Vision we need to have a vision of what / where Worcs will be in 20 years Simon Murphy – – Direction / definition we need to have an absolute clear understanding on the objective of WLEP. Is it – purely economic or more? Neil France – Elevator pitch + logo If you locate your business in Worcestershire you will be able to hire world class – people: Worcestershire world class people Steve Borwell Fox – – The Worcestershire pitch - a credit card size summary of the pitch” for everyone; “Worcestershire “pitch” practice for all board members and group members Francis Christie – Delivery & communications We need to not forget & evidence delivery of stuff that matters to local businesses e.g. signage, “micro” how place works etc - Clare Marchant Deliver & communicate success we need to ensure we deliver the growth plan and clearly demonstrate – value created to govt who provided the money; We need to build the capability and capacity to improve communication to sell the benefits of Worcestershire as a great place to live, work, grow business, go to college and visit Nick Baldwin – Communication we need to make sure we understand our stakeholders i.e. Who in the private sector is – not engaged and that they understand our vision and how that differs, in the short term from what is practically deliverable (i.e. 7 projects etc) David Irish – We need to connect delivery to vision communicate wins & successes – We need to deliver and then communicate what we have effectively done - Paul Hutchens Consolidate / communicate We need to provide a coherent single (but in multimedia) point for – organisations / individual from all sectors to access information about / from WLEP and associated bodies and then communicate through our networks and onwards Penni Budenell-Pryke – Communications we need to woo Whitehall Middlebrough – – Communicating progress of the college / students destination to the LEP to PR; seeing success as Worcestershire success rather than just the college; ensure our and students become of “ambassadors Worcestershire” Tamsin – Enjoy we need to celebrate Worcestershire success Stuart – – Pipeline & what else should we be working on Priorities we need to make sure that we have an agreed list of priority projects beyond those we – currently have funded, to ensure that we have a solid pipeline of highly developed business cases in readiness for LGF3 and beyond Mike Parker – Identify what other projects can be accelerated to ready” status in order to any spare cash – “shovel “grab” from government Peter P – Self-sustaining financing of pipeline Clare Marchant –
Vision – we need to have a vision of what / where Worcs will be in 20 years – Simon Murphy Direction / definition – we need to have an absolute clear understanding on the objective of WLEP. Is it purely economic or more? – Neil France Elevator pitch + logo – If you locate your business in Worcestershire you will be able to hire world class people: Worcestershire world class people – Steve Borwell – Fox The Worcestershire pitch - a credit card size summary of the “Worcestershire pitch” for everyone; “pitch” practice for all board members and group members – Francis Christie Delivery & communications We need to not forget & evidence delivery of “micro” stuff that matters to local businesses e.g. signage, how place works etc - Clare Marchant Deliver & communicate success – we need to ensure we deliver the growth plan and clearly demonstrate value created to govt who provided the money; We need to build the capability and capacity to improve communication to sell the benefits of Worcestershire as a great place to live, work, grow business, go to college and visit – Nick Baldwin Communication – we need to make sure we understand our stakeholders i.e. Who in the private sector is not engaged and that they understand our vision and how that differs, in the short term from what is practically deliverable (i.e. 7 projects etc) – David Irish We need to connect delivery to vision – communicate wins & successes We need to deliver and then communicate what we have effectively done - Paul Hutchens Consolidate / communicate – We need to provide a coherent single (but in multimedia) point for organisations / individual from all sectors to access information about / from WLEP and associated bodies and then communicate through our networks and onwards – Penni Budenell-Pryke Communications – we need to woo Whitehall – Middlebrough Communicating progress of the college / students destination to the LEP to PR; seeing success as Worcestershire success rather than just the college; ensure our and students become “ambassadors of Worcestershire” – Tamsin Enjoy – we need to celebrate Worcestershire success – Stuart Pipeline & what else should we be working on Priorities – we need to make sure that we have an agreed list of priority projects beyond those we currently have funded, to ensure that we have a solid pipeline of highly developed business cases in readiness for LGF3 and beyond – Mike Parker Identify – what other projects can be accelerated to “shovel ready” status in order to “grab” any spare cash from government – Peter P Self-sustaining financing of pipeline – Clare Marchant
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