Economic development - Dorset County Council
The Economic Development Group is responsible for the council's work on economic development, and European issues, influencing policy development from European through to local levels. An important part of the Group's role is to act as a facilitator to bring together the public, voluntary and private sectors in pursuit of common objectives, and to secure funding to assist the development of partnership projects.
The Dorset economy is in a good shape but there are a number of programmes in progress to ensure this continues, including the following areas:
- Infrastructure and connectivity
- Skills and employability
- Business support
- Sustainable economic development
- Promoting Dorset
- Regional, national and international policy
- Networking and collaboration
Economic development covers a wide range of activities, many of which rely on partnership working. As Dorset is a two-tier authority, there are economic development functions at both county and district level.
Officers from all the authorities work closely in collaboration to support and develop the local economies within Dorset. The local authorities also work alongside organisations such as chambers of commerce, Business Link, Federation on Small Business, Jobcentre Plus and the private sector.
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Senior Economic Development Officer
Name: Helen Heanes
Email: h.e.heanes@dorsetcc.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 224677
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