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Economic Development and Regeneration

Quarterly Performance Review

Quarter 2 1st July 2011 – 30th September 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 !

Special thanks to Mitch Upfold, Shaun Marples and his Ping Team who kindly donated 2 Ping Pong tables to Albert Avenue Pools.

The National Pool Lifeguard Qualification training course at Albert Avenue pools started in August, targeted at unemployed adults. The free course provides 30 hours of training and a leisure industry recognised qualification in life guarding which would be suitable for those looking to secure employment in the leisure industry.

Beverley Road Baths The site has instigated a public lifesaving course on a Tuesday evening which is now underway and lasts for 12 weeks. 4 water based activity clubs have returned to the site to carry on long term bookings.

Have played host to two successful swimming events for young children, in collaboration with the Youth Service and Community Play schemes – more events are planned for later in the year.

We have been 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 “Educ8” have confirmed a booking at Costello Stadium as from September 2011. The booking will see pupils, who cannot be taught in standard Education, attending the Stadium to attend their lessons under the guidance of staff from “Educ8”. Pupils attending will be referred from Hull Education. A maximum of 12 pupils will attend each day. The booking is initially for 4 days per week, 39 weeks per year.

‘Alive N Kicking’ is funded by the NHS and is a programme to help manage child obesity.

On behalf of the City Councils Sports Development team Costello Stadium hosted the first “Street Games” festival the City has held on Wednesday 17 th August 2011. Youths aged 8 to 19 from across the City were invited to the free event to take part in a range of activities which included – skateboarding, golf, athletics, table tennis, basketball, cricket, football and rugby league to name but a few. 300 youths from across the City attended the day.

Costello Stadium has hosted its annual Summer Holiday Play Scheme. This year’s scheme which runs between 10am and 3pm daily (Monday to Friday) has been led by coaches First Step Sports Ltd. Children attending have ranged from 8 to 15 years old with a wide range of sports, - 2 - dance and art/crafts activity sessions taking place. Children have also sampled Ice Skating at the Hull Arena.

Costello Stadium will be hosting a Model Railway show on behalf of the Hull Miniature Railway Society. The event, which will attract exhibitors and spectators from across the North of , will be open to the public on Saturday 12 th November 2011 and Sunday 13 th November between 10am and 5pm with 2000 visitors expected over the weekend.

Saturday 19 th November 2011 see Costello Stadium host the annual Hounds Association Show. Approximately 200 hounds are expected to be shown on the day. The event takes place between 10am and 4.30pm

East Hull Pools 29 th October – BP Young Leaders Programme Fundraiser. Event took place with a gold medallist swimmer attending event (Adam Whitehead). The Event gave opportunity for families to swim at a reduced rate with a professional swimmer and talk to him about training, diets and commitment etc.

September and October – Hosted a private booking from Halliwick to deliver a course. The course is 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 On Sunday 5 th June Ennerdale held the Hull & District Gala from attended by over 300 people.

Hosted the Alan Ward Dance Competition on Sunday 4 th September, over 200 dancers participated and over 500 spectators attended. The event was a massive success and we hope to host 2 more events next year. Ennerdale hosted Futsal Open Day Sunday 25 th September 2011. The day was very well received by the organisers and we look forward to hosting more games from October onwards . 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.

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.

Theatre / Halls / Arena On the back of the successful professional boxing event which took place in Spring and the Indian Mela multi-cultural event which attracted over 2000 visitors, the promoter has now committed to securing three additional dates for the City Hall in 2012.

June 2011 has seen a number of banqueted events taking place at City - 3 - Hall including wedding receptions, Hymers School Ball and the Armed Forces Dinner/Dance which all proved to be successful. There has also been some additional diversification in the programme to include new events such as the Harlem Gospel Choir and Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

The Kingston Junior Ice Hockey Clubs 5 th Annual Tournament took place at the Hull Arena on the 28 th & 29 th May, Teams from Solihull, Guildford, Whitley Bay, Bradford, Nottingham and Dundee took part. The Under 14 & Under 16 age groups attracted over 500 participants.

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. Net bar and catering sales reached £35,706. Excellent feed- back was received from all the organisations resulting in a proposed return for next year at City Hall or Arena subject to agreement on terms and conditions.

The opening night of Blood Brothers, at was a resounding success with excellent feed-back being received throughout the run.

Hull New Theatre hosted Horrible Histories and has well exceeded expected target attendances with an additional performance being put on at short notice for the Saturday to meet customer demand.

