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From YouTube: Decision Session - Executive Member for Economy and Strategic Planning, 22 December 2020
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AGENDA
1. Declarations of Interest 00:00:13
2. Minutes 00:00:23
3. Public Participation 00:00:36
4. Quarterly Economic Update 00:05:06
5. Skills and Employment Update 00:26:59
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A
A
B
I'd
like
to
thank
all
council
officers,
working
in
economy
and
street
strategic
planning
roles
for
their
expertise,
unrelenting
work
and
commitment
over
the
past
12
months
and
wish
them
a
restful
break
before
we
all
come
back
to
face
the
challenges.
Early
2021
will
no
doubt
bring
us
before
we
break
for
christmas.
I
have
two
items
I'd
like
to
raise
today.
The
first
are
the
discussions
and
decisions
the
executive
member
has
been
involved
in
and
will
be
over
the
next
couple
of
months
around
make
it
york
and
its
future.
B
I
was
disappointed
to
see
the
decisions
made
concerning
the
financial
package
to
save.
Make
it
york
from
insolvency
at
executive
last
week
involve
very
little
discussion
of
what
the
council
will
need
to
consider
and
do
to
review
the
functioning
of
the
organisation
if
it
is
to
adequately
serve
the
needs
of
the
council
and
our
city
service
level.
Agreement
between
the
council
and
make
it
york
is
currently
under
negotiation
and
will
come
into
effect
in
march
2021.
B
I
implore
the
executive
member
and
his
colleagues
to
take
a
good
look
at
make
it
york
and
its
structure.
This
includes
the
governance
by
the
council
oversight
on
delivery
of
the
contract
and
consideration
of
whether
some
elements
of
the
existing
contract
will
be
better
delivered
by
the
council
in-house.
B
If
these
serious
issues
are
going
to
be
assessed,
considered
and
modified,
now
is
the
time
to
do
it.
This
opportunity
can't
be
wasted.
I
fear,
if
it
is,
we
will
see
yet
more
taxpayers
money
plowed
into
the
organization
over
the
coming
period
and
our
city
left
with
very
little
to
show
for
it
other
than
loan
servicing
payments.
B
My
second
item
for
consideration
is
agenda
item
5
the
employment
and
skills
update
on
a
related
topic.
I
was
very
glad
to
see
that
council
resoundingly
passed
the
labour
motion
committing
cyc
to
support
employment
and
training
for
the
young
people
of
our
city.
This
is
a
great
opportunity
for
cross-party
work
through
scrutiny
to
review
how
our
city
and
cyc
can
best
benefit
from
cyc's
apprenticeship
levy.
B
I
thank
the
executive
member
for
his
support,
but
I
want
to
remind
my
colleagues
that,
while
the
motion
recognises
the
excellent
work,
the
skills
team
and
apprenticeship
hub
have
been
doing
with
employers
external
to
the
council,
helping
them
to
run
outstanding,
apprenticeships,
providing
training
and
employment
opportunities
for
the
young
people
in
our
city.
It
also
highlights
that
cyc
now
needs
to
put
a
firm
emphasis
on
how
it
best
uses
its
own
apprenticeship
levy
within
its
own
workforce.
B
This
can't
be
ignored,
and
until
this
issue
is
addressed,
cyc
won't
be
fulfilling
its
role
as
one
of
york's
exemplar
employers
leading
the
way
in
tackling
the
challenging
employment
environment.
Our
young
people
face
I'd
like
to
wish
the
executive
member
a
happy
christmas
and
a
good
break,
and
that
thank
you
for
the
time.
A
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
douglas
and
I'd
like
to
wish
you
a
happy
christmas
as
well
right.
Thank
you
for
those
comments
and
I
think
if,
if
I
take
those
in
turn,
because
I
have
been
invited
to
listen
in
to
a
scrutiny
meeting
on
the
11th
of
january
dealing
with
make
it
york
and
having
myself
been
the
chair
of
scrutiny
when
the
first
make
it
your
contract
was
awarded.
