Sector Development Framework Benchmarking

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    "description": "The Government has recognised the role mayoral combined authorities across England will have in realising its mission to increase growth across the country. It has asked local leaders to produce \u0027Local Growth Plans\u0027 for their areas setting out regional contributions to the national mission. The plans represent strategic partnerships between central government and combined authorities to identify priorities for growth and will be aligned to the Modern National Industrial Strategy launching later this year.\r\nThe West of England plan will be a locally owned, 10-year strategy which will set out how the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) will use its devolved powers and funding to drive growth in the region. It will build on the region\u0027s unique strengths and opportunities to support growth-driving sectors, identify wider business environment priorities, and provide a framework to focus and unlock investment.\r\nOur region\u0027s Local Growth Plan (LGP) will need to relate to Government\u0027s thinking around priority sectors set out in the National Industrial Strategy green paper and its emerging sector plans. While many of the strengths in the West of England align with the sectors in the green paper, the economy in the MCA is highly interrelated and relies to a significant extent on cross-sectoral spill overs. In collaboration with Government, our Priority Sectors are defined as - \r\n1.\tAdvanced Manufacturing (our regional AM growth markets being aerospace, space, advanced materials, defence, auto/propulsion, robotics and the supply chains of these subsectors) \r\n2.\tClean Energy Industries (our regional CEI growth markets being nuclear, wind, low carbon fuels (esp hydrogen), decarbonisation) \r\n3.\tDigital and Technology (our regional D\u0026T growth markets being quantum, AI, semiconductors, future telecoms, engineering biology and digital, creative tech)\r\nWe also identified Creative industries (including strengths in virtual reality; media production; gaming) as an additional Key Sector that is regionally significant in its ability to support growth and to bolster overall national capability.\r\nTargeted sector support is by no means new to the MCA, whether primarily focussed on high economic growth or on our wider regional priorities. Sector focus is a clear theme of our overarching West of England Strategic Framework, West of England Plan for Innovation, and West of England Digital Plan. It enables and informs the MCA\u0027s delivery of a diverse and cross-cutting portfolio including skills support, business support, inward investment, nature recovery and climate resilience.\r\n\r\nPlease register for this tender at : https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/about-us/democracy-funding-transparency/procurement/",
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