Thames Valley Berkshire LEP Impact Report 2017 - 2018

This is our 2019-20 story

Through the course of 2019/20, Thames Valley Berkshire LEP has made substantial progress in key areas of activity, including delivery of our Local Growth Fund Programme and bringing forward interventions to unlock business growth; stimulate innovation; increase skills levels and develop vibrant and thriving places across Berkshire.

We have forged ahead with our Local Growth Fund investments delivering a wide range of schemes revitalising and strengthening the Berkshire economic landscape. To date, our investments and initiatives have created or safeguarded over 4,500 new jobs and 1,300 new homes, supported just over 2,750 businesses, introduced 47 Enterprise Advisors with schools/college Careers Leaders, facilitated the development of 2285msq floor space for learning and assisted 5,182 new learners within these facilities.

At the start of 2020, and towards the end of the period we are reporting on here, the UK was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has subsequently become the greatest challenge of our time. As a LEP we took immediate actions and decisions to help get Berkshire back on track and alongside partners we showed a determination to continue working together. Our Delivery Plan for 2020/21 sets out some of the actions we have taken and our commitment to overcome the challenges we continue to face and provide the right support for businesses, residents and our communities.

As we ook beyond 2019/20 and the 2020/21 Delivery Plan, we are pleased that we have an exciting pipeline of important projects, including projects supported by the government’s Getting Build Fund. Our ambitions for the future are articulated in the LEP’s Recovery and Renewal Plan for Berkshire. I am looking forward to continuing to work with partners to harness our resources and deliver a tangible benefit for all our businesses and residents.

Alison Webster,
Thames Valley Berkshire LEP
Chief Executive

Our year in 90 seconds

Impact summary

Measure

Baseline 2015: See Below
Progress 2016: See Below
Progress 2017: See Below
Progress 2018: See Below
Progress 2019: See Below
Change From 2015: See Below
(out of 38 LEP areas): See Below
Source and Year of Publication: See Below

GVA per head (2016 prices)

Baseline 2015: £36,512m
Progress 2016: £37,092m
Progress 2017: £37,797m
Progress 2018: Next data release - Dec 2019
Progress 2019
Change From 2015: 3.5%
(out of 38 LEP areas): 12
Source and Year of Publication: ONS, 2019

Productivity (GVA per hour worked) (2016 prices)

Baseline 2015: £40.80
Progress 2016: £40.74
Progress 2017: £41.30
Progress 2018: Next data release - Feb 2020
Progress 2019
Change From 2015: 1.2%
(out of 38 LEP areas)
Source and Year of Publication: ONS, 2019

Unemployment rate 16-64 (12 Months to Dec)

Baseline 2015: 3.8%
Progress 2016: 3.6%
Progress 2017: 2.9%
Progress 2018: 3.1%
Progress 2019: 2.8%
Change From 2015: 1%
(out of 38 LEP areas): 10th lowest unemploy
Source and Year of Publication: Annual Population Survey, ONS, 2019

Number of private sector employees

Baseline 2015: 431,100
Progress 2016: 454,300
Progress 2017: 444,900
Progress 2018: 456,500
Progress 2019: 460,200
Change From 2015: 6.8%
(out of 38 LEP areas)
Source and Year of Publication: Business Register and Employment Survey, ONS, 2019

Working age population with Level 3+ qualification (12 months to Dec)

Baseline 2015: 63.5%
Progress 2016: 64.9%
Progress 2017: 63.7%
Progress 2018: 65.3%
Progress 2019: 64.5%
Change From 2015: 1%
(out of 38 LEP areas): 6th highest
Source and Year of Publication: Annual Population Survey, ONS, 2019

Quality of life

Baseline 2015: Score 2013-2015: 0.8
Progress 2016: Score 2014-2016: 0.8
Progress 2017: Score 2015-2017: 0.9
Progress 2018: Score 2016-2018: 0.9
Progress 2019
Change From 2015: Up 0.05
(out of 38 LEP areas): 4th
Source and Year of Publication: Good Growth, PwC, 2019

