2018 has been a prosperous year for Dorset. Dorset LEP has been instrumental in delivering a number of initiatives to help drive economic growth, improve housing, transport and infrastructure, and create more highly skilled jobs across Dorset.
We are pleased to share some of our highlights below...
January 2018
Poole Bridge (Completed)
Dorset Innovation Park Launch
Innovate UK MoU signed
March 2018
North Dorset Business Park (completed)
Rural Productivity Conference (KMC)
Innovation South launch event
April 2018
First Dorset LEP business conference
Literary & Scientific Institute launch event
May 2018
Field International (completed)
Re-launch of the Growing Places Fund
June 2018
Project pipeline refresh open
July 2018
Dorset Gateway launch
September 2018
Hurn Roundabout (completed)
Blackwater junction phase 2 (started)
A338 Widening (started)
Project Pipeline refresh close
Homes England visit
Great south West MP event, Westminster
Careers & Apprenticeship Show
LEP Network Women Leaders Event
October 2018 (Open to public May 2018)
Shire Hall (completed)
Townside Access (Completed)
Dorset Viability Symposium
November 2018
Gillingham Access to Growth (started)
Orthopaedic Research Institute Phase 2 (started)
New Dorset LEP Skills Board established
Horizon 2038 Launch
December 2018
Local Development Order approved
Growing Places Fund loan agreement signed with Kingston Maurward College - Interpretation Centre