SOCIETY 5.0 MANUFACTURING AND BUSINESS CAPABILITY PROJECT – BUSINESS JUSTIFICATION CASE PLUS (BJC+)

October 3, 2025 North Wales CJC Economic Well-being Sub-committee (Committee) Awaiting outcome View on council website
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DECISION

 

1.    To approve the Business Justification Case (BJC+) for the Society 5.0
Manufacturing and Business Capability Project, subject to Welsh Government and
UK Government approval of the assurance process undertaken.

2.    To delegate to the Portfolio Director in consultation with the Chair,
Vice-Chair, Section 151 Officer and Monitoring Officer to confirm the final
costs and benefits post procurement are in line with the approved business case
and enter into a funding agreement with Wrexham University for the delivery of
the project, subject to Wrexham University addressing the outstanding issues
set out in section 7 of the report and securing all necessary internal
approvals for the project.  

3.    That the approval from the Sub-committee is valid for a period of six
months and should the project not proceed to a signed funding agreement during
this time, it will be required to return and re-present the business case to
the Sub-committee for approval.

 

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Decision date3 Oct 2025