The development of Chatham Waterfront, Medway, Kent, has been handed a £2.9 million boost by the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SE LEP).

SE LEP’s investment in the on-going regeneration of the Chatham Waterfront area will help create over 260 new jobs and the development of nearly160 new homes. The funding will be used to improve flood defences in the area and carry out any necessary work to ensure the site is able to support the new development.

Up to 3,000 jobs could be created as part of a major redevelopment of Rochester Riverside, Medway,  Kent, thanks to the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SE LEP)

SE LEP - a business-led body focusing on economic growth in East Sussex, Essex, Kent, Medway, Southend and Thurrock – is providing £4.41 million Growing Places Funding (GPF) to support the development of part of the 74 acre site.

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Job Number: WE-EC14455
Location: Chelmsford, Essex 
Employer: Essex County Council
Closing date: 26-May-2013

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Job Number: WE-EC14454
Location: Chelmsford, Essex 
Employer: Essex County Council
Closing date: 26-May-2013

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Location: Chelmsford, Essex 
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Interviews will be held at High House Production Park in Thurrock on Tuesday 4th June

Today’s (Wednesday) report by the London Assembly into airport capacity in London and the South East further supports the findings of an independent report carried out for the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SE LEP) last year.

SE LEP Director, Susan Priest, said: “The London Assembly’s findings add further weight to the conclusions of a report we published last June that clearly showed there is existing capacity within the airports serving the South East.

The South East Local Enterprise Partnership has welcomed the government’s confirmation today that it will provide £56.8 million towards the cost of the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road in East Sussex.

SELEP’s East Sussex Vice Chair, Derek Godfrey, said: “The government’s confirmation of funding for the link road will help unlock the growth potential of the area by opening up greater opportunities for housing and business. It will help enable the construction of up to 2,000 new homes and a business park space of 50,000 square metres which could create at least 3,000 new jobs.
 
”SELEP’s core objective is to generate economic growth and create new jobs. This funding further underpins that aim.”
 

The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) has welcomed today’s announcement of funding to help tackle congestion bottlenecks in Essex and Kent by the Department of Transport.

Funding to help improve the A414/A1025 (Clock Tower) Junction in Harlow and enhance the capacity of the road network in North Farm, Kent, was announced as part of the first tranche of ten schemes to benefit from the government’s £170m Local Pinch Point Fund Programme.