The purpose of the Local
Enterprise Partnership is:
·
to originate economic
policy, author and maintain a Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) for
South Yorkshire and determine key funding priorities
·
to support the South
Yorkshire Mayor in developing the Local Industrial
Strategy
·
to ensure South
Yorkshire bids for public funding made available by government for
LEPs in support of economic growth
·
to ensure South
Yorkshire policy and decisions receive the input and views of key
business leaders and take account of the views of the wider
business community
·
to engage with local
businesses to understand the needs of different sectors and
markets
·
to engage business,
opinion formers and policy makers at a national and international
level in promoting economic growth in the region
The LEP Board meets on an
eight-weekly cycle.
The meeting is not public
however, papers for these meetings are published 5 clear working
days prior to each meeting and draft minutes are published within
10 clear working days of the meeting taking place.
The final minutes of Board
meetings are published within 10 clear working days of being
approved.
Some papers may be
withheld from publication. If this is the case, the agenda will
indicate the appropriate exemption under Schedule 12A of the Local
Government Act 1972.
We have an
archive of papers for the LEP meetings which took place before 31
March 2019, please click on the Archive link in the navigation
menu.