Issue - meetings

To discuss the Work Programme for the Economy & Assets Policy Development Group for 2024 – 2025. To aid discussion, a draft Work Programme is attached together with the Chairman’s Annual Report for 2023/2024 which may provide some direction.

The Group had before it the draft work programme * for the Economy & Assets Policy Development Group.

Throughout the meeting various requests had been made for the Group to receive information or hold further discussion on the following areas:

·         A better financial understanding of the Economy & Assets area.

·         To receive information with regard to the commercial assets held by the Council, how much they were worth, where they were and what could be done with them.

·         Regular and proactive discussion on Incubator Space for Business Start Ups, to include the plans for a Hub at the Pannier Market.

·         Updates in relation to J27 and J28 when appropriate.

·         Regular on-going updates in relation to the work of the Economic Development Team and associated activities.

·         A presentation from a representative of ‘Food & Drink Devon’.

·         ‘Start Up’ case studies.

It was AGREED to add these areas into the work programme for 2024/2025.

Note: * Draft work programme previously circulated.