{"id":79185,"date":"2017-02-23T11:45:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T11:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=991314b9e23bb49560d0e960da9039f8"},"modified":"2017-02-23T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T11:45:42","slug":"press-release-191-million-cash-boost-for-the-south-west-to-help-create-local-jobs-and-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79185","title":{"rendered":"Press release: \u00a3191 million cash boost for the South West to help create local jobs and growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Communities Secretary Sajid Javid today (23 February 2017) announced a government cash boost of \u00a3191 million for the South West to help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the locally-chosen projects likely to benefit over the next few years include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a new roundabout and access road on the A40 in Gloucester<\/li>\n<li>new space for low-carbon energy businesses to grow at Huntspill Energy Park in Bridgwater<\/li>\n<li>the Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems in Bath which will help deliver future generations of clean and energy efficient vehicles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These, alongside other projects, will improve skills, create jobs, build homes and improve infrastructure. This latest award of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/south-west-growth-deals\">Local Growth Funding<\/a> is on top of \u00a3780 million of growth funding already awarded to the 6 Local Enterprise Partnerships in the region  \u2013 an investment which will see jobs created, homes built and extra investment.<\/p>\n<p>Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The South West is home to some of Britain\u2019s top businesses, and they know the best way to create jobs and boost growth in their local area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">That\u2019s why we\u2019re backing their ideas with almost \u00a31 billion for business and infrastructure projects across the region, so the South West can reach its full potential, and we create a country that works for everyone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"creating-an-economy-that-works-for-everyone\">Creating an economy that works for everyone<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/local-growth-deals\">\u00a312 billion Local Growth Fund<\/a> provides local leaders with the cash they need to support locally determined projects. Under the fund, England\u2019s 38 local enterprise partnerships \u2013 made up of council leaders and business representatives \u2013 bid for investments based on local priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bids are highly competitive and to be successful, local enterprise partnerships need to work with partners to agree strong and accountable governance and put forward proposals that boost growth and bring in private sector funding.<\/p>\n<p>Over \u00a39 billion of the Local Growth Fund has now been awarded to local enterprise partnerships through 3 rounds of Growth Deals, helping more than 1,000 projects get started across England already \u2013 this is supporting vital infrastructure, improving skills and creating thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Together with money for unlocking housing sites to support home building and investment in very large transport schemes \u2013 both announced in 2016 \u2013 we have fulfilled our commitment to a \u00a312 billion Local Growth Fund.<\/p>\n<p>In the South West this has already:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>enabled the major rebuild of the A338, a \u00a322 million project \u2013 delivered on time and on budget \u2013 helping to unlock growth around Bournemouth<\/li>\n<li>provided significant funding to Bristol Robotics Institute of Technology, helping to link industry and academia in high-tech robotics<\/li>\n<li>created a Gloucestershire Renewable Energy Engineering and Nuclear Skills Centre (GREEN) to provide the next generation of low-carbon and engineering experts<\/li>\n<li>created 60 new jobs in Penzance at the Train Care Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now this latest award will help do even more to benefit the lives of local people across the country.  New projects include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a new roundabout and access road on the A40 to release land for housing at Longford and mitigate traffic impacts<\/li>\n<li>over \u00a34 million for Enterprise Zone infrastructure to unlock a 91 hectare site at Huntspill Energy Park at Bridgwater<\/li>\n<li>support for space, aerospace and marine renewable energy activity at Cornwall\u2019s Enterprise Zones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further Information<\/h2>\n<p>Today the government has announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/south-west-growth-deals\">Local Growth Fund 3 allocations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 6 Local Enterprise Partnerships in the South West have received:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Local Enterprise Partnership<\/th>\n<th>Funding awarded<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly<\/td>\n<td>\u00a318.03 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dorset<\/td>\n<td>\u00a319.46 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GFirst<\/td>\n<td>\u00a329.13 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Heart of the South West<\/td>\n<td>\u00a343.57 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Swindon and Wiltshire<\/td>\n<td>\u00a328.09 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West of England<\/td>\n<td>\u00a352.80 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 1201\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_3149\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Social media &#8211; DCLG<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"comments\">Twitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunitiesUK\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunitiesUK<\/a><br \/>Flickr &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/<\/a><br \/>LinkedIn &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/department-for-communities-and-local-government\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/department-for-communities-and-local-government<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government cash boost to help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}