Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth & Skills.

Decision

(a)       That the draft Dorset Council Economic Growth Strategy be approved.

(b)       That authority be delegated to the Portfolio Holder of Economic Development and Skills  to make any further, minor amendments required following consideration by Cabinet.

Reason for the Decision

One of the priorities in the Dorset Council Plan 2020-2024 is to ‘deliver sustainable economic growth, increasing productivity and the number of high-quality jobs in Dorset, creating great places to live, work and visit.’  A prosperous and inclusive local economy is vital to achieving the strategic priorities of the Council.  The Economic Growth Strategy explains how the Council will seek to deliver this priority and will be accompanied in due course by a detailed action plan.

In presenting the strategy, the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth and Skills advised that one of the council’s priorities for 2020-2024 was to ‘deliver sustainable economic growth, increasing productivity and the number of high-quality jobs in Dorset, creating great places to live, work and visit.’  The Portfolio Holder took the opportunity to thank all those involved in creating the Strategy. In particular he thanked  members of the Executive Advisory Panel which had now completed its work.  But he hoped that the group would be re-branded to allow cross-party working in order to agree a way forward in respect of delivery of the action plan.

The Strategy covered six foundation areas; digital, people and skills, business environment, innovation ideas, place and transport infrastructure.

Members were reminded that a prosperous and inclusive local economy was vital to achieving the strategic priorities of the Council.  The Economic Growth Strategy set out how the Council would seek to deliver this priority and members looked forward to seeing the detailed action plan.

Decision

(a)       That the draft Dorset Council Economic Growth Strategy be approved.

(b)       That authority be delegated to the Portfolio Holder of Economic Development and Skills  to make any further, minor amendments required following consideration by Cabinet.

Reason for the Decision

One of the priorities in the Dorset Council Plan 2020-2024 is to ‘deliver sustainable economic growth, increasing productivity and the number of high-quality jobs in Dorset, creating great places to live, work and visit.’  A prosperous and inclusive local economy is vital to achieving the strategic priorities of the Council.  The Economic Growth Strategy explains how the Council will seek to deliver this priority and will be accompanied in due course by a detailed action plan.