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 in an expanded service provision to customers.

Specials Concert at the Arena took place on 16 th October with over 3,000 attendees.

The second HCC Wedding Fayre took place at City Hall with a greater number of exhibitors and attendances than the first event held in January of last year. These are proving to be successful for promoting the venue and wedding provision and the next event has been scheduled for February 2012.

Two recent events have resulted in near sell-outs at City Hall – standing concert for The Kooks on 4 th October and Tim Minchin, comedian on 26 th October who launched the Comedy Festival from City Hall.

A successful all day Hull New Theatre 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 Come and try it Olympic Day Jonathon Edwards (former world triple jump champion) visited on 1 st - 4 - June, 1pm – 3pm. A number of activities where taking place at the time of the visit and Mr Edwards participated in a number of them. Activities taking place included: St Paul’s Boxing club, school basketball tournament, archery, fencing, trampoline sessions, parent and child biathlon competition and a ladies only event (800 metre run and swim) plus much more. The event was a success and well attended by members of the public. The event also attracted a lot of positive media coverage for the centre.

New Junior session (funded through Sportivate) Street Games to be held on the outdoor pitch Friday evenings 6.30pm – 8.30pm. The session is in partnership with the Police, Community Wardens and Sports Development and Woodford Leisure Centre, Community Wardens and Police representatives to attend sessions.

Free learn to swim lessons for adults at Albert Avenue, East Hull, Ennerdale and Woodford leisure centres from August. City Economy GROW As the existing GROW Programme contracts (GROW-Local Work Guarantee, GROW-Redundancy Response, and GROW-Employment Sustainability) move into the last 6 months of delivery, the Economic Inclusion Team has been engaging with prime contractors with a view to securing employment related contacts to run beyond March 2012. The team has already secured a small DWP Mandatory Work Activity contract with BEST Ltd and is working with a range of prime contractors in relation to the DWP ESF Families with Multiple Problems provision.

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 () • King George V Playing Field (University) • Massey Street (St Andrews) • Pearson Park (Avenues) • Rosmead Street ( 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/, Waterloo Street and Shaw Park with a decision expected before the year end. - 5 -

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 Following the announcement from BAE regarding 899 redundancies at Brough, the Service, on behalf of the Council, will be working with East Riding of Council and Jobcentre Plus to assist those individuals affected in securing alternative employment.

The 90 day consultation period began on 29 th September and ends shortly after Christmas. At this stage there has been no firm indication of the timescales for any compulsory redundancies.

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 Council and Job Centre Plus, to see what support can be provided to those affected. City Planning The Core Strategy Publication version is due to be considered by Cabinet in June with consultation commencing in July 2011 for 6 weeks shortly afterwards. Planning Committee endorsed the consultation with some minor changes to the Core Strategy on the 21 st June 2011.

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 closes in October. There has been a significant return of questionnaires and the public events have been well attended. City, Region & Green Port Hull European Economic Supply Chain Group Programmes On 30 June, the Green Port Hull Supply Chain Group, which has been established by , with a variety of partners, launched a questionnaire designed to identify critical supply chain requirements and ensure that local businesses will have the opportunity to achieve - 6 - maximum benefit from Green Port Hull and the renewable energy sector opportunities.

Land and Property Group A Green Port Hull Land and Property group, led by Hull City Council has been formed to meet the land and property needs of the rapidly emerging renewable energy sector in Hull and the East Riding. Membership includes representatives from local developers and commercial property agents and its primary objective is to ensure that the area is able to accommodate new businesses looking to expand or relocate to support the Green Port Hull development through the supply of land and premises that meet the needs of potential investors.

The is submitting a bid on behalf of the for an Offshore Renewables Technology Innovation Centre (TIC ), funded through the Technology Strategy Board. This has support from the Humber LEP and City Council has submitted a stakeholder form to support the bid. The TIC would provide ‘added value’ to the SME sector focused around deployment of turbines, O&M and offshore to onshore cabling infrastructure. The TIC would help support the government’s aim to reduce costs per MW. This TIC would like into other national TIC’s such as the Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Rotherham.

Agreement reached with the Highways Agency on the Transport Assessment. All objections to the Public Right of Way diversion have now been withdrawn. Now awaiting order confirmation by Secretary of State (Defra).

Enterprise Zone/s Government announced on 17 th August that the Humber’s bid for an Enterprise Zone had been successful. The entire bid was approved – making the Humber EZ by far the largest in England (375 hectares).

