“It does not "work" like that,John,Barton. The "system" uses different ideas. Right or wrong,your choice,....”

“The problem with Grimsby is that the money generated on the bank never stays here it is taken out of the town. Sure the major companies throw a few books to a local school but do not sponsor any major projects to add assets to the town.
This is a chance to obtain govt. funding to support local companies and make sure they re-invest in the town and surrounding areas, not just pay the local people the minimum wage and the rest of the money going out of town.
From the records N.E. Lincs council did not get that much support from Yorkshire Forward but Yorkshire Forward took a lot from this council, £2.50/week from every tax payer.
So if there is govt. money going you had better have a good team in place to lay out it's stall, get the money implement the projects.
Looking at the behavior of these so called representatives of the area I hope God is on our side because the way this is panning out it is going to be chaos.
Or perhaps some of them are hoping to be on the board of the LEP because they know their days on the N.E. Lincs. council are numbered.”

“It is unfortunate that we started from a position where the county and administrative regions were split by the Humber.

An attempt was made to change that with the invention of Humberside, but that was dominated by Yorkshire much to the annoyance of those south of the river. The old rivalries never die!

A smaller Humberside of (let's say) 20 miles out from the river might work better...and that should catch all the river's ports and major businesses and be more representative.”

“John, Barton. You are spot on, unfortunately both banks are going to lose out. This will be the single worst decision for years i can guarantee you.

I think people need to do their research as there is a poor understanding of the LEP's from people posting on here.

This is not a new authority, in fact it is stipulated that local authorities should take a back seat on this one, unfortunately all of the businesses in the region have been ignored thus far which is a great start.

The critical mass which would be gained by having a pan-Humber LEP far outweighs having two seperate agencies effectively competing with each other. I find it strange that Minns and Parnaby agree about working closely regarding ports and renewable energy, these are major growth sectors, and the largest in the Humber region by far, so what else do they think they can bring to the table if they split into two?

People need to put their petty parochialism behind them, either that or the region will continue to go backwards as Manchester and Sheffield go forwards.. If there is anyone being childish it is Minns/Parnaby and their approach to this like its a school sports event. 'We dont want you in our team'...”

“Neil - County boundaries/administrative boundaries have no bearing. They are irrelevant to the discussion.”

“The money does come from central government chris.

LEP's are replacing the regional development companies like Yorkshire Forward, but are having budgets cut. The main focus is uniting businesses to lobby for natural economic regions (one of which the humber obviously forms) to make sure it is distributed fairly. Without a big enough lobby to compete with the likes of Leeds and Sheffield City Regions, the south bank wouldn't stand a chance if it doesn't join forces with the north. Even if N and NE Lincs joined up with rest of Lincolnshire it would still be at a big disadvantage in selling itself to private investers into the ports of Grimsby and Immingham.”

“I have a cunning plan......Why not return NEL and North Lincs to the old boundaries of Lincolnshire? It might work. Hmm ! Then again,too many dopey's at the top of the food chain would lose their jobs......”

“Well it will certainly boost jobs, a Chief Executive Officer and deputy plus PAs and secretarial support, a Chief Press Officer, deputy and supporting staff, a Finance Officer, deputy etc etc. If the South Bank plays its cards right we could have a couple of hundred extra jobs without having to acquire a penny of extra external investment and only a modest rise in council tax to pay for it, unless of course the money comes from Europe or Central Government.”

“Well?”

“And what did Cllr Kirk say that was so childish? Come on GT tell us the whole story. You quote Cllr Lowis saying he's childish but don't give the reasons for it.”