Strategic Objectives

The Strategic Objectives are:

1. To define and agree a protocol between partners, including relevant sections of the property and development industry for the process of initiating, sharing and responding to inward investment enquiries;
2. To define and agree a protocol between regulatory bodies and agencies for responding to requests for assistance and enforcement matters involving business;
3. To develop a comprehensive network and one stop shop to provide advice to existing, start up or incoming businesses to ensure that they have access to support in such areas as; business to business mentoring, tailoring business advice, flexible workspace, affiliation to a knowledge base and finance;
4. To further specify and explain the strengths and attractions for businesses of the Yeovil area, including the benefits of the various new initiatives and activities being proposed in the strategy;
5. To develop exemplar projects which focus on specific opportunities for growth;
6. To ensure that opportunities are not missed which help ensure the economic (land, premises, skills, resources) needs of Yeovil are fully recognised in local, county and regional plans and strategies;
7. To improve the local skills base, the retention of young adults and the recruitment of new workers to the area;
8. To build up a better dialogue with the business community and to involve business to a much greater extent in driving the town's economy; and
9. To develop a core of business leaders who want and accept a role in helping to move the local economy forward. The group should not be seen simply as a ready made consultation forum but much more as a driving force for change.