Chairs from 11 local enterprise partnerships in the north of England will come together to form a new ‘council for the north’. The government has announced that the new body will provide a single voice on issues such as productivity, economic growth and tackling the North/South divide.
The council will be chaired by Roger Marsh OBE, chair of the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership.
As chairman of the newly-formed NP11 Board, he said: “By bringing together the private and public sectors, local enterprise partnerships are in a unique position to unite northern business and civic leaders behind a common goal of building a true northern economic powerhouse that brings prosperity to everyone who lives and works in the North, while also competing for the country globally.”