The Humber Enterprise Zone covers 4 sites (3 in Hull with a total coverage of 127 hectares (1 site at Alexandra Dock and 2 sites at Queen Elizabeth Dock) and 1 site at North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire (248 hectares).

Benefits include: • 100 per cent business rate discount worth up to £257,000 over a five year period for businesses moving into the EZ before April 2015 • subsequent business rates growth within the EZ will be shared by the local authorities in the Local Enterprise Partnership • development of simplified planning approached in the EZ, such as Local Development Order powers. • government support to ensure superfast broadband is rolled out throughout the EZ enhanced capital allowances for plant and machinery, where this is a strong focus on manufacturing that will provide opportunities for businesses and help attract Foreign Direct Investment – building on the key strengths of the area especially the skilled workforce.

Work on both the ‘original’ Humber EZ and the additional (post BAE announcement) EZ has stepped up a gear, as Government has set a - 7 - deadline of 11 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 October and the Humber LEP Board meeting of 21 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”)

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)

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 next and final stage of the process is the full application stage (which concludes on 17 November).

Devolution of Transport Funding In a speech to the Local Enterprise Partnerships Network on 15 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” would be required.

(i) Board Recruitment Recruitment for the Chair and the Board of the Humber LEP got underway in September, with press advertising and letters to 300 major businesses in the Humber sub region. Simultaneously, the - 8 - recruitment process is underway for the North Bank Sub Board of the Humber LEP. The closing date for applications was 23 September and the selection process is expected to conclude before the end of October.

(ii) Funding for the operations of the LEP 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.

(iii) The Humber Enterprise Zone 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.

(iv) Additional Enterprise Zone for the Humber 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.

Renewables UK Staff from EDR attended the 3 day Renewables UK AGM and Exhibition 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

Regional Growth Fund (RGF) 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, 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. 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 - 9 - 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.

Work on this bid was led by Deborah Gray and Richard Lowther of Hull’s Economic Development & Regeneration service.

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.

Transport Funding Government expected to publish consultation document on devolution of Transport Funding in the next 2 weeks.

A63 Castle Street Meeting arranged with 3 local MPs and Roads Minister (Mike Penning) on the 23 rd November –will lobby for an early scheme start and will also discuss the poor state of landscaping along the Trunk Road in the City.

Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Lord Christopher Haskins has been appointed the new (permanent) Chair of the Humber LEP. Lord Haskins will appoint the remainder of the private sector members of the LEP Board in the next few weeks.

North Bank 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). Richard will join the recruitment panel which will now appoint the remaining six private sector board representatives in the next few weeks. Cultural City Arts Development The Humber Mouth Literature Festival launched on the 25 th June with an event held at the Central Library. Guest speaker was Robert Crampton, columnist and writer who grew up in Hull.

Nearly thirty talks and events are taking place across the City for the Festival, which culminates in a talk by Dame Jenni Murray at on the 10 th July.

The Youth Music Action Zone Music4U celebrate ten years of providing music opportunities for young people in youth centres and communities in Hull, the East Riding, North and North East Lincolnshire on the 7 th July. The occasion will be marked by a celebration at the Albemarle Centre. The City Arts Unit was a founding partner in the action zone which has worked with thousands of young people across the region.

Oresome Gallery, a new craft jewellery workshop and shop opened in - 10 - Humber Street on the 16 th July, a week after the opening of the new Kingston Artist’s studio space, also in Humber Street. Both premises have been assisted by the City Arts Unit and the Arts Council, and add a significant new dimension to the City’s cultural offer and the Fruit Market in particular.

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 have been chosen to represent the Humber Region on the Youth Music Action Zone ‘Power Tour’. They will be performing at the Junction-Goole, Hothouse- Morecambe, and the Sage-Newcastle during October half term.

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 the 9th of October in venues across the City.

Black History Month. City Arts supported the arts element of this international event. 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. - 11 -

Hull Truck has attracted an audience of over 38,000 people since April, including over 10,000 new bookers – a 50% rise in new bookers. 62% of the audience at Hull Truck were from HU1 to 9 postcodes. The Youth theatre production of Quadrophenia was a sell out, and so far this year more than 1500 people of all ages and abilities have attended workshops run by Hull Truck.

Events Team The annual Jazz Festival, between 21 st -31 st July, also included Hull BID’s annual Food Festival on 28 th -30 th July. The event which took place in and around the Fruit Market and on Princess Dockside included a celebration of local talent and international musicians.

