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Cable: new LEPs must be practical
The coalition government has been urged to ensure that new Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) focus efforts on providing targeted training and business support.
LEPs are being introduced following the scrapping of Regional Development Agencies and local Business Link services. The government has announced that it has received 56 proposals from across the country regarding the new service.
Business secretary Vince Cable said the government had met with leading business groups who had all contributed their thoughts on how the LEPs should work and that it was clear they needed to be "practical bodies for promoting enterprise, not talking shops".
However, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has expressed concern over the lack of clarity on how LEPs will operate and be funded.
"Close-knit networking is not enough and prescribed, vaguely-defined business support is not practical or cost-effective," said Phil Orford, chief executive of the FPB.
"Impartial guidance on the real support that is available would be one such service. Helping businesses to access the right training would be another, particularly as firms seek to recruit and grow."
Post Date: September 9th, 2010
LEPs are being introduced following the scrapping of Regional Development Agencies and local Business Link services. The government has announced that it has received 56 proposals from across the country regarding the new service.
Business secretary Vince Cable said the government had met with leading business groups who had all contributed their thoughts on how the LEPs should work and that it was clear they needed to be "practical bodies for promoting enterprise, not talking shops".
However, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has expressed concern over the lack of clarity on how LEPs will operate and be funded.
"Close-knit networking is not enough and prescribed, vaguely-defined business support is not practical or cost-effective," said Phil Orford, chief executive of the FPB.
"Impartial guidance on the real support that is available would be one such service. Helping businesses to access the right training would be another, particularly as firms seek to recruit and grow."
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