We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for East Midlands Combined County Authority in East Midlands across 41 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Pavement channel funding
EMCCA has received just under £1 million for pavement channel charging schemes and has agreed an initial allocation of £120,000 per authority to start delivery. A draft funding agreement is being prep…
“And then the final project is the pavement channels fund. Um it's entirely new funding that was announced by government. Um camera receiving just unde…”
Power supply constraints
Multiple speakers identified electricity grid connection and distribution network capacity as a key blocker to EV rollout. Officers explained that sites often need DNO upgrades that can cost hundreds …
“Um essentially, power is and we've alluded to it, um getting the energy supply to the specific location is a fundamental factor as to whether a charge…”
Regional EV network renewal
EMCCA is proposing to take over regional coordination of the D2N2 public EV charging network and run the replacement procurement so a new supplier is in place by 2028 when the current BP Pulse contrac…
“Just in terms of the projects then that the paper talks about, um the first one being, um, the D2N2 network. It's a, um, publicly accessible charge po…”
Transport funding package approved
The board approved the distribution of new transport funding streams, including £66 million for the city region sustainable transport settlement and £21 million for bus services improvement plan fundi…
“the primary recommendations that we're asking for from board today are related to two funding streams for which we need to make submissions back to DF…”
Transport transfer needs design
The move to take on supported bus routes and related transport responsibilities was treated as a major service-design opportunity and risk. Officers explained that some areas, such as service design, …
“we're bringing on board staff from the four constituent councils all of whom have got their own staff at the moment working on concessionary bus fair …”
Transport investment allocations approved
The board approved the second phase of the regional transport investment programme, covering named allocations for the 2026-29 period. The package includes revenue funding to develop future capital sc…
“Thank you mayor. Good morning everybody. Um, the paper today details the second stage of the allocation setting for the regional transport uh investme…”
Investment Zone delegation rules
The committee was told it now has a key role in the East Midlands Investment Zone: it will determine which programmes or projects enter the EIZ pipeline, approve investment proposals between £2.5 mill…
“Um we've developed our sensor space program very much in mind. We have a big approach to partnership. Um so um our pre-committee or our pre-w function…”
East Midlands Investment Zone funding
The East Midlands Investment Zone was confirmed in October 2024 and carries £160 million over 10 years for sites, infrastructure, skills, employment, business support and stakeholder engagement across…
“The Eastman investment zone is a uh designation that we got confirmed on the 31st October 2024 um to look to drive um growth into strategic uh Thank y…”
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