MASTERPLAN THEME / EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS
ADC PRIORITY / Helping Local People develop and prosper
MDC PRIORITY / Regeneration and Employment
What are we going to do?
Ref / JEM Action / Activity / Delivery Area / Lead Officer / Milestones / Resource Implication / Performance Measures / Outcomes
Staffing / Cash
ES001 / Develop and deliver programmes to assist with the retention of highly skilled individuals working in businesses across the two districts. / Deliver the “Aim Higher” element of the ERDF PA2 funded “Ambition for Ashfield & Mansfield” project. Aim Higher provides local businesses with an undergraduate placement, for 8 weeks in the Summer holidays, to deliver a project that they would not otherwise have the capacity to deliver. / Ashfield & Mansfield / EOC / Hit overall targets by Mar 2015
Hit profiled targets by Mar 2013 / 1.25 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.3 TL, 0.7 PO, 0.1 FM, 0.1 MS) / ERDF PA2 / Overall
32 Businesses Assisted
85 Undergraduates Placed
10 Jobs created
Profiled for Mar 2013
16 Businesses Assisted
20 Undergraduates Placed / Increased Employment Level
Increased Skills Levels
Increased Average Earnings
Increased Productivity
Increased Knowledge Related Business
ES002 / Develop and deliver programmes to assist with the retention of highly skilled individuals working in businesses across the two districts. / Deliver the “Graduates into Enterprise” element of the ERDF PA2 funded “Ambition for Ashfield & Mansfield” project. Graduates into Enterprise provides local businesses with a graduate placement, for up to 6 months, to deliver a project that they would not otherwise have the capacity to deliver. / Ashfield & Mansfield / EOC / Hit overall targets by Dec 2014
Hit profiled targets by Mar 2013 / 1.25 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.3 TL, 0.7 PO, 0.1 FM, 0.1 MS) / ERDF PA2 / Overall
30 Businesses Assisted
45 Graduates placed
9 Jobs created
Profiled for Mar 2013
2 Businesses Assisted
2 Graduates placed / Increased Employment Level
Increased Skills Levels
Increased Average Earnings
Increased Productivity
Increased Knowledge Related Business
ES003 / Develop and deliver skills development programmes to assist women facing barriers to entering or re-entering the labour market, training or self employment. / Deliver the “Women’s Enterprise Academy” element of the ERDF PA2 funded “Ambition for Ashfield & Mansfield” project. Aimed at increasing the number of female owned businesses in the area, the Women’s Enterprise Academy will provide a range of support, including confidence building workshops, entrepreneurial development skills action plans, one-to-one mentoring, marketing support grants, networking and supported trading events. / Ashfield & Mansfield / EOC / Hit overall targets by Dec 2014
Hit profiled targets by Mar 2013 / 1.35 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.4 TL, 0.7 PO, 0.1 FM, 0.1 MS) / ERDF PA2 / Overall
30 Women assisted to start a business
30 Businesses Assisted
Profiled for Mar 2013
10 Women assisted to start a business
10 Businesses Assisted / Increased Employment Level
Increased Skills Levels
Increased Business Start-up rate
Increased Business Survival Rate
Business Ratings Uplift
ES004 / Develop and deliver initiatives and programmes to assist students in schools to raise aspirations and improve their enterprise skills and entrepreneurial outlook. / Develop and deliver the ‘Enterprising Mansfield’ scheme and seek funding to expand the scheme to also cover Ashfield. The scheme aims to improve the delivery of enterprise and employability skills for young people in years 9-11, attending local secondary schools. It also aims to improve the linkages between the schools and local businesses, to support the development of enterprise, aspirations and skills among young people. / Mansfield & Ashfield? / EOC / Obtain ADC approval of funding for the scheme
By
Mar 2013 / 0.25 PO / MDC - £60,000 allocated to this initiative – June 2012 / Number of young people assisted to develop their employability and enterprise skills
Mansfield – 600
Ashfield DC approval of funding / Increased Employment Rate
Increased Skills Levels
Increased Educational attainment levels
ES005 / Deliver a series of forums/seminars coupled with a skills mentoring programme designed to increase the enterprise start-up rate. / Deliver the “Entrepreneurs’ Forum” element of the ERDF PA2 funded “Ambition for Ashfield & Mansfield” project. The Entrepreneurs’ Forum will provide an annual series of networking events, that will provide speakers on topics, relevant to current issues faced by the member businesses, as well as invaluable opportunities to network with potential trading partners and/or individuals that might be faced with similar issues. The events are arranged for times of the day to fit in with the members’ availability. / Ashfield & Mansfield / EOC / Hit overall targets by Mar 2015
