Mark Barrett,

North of Tyne Combined Authority

Quadrant West, Cobalt Business Park,

Silverlink North, NE27 0BY

Dear Mark,

We would like to thank you for giving North Tyneside Business Forum the opportunity to discuss and be consulted on the North of Tyne Good Work Business Pledge.

The North Tyneside Business Forum have made every effort to encourage our wide-ranging membership of 1,400 businesses to take part in the consultation exercise with many businesses attending consultation meetings, responding directly or providing us with feedback through social media.

An overarching view from the North Tyneside Business Forum is that we can encourage members to take part, and would support an informal accreditation, however, cannot expect all businesses to take the accreditation up.

It would be beneficial to investigate other industry accreditations that could feed into the Good Work Business Pledge and give businesses an idea of what they have to do / already have that can help them achieve this pledge.

We would be grateful if the team would keep us informed on progress and please feel free to consult with us when you consider it appropriate.

I trust that the above is in order any questions please call.

Kind Regards

David W Bavaird,

Chair of North Tyneside Business Forum