During evidence, Susan Love from FSB said:
if we cannot overcome the issues about local government being brought into the national approach in terms of, for example, the work that the analytical unit that has been set up by the strategic board is doing, we will never have the seamless service that we want for businesses. We have to find a way to get local and national leaders to share a commitment to working together to provide the services for business.iEEFW Committee, Official Report, 13 November 2018, col 26
When taking evidence from the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board, Nora Senior and Stephen Boyle were asked whether there was scope for the analytical unit to look at some of the Business Gateway data that underlies performance.