Hit profiled targets by Mar 2013 / 0.35 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.2 PO, 0.05 FM, 0.05 MS) / ERDF PA2 / Overall
30 Businesses assisted 30 Individuals assisted to start a business
Profiled for Mar 2013
7 Businesses assisted
7 Individuals assisted to start a business / Increased business start-up rate Increased business survival rate Increased employment levels
Increased productivity
Increased average earnings
Ref / JEM Action / Activity / Delivery Area / Lead Officer / Milestones / Resource Implication / Performance Measures / Outcomes
Staffing / Cash
ES006 / Work with key partners on groups and through existing networks in order to ensure that opportunities to connect local
people to new and existing job opportunities are maximised. / Attend and contribute pro-actively to the MASP Employment & Skills Group, that will:-
·  Explore partnership approaches to making the most of any appropriate funding or funding opportunities. E.g. Return to Work pilot in GP surgeries
·  Coordinate employment and skills activity within the area
All of the key organisations, such as Jobcentre Plus, the Work Programme prime contractors, West Notts College, YMCA, Enable etc. are active members of the group. / Ashfield & Mansfield / EOC / Attend all meetings before
Mar 2013 / 0.2 FTE (0.1 TM, 0.1 MS) / N/A / Measures will be determined in the future / Increased Employment Rate
Increased Skills Levels
ES007 / Maximise opportunities that arise for local economic benefit through public sector procurement and planning opportunities. / Work with colleagues to explore potential for using ADC and MDC procurement contracts to stimulate employment and training within the area and implement as appropriate. / Ashfield & Mansfield / MF / Policies amended and raised buyer awarenessby
Mar 2013 / 0.1 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.05 TL) / No funding necessary, on top of the amount to be spent. / Procurement policies amended and buyer awareness raised at both Local Authorities / Increased Employment Rate
Increased Skills Levels
ES008 / Maximise opportunities that arise for local economic benefit through public sector procurement and planning opportunities. / Work with colleagues to explore the potential for using planning agreements to stimulate employment and training within the area and implement as appropriate. For example, by responding to Local Plan consultations, encouraging the inclusion of targeted employment and training provision in the developer contributions section.. / Ashfield & Mansfield / MF / Policies amended and raised buyer awarenessby
Mar 2013 / 0.1 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.05 TL) / Potential reduction in S106 for other uses / S106/CIL arrangements at both local authorities amended / Increased Employment Rate
Increased Skills Levels
ES009 / Maximise opportunities that arise for local economic benefit through public sector procurement and planning opportunities. / Explore the potential, within ADC and MDC, to offer more Work Experience placements and apprenticeships to local youngsters (16-24yrs).
Co-ordinate the Work Experience Pilot for ADC. / Mansfield & Ashfield? / EOC / Scheme running in both Councils by Mar 2013 / 0.1  FTE (TL)
Passed to ADC HR after settling in period / MDC allocated £72,000 to fund 5 direct apprentices – June 2012
No additional funding except officer time required to co-ordinate work experience placements
CMG report prepared requesting £60,000 to fund 10 apprenticeship placements within ADC. / 5 apprentices employed MDC
10 apprentice placements proposed for ADC
12 work experience placements offered by each authority per year / Increased Employment Rate
Increased Skills Levels
ES010 / Develop and deliver a joined-up approach across the shared service to increase employment rates locally by delivering initiatives and events to connect local people with local employers. / Develop/Deliver
·  “Days of Action”
·  Media campaigns
·  Targeted events
as necessary, to connect local people to local jobs. / Ashfield & Mansfield / EOC / 2 days of action delivered by
Mar 2013 / As required / These initiatives currently being discussed and developed either by the MASP Employment , and Skills Group and/or the Shared Regeneration Service. / 2 “Days of Action” events arranged
300 Participants
95% Satisfaction ratings for events / Increased Employment Rate
MASTERPLAN THEME / ENTERPRISE AND INVESTMENT
ADC PRIORITY / Helping businesses grow and prosper
MDC PRIORITY / Regeneration and Employment
What are we going to do?
