High street businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire to benefit from package of support
Hull and East Yorkshire’s high street businesses are set to benefit from a package of Government-funded support, which will also see local business owners and community stakeholders being asked to share their feedback on the unique challenges and opportunities that our local high streets face.
As part of a new pilot project, Growth Hubs across England have been tasked with understanding and addressing the needs of high street businesses in their region. Locally, this programme of work is being delivered by
Made Smarter skills programmes to help Hull and East Yorkshire manufacturers build AI-ready leaders
Fully funded Leadership and Digital Champions courses to drive productivity, growth and digital transformation
New digital skills courses are aiming to help SME manufacturers in Hull and East Yorkshire embrace and capitalise on AI to boost productivity and drive growth.
Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber is offering fully funded training to help companies develop leadership capability as advanced technologies become increasingly central to competitiveness and innovation.
The government-backed digital adoption programme is inviting manufacturing SMEs to register their interest in two forthcoming complementary
Don’t miss out on Made Smarter’s workshop programme for National Manufacturing Day
Manufacturing businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) wishing to be a part of Make UK’s National Manufacturing Day are being urged to sign up quickly to a full day of events, with limited places still available.
HEY Business, Growth & Skills Hub’s (HEY BGSH) Made Smarter programme is working with University of Hull and the Humber Innovation Support Programme team to provide a day of free activities in conjunction with National Manufacturing Day on Thursday 26 September.
It is part of
HEY Business, Growth and Skills Hub unveils range of autumn events for regional manufacturers
The Hull and East Yorkshire Business, Growth and Skills Hub is encouraging manufacturers from across the region to take part in a series of events aimed at supporting the growth and development of the manufacturing sector this autumn.
Delivered by HEY Growth Hub in partnership with the Made Smarter Programme, Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, all but one of these events are free to attend, with places filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
A number of these events
Support scheme is helping the region’s creative sector deliver a perfect pitch
Christina Colmer McHugh (left), Entrepreneur in Residence and Course Facilitator at the University of Hull, with members of the first Creative Growth cohort at one of the workshops.
Businesses operating in creative industries across Hull and East Yorkshire are signing up for free guidance and support to help them increase their commercial clout.
Creo Plan, which has been conducting high-tech desktop and ground surveys for utilities and service networks over more than 20 years, says the Creative Growth initiative has generated the
Accelerating Green Manufacturing
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Chair of the HEY LEP Encourages Regional Business Owners to Have Their Say on Devolution Proposals
James Newman OBE, the Chair of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), has written to the owners and leaders of businesses that have worked with the HEY Growth Hub, to inform them about the proposed devolution deal for Hull and East Yorkshire.
In the letter that can be seen below, the LEP Chair outlines the significant benefits that would arise from the devolution proposals, for the benefit of the regional economy.
The letter also encourages regional
The defence industry spending tops £25 billion for first time
Defence spending with UK industry by the Ministry of Defence has topped £25 billion for the first time, official statistics have revealed.
Official breakdowns show increases in almost all areas and nations
Notable increases in spending recorded in Northern Ireland and Wales
Figures show more than 200,000 jobs are supported through the UK’s defence industry
The 2022/23 statistics, published today, detail the money spent by the MOD with UK defence companies. The breadth of spending highlights the government’s commitment to continually improving the defence