The East of England area covers the traditionally rural areas of East Anglia including Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and the neighbouring counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, which form part of the London commuter belt. It is home to 2.5 million and accounts for 9.3% of the UK population. Within the area, there are places and people that are doing well and experiencing high living standards and places where people struggle. And even within those places seen to be achieving, there are large disparities.
The East Anglia Productivity Forum is led by the University of Cambridge. It is involved in the implementation of research insights, the design of practical business and policy interventions, and in providing input to the development of the Institute’s future research agenda.
Members include stakeholders from policy, community and business leaders from local, national and multinational enterprises.
University of Cambridge
New Anglia LEP
Opportunity Peterborough
Former Executive Director of Strategy and Governance, Norfolk County Council
Cambridge Network
MedImmune/AstraZeneca
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
Cambridge Ahead
Higher Education Eastern Colleges Group
University of East Anglia
BraveGoose Ltd.
Associated British Ports
Greater Cambridge Partnership
One Nucleus
West Suffolk College
University of Cambridge
Greater Cambridge Partnership
East of England Local Government Association
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Innovate UK
University of Suffolk
Anglia Ruskin University Peterborough
Adastral Park
Tech UK East of England
Opergy
The East of England is home to the knowledge-intensive hub around Cambridge University, the Fens agriculture region and Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port. Cambridge features one of the largest concentrations of knowledge-intensive businesses, skills and innovation in the UK, and stronger links to Milton Keynes and Oxford promise a number of opportunities for the region. There is a strong push to become a carbon neutral leader, both through agriculture and renewable energy production.
East Anglia’s current public governance structure – like those of many places – have emerged in a piecemeal fashion over time. Regional co-ordination is an issue. Public sector governance is fragmented and has developed in a piecemeal fashion, with one Combined Authority covering the county of Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority of Peterborough, two Local Enterprise Partnerships, and 47 Local Authority Districts.
