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Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership
Liverpool City Region LEP • a business-led, strategic partnership responsible for driving
economic growth in the area.• Sub-Boards and Advisory Groups to provide access to the
extensive knowledge and expertise across the City Region. The sub-boards are focused on sectors of the economy that have been identified as having growth potential.
• Growth Strategy: Building our Future • Local Growth Hub• Skills for Growth Agreements (E&ST)
LEP and Careers & Enterprise Company• High youth unemployment vs. businesses reporting that they couldn’t fill
vacancies to help them grow
• Bridge the gap between education and enterprise
Research
Cold spots / What works!
CEC Investment Fund
Scale proven enterprise-education interventions
Fill gaps in provision
Enterprise Adviser Network
Heads / SLTs, EAs and ECs
Effective careers and enterprise strategies
Enterprise Adviser Network• Full time, Enterprise Coordinator to facilitate, connect and support locally and
understand local schools, businesses and careers offers
• 1 Enterprise Adviser per school to provide strategic guidance to Head Teacher & Senior Leadership Team and bring school as close as possible to changing world of work
Liverpool City Region EAN
• 99 Schools / Colleges (140+ LCR, max 110)
• 74 Enterprise Advisers
• 71 matched
• 5 Enterprise Coordinators
• Information on a wide range of activities to help SLTs meet their objectives
Enterprise Adviser Network and
Liverpool City Region Growth Sectors
Advanced Manufacturing
Digital & Creative
Financial & Professional Services
Maritime & Logistics
Visitor Economy
Health & Life Sciences
Low Carbon Economy
Simon ReidAdvanced Manufacturing
Simon Reid – Sector Manager Advanced Manufacturing, Liverpool City Region LEP
Making It Report 2013
Case Study: 4D Products• 4D Products concept to create a new form of smart exercise device utilising
resistance bands• VEC provided proof-of-concept prototype and pre-production solution • Using sensor systems which can connect to an app• Converted into a physical prototype for testing and taking to investors• Investigating the possibilities of turning this particular exercise device into a
physical game controller• 4D Products has completed a patent application and are looking to release this new
product to market in the near future under the name 'WAVEX microgym'.
More Case Studies
• Ultamation – Augmented Reality• AQR – Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis • Satsafe – IoT telematics• Acorn2Oak – Factory simulation• ChargePoint - Virtual sensor testing• CNC Robotics – “Cobotics” development • Valuechain – Blockchain technology development
• What about skills?• Do we have a workforce that is futureproof in the digital age?
Digital Manufacturing Week
• 14th – 17th November 2017
• In conjunction with The Manufacturer Magazine, EEF and the German Business
Forum
• Exhibition Centre Liverpool and at venues across the Liverpool City Region
• www.themanufacturerlive.com
For more information and to sign up to the LCR 4.0 newsletter:• www.lcr4.uk• 0151 237 3903• Simon Reid, Liverpool City Region LEP
Thank You
John WhalingDigital & Creative
DIGITAL & CREATIVE Growth Sector Overview
John Whaling: Innovation & Strategic Investment [email protected]
Why is the Sector Important for Growth?
