Meetings & Minutes

MPG Skills Webinar: Major Projects—Growth—Opportunity: One Year On

The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) recently invited back several major projects, one year on from its initial webinar exploring how these projects are creating new skills and employment opportunities across the South East.

Major Projects—Growth—Opportunity: One Year On took place on Wednesday 8^th June from 10.30am-12.30pm. This online event saw projects including the Lower Thames Crossing and Ebbsfleet Garden City return to update us on their progress and future plans for the area in the realms of skills and employment.

Attendees heard about the emerging action plan of the Major Projects Group (MPG) Skills Group, which supports collaborative activity across the area, as well as from the projects directly and the opportunity to pose questions via a panel and Q&A.

Projects detailed in the webinar comprised:

• Bradwell B
• Ebbsfleet Garden City
• Thames Freeport
• Lower Thames Crossing
• UK Health Security Agency on its relocation to Harlow
• Construction Industry Training Board

Speakers included Lara Pool, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation; Celine McGeown, Construction and Industry Training Board (CITB); and Jessica Power, Lower Thames Crossing (National Highways).