At a recent meeting of the Great Yarmouth Chamber Council, the members were pleased to note several positive good news stories for Great Yarmouth:
- Pinch Point Funding of £4.7m has been awarded for the new road between the A143 and the A12, which will service the Great Yarmouth Enterprise Zone and will also facilitate 1,000 new homes and help create 15 hectares of industrial land.
- A recent report from the Town Centre Partnership highlighted that footfall in the town centre was up by 13% during May and in the seven weeks running up to 1 June 2013 it increased by 9%.
- Funding bids have been submitted for the regeneration of the Co-op building and a joint bid from Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft College has been submitted to provide workforce development funding for training in areas such as engineering, travel and tourism.
The Great Yarmouth Chamber Council members also debated the New Anglia LEP Apprenticeship Plan and whilst the members supported the intention of the plan, they expressed concern regarding the reality of persuading SMEs tofacilitateapprenticeships, as it may be a hard task to change the perception of many SMEsto apprenticeships.
To help with just this concern, the Norfolk Chamber has created an Apprenticeship Broker Service which is an active step in encouraging more of the region’s businesses to take on apprentices. This service will guide businesses though the apprenticeship process and work on your behalf to make the recruitment process as simple and straight forward as possible. For more details contact the Chamber team on 01603 625977 or e-mail [email protected].