NESTA CEO : “Digital technologies are unlike any others – they change everything businesses do” = a form of basic literacy, a major sector in its own right, plus a multiplier that underpins growth across all other sectors…
Globally transformational : 5 of 12 disruptive technologies that will change the world/economy + big data 1 of “8 Great Technologies” where UK world-leading
Major UK Growth Sector: digital growing 32% faster than the rest (2016); 1.56million jobs; 41% in other industries, e.g. public sector, financial services
UK-Significant LCR Growth: Liverpool 2nd fastest-growing digital cluster in the UK (2015); St.Helens 6th fastest job growth in the UK; Liverpool 8th (2015)
Disproportionate LCR Growth: digital & creative 10.1% growth versus 2.7% overall (2010-15); +52% to £269million +16% average pay to £42,153 (2010-14)
→ Existing UK & LCR Growth + “smart specialisation” niches where the LCR has actual/potential internationally significant assets/competitive advantage …
Sources: Mckinsey Global Institute (2013); ONS; Oxford Econometrics (2015); Tech Nation (2016 & 2015); UK Industrial Strategy
Asset Base = Competitive Advantage
Big Data, HPC, Cognitive Computing : STFC Hartree Centre global top 20 & UK’s most powerful industrial R&D Supercomputer;: £200million IBM Watson & £113 million UK Government investment; UK-leading Virtual Engineering Centre
Health Tech: AIMES N3 secure data storage at Wavertree Tech. Campus; e-health cluster & largest deployment for a single economy in Europe
Creative Industries: Film & TV; Gaming; Music Technology; Baltic Triangle; FACT
Internet of Things: 1 of only 3 UK IoT tech. clusters, linked to expert SME base
Big Players: IBM, Atos, NVIdia, Intel, Sony, Shop Direct, Unilever, O2 (UK test bed)
HE/Research: UoL 1st in UK for “world leading/internationally excellent” Computer Science research & LJMU 8th for Big Data publications impact - 17% in global top 10% (2014 REF)
Education/Training: World’s 1st Microsoft “Associate College” (City of Liverpool), Studio School, Agent Academy, Innovators Hub, Liverpool Girl Geeks…
Key Initiatives Underway• Ongoing SciTech Daresbury Campus/Enterprise Zone development
• Baltic Triangle expansion + “10 Streets” future development in North Liverpool
• IBM Watson AI platform being applied to realise Alder Hey’s “Living Hospital” concept
• Sensor City incubator dedicated to development/application of sensor technologies
• Materials Innovation Factory - global leader re. computer-added materials design
• UK-leading LCR 4.0 4IR industrial digitisation project
• LCR Activate: scale-up of LCR digital/creative sector via applying new technologies
• LCR+ Science & Innovation Audit: 3 areas of world-leading potential: Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, High Performance Computing & Cognitive Computing (AI)
• SIA Ambition: “To harness the LCR’s world-leading High Performance Computing and Cognitive Computing capabilities to accelerate cross-sector growth and productivity, help deliver public sector transformation and support the development of a world-class cluster in disruptive digital technologies”
• LCR Digital & Creative Sector Growth Board
• New Metro Mayor personally leading innovation & digital Combined Authority portfolio…
Claire DelahuntyFinancial & Professional Services
andMaritime & Logistics
Financial and Professional Services
• Law, insurance, banking, finance, property, accountancy, wealth management, design, construction, call centres, PR, marketing, HR, tax, consultancy, etc.
• £5bn GVA; 2500 businesses; 80,000 employed
Skills gaps and future trends
Skills gaps:• Confidence • Communication• Problem solving • Ability to cope when things go wrong/ get tough
Future trends:• Recruiting younger• Growth of degree apprenticeships• Change of work patterns• Automation• Self-employment
How can we improve?
• Continuous engagement/inspiration with business throughout school
• Increase sector awareness and understanding of career paths
• Networking
• Dynamic approach - 65% of children entering primary school today will end up working in jobs that don’t exist yet (The World Economic Forum, 2016)
Working on behalf of
www.superport.co.uk@SuperportComms
What is Superport Liverpool?
• Multimodal transport hub for the movement of goods to and from northern UK
• Transportation & Storage sector: £1.7bn (5.9% of total GVA); 2505 businesses; 31,800 employed
Global connectivity
Market proximity
• 35m people closer to Liverpool than southern ports
• An opportunity to rebalance trade
• Despite 60% of demand being further north, currently 90% of deep sea containers enter via southern ports
Regional connectivity
• Port of Liverpool• Liverpool2 deep water container terminal• 9 ancillary ports• 5 berths• 1 ship canal• 2 airports• 3 Enterprise Zones• 10 motorways
Superport Liverpool is a major integrated transport/inland waterways multimodal logistics hub encompassing:
Logistics growth/ future
• Consumer behaviour
• Bigger warehouses with increased automation
• Yet lack of awareness of sector and career paths
• Need for more drivers
• More automation, robotics – engineering
• More digital connectivity – IT, programming
• Increased value on customer service – softer skills
Lisa Ashby-DowlingVisitor Economy
The Visitor Economy has enjoyed sustained growth in recent years and is now worth £4.094 billion to the local economy supporting 50,994 jobs.