A
And
suddenly
my
comments
in
those
days
were
not
taken
into
consideration.
I'm
delighted
to
to
take
up
that
invitation.
So
I'm
sure
there
will
be
a
lot
of
discussion
over
the
period
between
now
and
march
when
the
new
contract
comes
into
play
and
the
issue
of
the
apprentice
levy.
That
was
clearly
a
key
part
of
the
papers
taken
at
the
last
decision
session.
So
that
is
very
much
working
hand,
but
I
hear
your
comments
councillor
douglas
right.
So
if
we
come
on
to
item
four,
the
quarterly
economic
update.
A
C
A
C
Like
that,
okay,
so
I
just
wanted
to
begin
by
saying
that
there's
a
quite
a
long,
quarterly
economic
update
report-
a
lot
has
happened
over
the
last
few
months,
but
of
course,
what's
happened
just
over
the
last
few
days
is
also
very
pertinent
to
that
I
would
say
so
what
I'd?
Really
what
the
report
says
and
what
I'd
like
to
summarize
today
is.
Essentially
we
can
look
back
over
the
last
nine
months
and
say
actually:
we've
come
through
the
early
challenges
of
the
kobe
pandemic.
C
Well,
those
challenges
have
predominantly
been
around
the
difficulty
of
trading
in
the
city
centre.
We've
seen
unemployment
rising
but
less
than
any
other
city,
although,
as
I've
said
previously,
that's
called
comfort
to
anyone,
who's
lost
their
jobs
and
working
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
help
people
find
alternative
employment.
C
Actually
we
we
took
that
into
account
when
we
were
setting
the
scheme
up
and
really
just
to
say
that
what's
been
at
the
heart
of
what
we've
been
able
to
do
so
far,
and
I
think
what
we
can
probably
do
over
the
next
few
months
as
well,
is
working
in
partnership.
So
I'd
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
our
partners
in
the
chamber
of
commerce
in
the
federation
of
small
businesses,
the
business
improvement.
C
The
first
chart
I'd
like
to
show
you
comes
from
the
office
for
budget
responsibilities
report
that
they
put
out
as
part
of
the
chancellor's
autumn
statement.
The
chancellor
was
very
clear
in
that
statement
that
really
we're
just
at
the
start
of
the
economic
impact.
Although
it's
been
very
difficult,
nine
months
and
this
chart
attempts
to
show
what
recovery
might
look
like
are
really
the
key
thing
on
it
is
to
recognize
the
time
frames
here.
C
We
are
at
the
end
of
that
black
line
at
the
moment
on
the
left,
and
you
can
see
recovery
heading
to
the
right
there.
The
upside
scenario
suggests
that
maybe,
by
a
year's
time
we
might
have
recovered.
The
downside
scenario
suggests
that
it
might
take
until
2025
to
recover.
So
that's
kind
of
four
or
five
years
and
the
the
the
middle
forecast
suggests
probably
another
couple
of
years.
So
we.
D
C
We
need
to
remember
that
recovery
is
not
something
that's
going
to
happen
rapidly.
In
my
recovery
we
mean
businesses
returning
to
the
level
of
turnover
that
they
had
and
employment.
Returning
to
the
point
that
it
was
as
well,
so
we
have
a
a
a
a
couple
of
years
ahead
of
us
of
of
working
through
the
impacts
of
of
the
pandemic.
C
C
Saw
us
at
about
40
of
football
rather
than
that
13
or
whatever
it
was
in
april.
So,
and
the
consequences
of
that,
I
think,
are
what
we
are
now
seeing
at
the
moment.
Unfortunately-
and
we
know
that,
however
difficult
those
lockdowns
have
been,
we
think
that
we
probably
got
more
ahead
of
us
as
well
in
terms
of
spend
this.
C
Initial
phase,
particularly
restaurants,
there
you
can
see
these
are.
This
is
just
figures
from
visa.
