Outline of the South East Regional Recovery Plan

A partnership of JCP, LSC and SEEDA, working with GOSE and the SSCs, is developing a joint response to the economic downturn and has prepared a Regional Recovery Plan setting out the support available for businesses and individuals affected by the downturn. The plan, completed in early 2009, was requested by the National Economic Development Council, which is chaired by the Prime Minister, early in 2009. Partners are now implementing the plan at a regional and local level.

Timescale of the Response to Redundancy Programme.
The specifications in the current Invitation to Tender (ITT) were launched on the 26th January 2009. Only providers who had pre-qualified on the LSC’s QPF system for employer responsive provision will be eligible to tender. They will have been notified by email and will have access to submit via BRAVO. Current timescales are that tenders need to be submitted by 5pm on 2nd March 2009 with contracts awarded by 17 April 2009. Providers tendering should be prepared to be available for possible presentations at short notice in late March/early April.
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