Shared, ambitious vision for LCR Visitor Economy for growth to: - increase the competitiveness - maximise the wealth (or GVA) that the tourism sector can create
Key priorities include:- To maintain top 5 UK ranking for international visitors- 49% more tourism supported jobs from 49,000 in 2013 to 72,000 in 2025- Attainment of a top 75 place in the ICCA rankings for international conference business (up from 159th in 2013) and a top 4 place in the UK (7th in 2013)
As we strive to develop a world class destination we need staff in tourism and hospitality businesses equipped to deliver a world class service.
Skills for Growth (SfG) Agreement for the Visitor Economy sector - developed to capture the current and future skills needs of businesses.
- Employers and providers to collaborate on curriculum design- ‘Destination Awareness’ within courses- Develop elite chef opportunities- Welcome & embedding language skills into businesses- Promote the sector as an aspiring career choice
Visitor Economy Week: February 2018
- to showcase the diversity and range of opportunities available within the sector- raise the profile of the sector, most importantly as a rewarding career choice
Visitor Economy Week: February 2018
From 2017- “A Day in the Life” at Liverpool John Lennon Airport - The Life of a Zoo Keeper - “Sail the World” with the Cruise Industry- Be a Greenkeeper- Careers in the Aviation Industry- An introduction to the art of sugar paste, royal icing and modelling paste- A masterclass of Lamb butchery- Learn the Lingo!
VEWeek 2017 Highlightshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1KB-0HPdgo
LCR Visitor Economy: Sub Sectors
- Transport- Attractions- Accommodation- Travel trade- Tourism services- Food and beverage- Meetings, Events and Conferences
LCR Visitor Economy: Sub SectorsTransportBus Coach RailAirFerrySeaTaxiCar rentalRoad
AccommodationHotelsBudgetSelf catering/apartmentsGuest houses/Bed and breakfast
AttractionsHeritage and cultureRetailMuseums and galleriesGardensSporting/activity centresSpa and wellnessFun and recreation
Travel tradeTravel agenciesTour operatorsConference organisers
Tourism servicesInformation centresResearch serviceTour guides
Food and BeverageRestaurantsBars and clubs
Meetings, Events & ConferencesExhibitionsSportCultural eventsMajor conferencesFestivals
Dr Andrew RoseHealth & Life Sciences
Liverpool City Region
Local Enterprise Partnership
& Innovation Agency
Dr Andrew Rose
Sector Manager –
Life Sciences and Health
Liverpool City Region:
Major Healthcare and Life Science Cluster
• Healthcare• NHS and social care
• 108,000 employees; ~18% workforce
• Life Sciences• Industry
• Universities
• R&D and manufacturing
• 6-10,000 employees
• Digital• All sectors
Health and Life Science: lots of areas – some to think about…
• Infectious Diseases
• Precision medicine/Med Tech
• Children's Health
• Healthy and Independent Living
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Sensors, eHealth, big data
Why health and life sciences?
