Meetings of the Action Group are held at the Newark Beacon at 6pm on Monday a fortnight before the Club Meeting.

If you would like to take part in this committee contact Alistair Millar on 01636 702410 (home), 01636 813411 (work) or 07773 573036 (mobile)

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The next meeting is at the Newark Beacon at 6pm on Monday 6th April 2010 and the agenda is set out below.

Agenda for next meeting

16th August 2010, 6pm, Unit 8, Evans EasySpace, Jessop Close, Brunel Industrial Estate

1. Apologies
2. Minutes of the Last Meeting & Matters Arising
3. NSDC Economic Theme Group
4. Education
5. Planning Applications
6. Roads and Railways
7. Any Other Business

TRANSPORT

STOP PRESS - A meeting with the Chairman of East Coast took place in May and was very fruitful. The proposed East Coast timetable for 2011 has been revised in accordance with our requests, improving the morning journeys to London. The East Coast contingent took away our views on the evening portion of the timetable, particularly journeys to Newark from London, and suggested that our proposals seemed eminently achievable.

We recently met with the MD of East Midlands Trains and had an interesting and fruitful discusssion about the Lincoln-Newark-Nottingham line. The details of the meeting can be viewed here. It is anticipated that the Action Group will now work to bring together key stakeholders in respect of the line to provide a powerful voice in discussions with, amongst others, the Office of the Rail Regulator.

In the meantime, Bob Poynter, the Action Group's Transport Advisor, has put together a detailed response to the Office of the Rail Regulator's Draft Route Utilisation Strategy. You can read the response by clicking here.

We have formed the Lincoln-Nottingham Stakeholder's Board and they held their first meeting in Nottingham on 12th November. The minutes of the meeting can be viewed here.

*NEW* PLANNING MATTERS

The Action Group is now revising its Planning Policy to inform every decision that we take on planning matters in Newark. The revised policy has been drafted by Richard Atkinson and Bill Davidson and can be viewed by clicking here. We are looking for people's views and we would ask you to read through the documents and either pass on your views to a member of the Action Group during a club meeting or email us here.

EDUCATION

Following Matt Smart's talk on 21st August about the new "Catapulting Kids" scheme, if you are interested in the opportunities that this affords, please contact Matt at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For information on the Business Club's engagement with local education issues and authorities, please contact Jon Finegold on 07818404708