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Oxfordshire Local Enterprise PartnershipNigel Tipple
Chief ExecutiveConstructing Excellence Oxfordshire
Thursday 14 January 2016
Partnership for Growth
Oxfordshire Context • Population grown over 10% in past 10 years to 672,500• Oxfordshire is growing - 106,000 new homes by 2031• Creation of 85,000 new jobs by 2031• Only 0.4% of working age population are on Job
Seekers Allowance (JSA)• Circa 30,000 VAT registered businesses• Two world class universities and two high performing FE
College groups• 49% of workforce are educated to graduate level and
only 5% have no qualifications (lowest rate in UK).
Deliver and attract specialist and flexible skills at all levels, across all sectors, as required by our businesses, with full, inclusive employment and fulfilling jobs.
Provide a quality environment and choice of homes needed to support growth and capitalise upon the exceptional quality of life, vibrant economy and the dynamic urban and rural communities of our county.
Encourage innovation led growth, underpinned by Oxfordshire’s strengths in University research and development, business collaboration and supply chain potential.
Allow people to move freely, connect easily and provide the services, environment and facilities needed by a dynamic, growing and dispersed economy.
Strategic Economic Plan – Our Priorities
£55.5M City Deal funding• To support a localised skills system• Accelerate the delivery of 7,500 new homes by 2018• Develop four innovation Hubs across the county• Support projects such as the Northern Gateway, Science Transit and access to the EZ
£118.46M Growth Deal Funding• To support technology and innovation centres• Support the Western Conveyance Channel/Flood Storage system• Support for the Centre for Applied Superconductivity • Local Transport Board agreed allocation• Support for the local Infrastructure scheme
Strategic Economic Plan – Our ProgressCity Deal - January 2014 Growth Fund – July 2014 and January 2015
Connectivity Improvements by 2020• Reduce the distance and
barriers between the core economic areas and enable people to get from where they live to where they work
• Improve accessibility of international connections to national hubs and airports
• Reduce congestion on strategic highway link ie. A34 / A40
Supporting Growth
Oxfordshire’s connectivity, education, research and development success, facilities, support services and business networks provide strengths for all business in these reputable supply chains.• Automotive and Motorsport• Creative and Digital• Electronics and Sensors• Life Sciences• Space TechnologiesA series of five sector profiles have been published to demonstrate how locating in Oxfordshire can benefit business. Launch on Wednesday 20 January 2016 at Williams F1 in Wantage, Oxfordshire. For more information please email [email protected]
Through the City Deal, Oxfordshire committed to an additional 525 apprenticeship starts from 2014-2017.Over the 3 years from 2014/15, the skills element of the Oxford and Oxfordshire City Deal will deliver:• An additional 175 apprenticeships each year until 2017• 300 more employers offering accredited work experience opportunities• 250 more employers engaging with schools and colleges• 1850 more employers with raised awareness of apprenticeships
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment Apprenticeships
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15 (Q4 Provisional)*
Apprenticeship starts 300 250 170 180
% of all Apprenticeships 6.6% 5.6% 4.4% 4.1%
*Unconfirmed data for 2014/15 academic year
• O2i, Opportunities to Inspire, links business and education across Oxfordshire.
• O2i Advisers are a nationwide network of high calibre volunteers with experience of employment or self-employment.
• Working with the O2i Enterprise Coordinator, they will support schools and college to navigate the range of possible employer interactions and to help them create a whole school strategy for careers, enterprise and employer engagement.
• For more information please contact O2i Enterprise Coordinator Rebecca Moore at [email protected].
Next Steps – 2016
Nigel TippleChief Executive
