Issue - meetings

To consider the Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator Programme.

Contact: Chris Duffill, Head of Business and Skills

RESOLVED –

1)    That approval be given to the delivery of the Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator.

2)    That approval be given to accepting external revenue funding of £2,023,576.25 from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to support delivery of the programme, and for the Council to act as Accountable Body for the grant.

3)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place, in consultation with the Service Director Legal, Governance and Commissioning, to agree all necessary legal agreements with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the flow down grant agreements with the Council’s project delivery partners the University of Huddersfield and 3M Buckley Innovation Centre.

4)    That authority be delegated to the Service Director Legal, Governance and Commissioning to enter into the aforementioned documentation in resolution (3) on behalf of the Council and for the Executive Director for Place to put in place the necessary governance arrangements for the programme.

5)    That authority be delegated for the implementation of the programme to the Executive Director for Place to include the commencement and award of any related procurement exercises and for the Service Director Legal, Governance and Commissioning to enter into the associated legal formalities and documentation on behalf of the Council. 

6)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place and the Service Director Finance to submit grant claims and to undertake related project monitoring and reporting in accordance with the contract procedure rules and finance procedure rules.

Cabinet gave consideration to a report which sought approval to receive external funding from West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) to deliver the Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator (HHII) programme.

Cabinet noted the HHII programme was part of a partnership with the University of Huddersfield and Huddersfield Innovation and Enterprise Centre Ltd trading as the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre.  The programme would create wrap around support for businesses in the health, wellbeing and digital sectors that were seeking to start-up or scale up. It would also deliver tailored start-up support, workspaces, events and networking activity and would create a thriving community of businesses, academics, clinicians and other professionals focused on supporting and embedding innovation across health and care systems.

RESOLVED –

1)    That approval be given to the delivery of the Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator.

2)    That approval be given to accepting external revenue funding of £2,023,576.25 from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to support delivery of the programme, and for the Council to act as Accountable Body for the grant.

3)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place, in consultation with the Service Director Legal, Governance and Commissioning, to agree all necessary legal agreements with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the flow down grant agreements with the Council’s project delivery partners the University of Huddersfield and 3M Buckley Innovation Centre.

4)    That authority be delegated to the Service Director Legal, Governance and Commissioning to enter into the aforementioned documentation in resolution (3) on behalf of the Council and for the Executive Director for Place to put in place the necessary governance arrangements for the programme.

5)    That authority be delegated for the implementation of the programme to the Executive Director for Place to include the commencement and award of any related procurement exercises and for the Service Director Legal, Governance and Commissioning to enter into the associated legal formalities and documentation on behalf of the Council. 

6)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place and the Service Director Finance to submit grant claims and to undertake related project monitoring and reporting in accordance with the contract procedure rules and finance procedure rules.