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The Marches LEP manages substantial public funds that are required to deliver the Marches Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) and Growth Programme, including European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and Single Local Growth Funds.
The Marches LEP complies with The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 regarding confidential information.
Confidential information means information given to the Council by a Government Department on terms which forbid its public disclosure or information which cannot be publicly disclosed by Court Order and as fully defined in Section 100A(3) of the Local Government Act 1972.
The process adopted for the handling confidential and exempt information is as follows:
Provided in the below links are the reports that were submitted by the LEP in advance to the scrutiny committees plus the minutes of those meetings:
Shropshire Council Place Overview Committee LEP Report Telford & Wrekin Council Scrutiny Committee Public Minutes Marches LEP Joint Assurance Statement 2019-2020 The Marches LEP Annual Report 2020 Item 3 Appendix 1 Marches LEP accounts v4 Local Enterprise Partnership Audit 2019/20 Board meetings are open to members of the public who may attend as observers but they are not public meetings. In order to access a virtual Board meeting, please email enquiries@marcheslep.org.uk to request a link to use in order to be able access the meeting online using the Zoom app. You may then join to listen to the meeting.
Agendas and papers will be published 5 clear working days before the meeting takes place. Minutes will be published within 10 clear working days of the meeting taking place. Any declaration of interests made at the meeting are included within the minutes. A new declaration of interest will be updated on the relevant members register of interest form (adopted for all of our governance structures).
The Marches LEP has been structured in the interests of minimising bureaucracy, cost and duplication; achieving speedy decision making and delivery; and sharing expertise and resources.
Learn moreThe Marches LEP is committed to ensuring we have effective and robust corporate governance arrangements in place helping to fulfil our role in driving local economic growth across the region.
Learn moreOur accounts are prepared in order to be fully transparent about how funding is being committed and spent.
Learn moreThe latest information on funding calls, contracts and vacancies on the LEP team and Board can be found here.
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