Decision details

The West of England Joint Committee:

1          Agreed to allocate £6m from LGF funding to the City of Bristol, South Bristol Construction Skills and invite the College to produce a full business case;

1.            Approved pipeline status for the Animal Management Education Centre promoted by Weston College pending a review of the overall funding position within LGF;

2.            Noted the intention to develop options to fund development of business cases for the following schemes: Catering & Hospitality Education & Training Hub (Bath College); Digital & Creative Innovation Centre (Bath College) & STEM Centre (SGS College).

4.         Approved a virement of £50k (£25k pa) from the LEP interest income budget as match funding to support an additional enterprise co-ordinator for the West of England.