1. Welcome to our Annual Conference
Introduction
Chris Garcia
LEP Chief Executive
Steve Hindley
LEP Chairman
#hotswlepconference

2. The Productivity Challenge Chris Garcia

3. The Heart of the South West

4. Mission
Repositioning the Heart of the South West’s profile and reputation, nationally and globally. Connecting people, places, businesses and ideas to transform our economy, securing investment in infrastructure and skills to create more jobs and enable rewarding careers

5. The UK’s economic growth is from more people in employment

6. The HotSW Productivity Challenge
LEP’s employment rate for year to March 2016 is highest in current data series – close to full employment
32nd out of 39 LEPs for GVA per hour worked
38th out of 39 LEPs for GVA per job filled

7. HotSW GVA per full time employee

8. HotSW % growth in GVA per FTE

9. Responding to the challenge

10. How the LEP focuses on these drivers of Productivity
Investment in physical capital
Skills
Innovation & enterprise
Place
People
Business
“Floating all the boats”

11. Our Golden Opportunities

12. What’s next - ‘Productivity Plan’
Single Productivity Plan
HotSW investment pot
People: who are healthy and with skills they need access higher value jobs and grow their careers with Heart of the South West businesses
Business: that are more profitable with a GVA uplift of £4 billion
Place: A long term plan for sustainable growth supported by modern infrastructure