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<strong>IQ</strong> economic growth<br />
Greater Cambridge<br />
Greater Peterborough<br />
Enterprise Partnership<br />
(LEP) share how it is<br />
encouraging growth in our<br />
economy...<br />
Encouraging<br />
Economic Growth<br />
From securing over £110 million to support economic growth via our<br />
Growth Deal, to launching our Get Exporting campaign, the Greater<br />
Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is<br />
committed to growing the local economy.<br />
Over the past year we have made significant forward strides in tackling the<br />
key issues identified as barriers to growth, including work around skills,<br />
infrastructure and funding.<br />
In our Growth Deal, we secured funding to improve key infrastructure<br />
routes, including the construction of the much-needed Ely southern bypass<br />
- 1.7km of road that will connect the A<strong>14</strong>2 to the Stuntney Causeway,<br />
relieving congestion in the City of Ely, and supporting the creation of 4,500<br />
new jobs and 3,000 new homes.<br />
Focusing on skills, we have set aside funding for specialist training centres<br />
for construction, highways development, and the food processing industries,<br />
to ensure that local business have a sustainable workforce, both now and in<br />
the future.<br />
issue <strong>14</strong> | page 24
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