Ref / JEM Action / Activity / Delivery Area / Lead Officer / Milestones / Resource Implication / Performance Measures / Outcomes
Staffing / Cash
EI001 / General / Maintain an up-to-date database of business support available to local businesses and signpost enquirers appropriately, tracking enquiry progress wherever possible, Also, explore the potential for making this directly available to local businesses via online channels. / Ashfield & Mansfield / PTo / Consider online version by Mar 2013 / All RSS staff able to provide this service as needed / 60 Businesses signposted on to appropriate business support by Mar 2013 / Increased business survival rate
Increased productivity
Increased average earnings
Increased business start-up rate
Increased employment levels
EI002 / General / Encourage local employers to pay the national living wage, using existing engagement opportunities. For example, by asking if they already pay the National Living Wage as a question on grant application forms. / Ashfield & Mansfield / PTo / Baseline results by Mar 2013 / Included in other interventions / 10 beneficiary businesses/annum encouraged to pay the National Living Wage / Increased average earnings
EI003 / Support established businesses to improve productivity / Deliver the “Grants to Support Innovation” element of the ERDF PA2 funded “Ambition for Ashfield & Mansfield” project. The Grants to Support Innovation scheme offers capital or revenue grants to local businesses looking to improve their levels of innovation and productivity. Up to the lower of £5,000 or 50% of the total eligible expenditure will be provided, matched on a pound for pound basis. / Ashfield & Mansfield / PTo / Hit overall targets by Mar 2015
Hit profiled targets by Mar 2013 / 1.35 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.3 TL, 0.9 PO, 0.1 FM) / ERDF:
Cap:£55k
Rev:£178k / Overall
40 Businesses assisted
15 Businesses improving performance
11 jobs created
£30,000 GVA improvement
Profiled for Mar 2013
6 Businesses assisted
1 Job Created / Increased business survival rate
Increased productivity
Increased knowledge related businesses
Increased average earnings
Increased employment levels
EI004 / Support established businesses to improve productivity / Deliver the “Business Crime Reduction” element of the ERDF PA2 funded “Ambition for Ashfield & Mansfield” project. The Business Crime Reduction grant scheme will offer up to the lower of £5,000 or 50% of the total eligible expenditure on capital expenditure. The items must have been identified in a risk assessment report, carried out by the Nottinghamshire Police Business Crime Reduction Unit. / Ashfield & Mansfield / PTo / Hit overall targets by Mar 2015
Hit profiled targets by Mar 2013 / 1.45 FTE (0.05 RM, 0.3 TL, 0.9 PO, 0.1 FM, 0.1 MS) / ERDF Cap:£159k
Rev:£16k / Overall
40 Businesses assisted
Profiled for Mar 2013
9 Businesses assisted / Increased business survival rate Increased business ratings uplift
EI005 / Support established businesses to improve productivity / Proactively engage with businesses within the priority sectors to better understand their needs. (Account Manager role). The engagement may result from the business benefiting from other schemes delivered by the RSS or may lead to them benefitting. A greater understanding of their needs and potential barriers that they might have experienced, will prepare the Account Managers to better deal with enquiries from similar businesses in the future. / Ashfield & Mansfield / PTo / Engage with target number of businesses by
Mar 2013 / 0.45 FTE (0.15 TL x 3) / 12 Businesses engaged / Increased business survival rate Increased productivity
Increased business ratings uplift
Increased average earnings
EI006 / Support established businesses to improve productivity / Continue to deliver the Mansfield DC Property Cash-Back grant scheme. The scheme pays up to £1,000 to new residents of any of the Council owned premises on condition that the business remains long enough so that rental payments cover the amount paid. There are no restrictions on what the money can be spent on. Explore potential for widening this to include Ashfield. / Mansfield / PTo / Assess whether to continue the scheme by
Mar 2013 / 0.05FTE TL / MDC ~£5,000 from property services account / 5 Businesses assisted / Increased business survival rate, Increased business ratings uplift
Increased business start-up rate
Increased employment levels
EI007 / Support established businesses to improve productivity / Work with Nottinghamshire County Council and other partners to promote increased awareness and take-up of superfast broadband applications. For example, by distributing 3rd party promotional information to businesses that we have already engaged with and/or circulating appropriate web links via our existing e-bulletin or other media channels / Ashfield & Mansfield / PTo / Mar 2013 / Included in other business engagement activity / 10 Businesses expressing an interest in using superfast broadband / Increased productivity
Increased knowledge related businesses
Increased average earnings
Ref / JEM Action / Activity / Delivery Area / Lead Officer / Milestones / Resource Implication / Performance Measures / Outcomes
Staffing / Cash
EI008 / Identification of gaps in local business support & development of local programmes to satisfy need / Carry out a survey of local businesses to identify their specific needs and potential common issues, working closely with Mansfield 2020, DNCC and FSB. / Ashfield & Mansfield / PTo / Survey carried out and analysed by