The Kent Economic Board (KEB) is a sub-regional economic partnership for Kent. On a day-to-day level it identifies the shared view of the strategic economic development and regeneration priorities for the county of Kent.
It is one of the working groups of the Kent Partnership – it has vested in it a Business Advisory Board, which gives the independent business voice, it operates a number of Task & Finish Groups, and receives financial support for the small executive team from both KCC and SEEDA.
The role of KEB can be summarised as being to:-
- Articulate strategic investment priorities that will support business and economic growth
- Influence and align public sector investment and activity to support business needs
- Provide a voice for the business community to help shape sub-regional strategies
- Together assess drivers, opportunities and issues in the local economy – and lobby for responses to address constraints to growth
- Act as a catalyst for action and as appropriate provide facilitating support
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KEB has commissioned task and finish groups and a business advisory board to ensure that resources are targeted and focused on getting results on some important challenges for the county.