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Economic Development and Economic Development and Meeting Business NeedsMeeting Business Needs
Sophie Tyler & Giles SemperOxfordshire County Council LTP ConsultationWorkshop 2: 14 October 2009
Overview
• Commuting and business travel trends• Key challenges for businesses• Lessons from:
- Better Bankside- Camberwell Travel Plan Group- Cobalt Park
• Summary of questions for discussion
Oxfordshire Businesses by Number of Employees
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
All VAT Based Enterprises
0 to 4 Persons Employed
5 to 9 Persons Employed
10 to 19 Persons Employed
20 or More Persons Employed
Oxf
ords
hire
Dis
tric
ts /
Num
ber o
f Em
ploy
ees
Number of VAT Registered Enterprises
West Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse
South Oxfordshire
Oxford
Cherw ell
Oxfordshire Businesses by Sector
0500
100015002000250030003500
Cherwell
Oxford
South
Oxfo
rdsh
ire
Vale o
f White
Hors
e
West
Oxfor
dshir
e
Oxfordshire Districts
Nu
mb
er o
f V
AT
Reg
iste
red
E
nte
rpri
ses
Public
Private - Multi Site
Private - Single Site with 1 orLess Person Employed
Private - Single Site with Morethan 1 Person Employed
Oxfordshire Mode for Travel to Work (2001)
- 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000
Cherwell
Oxford
South Oxon
Vale
West Oxon
Oxf
ord
shir
e R
egio
n /
Mo
de
Number per mode
Other
Foot
Cycle
Taxi
Car / Van (Passenger)
Car / Van (Driver)
2 powered wheeler
Bus/ Coach
Train
Light Rail / Tram
Home
Business related travel & CO2 emissions
Estimated CO2 emissions from household cars by journey purpose and journey length, GB, 2002/2006 average DfT Low Carbon Transport: A Greener Future 2009
Key Characteristics of Travel to Work (2001)
• Largest numbers of people commuting within Outer Oxford (21510)
• Significant proportion of workers living and working within the same town in Banbury, Witney, Abingdon & Bicester (all more than commuting to Oxford City)
Summary
• Large number of SMEs
• Small number of large businesses in each district
• Each district has small number of large businesses
• Car dominated the journey to work (except Oxford city)
Key Challenges for Businesses
1. Keeping costs down (direct and indirect)
2. Recruiting / retaining staff
3. Information and engagement
4. Carbon reduction
Keeping costs down
• Service delivery / intra-site travel• Business travel • Delivery and freight• Congestion (loss of working time, late
deliveries etc)• Staff commuting trips • Facilities on site (car parking, cycle parking)
Staff recruitment & retention
• Perceived accessibility for average to higher income workers
• Actual & perceived accessibility for low income workers
• Quality of commute journey• Quality of business related travel• Perceived ‘equality’ between users of
different modes
Information and Engagement
• Who is responsible for what (when there is a problem)?
• What is on the horizon for the next 2-5 years?• How can we have real influence on plans for our
area / infrastructure used by the business?• How can we get timely, accurate and concise
information about transport services (changes)?• Who can help us reduce costs/ reduce carbon
emissions etc?
Climate Change and CO2 Reduction
• Carbon Reduction Commitment (from 2010)
• Other public sector commitments (NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy)
• Corporate Responsibility • Employee pressure &
campaigns
Business Improvement Districts
• Companies owned and led by businesses
• Ballot of businesses needed to set one up
• BID ‘levy’ based on rateable value of properties
• ‘Levy’ usually collected at the same time as business rates
• BID turnover ranges from £100,000 to £5m
• Services must be additional to statutory provision
Better Bankside
• UK’s third-ever Business Improvement District (BID)
• Revives the Bankside ‘brand’
• 290 businesses paying c. £800,000pa in levy
• Travel Planning programme since 2005
Better Bankside Travel Planning Group
• Mechanism for two way communication
• Businesses themselves in charge and dictate the agenda
• Helps create understanding of local authority plans and roles
• Makes planning of joint initiatives possible
• Having a budget for projects is crucial
Better Bankside Master Travel Plan
Key targets are to increase by 50% by 2010:
1. the share of people who walk to work, amongst those who live within a 2 mile radius.
2. the share of people who cycle to work, amongst those who live within a 5 mile radius.
3. the number of work related journeys made to locations within London on foot (2006: 20%)
4. the number of work related journey made to locations within London by bicycle (2006: 3%)
Online at: http://www.betterbankside.co.uk/travel
Better Bankside - Services and Funding
• Individual travel plans supported via Transport for London programme (advice and money!)
• Linked to BID’s own services
• Direct services for employees (cycle maintenance, guided walks)
• Help secure interest in vision low carbon transport area
Better Bankside – Development Brief• Communication about
new developments and redevelopment schemes
• Coordinates information from all sources
• One source of information for local businesses
• Joint project – Southwark Council, Better Bankside, developers
• http://www.betterbankside.co.uk/news/development-news
Camberwell Travel Plan Group
•Launched in December 2006•Key partners: Kings College
NHS Foundation Trust, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Psychiatry
•Currently chaired by Southwark Council
•Enables large NHS institutions to create links with small community groups
•Aims to link to smaller businesses and traders
Camberwell Transport Summit July 07
• Cofunded with community grant• Focusing on bringing all parts of the community together• Help achieve consensus on main objectives• Establish better working relationships with stakeholders
Cobalt Park – North Tyneside
• Regeneration site (former industrial land)
• ‘UK’s largest office park’
• 9,000 Employees• Transport linked in
from the start• Developers pay for 2
Travel Coordinators• Partnerships with North
Tyneside Council and Sustrans
Strategic Challenges looking towards 2030
1. Increase in transport costs due to ‘peak oil’ & need for investment in alternatives (fuel systems, vehicles, training etc.)
2. More CO2 emission related regulation, including reporting obligations and meeting targets set by government
3. Need for more ‘corporate (social) responsibility’ and involvement in transport decision making and financing
Sophie [email protected]
Tel: 07595 711636
Giles [email protected]
Tel: 07950 152833
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