Cumbria LEP and Coventry & Warwickshire LEP – compare and contrast.

Compare

1. Both are Local Enterprise Partnerships
2. Both have websites.

Contrast

1. The latest news item for Cumbria is dated 4 August 2011 whereas Coventry & Warwickshire’s is dated 18 October 2011.
2. Cumbria’s chairman – George Beveridge (public sector background mainly at  BNFL). Coventry’s chairman – Denys Shortt ( a winner of Entrepreneur of the Year).
3. Coventry & Warwickshire LEP (CWLEP) is on Twitter and Linked In whereas I’m not certain if Cumbria LEP has heard of either!
4. CWLEP has a page titled What have we delivered so far?  It’s virtually impossible to find out what Cumbria LEP has delivered so far. Their website has a heading Current Activities which has the latest Board Minutes (12 August 2011) and a mention of the Enterprise Zone bid (unfortunately, but not surprisingly,  it doesn’t mention the bid failed!). And the Latest News from Cumbria is a job advert for the LEP.
5. CWLEP has a list of Future Events which includes Lep Local – meet your LEP. Cumbria LEP would appear to be a closed shop.