Swindon and Wiltshire City Deal

Paddy Bradley, Head of Commissioning, Economy and Attainment SBC

So far so good….Employment,Skills, Land

Priority for funding and bids

CD1 and CD2 covers 67% of the population

City Deal – two parts

Single Economic Challenge• Army 2020• Skills not matched

to future need• Employment and

housing land – slow to the market

Core Package – menu of options• Infrastructure• Private Sector

Growth• Labour Market

• Other LEP priorities

Swindon’s economic performance got us to the table

Military USP won it for us8000 personnel looking for jobs

2000 HE places

Land to market – co-ordinated planning response

Next Steps

• July – Work up the economic challenge and ask

of government

• November– Pitch to Ministers and sign off

Certainty Political Will

Confidence to invest