The first international powerboat racing in over 20 years took place on the Humber on 28 th -30 th July. The event attracted 15,000 to the Marina and locations along the Humber over the three nights. This event came free to the city, and the event is scheduled to return in 2012.

The Sykride cycle event attracted over 6,000 participants, mostly families, to the city centre on Sunday 14 th August.

Veterans Weekend took place over the weekend of 30 th & 31 st July in East Park with a record attendance of over 45,000 people. The Events Team worked with Alderman Petch to deliver this event. A new attraction this year was the American Civil War Society who attended with 150 members.

National Play Day on Wednesday 3 rd August, in partnership with the Hull Creative Play Network, attracted 8,000 children to the event in Queens Gardens. Activities were supplied by the public, private and voluntary sector, which included 26 volunteers working on the event giving a total of 56 hours work.

This years Freedom Festival took place on 1st , 2 nd and 3 rd September in various locations across the city centre including Queens Gardens, , The Fruit Market, Hull Truck Theatre and . 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, this year has seen the events team working closely in partnership with the Showman’s guild to organise, site and operate the fair. • 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 - 12 - HU9 postcoded 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.

Apprentice Awards Ceremony – 13 th October, Hull City Hall – the events team worked with Hull Training to deliver the awards ceremony 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.

The events team are supporting the civic office with regard to a visit being hosted by the Lord Mayor for the Iron Duke:- Friday 4 November • School trips x 3 to visit ship • Football match for crew members with East Riding County FA at 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 are working 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 covers a variety of family orientated Christmas activities over a 4 week period leading up to Christmas in and around the city centre.

The campaign included the Christmas Light Switch On which took place on Thursday 24 th November 2011 There was 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 - 13 - 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 will take place in the city centre (including Trinity Square/Holy Trinity Church) on the following Thursdays and Saturdays leading up to Christmas. This will include: • ‘Busk Idol’ – a partnership with the and VikingFM to find Hull’s talented musicians and performers. Over the following weeks a number of auditions will be held with winners being 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 – an event offering 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.

Hull Conference Bureau / VHEY Working in partnership with P&O Ferries VHEY attended the Zeebrugge Open Port Day on 25 th June and have delivered phase one of a major online consumer marketing campaign in Holland using 3 rd party websites and databases.

Shortlisted 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. Heritage Visitor figures for Q2 (2011-2012)

Heritage Venue Visitors 4541 Ferens 64571 Guildhall 1844 Hands on History 9829 Hull and East Riding 15576 24239 Streetlife Museum 1723 32172 History Centre 14195 - 14 -

The City Council was reported in the July edition of the Museums Journal (the Museums Journal is the professional journal for Museums across the UK) as ‘Hull backs museums’ with changes to proposed cuts. The piece refers to Hull being open for business for investors.

Museums Hub funded Stepping Up project - new projects in place to expand enabler talks for visitors with disabilities, and to purchase leaflet holders for all site front desks. Additional racking installed allowing boxes containing costume to be lifted off the floor. It has also enabled boxes high up on shelves to be brought to a lower level, to improve health and safety when working in the stores and provide easier access to collections.

In July the living history event saw the Volsung Vikings set up camp in the Museums Quarter gardens. The event attracted over 1,000 visitors.

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 this month 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 During the July Sea Shanty festival the Hull Maritime Museum hosted a series of shanty singers and attracted over 600 visitors in one day. Singers are looking to book the same for next year

In partnership with the University of Hull a PhD student will be working at the Maritime Museum studying the effects of the decline in the distant water fishing industry. This will be of immense use when the museum plans for refurbishment in the future. It will also raise the profile of the museum in academic circles.

Preparing for the installation of For Our Freedom and Yours – the story of the 1 st Polish Armoured division. Exhibition to open 12 th November. Contacts made in the Polish community to attract volunteers to invigilate at the exhibition and Cllr Korczak Fields translated text for the FOFAY leaflet into Polish.

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.

Hull & East Riding Museum Hull & East Riding Museum – extensive coverage in the Yorkshire Post on 18 th August on the forthcoming Mortimer Centenary and the unveiling of a blue plaque on the Masonic Hall in Driffield built by J.R.Mortimer to - 15 - house his collection.

Precious Cargo exhibition: this exhibition, intended to act as inspiration for students in a variety of disciplines, has been set up in the Open Space at Streetlife. Archaeological objects on display include 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.

