Dr Richard Hutchins, Managing Director of the Oxford to Cambridge Partnership, shares his first Oxford to Cambridge Partner Bulletin.
Progamme Update
Chaired by Cllr Bridget Smith,Environment sub-group colleagues are developing a pipeline of projects to contribute towards the region’s environmentally progressive ambitions. Attention is firmly placed on assisting partners to respond to the environmental opportunities and sustainable development challenges faced. There’s no doubt that working together to draw from our region’s expertise, innovation strengths and helping partners to collaborate to embed solutions are key to achieving better results, faster.
The Innovation and Economy sub-group met for its first group meeting at the end of May. This sub-group is chaired by Peter Horrocks CBE. In May, they appointed ekosgen to help deliver a regional investment atlas and prospectus. The next phase of the study will be to develop an Index of Assets. This will include creating a data bank, a sector deep dive and analysis using AI technologies and extensive place engagement. The list and timeline of the different Investment Atlas project phases is published on the Information Page.
At the June Shadow Board meeting, the Board approved work to commence the branding and identity for the Partnership, a key project within their communications programme.
