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business forum
help shape the future for your business and Ayrshire's economy
Recent government changes removed Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire, the Ayrshire Economic Forum and the Ayrshire Tourism Partnership and left a void for discussions and actions about the business and economic development of Ayrshire as a whole. Ayrshire needs to ensure that its whole voice will still be heard now that many public sector structures have been changed.
The Chamber ran an Open Space event, the purpose of which was to create a Business Forum for Ayrshire to ensure that the business and economic issues of the county are not lost as a result of these changes.
As a result of the event, an Executive of 18 people has been set up for the Forum which in turn will create the action groups to drive the issues that came out of the Open Space event. It was decided that the three main topics will be: Tourism, Economic Development for Ayrshire and Marketing Ayrshire. The first meeting of the Executive group will took place late October, when the group defined the vision, purpose and objectives and engaged with the 3 topics.
As a result of the event, an Executive of 18 people has been set up for the Forum which in turn will create the action groups to drive the issues that came out of the Open Space event. It was decided that the three main topics will be: Tourism, Economic Development for Ayrshire and Marketing Ayrshire. The first meeting of the Executive group will took place late October, when the group defined the vision, purpose and objectives and engaged with the 3 topics.
A privately led business forum, if it is strong, will be the right way forward for the Ayrshire economy, if we are not to be lost as simply a rural patch of South West Scotland.
Business Forum Executive (word doc)
Organised by the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and supported by Scottish Enterprise.
