North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Employment and Enterprise - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Employment and Enterprise activity with a focus on North Lambeth Keith Trotter & Zoe Sellers LBL Regeneration

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Employment and Enterprise in Lambeth • Economic Development Strategy (EDS) – Employment and Enterprise are two major themes • EDS forms part of the regeneration strategy for the borough also including UDP and RDP • EDS is owned by Lambeth First and the Employment and Skills and Enterprise Boards that sit under it • EDS under review – current version runs until 2008

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Lambeth context • Floor Target Action Plan (FTAP) • Local Area Agreement (LAA)

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Lambeth Context • Employment and Skills Board • Employment and Skills Plan 2007-2012

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Employment and Skills Projects and Initiatives • Employment research: - Incapacity Benefit claimants and Black and Ethnic Minority groups • Lone parents (Local Area Agreement stretch target) • GAIN employment project • GetSET projects

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Employment and Skills Projects and Initiatives • Workplace Co-ordinator programme • Pre volunteering project for 2012 Olympics • Public sector as an employer • South Bank Employers’ Group projects

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Lambeth Context Enterprise Board - forming next month • Approx 9,800 enterprises in Lambeth • Low level of business density • Major employers in north of the borough • Key sectors - Banking/finance, CCI, retail, HLTT

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Enterprise Initiatives • LDA as major funder of business support - Business Link • Lambeth Business Support Network • Business Improvement Districts • Public sector procurement • Council Guide to Business Services & ‘Look South’ venue guide

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Future enterprise activity • Small business premises study • LDA area programme pilots • Lambeth Start-up Fund • Open for Business

North Lambeth Area Committee 31.01.07 Any questions? Contact: Keith Trotter ktrotter@lambeth.gov.uk 7926 2705 Zoe Sellers zsellers@lambeth.gov.uk 7926 2471