Our investment journey

Infrastructure
Business Environment
People

2013
1. JAN 2013
2. FEB 2013
  - Thames Valley Berkshire Funding Escalator – created
3. MAR 2013
4. APR 2013
5. MAY 2013
6. JUN 2013
7. JUL 2013
8. AUG 2013
9. SEPT 2013
10. OCT 2013
  - City Deal agreed with government; Elevate Berkshire programme launched
11. NOV 2013
12. DEC 2013
2014
1. JAN 2014
2. FEB 2014
3. MAR 2014
  - Berkshire Business Growth Hub – created
4. APR 2014
5. MAY 2014
6. JUN 2014
7. JUL 2014
  - Growth Deal 1 - £96.9m Local Growth Funds (LGF) awarded by Government
8. AUG 2014
9. SEPT 2014
10. OCT 2014
11. NOV 2014
  - Green Park Railway Station – LGF investment approved
12. DEC 2014
2015
1. JAN 2015
  - Growth Deal 2 - £10.2m LGF awarded by Government
2. FEB 2015
  - Warfield Link Road – work starts
3. MAR 2015
4. APR 2015
  - Bracknell Town Centre – work starts
  - Coral Reef Junction – work starts
5. MAY 2015
6. JUN 2015
  - Reading Engineering Solutions Lab – work starts
7. JUL 2015
8. AUG 2015
9. SEPT 2015
10. OCT 2015
11. NOV 2015
12. DEC 2015
  - Slough Mass Rapid Transit Phase 1 – work starts
  - Slough A332 Improvements – work starts
  - Slough A355 Route Enhancement – work starts
2016
1. JAN 2016
  - Reading Engineering Solutions Lab – completed
  - River Thames Scheme – survey works commence (LGF-funded)
  - River Thames Scheme – survey works completed (LGF-funded)
2. FEB 2016
  - London Road Industrial Estate – work starts
3. MAR 2016
  - Berkshire Enterprise Advisor Network – launched
  - Newbury Solutions Lab – work starts
  - Elevate Berkshire – programme funded through European Social Fund (ESF)
4. APR 2016
  - Coral Reef Junction – completed
5. MAY 2016
  - Thames Valley Science Park – work starts (ERDF-funded)
6. JUN 2016
7. JUL 2016
  - Sandleford Park – LGF investment approved
8. AUG 2016
9. SEPT 2016
  - South Reading Mass Rapid Transit – work starts
10. OCT 2016
  - King’s Road Link Road – work starts
  - Newbury Solutions Lab – completed
11. NOV 2016
  - World of Opportunity (WOOP) – ESF investment approved
12. DEC 2016
  - Building Family Bridges – ESF investment approved
  - Growth Deal 3 – £35.56m LGF awarded by Government
2017
1. JAN 2017
  - Burnham Railway Station – work starts
  - National Cycle Network Route 422 – work starts
2. FEB 2017
  - Slough & South Bucks A4 Cycleway – work starts
  - Slough A355 Route Enhancement – completed
  - Digital Gum - LEP-funded project commences
3. MAR 2017
  - London Road Industrial Estate – completed
  - Martins Heron Roundabout – work starts
  - Berkshire Cares – LEP-funded project commences
4. APR 2017
5. MAY 2017
6. JUN 2017
  - Reading IT Solutions Lab – work starts
7. JUL 2017
  - Wokingham Park & Ride – LGF investment approved
8. AUG 2017
9. SEPT 2017
  - Bracknell Town Centre – completed
  - Reading IT Solutions Lab – completed
10. OCT 2017
  - Solutions Lab specialising in Sustainable Energy at BCA – work starts
11. NOV 2017
  - East Reading Mass Rapid Transit – LGF investment approved
  - Maidenhead Railway Station – LGF investment approved
  - South Reading Mass Rapid Transit Phases 3 & 4 – LGF investment approved
12. DEC 2017
  - Slough Mass Rapid Transit Phase 1 – completed
  - Superfast Berkshire Broadband coverage exceeds 95% (at 96.39%)
2018
1. JAN 2018
  - Smart City Cluster - work starts
  - Berkshire Apprenticeship Hub - ESF investment approved
  - 31 schools engaged in the Berkshire Enterprise Advisor Network
2. FEB 2018
  - Solutions Lab specialising in Sustainable Energy at BCA – completed
  - Wokingham Park & Ride – work starts
3. MAR 2018
  - Thames Valley Science Park – first tenants move into ‘Gateway’ building
  - Langley Railway Station – work starts
  - South Reading Mass Rapid Transit Phases 3 & 4 – work starts
  - Green Park Railway Station – work starts
4. APR 2018
5. MAY 2018
