Specialist Legal Support for ECW Pre-Transfer Planning

Description

Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW) is a company limited by guarantee wholly owned by the three unitary authorities in Cheshire and Warrington. It was formerly the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) for the area and brought across its staff, funding role and assets when it transferred to LA ownership in 2024. Cheshire and Warrington is part of the Government's devolution priority programme and will be creating a Combined Authority for the sub-region in Spring 2026. The Combined Authority will take on responsibility for the strategic economic development of Cheshire and Warrington, a role formerly undertaken by the LEP and, more recently, ECW. With the establishment of a new Combined Authority (CA), it is anticipated that some or all functions currently delivered by ECW and CWTB may transfer either to one or more of the sub-region's local authorities, to the CA or to another body. No final decisions have yet been made, and the scope, scale, and nature of any transfer remain under active consideration. The company is seeking to appoint a provider of specialist legal advice to help with those discussions, supporting pre-transfer planning and due diligence on the potential tra…

Official publications

• Clean Energy Skills - North West Regional Evidence Base Mapping
  Published: 17 December 2025
• Regional Clean Energy Skills Coordination and Action Planning
  Published: 22 October 2025
• Outline Infrastructure and Sustainability Assessment for High Growth Areas
  Published: 15 September 2025
• The Delivery of Decarbonisation Training Needs Analysis in support of Regional Skills Mapping
  Published: 11 February 2025
• The Development of a North West Skills Mapping Plan (Regional Skills Pilot: Cheshire West and Chester)
  Published: 3 February 2025
• The Development (Stage 1) and Population (Stage 2) of a Project Intelligence Platform to assist the decarbonisation of the North West…
  Published: 20 December 2024
• Recruitment Support for Chair and Members of the Cheshire & Warrington Business Advisory Board
  Published: 13 May 2024
• Implementation Support for Cheshire and Warrington Fair Employment Charter
  Published: 23 April 2024
• Development and implementation of a destination website
  Published: 11 March 2024
• North West Industrial Cluster Plan Delivery
  Published: 7 February 2024

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The submission deadline is 5 January 2026, 17:30. Check the official source, as dates can be modified.

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The contracting authority is CHESHIRE & WARRINGTON LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP (United Kingdom).

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