Taking a team approach

Steve Fogg believes it is vital to bring ‘Team Lancashire’ together if the county is to work its way out of the coronavirus crisis threatening large parts of its economy.

The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) that he chairs has moved quickly, both to support businesses during lockdown and to start the planning and decision making that will be needed to get the economy moving again.

That includes ensuring Lancashire’s developing industrial strategy is fit to meet the demands that emerging from the crisis will bring. It means looking at the county’s economy and its industries in a whole new light.

Steve, who has a wealth of experience from a career forged at BAE Systems, is clear that recovery won’t be easy. He says: “Some challenges are yet to emerge.