If
you
look
at
the
whole
of
the
economy,
it's
something
like
100
million
pounds
were
spent
in
restaurants
in
this
in
the
summer
in
york,
and
that
has
certainly
helped
that
sector
to
weather
what's
been
a
very
difficult
storm,
although
there
is
a
lot
ahead
for
that
sector
too,
but
you
know
you
can
also
see
the
supermarkets
have
done
well.
C
Clothing
has
done
well
and
and
other
sectors
too
final
point
in
terms
of
that-
and
these
I
must
say
these
figures
come
from
some,
what
we've
done
with
the
business
improvement
district?
In
fact,
it
was
discussed
at
the
last
time
we
had
a
one
of
your
decision
sessions
where
we
were
actually
there
in
in
person
counselor.
Well,
what
you'll
recall?
We
talked
about
new
systems
to
try
and
measure
these
are
the
city
center.
C
These
are
now
live,
and-
and
this
is
where
that
data
comes
from-
so
I
thank
andrew
lowsen
from
the
bid
for
his
analysis
of
these
figures.
This
chart
shows
where
people
come
from
so
across
it's
showing
how
that
the
majority
of
of
spend
in
the
city
centre
in
the
third
in
the
second
quarter
of
the
year
was
definitely
from
from
locals.
As
we
went
into
the
summer,
the
number
of
people
coming
from
more
than
50
kilometers
away
30
miles
to
spend
in
europe.
C
But
this
is
why
those
those
sectors
are
particularly
keen
for
us
to
be
promoting
york
to
a
broader
area,
although
we
we're
clearly
gonna
have
to
think
carefully
about
how
we
navigate
our
way
through
the
months
ahead
in
terms
of
employment.
This
chart
shows
just
what's
happened
now
this
this
chart
just
shows
about
the
whole
of
my
working
life,
counselor
wallace.
C
So
towards
the
end,
you
know
you
can
see
from
from
the
late
80s,
we
had
a
very
high
cli
climate
count
in
york
about
eight
thousand.
That
has
fallen
consistently
with
a
couple
of
blips,
the
most
recent
being
the
the
credit
crunch
of
2008,
which
itself
took
about
five
years
to
recover
from
the
claiming
count,
has
gone
up
to
about
five
thousand
in
york
since
april.
It
stayed.
D
C
C
C
The
obr
forecasts
we
know
that
it's
not
just
retail
and
hospitality
that
are
in
difficulty
the
chart
on
the
right.
There
shows
the
number
of
businesses
in
all
sectors,
who've
seen
turnover
decreasing,
and
it
shows
that
basically
half
of
all
businesses
across
the
whole
economy.
These
are
national
figures
rather
than
specifically
york
figures,
but
will
apply
to
europe
just
as
well.
C
Now
all
businesses
in
all
sectors
have
seen
incomes
go
down
and
that
what
that
means
is
stored
up
challenge
in
terms
of
cash
flow,
and
that
is
likely
to
to
to
read
through
into
into
employment
figures
in
the
future.
We
there
are
still
around
7
000
people
in
york
furloughed
and
about
6
000
on
the
self-employment
income
support
scheme.
C
So
let's
say
we
can
be
confident
that
our
economy
is
resilient,
because
we
need
to
work
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
can
help
anyone
that
needs
work
in
europe
to
find
work
again,
and
I
know
we'll
be
talking
about
the
skills
we're
in
a
second
we'll
be
bringing
back
to
you.
The
next,
your
next
decision
session,
an
update
on
in
terms
of
where
we
are
on
our
economic
strategy,
which
or
both
of
those
things
will
be
very
much
focused
on.
C
A
A
It
does
feel
very
much
like
we
are
now
into
a
different
phase,
certainly
with
the
new
variant
of
covid,
for
which
information
is
coming
out
on
a
daily
basis,
and
one
hopes
that
the
national
effort
to
roll
out
the
vaccination
program
can
beat
the
wave
of
this
new
variant
in
order
that
we
can
see
an
end
to
the
restrictions.