• Care for people, diagnose and improve their
health
→ NHS (Dr, nurse, pharmacist, lab etc)
→ Social Care (companies & local gov)
• Develop new treatments/technologies
→ R&D (labs - unis & companies)
• Make treatments available to people
→ Manufacturing (companies)/pharmacists
• Digital & Management
Some key locations locally
• Liverpool Knowledge
Quarter
• NHS, Unis, Companies
• Speke
• Pharma manufacturers
• Sci-Tech Daresbury
• Companies, universities
• Baltic• Digital companies
Can I make a difference? Major Challenges…
• Care for the old
• Prevention
• Develop new and improved
treatments/technologies• e.g. Antimicrobial resistance
Further info: Routes to careers
• Direct employment
• Apprenticeships (up to degree level)
• http://www.apprenticeshipswork.org.uk
• Degree
• Jobs for Tomorrow: videos, routes etc
• https://www.careerconnect.org.uk/STEM-
i247.html
Mark KnowlesLow Carbon Economy
Mark Knowles
Head of Low Carbon Economy
Low Carbon
Overview
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Low Carbon in
Liverpool City Region
Markets and Opportunities
• 1,200 businesses in Low Carbon sector
• £6bn investment underway in Irish Sea
• Principle West Coast Biomass and EfW
logistics facilities
• Piped high grade Hydrogen available for
vehicles, static and storage uses
• Largest social housing retrofit programme
in the UK
• Utilities Masterplan for LCR including
automated data capture
• Investable Mersey tidal energy proposals
• LCR is the first area to include energy as a
principle devolution priority
Creating a Local, Competitive, Resilient Energy ecosystem in Liverpool City Region
World Leading Low Carbon Companies located in LCR
• ABB, Clarke Energy, DONG Energy
• Iberdrola, Ansaldo Westinghouse, Drax Group
• ACL, Bibby, Cammell Laird, Maersk, E-On
• Stobart Energy, Viridor, Veolia, Olleco
• Centriforce, MHI Vestas, Knauf, Stiebel Eltron
• Pilkington NSG, Flamco, Entrade, Alstom
• Wood Group PSN, Inovyn, National Grid
Burbo Bank Extension Project
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Offshore Wind
Burbo Bank
• Offshore structures installation starts May 2016
• Construction base for DONG Energy at Cammell Laird
complete June 2016
• Combined Operations Centre for DONG Energy’s west
coast windfarms under development
• Supply chain support continuing with ABB, CSS, HSSE,
Viking, Cammell Laird, Centriforce, Mercure winning
contracts
Northern Powerhouse Alliance
• LCR, Humber and Cumbria LEP’s formally working with
DONG Energy and tier one suppliers
• Aims to create a 10 year rolling project pipeline and joint
supply chain development
DONG Energy Combined Operations Centre
• £45m Investment by DONG Energy
• Operations and Maintenance Base for Burbo Bank 1&2
• Southern Irish Sea Operations Centre
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New Nuclear Build Opportunities
Hinckley C
FID agreed Dec 2016
Hard construction expected to commence 2018
Moorside / Wylfa
FID due end 2017
Hard construction expected to commence 2019
Bradwell / Sizewell
FID due mid 2018
Hard construction expected 2020
New build supply chain valued at £64bn over ten years
Formal UK Supply Chain Plan to be part of the FID agreement from
UK Government
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Mersey Tidal Power
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Enterprise Adviser Network and
Liverpool City Region Growth Sectors
Advanced Manufacturing
Digital & Creative
Financial & Professional Services
Maritime & Logistics
Visitor Economy
Health & Life Sciences
Low Carbon Economy
Any Questions?
Shape future Job Skills
• The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is seeking the views of businesses to drive skills improvements and accelerate growth; businesses please click here and share your views by taking part in the survey.
• If you work with businesses please encourage them to participate in the survey, to share their views and to help make a difference to skills provision in the City Region.
• http://www.lcrskillsforgrowth.org.uk/news/businesses-encouraged-to-shape-future-job-skills
Enterprise Adviser Network For more information or to get involved with the Enterprise
Advisor Network, please contact:
Enterprise Coordinator (EC) Contact details Primary borough(s)
Dave Armson [email protected] 0151 527 3823 /
07753 415238
Working across all boroughs
Helen Miles [email protected] 01744 742095 Halton & St Helens
Gill Ditchburn [email protected] 0151 330 5750 Knowsley & Sefton
Kate Eugeni [email protected] 0151 650 6940 /
07738476552
Wirral
Kath Wyke [email protected] 0151 243 1876 /
07800885909
Liverpool