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As we all return to work and what 2023 holds for us the team at Sajeimpact have looked back at what we did in 2022 and what 2023 might look like!
Andy and Sarah have stepped back from running sajeimpact full time but they are still around to help the team, bring people together for new projects and of course volunteer.
Happy New Year!
We know 2022 was a turbulent year and whilst we hope 2023 will be better we want you to know we will be around offering our help and support whatever the next year throws at us all!
‘Levelling-up’ is one of this Government’s flagship ambitions. This report, Achieving Levelling-Up, focuses on the structures and processes needed to achieve it, finding that there is zero chance of achieving it without significant changes to the current system at a national and local level.
The report, conducted as part of the LIPSIT (Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs) project by Demos and the Universities of Birmingham, Cardiff, Surrey and Warwick, identifies a number of problems with the current system for managing local economic policy, and suggests a new framework in which levelling-up should be possible.
An ambitious £32 million bid to transform Loughborough has been submitted to Government.
The Loughborough Town Deal is an exciting, once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring significant social and economic improvements for residents, communities and local businesses.
A Town Investment Plan outlining a range of projects has been drawn up that will seek to improve skills and boost job prospects, redefine the town centre to ensure it remains well-used and vibrant, improve the local environment and showcase the town’s heritage.
In June 2010 SajeImpact started on its first tentative steps as founders Andy and Sarah Reed cast a vision for the next season in their lives. After 20 years of front line politics the loss of the Loughborough seat meant Andy & Sarah had the rest of their lives to fill. Wanting to maintain their enthusiasm for creating positive impact on society around them the concept of the lifestyle agency approach was born and the name emerged. Saje Impact
We know the name has caused everybody difficulties in pronunciation! It is in fact pronounced ‘Sage” and Impact simultaneously. The meaning was more significant to me at the time than any potential marketing problems admits Andy.
As a small business we try our best to look after the health and well-being of our team. After all that’s what we help others achieve. So as the Summer Holiday comes around for 2019 we have decided to really mean it when we say We are Out of Office.
See you all in Early August.
Director Andy Reed OBE joined forces with local politicians and private sector representatives this week to call for investment in the Midlands Rail infrastructure to help develop the local economy.
As Vice Chair of the LLEP Andy joined a Ministerial visit to Market Harborough to see the investment that has taken place to straighten the line and I provide line speed. he then joined the Minister at Leicester City Hall for a Round Table to convince the Rail Minister to back the calls for investment.
”The concept and planning for the Midlands Connect Rail Hub is vital for the future of the Region and Leicestershire. The £2bn we are seeking will unlock great potential for better routes East and West for the Midlands.
further details on the plans can be found
https://www.midlandsconnect.uk/
It’s a year of celebration and change for Saje Impact as we head towards 2020.
After leaving parliament in 2010 Director Andy Reed set up Saje Impact to continue working in and around many of the campaigns he has championed in Westminster. In June 2010 the concept of saje Impact was born.
Today as the company celebrates its 9th birthday Andy said he was proud of the work it had done in that time to support work around social justice, poverty, wellbeing, sport and physical activity.
“As we head into our 10th year the work pattern may change a little as I change the emphasis of my work pattern - but the causes will remain the same and Saje Impact will be there to help, mentor, coach, strategise, challenge and help clients think differently.
“I’d like to thank everybody we have worked with over the last 9 years. “When work is a pleasure life is a joy”
A delegation of local businesses from Leicestershire was led to the Annual Business and Industry Dinner at The Mansion House by Andy Reed this year, in his capacity as Vice Chair of the LLEP Board.
Andy was accompanied by Nik Kotecha OBE from Morningside Pharmaceuticals and Chris Ruddock from Incus Performance based at the Advanced Technology and Innovation Centre in Loughborough.
The Mayor’s Annual Dinner is a key event in the business calendar but this year the Business Secretary and BEIS department brought together business leaders from across the country to talk about the governments #industrialstrategy as part of a longer day of events.
The theme for the conference day was to help LEPs develop & deliver their own Local Industrial after the West Midlands launched theirs earlier in the day
