Economic Development Strategy Consultant

The Economic Development Strategy (EDS) is an opportunity to present a snapshot of the borough's economy, with an analysis of how this could look in the future and what the borough can do to maximise benefits for its residents and businesses, demonstrating the borough's key assets and its unique selling points. The strategy should sit within the wider London strategic landscape (Mayoral, sub-regional) and be consistent within this context, whilst at the same time providing a Greenwich specific perspective which will articulate the borough's position and plans and be used to influence policy (for example, lobbying for metropolitan town centre status for Woolwich).

The analysis should be finessed in setting out the different economic functions of different parts of the borough (for example, Greenwich, Eltham and Woolwich town centres, Charlton Riverside). It is intended that the EDS will inform the activity of different functions within the Council such as Employment and Skills, Regeneration, and Planning, deliver additional value (e.g. to the forthcoming Employment Land Review being commissioned by Planning), and provide an action plan for the borough against which Council Members and local residents can monitor future progress.

The EDS will set out key spatial, business investment and skills implications, to show how the Royal Borough of Greenwich can:

The key audiences for the strategy will be:

Please email tenders and accompanying appendices to Linda Highton on linda.highton@royalgreenwich.gov.uk by midday on Monday 30th January. Alternatively, you can deliver hard copies to Linda Highton, Employment and Skills, DRES, Royal Borough of Greenwich, the Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ by the same deadline. Please note we plan to invite organisations for interview PM on 7th February, interviews to be in Woolwich.

If you have any queries, please email Linda Highton on linda.highton@royalgreenwich.gov.uk