of London, University of Greenwich, London Metropolitan University, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London South Bank University, Trinity Laban conservatoire of music and dance and University of East London). The Partnership also works with Gateway to London.

West London Partnership West London Alliance (London Boroughs: Ealing, Brent, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Harrow and Hammersmith & Fulham), West London Business and West London Network.

Central London City of London Corporation, City of Westminster, LB Camden, LB Islington, LB Lambeth, LB Southwark, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and London Business Board.

Host Borough Partnership Additionally, the five host boroughs for the Olympics are working together to make sure that communities benefit form the opportunities and investment which the Olympics will bring. The five Boroughs are Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Barking & Dagenham and Waltham Forest. In November 2009 the host boroughs published a Strategic Regeneration Framework.