Minutes:
The Overview and Scrutiny Officer, Diane Close referred Members to the recent prominent articles and news stories relating to the remit of the Economy and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee (for copy see file of minutes). The articles included: North East tourism groups joining together as part of a £10 million drive to boost the region’s international profile and opportunities to tap into the Northern Tourism Growth Fund; Sunderland and Durham venues being among winners and runners-up in the North East Tourism Awards; The Esh Group developing a training centre at Bowburn, a base for their apprenticeship training programme noting over 100 apprentices in the last 2 years; and a statement from the Prime Minister as regards the public sector having to pay to take on 200,000 more apprentices in order to deliver on the Government’s election manifesto commitments of delivering 3 million apprentices by 2020.
Resolved:
That the presentation be noted.