Somerset Growth Board calls on local businesses to actively participate in shaping the county’s economic strategy and future development.
Somerset’s business-led Economic Growth Board is working on a blueprint to help shape the future of the county’s economy.
Somerset Council is calling on Somerset businesses of types, shapes and sizes, to tell the Board what it is like to do business in the county via an online survey.
Questions will ask respondents about the nature of their business, their growth aspirations, as well as their barriers to, and opportunities for, success. The survey also provides information about the training and support initiatives available.
The survey is anonymous, but businesses can provide contact details at the end to be kept in the loop about the results and details of next steps on the development of the new Economic Strategy for Somerset. There will be further opportunities for businesses, and wider economic development stakeholders, to engage with development of the Strategy in early 2025.
The Economic Growth Board is overseeing the development of the Strategy and it wants to ensure the voice of Somerset businesses is heard.
Hosted by Somerset Council, the Board is chaired by Harry Singer, CEO of Singer Instruments, with Emma Warren, Managing Director at Elite Staffing Solutions and Chair of the Somerset Chamber of Commerce, supporting as co-chair.
Read the full news release about the Somerset Growth Board survey here.
