The Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership was this week
announced as a retail pathfinder by Business Minister Mark Prisk.
The LEP will pilot recommendations made by the Portas Review and
emerging from Government's Retail Growth Strategy, and will
make recommendations to businesses and government on the retail
sector. The LEP was heralded a "flagship trailblazer for
retail" in the press release by the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills.
The Gloucestershire LEP is made up of a mix of public and private
sector bodies. It is one of 39 LEPs, and is the only one to focus
on the retail sector.
The Portas Review made 28 separate recommendations designed to
boost the health of the high street. The Government's Retail
Growth Strategy is emerging following the Treasury's Growth
Review, which was published alongside the Budget in 2011. The
Growth Review set out eight ways that Government intended to make
life easier for retailers. It is not clear which of
