Business Manifesto 2024 v2 - Flipbook - Page 11
Actions for our stakeholders
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Support local authorities to unlock the planning
system, through lobbying for national investment
in better resources to ensure much needed
developments can be realised and not
unnecessarily held up due to lack of planning
capacity.
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To call for greater collaboration across
local authorities in areas such as Local Plan
development and transport strategies, with a
wider mix of available business sites across the
county.
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To develop targeted campaigns and incentives
to both bring new businesses into Staffordshire,
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To help secure investment for more small industrial
as well as keeping businesses within the county,
units for which there is a shortage of supply.
through a wide offering of commercial premises.
To continue to support the BIDs (Business
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Improvement Districts) and work with stakeholders
connectivity and the committed investment
to secure funding for thriving town centres across
in Staffordshire from Network North. Increased
our county.
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investment in our roads and rail (particularly
Grow our business support offering to 15,000
on the West Coat Mainline, to at the very
businesses across Stoke-on-Trent and
least, maintain existing service frequency),
Staffordshire, with the aim of promoting business
implementation of improvements on key routes
growth, prosperity and entrepreneurship across a
(A50/A500 and J15 of M6)
wide and representative mix of business sectors
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and communities. To help secure investment for
vehicles, through programmes such as Bus
shortage of supply.
Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), simpli昀椀ed rail
To continue to support the BIDs (Business
and bus ticketing, EV Park and Ride developments
Improvement Districts) and work with stakeholders
and expansion of the Local Electric Vehicle
to secure funding for thriving town centres across
Infrastructure Fund.
our county.
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To lobby and develop campaigns to drive
up people using public transport and electric
more small industrial units for which there is a
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Continued lobbying for better transport
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Local procurement opportunities should be
Grow our business support offering to 15,000
promoted to a wide local audience and our
businesses across Stoke-on-Trent and
public sector must deliver on both early notice
Staffordshire, with the aim of promoting business
periods to allow businesses to respond and to
growth, prosperity and entrepreneurship across a
ensure that payments are made at the earliest
wide and representative mix of business sectors
possible opportunity.
and communities.
