The Wiltshire Strategic Economic Partnership

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A brief description of the partnership

The Wiltshire Strategic Economic Partnership (WSEP) is an established partnership.  It includes members from the private, voluntary and public sectors and is chaired by a recently retired Wiltshire businessman.

WSEP’s aim is to promote the sustainable economic development of Wiltshire and one of its key activities is to monitor the delivery of the economic aspects of the Local Agreement for Wiltshire (LAW) to ensure that all the actions are achieved.  

WSEP has its own website

For more information about the LAW and the Wiltshire Family of Partnership see Related pages.

Priority actions for WSEP and its partners within the LAW

• Improve business productivity through innovation
• Work with the military to assess the impact of the military changes on Wiltshire
• Tackle worklessness by raising skills and working with hard to reach groups
• Broaden the employment base for the county
• Work with the private sector to develop work spaces
• Improve journey time reliability on strategic routes
• Research how key settlements evolve to become thriving and vibrant economic centres

Partnership members:

Chair: Steve Stone

Members: Nicky Alberry, GWEBusinessWest; George Bright, West Wiltshire Economic Partnership; John Cullum, business; Federation of Small Businesses; Gareth Jones, North Wiltshire Economic Consultative Group; Peter Le Count, South Wiltshire Economic Partnership; John Matthews, rural business; Tony Mitchard, Community First; Charles Morse, Jobcentre Plus; Cllr Michael Mounde, West Wiltshire District Council; Christine Reid; Cllr Fleur de Rhé-Philipe, Wiltshire Council; Cllr Jonathon Seed, Kennet District Council; Cllr Viv Vines, North Wiltshire District Council; David Wildman, Kennet Economic Partnership; Mike Williams, Wessex Association of Chambers of Commerce; Peter Wragg, VisitWiltshire.

Details of meetings:

Please see WSEP website

Agendas and minutes

Please see WSEP website

Further information about the LAW or Wiltshire Family of Partnerships, please contact;

Last updated: 3 February 2011