Streetlife Museum Big Bus Day on 3 rd September at Streetlife museum attracted over 3000 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.

Ferens Art Gallery The renowned London art collector Anthony d’Offay visited the Ferens in July to meet the Future Ferens youth group. He was very impressed by the young people and congratulated them on their work with the gallery. Mr d’Offay was particularly complimentary about the quality of the and the council’s commitment to the arts.

July saw the launch of a number of taster sessions in art for those with visual impairment. These sessions at the Ferens have been a huge success with users feeding back that they were astounded that they could enjoy visual art in this way.

The David Hockney show at the Ferens Art Gallery had attracted over 50,000 people by September since it opened at the end of June. The exhibition continues to generate huge interest and media coverage.

The David Hockney exhibition closed on the 18 th September and attracted just under 70,000 visitors to the Ferens Art Gallery, this is a remarkable achievement. The exhibition has been the busiest show ever at the art gallery. Importantly research with visitors to the show has shown the significant economic impact of such an exhibition in the city centre.

The Ferens has secured two very high profile exhibitions for next year – Artists Rooms Andy Warhol and ten Leonardo da Vinci paintings from the Royal Collection as part of the Diamond Jubilee.

Francesca Woodman exhibition : 11 June to 23 October, total visitors estimated at around 20,000.

Hull & East Riding Museum October Half Term activity – ‘Crazy Cave Art’. 73 visitors had fun creating their own Ice Age cave art – not surprisingly mammoths were the most popular subjects. Everyone who completed the evaluation form expressed themselves Satisfied or Very satisfied with activity and visitor comments included :- - 16 - ‘Had a lovely time – thank you.’ ‘Staff very friendly and knowledgeable.’ ‘All our (nine) children were very entertained and as parents we were all very happy with the activities provided, all age appropriate!’

Wilberforce House October Half Term activity – ‘Master Longtail’s Cartoon Tale!’’ – attended by 84 visitors and good visitor feedback given.

Preparations have begun for the traditional Victorian Christmas event.

History Centre Launch of major exhibition on enslaved African Venture Smith organised by Wilberforce Institute for the Study and Slavery and Emancipation and Beecher House Center for the Study of Equal Rights (Connecticut) opened at the History Centre on 23 rd August.

The National Archives (TNA) has granted the History Centre Approved status. This means that not only is the History Centre appointed to keep public records under the Public Records Act but that it also meets TNA’s national standard. 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 Target Q1 Actual Q2 Target Q2 Actual Q3 Target 2010/11 2011/12 On Comments Corporate Actual Target Target Indicator

ARTS & LEISURE - ALISON WALKER

Leisure - Mike Derwin / Colin Clark / Janice Wincott

Actual includes Rock To increase overall visits to Hull MD / 288,484 293,579 560,661 584,018 1,079,409 1,079,409 Yes Challenge and Conference -  Leisure facilities CC / JW Hull Arena.

Cost per visit - Hull Leisure MD / £2.01 £2.19 £1.27 £1.58 £1.55 £1.08 No Facilities CC / JW

Overall customer Satisfaction MD / 95% 89% 95% 95% 95% 92% 95% Yes with - Hull Leisure Facilities CC / JW

MD / Average income per visit £3.29 £2.75 £3.35 £3.07 £3.24 £3.24 No CC / JW

Theatre & Halls - Janice Wincott

To increase overall visits to JW 48,327 91,320 270,939 290,000 No CH&HNT

Cost per visit CH&HNT JW £2.97 £2.97 £2.87 £3.00 No

Not Overall customer Satisfaction JW 90% available 90% To follow 90% 95% 90% with CH&HNT Q1

- 18 - Average income per visit JW To follow To follow To follow To follow To follow New To be set

CITYECONOMY - MALCOLM RELPH

Business Programmes - Paul Burnley

Count of births of new PB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 234 700 n/a Figures available annually. enterprises

Survival of newly born Figures available annually PB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a New 94.3% n/a  enterprises (after 1 year) (2010/11).

Survival of newly born Figures available annually PB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a New 45.8% n/a enterprises (after 5 years) (2010/11).