  - Digital Gum - LEP-funded project completed
  - University of Reading’s HealthReach - LGF investment approved
6. JUN 2018
7. JUL 2018
  - Bracknell A3095 Corridor - LGF investment approved
  - Newbury Railway Station Improvements - LGF investment approved
  - Skills support for the workforce - completed
8. AUG 2018
  - Newbury Sandleford Park – work starts
  - Skills for Care – ESF funded project completed
9. SEPT 2018
  - Sustainable Transport A4 Cycle Route - completed
10. OCT 2018
  - Bracknell A3095 Corridor – work starts
11. NOV 2018
  - Slough MRT phase 2 - BRRP investment approved (part)
  - Wokingham Winnersh Relief Road - BRRP investment approved
12. DEC 2018
2019
1. JAN 2019
  - East Reading MRT – LGF investment withdrawn
  - Maidenhead Station Access – work starts
  - Maidenhead: Housing Sites Enabling Works Phase 1 - LGF investment approved
  - Newbury Railway Station Improvements – work starts
  - Slough MRT phase 2 - BRRP investment approved (part)
2. FEB 2019
3. MAR 2019
  - Care Skills Training Centre at Reading College - LGF investment approved
  - Gearing up for STEM (Worlds of Opportunity) – ESF funded project completed
  - Langley College – The Slough Community College for HE - LGF investment approved
  - Promoting Apprenticeships – ESF funded project completed
  - Reading Digital Skills Hub - The Curious Lounge - LGF investment approved
  - SATRO Mobile Classroom - LGF investment approved
  - University Centre Newbury - LGF investment approved
  - University of Reading’s HealthReach - completed
  - Wokingham Winnersh Triangle Park & Ride - LGF investment approved
  - Promoting Apprenticeships – ESF funded project completed
  - Reading Digital Skills Hub - The Curious Lounge - LGF investment approved
  - University Centre Newbury - LGF investment approved
  - University of Reading’s HealthReach - completed
4. APR 2019
  - Care Skills Training Centre at Reading College - LGF investment approved
  - Bracknell: Martins Heron - completed
  - Burnham Station Access Improvements - completed
  - Community grants – ESF project starts
  - Skills support for the unemployed – ESF project starts
  - Skills support for the workforce – ESF project starts
  - Support for those at risk of NEET – ESF project starts
5. MAY 2019
6. JUN 2019
  - Elevate Berkshire – ESF project completes
  - Langley College – The Slough Community College for HE - work starts
7. JUL 2019
  - South Reading Mass Rapid Transit Phases 1 & 2 - completed
8. AUG 2019
  - Langley College – The Slough Community College for HE – completed
  - Slough MRT Phase 2 – work starts
  - Slough: Stoke Road Area Regeneration – work starts
  - Wokingham Arborfield Cross Relief Road - work starts
9. SEPT 2019
  - Reading Digital Skills Hub - The Curious Lounge - work starts
  - Slough A332 Improvements – completed
10. OCT 2019
  - Reading Digital Skills Hub - The Curious Lounge - completed
  - South Wokingham Distributor Road – Eastern Gateway – work starts
11. NOV 2019
  - Wokingham: Barkham Bridge – work starts
12. DEC 2019
  - Care Skills Training Centre at Reading College - completed
  - SATRO Mobile Classroom – work starts
2020
1. JAN 2020
  - Applied Science Unit at Reading College - LGF investment approved
  - BCA Health Sciences Centre - LGF investment approved
  - New Directions SMILE Hospitality - LGF investment approved
  - University Centre Newbury - LGF investment approved
  - WBTC Digital Connection - LGF investment approved
2. FEB 2020
3. MAR 2020
4. APR 2020
5. MAY 2020
6. JUN 2020
7. JUL 2020
8. AUG 2020
9. SEPT 2020
10. OCT 2020
11. NOV 2020
12. DEC 2020

Programmes

We’re funding many key projects with partners across Thames Valley Berkshire. Our programme of works is focused on three specific areas of activity to successfully deliver the Strategic Economic Plan: Infrastructure; Business Environment; and People.

