Economic Development

Both Winchester City Council and Winchester District Strategic Partnership are committed to developing the economic prosperity of the district. Kate Crawford is the Economic Development Officer working on a variety of projects to meet this aim, and should be the first point of contact in the council for anything business-related.

An economic action plan has been written to guide the Council's and other partners' work towards economic prosperity. This can be downloaded from the link below.

Research papers into Winchester's economy include the following;

Hampshire Economic Partnership and the University of Portsmouth have produced the economic factsheet below.
The Local Futures group assessed the current state of Winchester District in economic, social and environmental terms. You can find out more about the State of Winchester District by clicking on the pdf link below.
The results of the last business survey can also be viewed using the download below.
Results of the current employment land and economic study will be published here soon.

Latest Updates:

Market Town Healthchecks

The four market towns in Winchester, (Alresford, Bishops Waltham, Denmead and Wickham), are bustling centres of activity in the rural area. Winchester City Council supports them as locations for business, socialising, community events and tourism.
21/04/2008

LEADER funding

The Fieldfare Local Action group (LAG) has submitted a bid for LEADER funding.
19/02/2008

Changes to the LSP structure

There have been some changes to the Winchester District Strategic Partnership.
12/12/2007

In this section:

Winnall Business Survey

Winchester City Council is working with the residents of Winnall to develop a community plan for their area. This is your chance to get involved from the beginning!
14/01/2008

Contact Information

29/06/2007

Downloads:
File format	File title	File size / Download time
	Winchester Economic Action Plan	4MB 56Kbps Modem: 11 Minutes Broadband: 25 Seconds
	Winchester key data	197K 56Kbps Modem: 29 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Winchester Business Survery Results	176K 56Kbps Modem: 26 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Local Futures report	592K 56Kbps Modem: 1 Minute Broadband: 3 Seconds
	Local Futures Data Annex	3MB 56Kbps Modem: 9 Minutes Broadband: 19 Seconds

Click here to download Microsft Word Viewer

Click here to download Acrobat PDF Viewer

Related External Links:
Local Futures	www.localfutures.com
Business in the Community	www.bitc.org.uk/index.html
English Partnerships	www.englishpartnerships.co.uk
Hampshire Market Towns	www3.hants.gov.uk/.../market-towns.htm
Institution of Economic Development	www.ied.co.uk/Index.asp?cookies=True
South East England Development Agency	www.seeda.co.uk