Agenda and minutes

Venue: held as a remote meeting

Items
No. Item

8.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies received from Councillor Shabir Pandor, Councillor Alex Ross Shaw and Councillor Darren Byford.

9.

Declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests

Minutes:

Colin Glass declared a significant interest in relation to Agenda Item 6 exempt appendices 3 and 4.

 

10.

Exempt information - Exclusion of the press and public

1.    To highlight Appendices 1,2,3 and 4 to Agenda Item 6 which officers have identified as containing exempt information within the meaning of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemptions outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

 

2.    To consider whether or not to accept the officers’ recommendation in respect of the above information as set out in paragraph 9.2 of Agenda Item 6

 

3.    If the recommendation is accepted, to formally pass the following resolution:-

 

RESOLVED – That in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Appendices 1,2,3 and 4 to Agenda Item 6 on the grounds that they are likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information and for the reasons set out in the report that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED That in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Appendices 1,2,3 and 4 to Agenda Item 6 on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information and for the reasons set out in the report that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

11.

Minutes of the meeting of the Business Investment Panel held on 2 September 2020 pdf icon PDF 117 KB

Minutes:

That the minutes of the Business Investment Panel held on 2 September 2020 be approved and signed by the Chair.

 

12.

Strategic Inward Investment Fund pdf icon PDF 133 KB

Minutes:

The Panel considered a report outlining the current position regarding progress in committing grants through the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) Strategic Inward Investment Fund (SIIF).

 

Resolved: 

 

(i)             That the contents of the report be noted.

 

(ii)            That the Panel note the progress reports outlined at paragraphs 3.2 and 4.1.

 

13.

Business Growth Programme pdf icon PDF 229 KB

Minutes:

The Panel considered a report outlining the current position regarding progress in committing grants through the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) Business Growth Programme (BGP).

 

The Panel was asked to consider application 1114171 outlined at 1.2

detailed in exempt Appendices 1 and 2 and 1115505 detailed in exempt Appendices 4 and 5 and note the update at paragraph 4.1.

 

The Panel discussed the two grant applications in detail.

 

Following consideration of the applications, it was noted that the Panel was not in agreement to the approval of application 1114171. 

 

With regard to application 1115505, the Panel were in majority agreement to approve the application with one member requesting that their disagreement to the recommendation to approve be placed on record.

 

Resolved: 

 

(i)             That the contents of the report be noted.

 

(ii)            That the update at paragraph 4.1 be noted.

 

(iii)          That grant application 1114171, detailed in exempt Appendices 1 and 2, should not be recommended for approval.

 

(iv)          That grant application 1115505, detailed in exempt Appendices 3 and 4, be recommended for approval.

 

14.

Date of next meeting 8 December 2020