But
clearly
that
is
not
the
case
as
we
speak
today,
and
we
rely
a
lot
on
how
people
behave
over
the
christmas
period.
A
There
are
some
lessons
to
be
learned
from
canada,
which
had
its
thanksgiving
in
in
october
and
then
the
united
states.
So
I
think
there
are
some
issues
that
we
we
need
to
face,
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
work.
That's
been
going
on
to
help
the
economy
of
the
of
the
city
it
is.
There
are
some
highlights
in
in
this
report
and
as
a
ward
councillor
in
westfield.
A
It
gives
me
heart
that
outside
of
the
city
center
is
this
ward,
which
has
the
highest
number
of
business
startups,
and
so
I
think
that
is
a
positive
sign.
There
strong
performance
across
all
wards-
and
I
think
that's
an
indication
as
you
have
raised
recently
simon-
that
there
is
evidence
of
of
the
self-employed
figure
which
had
been
set
estimated
at
around
12.
000
may
now
be
significantly
higher.
C
C
The
the
figures
on
how
many
people
are
self-employed
in
york
is
based
on
them.
The
annual
population
survey
every
m
every
three
months,
the
office
for
national
statistics
does
a
survey
of
in
york
is
a
row
of
around
about
a
thousand
people
and
they
use
that
survey
to
estimate
how
what
people
are
doing
in
terms
of
economic
activity.
C
C
A
lot
of
businesses
that
are
the
the
the
business
support
world
likes
to
to
watch
out
for
what
they
call
high
growth
startups.
So
they
would
like
to
find
the
next
virgin
or
the
next
nestle
or
whatever.
The
reality
is
that
a
lot
of
people
start
businesses
up
to
make
a
bit
of
income
in
the
time
that
they
have
available
and
they
are
described
somewhat
dismissively
as
lifestyle
businesses.
For
me,
that's
actually
really
important
aspect
of
entrepreneurship
and
business
start
is
people
starting
a
business
which
fits
with
their
lifestyle.
C
That's
needed
to
help
people
start
businesses
up.
It's
be
a
strong
theme
again
that
is
emerging
in
terms
of
our
work.
On
economic
strategies
that
need
to
provide
more
support
for
people
in
the
early
stages
of
businesses,
I'm
pleased
to
see
that
the
university
of
york
is
developing
an
institute
for
entrepreneurship
as
well,
and
we're
working
with
them
to
see
how
we
can
make
sure
that
is,
as
I
say,
about
the.
C
People
of
york
starting
businesses
up
just
as
it
is
about
high-flying
academics,
thinking
about
how
they
spin
out
their
their
opportunities
as
well.
There
are
running
your
own
business
is
a
route
for
for
anyone
in
society
and
we
need
to
make
sure
the
support
is
there
to
provide
it.
The
there
is
help
available
through
the
chamber
of
commerce
run
a
project
called
adventure
which
is
about
supporting
business,
starts
the
make
it
your
business
team
being
able
to
provide
help
on
startup
to
to
some
businesses.
C
But
it's
you
know
the
the
scaling
of
we've
talked
about.
You
know
10
over
10,
000
people,
self-employed
in
new
york.
You
know
you
need
more
than
a
couple
of
advices
to
help
those
kind
of
people
and
that
scale
of
people-
and
we
are
a
bit
restricted
at
the
moment
in
terms
of
the
amount
of
support
that
we
have
it's
something
we're
working
hard
on
to
increase,
to
see
how
we
can
help.
D
C
A
Okay,
thank
you
for
that
update.
It
is
quarterly.
Therefore,
there
will
be
another
one
along
soon
and
that
will
provide
a
regular
update.
It
is
growing
as
a
collection
of
data
and
I
think
that's
helpful,
to
have
everything
in
one
place,
and
I
appreciate
the
effort
that
goes
into
that,
because
there's
a
number
of
different
other
teams
that
supply
data.
