Stevenage 75th anniversary magazine | biz4Biz - Magazine - Page 20
Investment Plan.”
Kit Davies
Principal and CEO
North Herts College
The Heart of a town lies in its people
“The plan is to expand, celebrate,
and offer greater accessibility to
Stevenage’s rich heritage, arts
and culture. Stevenage will be
celebrated as a cultural destination
which will drive greater economic
growth and well-being.”
Martha Lytton Cobbold
Managing Director
Lytton Enterprises Ltd./Knebworth Estates
“It’s been great to see a high level of
engagement and commitment from
educational institutions and employers
in supporting Stevenage to open up
opportunities for further learning and
progression into skilled employment. I am
delighted that Improving skills, boosting
business and opening new educational
pathways for young people is one of
the main focuses of Stevenage’s ‘Town
Investment Plan.”
Kit Davies
Principal and CEO
North Herts College
“The Hertfordshire
Chamber of
Commerce
CLICK
BELOW
TO
ENTER
fully support and endorse the Stevenage
Town Investment Plan. It will help drive
growth, entrepreneurship, and innovation
plus inward investment and employment to
Stevenage and the county”.
Briege Leahy - CEO Herts Chamber of Commerce
“I think the work on Stevenage is fascinating –
such a diverse town with huge potential, whilst
suffering some of the worst deprivation in the
county. The way that pockets of innovation,
creativity and wealth sit alongside poverty, lack
of skills, teenage pregnancy, 3rd generation
unemployment etc. has always been something
I’ve been interested in. I went to school in
Stevenage so saw first-hand what it was like
for some of my friends and their families who
were struggling. But I also saw how giving
access to opportunities through education and
employment could transform lives and break
generational cycles”.
Anna Morrison CBE - Amazing Apprenticeships
investors
“The“Government,
Hertfordshiredevelopers
Chamber ofand
Commerce
must
be
brave
and
be
prepared
to
fully support and endorse the Stevenage
differently
and
together
Townthink
Investment
Plan.
It work
will help
drive to
create
outcomes that benefit
everyone.
growth,
entrepreneurship,
and innovation
growth inand
theemployment
UK and levelling
plusUnlocking
inward investment
to
up
our
towns
is
critical
to
our
longStevenage and the county”.
term success as a country. Our town
Briege Leahy - CEO Herts Chamber of Commerce
centres can be enablers of this future
growth, and the investment, design and
development decisions made today
will set
trajectory
for a decade
of
“I think
the the
work
on Stevenage
is fascinating
–
recovery.
I
hope
–
and
believe
–
that
our
such a diverse town with huge potential, whilst
plans some
to transform
Stevenage
will seeinathe
suffering
of the worst
deprivation
change
in
the
way
we
deliver
town
centre
county. The way that pockets of innovation,
regeneration
across
country.”
creativity
and wealth
sit the
alongside
poverty, lack
of skills,
teenage pregnancy, 3rd generation
Mark Reynolds
CEO Mace,
unemployment
etc. has always been something
for SG1 in Stevenage
centre in
I’ve Developer
been interested
in. I wenttown
to school
Stevenage so saw first-hand what it was like
for some of my friends and their families who
were struggling. But I also saw how giving
“Based
on the GSK campus,
access
to opportunities
through Stevenage
education and
Bioscience
Catalyst
is alsolives
home
to break
the
employment
could
transform
and
Cell & Gene
Therapy Catapult, LifeArc,
generational
cycles”.
Cytiva
and
over
40 growing technology
Anna Morrison CBE - Amazing Apprenticeships
companies which together have raised
over £1.6bn since 2012. Of this, 70% of the
funding is for Cell and Gene technologies
placing it at the centre of the largest
Cell and Gene cluster in Europe. It has
estimated thatVISITOR
there is potential
OURbeen
VIRTUAL
CENTRE
within the cluster for over 250,000 sq
ft of private sector funded development
delivering 2,100 direct jobs over 10 years.
The clear vision, strategy and delivery
proposals put forwards by Stevenage
Development Board as part of the Town
Investment Plan will play a pivotal role in
making this happen”.
Sally Ann Forsyth OBE MPhil, PhD, CGMA
Chief Executive Officer
Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst.
“For The Wine Society, reliant on a local
workforce, these are exciting proposals
that will enable local people with
aspirations, to develop their capabilities
and take advantage of the opportunities in
Stevenage across a diverse and rich range
of businesses”.
Steve Finlan
Chief Executive
The Wine Society
Cell & Ge
Cytiva a
compani
over £1.6
funding
placing i
Cell and
been est
within th
ft of priv
deliverin
The clea
proposa
Develop
Investme
making t
Sally Ann
Chief Exec
Stevenage
“For The
workforc
that will
aspiratio
and take
Stevenag
of busine
Steve Finla
Chief Exec
The Wine S