The Director of Finance, Investments and Commercial approved the acceptance of £337,740 core grant funding, £102,600 for the Aspiring Pathways Project, and £45,000 for the Boosting Skills Pathways project from the Careers and Enterprise Company on 31/07/2026.

The West of England Combined Authority Committee approved the revised Corporate Risk Management Framework on 5 June 2026. This includes revised risk categories, new risk appetite statements, introduction of residual risk appetite thresholds, and an updated process for opportunity risk.

The Executive Director of Transport approved the early funding works application for the Bear Flat section of the Somer Valley Links – Phase 3 project and the drawdown of £1,203,538 of City Regions Sustainable Transport Settlement capital funding on 25/06/2026.

The Executive Director of Transport approved the revised delivery timeframe for the Prince Street Bridge Pedestrianisation scheme, deferring the construction start date to January 2028, and reprofiled £455,000 of Active Travel Fund 6 capital funding on 02/07/2026.

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority Committee endorsed the joint Masterplan for Hicks Gate as a non-statutory planning framework on 5 June 2026.

The Director of Place awarded a contract of £229,815.79 to Ove Arup & Partners Limited for programme delivery support for the Small Sites Aggregator Programme on 27/07/2026.

The Director of Place approved the direct award of a contract up to £300,000 to Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP for specialist legal services to support the Small Sites Aggregator Pathfinder Programme on 27/07/2026.

The Director of Bus Operations awarded a contract up to £52,000 to Atkins Realis to undertake a review of bus information in the West of England region on 11/06/2026.

The Executive Director for Transport awarded a contract of £316,500 to Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP for legal services for land acquisition for the Bath to Bristol Strategic Corridor programme on 05/06/2026.