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The Council's corporate priorities for economic development are:
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Protecting key employment sites and working with the private sector to deliver well planned employment areas |
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Increasing the overall number of new jobs created in order to reduce out-commuting |
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Promoting jobs-led regeneration and managing population/housing growth |
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| The Council's Economic Development Team provides a wide range of services to promote the economic prosperity throughout North Somerset. |
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This includes:
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Publishing a local business directory and 'Business Matters' a quarterly business newsletter |
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Annual fact sheets on the North Somerset area |
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Supporting and promoting social enterprise |
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Providing information guidance and advice to business start ups and ongoing development through North Somerset Enterprise Agency |
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Promotional activities to encourage inward investment |
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Support the West of England Partnership |
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Invest West website, http://www.investwest.org/, which has an online property database providing details of available commercial and
industrial property. |
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Encouragement for a variety of urban and rural workspace development to meet various needs |
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The Council also supports:
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Communications Infrastructure
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Working with its partners to improve road and rail links and develop facilities at the Royal Portbury Dock and the Bristol
International Airport
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Support to IT@Work to promote the use of broadband technology has been developed jointly with partners in the sub-region
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Skills Development and Employability
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Training and recruitment network with local employers |
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Ready4Work project to improve access to training and employment |
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Urban and Rural Regeneration
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Weston Area Development Framework - a planning framework for the development of major new sites for employment and housing |
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ฃ5 million in funding secured for improvements in Weston-super-Mare from the South West Regional Development Agency Civic Pride programme |
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Rural Renaissance programme supporting farm diversification, local food and drink, rural workspace and rural tourism |
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Completion of a ฃ13million Single Regeneration Budget programme in Weston-super-Mare |
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Future improvements to sea defences along Weston-super-Mare sea front |
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Tourism Promotion
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Delivery of Blue Skies Tourism Strategy - working jointly with partners in the public and private sectors |
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Promoting North Somerset as a visitor destination |
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Offering support/advice to new and existing tourism related businesses |