Cheshire & Warrington

Our modern Industrial Strategy sets out our long-term plan to boost productivity by backing b u s i n e ss to c r e a te h i g h q u a l i t y, well-paid jobs throughout the United Kingdom with investment in skills, industries and infrastructure. Population: 921,200 Businesses: 49,210 In Cheshire and Warrington partnership of business and civic leaders — alongside other local partners — is working with the Case study: government to build on existing strengths, National Centre for help business to flourish, and grow skills and Agri-tech and Advanced opportunities for workers across the area. Engineering

Industrial Strategy highlights include: The National Centre for Agri-tech and Advanced Engineering in Reaseheath will £55m of investment for the provide specialised Medicines Discovery Catapult in facilities for robotics, Alderley Edge, which is focused tractor simulation, GPS on using newly industrialised and the most advanced technologies, such as the power agricultural engineering of sound energy to deliver new machines associated medicines to patients, faster. with precision farming. The £2.4m funding will £10m for Crewe High Speed also provide workshop Ready Heart — preparing space, and upskilling to for a High Speed 2 Hub meet future skills needs. Station by regenerating Crewe Town Centre. For more examples go to bit.ly/IS-map

£10m to accelerate housebuilding by providing the vital infrastructure needed to access new and existing sites. Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership is now working with the government 449,900 people in to develop its Local Industrial Strategy. employment, an increase of 12,100 since 2010. 29,000 We have committed more than £45bn to workers directly benefiting IndustrialWe have already Strategy committed programmes more supporting than £45 billion to national and local workers throughout from the National Living and research, local infrastructure, training and the UK as part of the Industrial Strategy. Minimum Wages. 6,770 business growth throughout the United Kingdom.This money This is alreadymoney isstarting already to starting be spent to be apprenticeships starts last year. spenton the on ground. the ground.