Business Park Project
The SEEDA funded project that the partnership manages is designed to provide an essential link between the occupiers of business parks; local authorities and other agencies. It hopes to ensure the existing business parks are operating at their full potential and that businesses feel able to proactively improve their working environment.
A portion of the funding has been used to recruit a full time Project Manager. They operate at a strategic level across the coastal sites, gathering the collective issues identified by the various business park occupiers and taking these forward.
A Business Park Co-ordinator has also been recruited and they operate at a more local level. A gap had been identified for this role as experience gained from a Sussex Enterprise funded pilot scheme a few years ago proved the need for a dedicated resource primarily in Arun.
The Co-ordinator spends approximately 80% of their time in Arun and 20% across the remaining AIF area. There is a direct working link between the two people.
This SEEDA Area Investment Framework funded project creates the opportunities to:
- Bring business park occupiers together, sharing solutions and initiatives
- Ensure that there are positive links with similar initiatives
- Establish networks and steering groups
- Address issues and carry out improvements
- Develop an informal network of businesses communicating and working together
- Create self-financing and managed business park associations
- Raise the profile of the area
If you would like to find out any further information about the project or make contact with the Project Manager/Business Park Co-ordinator, please telephone Kylee Charles at the Partnership on (01243) 382254.
The Lancing Business Park website is now 'live', to view the site please access www.lancingbusinesspark.co.uk.
For more information on some of the business parks we are involved with please visit www.arun.gov.uk/businessparks
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