Jobs created through enterprise / inward investment PB 63 59 126 122 189 377 250 No support per annum

Jobs Safeguarded PB 38 68 76 85 114 187 150 Yes

Number of businesses and SMEs receiving Information / PB 100 129 200 154 300 930 400 No Immediate Help / Bespoke Solutions

Managed Workspace – PB 80-85% 69% 80-85% 67% 80-85% 81% 80-85% No Reflection of economy. Occupancy Rate

Economic Inclusion - Bob Ferraby

- 19 - GROW – Employment On target and expected to Sustainability - jobs BF 202 233 402 425 602 1,033 802 Yes  achieve whole year target safeguarded

GROW - Redundancy On target and expected to response people assisted to BF 71 52 142 145 213 119 284 Yes achieve whole year target get a job

CITY, REGION & EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES - PATSY KAYS

Environment & Climate Change - Martin Budd

(NI185) Reduction in Council Reported annually in August Carbon Emissions (tonnes MB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 56,153 55,000 n/a - 10/11 reported CO2e)

Total Council Emissions Reported annually in August MB n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 57,491 55,767 n/a (tonnes CO2e) - 10/11 reported

CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT - JON PYWELL

Events - Therese Rigg

No. of attendees TR 20,300 88,000 58,800 940,400 To be set No

Tourism - Anthony Yates

Increase estimated users to AY 300,000 205,263 600,000 501,215 800,000 1,142,684 1,000,000 Yes VHEY consumer website

- 20 - *based on national business tourism economic impact formula supplied by Increase visitor spend into the VisitBritain, using figures of local visitor economy via business tourism placed via AY £ 750,000 £167,220 £1,500,000 £713,376 £2,250,000 New £3,000,000 No bookings taken through the VHEY Conference Bureau. VHEY Conference Bureau Due to the current economic climate business tourism has decreased across the UK over the last 12months.

*based on the national average of visitor groups consisting of 50 passengers, Direct visitor spend through the each spending a daily groups/coach tourism market AY 300,000 £625,300 900,000 1,509,300 1,000,000 New £1,300,000 Yes average of £26 per head. into the local visitor economy Source: The National Group Travel Report 2009, written by QA Research.

HERITAGE - SIMON GREEN

(NI10) To increase the number SG 85,000 102,781 205,000 275,857 305,000 438,784 390,000 Yes of in person visits to museums

To increase the number of users of the History Centre SG 7,500 8,243 15,000 17,616 22,500 38,427 30,000 Yes (contributes to NI9)

(NI110) To increase the no. of children (0-16) who are SG 550 537 1,500 1,577 2,000 4,483 2,500 Yes involved in heritage (Time troopers) club

(NI75) To increase the participation of school children SG 8,000 6,895 14,000 14,412 23,000 35,765 30,000 Yes visiting museums and galleries

- 21 - Cost per visit - Museums SG £5.50 £14.06 £5.50 £6.57 £5.50 New £5.50 No

PLANNING - ALEX CODD

Archaeology - Dave Evans

% of new or modified records DE 3% n/a n/a n/a n/a 16% 3% n/a Annual return. added to the SMR per year

Number of SMR users and DE 88 123 176 463 264 1,268 352 Yes visitors to our annual events

Building Control - Phil Parker

Validate applications within 3 PP 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Yes working days of deposit

Assess all applications for compliance with the Buildings PP 75% 94% 75% 90% 75% 100% 75% Yes Regulations within 15 days of deposit

Enforcement - Graham Varley

Implement and Monitor New Targets for Site Visits; GV 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Yes Category A: within 1 Working Day

Implement and Monitor New Targets for Site Visits: GV 100% 90% 100% 96% 100% 94% 100% No Category B: within 5 Working Days

- 22 - Implement and Monitor New Targets for Site Visits: GV 100% 96% 100% 94% 100% 94% 100% No Category C: within 10 Working Days

Planning Development Control - Dave Harris

(NI157a) Processing Planning 60% in 13 DH 60% 59% 60% 40% 60% 53% Yes Applications Major wks

Below target (mainly due to (NI157b) Processing Planning 65% in 8 DH 65% 59% 65% 68% 65% 66% No applications for dwellings Applications Minor wks requiring legal agreements).

(NI157c) Processing Planning 80% in 8 DH 80% 80% 80% 78% 80% 78% Yes Applications Other wks

Number of decisions delegated to officers as a % of all DH 90% 93% 90% 89% 90% 89% 90% Yes decisions (BVPI 188)

Urban Design & Conservation - Steve Wragg

No. of Planning application consultations responded to DH 90% 100% 90% 100% 90% 100% 90% Yes within 21 working days

No. of adopted Conservation Area Character Appraisals completed (ie the character & DH 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Yes distinctiveness of settings will be protected & enhanced)

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