As
you
you
mentioned,
the
bid
had
kindly
provided
information
on
data,
that's
collected
jointly
and
there
will
be
other
teams.
A
I
think
it
would
be.
I
would
emphasize
the
importance
of
collating
information
on
support
for
startups
in
the
next
one.
So,
in
terms
of
the
recommendation,
what
I
would
do
is
to
add
my
thanks
to
officers
for
their
work
in
the
situation,
to
ensure
that
there
is
support
for
business
and
for
the
work
of
partners
in
the
city
as
well
as
noting
the
contents
of
the
report.
So
thank
you
for
that.
D
D
In
terms
of
the
skills
and
employment
board,
the
first
meeting
took
place
of
the
broad
board
and
the
membership
in
terms
of
reference
has
agreed
on
the
17th
of
december.
So
after
the
papers
were
published
and
yourself
you
were
present
at
that
meeting.
Yes,
I
was
in
terms
of
the
work
for
the
task
and
finish
group,
the
main
the
predominant
focus
for
that
group
has
been
about
building
the
evidence
base,
which
we
agreed
would
be
key
to
underpinning
both
the
one
year
plan
and
the
longer
term
strategy.
D
The
work
that's
been
taking
place
has
been
around
engaging
and
building
on
the
work
to
support
businesses,
so
learning
from
intelligence
that
we'd
already
gathered,
particularly
in
the
wake
of
covid
around
the
sector
round
tables
and
the
make
it
york
survey
working
with
colleagues
very
closely
in
the
economic
team,
with
the
work
that
they're
doing
and,
of
course,
right
across
the
city.
With
the
partnerships
we've
been
looking
to
build
on
what
we
know
very
much
with
that
skills
and
employment
focus.
D
The
university
of
york
have
supported
that
work
with
student
teams
engaging
directly
with
some
of
the
most,
I
would
say,
prominent
businesses.
Now
these
are
businesses
in
different
sectors
who
are
either
large
or
had
quite
a
contribution
to
make
in
the
initial
phase.
So
we've
had
conversations
to
understand
kind
of
how
they've
been
changing
their
business,
what
the
immediate
needs
are
and
what
support
they're.
Looking
for
in
the
longer
term,
that
is
being
supplemented
because
we
want
to
reach
as
many
businesses
of
all
sizes
right.
D
Absolutely
so
that's
been
supplemented
with
a
quantitative
survey
that
we're
going
to
send
out
with
the
support
of
both
the
board
members,
but
also
our
other
channels.
So
they,
you
know,
including
what
simon's
mentioned
around
chamber
of
commerce
institute
of
directors,
fsb
and
obviously
directly
through
our
city's
workforce
development
groups,
to
really
understand
what
those
businesses
are
feeling
at
the
moment.
So
what
we
really
want
to
do
is
reach
as
many
and
as
broad.
D
That's
out
there
in
the
city
so,
and
I
say
city,
but
actually
it's
regional
and
national,
too
so,
sector
skills,
academy
reports,
local
reports,
things
from
the
local
enterprise
partnership
and
again
it's
sector,
either
sector
specific,
actually
in
terms
of
initiatives
that
are
coming
on
stream
and
actually
what
our
businesses,
the
key
pieces,
as
I've
mentioned,
what's
been
happening
since
covid
and
the
real
up-to-date
information,
because
a
lot
of
the
intelligence
that
we
have
quite
rightly
is
stuff
that
was
produced
either
before
or
using
data.
Pre-March.
D
D
in
terms
of
the
timeline
for
production,
you'll
see
that
as
an
appendix
to
the
paper
following
the
meeting
of
both
regular
meetings
in
the
task
and
finish
group
and
then
the
skills
board.
We
are
working
to
have
the
draft
of
the
one
year
plan
developed
by
the
end
of
january,
and
that
is
for
consideration.
Then
by
yourself.