Our leadership

Executive Board Forum

Sarah Atkinson

Director, Corporate Social Responsibility,
Bob Beveridge

Chair
Sam Foley

Higher Education Lead
Jacinta George

Life Sciences and Healthcare Lead
Charlotte Haitham-Taylor

Berkshire Leaders' Group Representative
Bob Mountain

Head of European Supply and Logistics,
Paul Newman

Further Education Director
Jim Reay

Head R&D CP Infrastructure and Capital
Dominique Unsworth MBE BEM

Social Inclusion Lead
Alison Webster

Chief Executive
Tim Wheadon

Berkshire Chief Executives' Group Representative

Jason Brock

Reading Borough Council
Marc Brunel-Walker

Deputy Chair
Nikki Burns

Federation of Small Businesses
Gerry Clark

Federation of Small Businesses
Lynne Doherty

West Berkshire Council
Samina Hussain

Slough Business Community Partnership
Malcolm Hyde

CBI (Observer)
Stuart Munro

Wokingham Borough Council
Stuart Munro

Wokingham Borough Council
Raj Singh

Institute of Directors
James Swindlehurst

Slough Borough Council

Downloads

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Budget Summary

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Thames Valley Berkshire LEP Impact Report 2017 - 2018

This is our 2019-20 story

Our year in 90 seconds

Impact summary

Measure

GVA per head (2016 prices)

Productivity (GVA per hour worked) (2016 prices)

Unemployment rate 16-64 (12 Months to Dec)

Number of private sector employees

Working age population with Level 3+ qualification (12 months to Dec)

Quality of life

Our investment journey

2013

JAN 2013

FEB 2013

Thames Valley Berkshire Funding Escalator – created

MAR 2013

APR 2013

MAY 2013

JUN 2013

JUL 2013

AUG 2013

SEPT 2013

OCT 2013

City Deal agreed with government; Elevate Berkshire programme launched

NOV 2013

DEC 2013

2014

JAN 2014

FEB 2014

MAR 2014

Berkshire Business Growth Hub – created

APR 2014

MAY 2014

JUN 2014

JUL 2014

Growth Deal 1 - £96.9m Local Growth Funds (LGF) awarded by Government

AUG 2014

SEPT 2014

OCT 2014

NOV 2014

Green Park Railway Station – LGF investment approved

DEC 2014

2015

JAN 2015

Growth Deal 2 - £10.2m LGF awarded by Government

FEB 2015

Warfield Link Road – work starts

MAR 2015

APR 2015

Bracknell Town Centre – work starts

Coral Reef Junction – work starts

MAY 2015

JUN 2015

Reading Engineering Solutions Lab – work starts

JUL 2015

AUG 2015

SEPT 2015

OCT 2015

NOV 2015

DEC 2015

Slough Mass Rapid Transit Phase 1 – work starts

Slough A332 Improvements – work starts

Slough A355 Route Enhancement – work starts

2016

JAN 2016

Reading Engineering Solutions Lab – completed

River Thames Scheme – survey works commence (LGF-funded)

River Thames Scheme – survey works completed (LGF-funded)

FEB 2016

London Road Industrial Estate – work starts

MAR 2016

Berkshire Enterprise Advisor Network – launched

Newbury Solutions Lab – work starts

Elevate Berkshire – programme funded through European Social Fund (ESF)

APR 2016

Coral Reef Junction – completed

MAY 2016

Thames Valley Science Park – work starts (ERDF-funded)

JUN 2016