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Business Support, Innovation and Skills

In 2022 the government Levelling-Up white paper set out a pathway to integrate the work of LEPs with local government, and from April 2024 GfirstLEP's roles and responsibilities transferred to Gloucestershire County Council. GFFP continues to works with the Agrifood and Rural Business LEP Sub Group and GCC to support the ambitions of the Food & Farming vision.

 

The Agrifood and Rural Business Sub Group identified two key areas of focus:

 

  • Skills development and retention of talent - to be recognised as the county of best practice for the attraction and retention of  talent for the agri-food industry and continuous development of a high level of core and transferable skills to support th prosperity of the sector. 

  • Business support and innovation - to be recognised as the county of best practice for supporting a thriving and innovative rural economy.

 

In 2023 they published a Rural Navigation Network Report and secured funding to map rural skills across the county.

 

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