D
A
I
I'd
spoken
by,
I
discussed
with
councillor
rosie
marker,
as
well
as
councillor
kilbane
in
terms
of
those
two
scrutiny
committees
wanting
to
to
look
at
different
aspects
of
of
the
skills
agenda
and
it
was
discussed
at
the
skills
board
meeting
and
that
they
were
as
and
you.
You
heard
the
discussion
there.
There
was
a
very
active
interest
in
ensuring
there
was
engagement
there
with
the
various
counsellors
on
the
scrutiny
process.
D
Absolutely,
and
in
terms
of
the
longer-term
strategy,
we're
working
along
similar
timelines
to
our
colleagues
and
we're
looking
at
end
of
march
for
drafting
that
strategy.
But
again,
as
you'll
see
in
the
timeline,
there
are
chunks
of
time
identified
for
consultation
with
aligned
with
other
existing
activity
through
with
businesses
with
cross-party
involvement.
A
Yeah
yeah
it
was,
it
was
the
ensuring
that
there's
this
space
for
businesses
to
feed
in
I've
had
a
number
of
different
sectors
come
forward
and
and
you've
been
involved
in
those
discussions
as
well
allison.
Certainly,
it's
been
heartening
with
the
within
the
construction
industry,
the
interest
in
developing
proposals
for
long
apprenticeships
and
therefore
it's
a
it's
a
good
opportunity
to
engage
with
businesses,
but
we're
conscious
that
they
have
very
specific
requirements
and
simultaneously
they're
trying
to
keep
their
businesses
afloat.
A
So
it's
very
much
getting
information
out
of
them
about
what
they're
they're
interested
in
and
feeding
back
succinctly
to
them,
but
pay
a
tribute
to
the
amount
of
work.
That's
been
done
through
the
sectoral,
roundtables
and
multitude
of
other
discussions,
particularly
during
business
week,
where
there
was
a
very
strong
sharing
of
information
by
yourself
and
the
rest
of
the
team.
D
D
Also,
the
communication
piece.
So
two
key
developments
were
the
skills
hub
page
on
the
make
it
york
website,
which
is
aimed
at
providing
an
accessible
online
resource
for
businesses,
looking
for
predominantly
free
or
heavily
funded,
public
support,
and
indeed
support
from
our
partners
in
terms
of
upskilling
or
recruitment,
and
then
also
the
let's
be
york
page,
which
is
aimed
at
individuals
again
looking
for
routes
into
employment
or
support
to
develop
their
skills,
perhaps
looking
to
reskill
and
change
direction,
or
indeed
upskill
in
their
existing
role.
So
I
think
they're
really
important
resources
for
the
city.
A
A
Getting
the
experience
making
the
contacts
and
I
think
it's
important
to
emphasize
what
work
you're
doing
with
that
age
group
notwithstanding,
there
will
be
many
people
in
the
city
who
find
themselves
unemployed
to
need
to
retrain
at
a
a
a
a
higher
age
group
and
they
are
equally
important
to
us
to
ensure
that
they
are
able
to
find
work.
So
I
think,
what's
important
with
with
this
is,
is
looking
is
drawing
together
all
of
the
different
strands
of
work.
That's
going
on.
At
the
same
time,
it's
all
very
rapid.
A
A
It's
involved
a
tremendous
adaptation
to
new
ways
of
working,
but,
as
mentioned
in
simon's
report,
there's
much
stronger
relations
with
partners
than
had
previously
been
the
case,
and
we
need
to
ensure
those
are
fully
utilized.
So,
with
the
edition
of
seven
four
to
express
thanks
for
all
the
teams,
work
happy
to
agree
the
recommendations
as
printed.
A
So
thank
you
for
that.
That
brings
us
to
the
end
of
that
item
and
brings
us
on
to
urgent
business.
I
have
not
been
provided
with
any,
so
it
remains
for
me
as
chairing
the
last
meeting
before
christmas
to
wish
everyone
the
best
that
they
can
get
at
this
season.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
I'll
bring
the
movie
to
close.