The Council has prioritised three key areas of focus
ensuring internal staff, external partners and key
stakeholders work towards these priorities to ensure
economic growth.
SBC makes a clear distinction between what is going to
support local residents and businesses to maintain its
current economic position, and what will actually create
the growth that the Town needs and support the region
and country out of the economic recession.
These priorities are:
1. Competitive Workforce
2. Business Generation, Retention and Inward Investment
3. Physical and Transport Infrastructure
PRIORITY 1 - COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE
Aims
To raise skills levels of Slough residents at all NVQ
Levels making them competitive and productive in the
labour market.
Issues
Skills and learning issues cut across all generations. There
are young people who are not in employment, education
and training and graduates who are unemployed. Many
residents do not have the skills required by local employers.
Some young people are choosing not to take the university
route but still need quality employment. Apprenticeships
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The Economi c St rateg i c Pl an
for Growth 2014-18
Competitive workforce
Business generation, retention
and inward investment
Physical and transport
infrastructure
PEOPLE
BUSINESS
PLACE
