Issue - meetings

The Board received a report providing an update on business and enterprise activities funded through the Area Based Grant. These activities were underway and monitoring would be taking place in the coming months.

The Haringey Business Board, including representatives from key business partners had been established and had met for the first time on 10 June. The next meeting of the Board was scheduled for 22 September 2009 and would focus on business opportunities related to procurement associated with the Olympics. Two meetings of the newly-formed Wood Green Business forum had been held; partners in the forum were looking at funding a website for the forum and it was hoped that other partnership arrangements of this kind could be encouraged. It was reported that the Area based Grants programme was supporting the Green Lanes Food Festival, due to take place on 20 September.

Further to the earlier discussion regarding engagement with the voluntary sector as a business sector, it was suggested that John Egbo and Juneed Asad discuss how this could be progressed outside the meeting.

RESOLVED

That the content of the report be noted.