2024 sees a new approach for Cheshire and Warrington, with the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership becoming Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW) and transferring into the ownership of the three C&W local authorities. Alongside this, the local authorities are creating a new Business Advisory Board with a remit to provide LA leaders with support and advice to help them realise the sub-region’s vision of becoming the healthiest, most sustainable, inclusive and growing place in the country.
The Business Advisory Board will be involved from the earliest stage in supporting elected members and officers from the LAs and ECW to develop and review the economic strategies that will help deliver the sub-region’s vision, ensuring that the ‘voice of business’ is clearly heard in economic policy making. The Chair of the Business Advisory Board is a key role, providing leadership and direction to the Business Advisory Board and providing the key link between the Board and the leaders of the local authorities as a non-voting member of the Local Authorities Joint Committee, which has been set up to lead the economic development of Cheshire and Warrington and which also oversees the work of Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington.
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