Hull named most enterprising place in Britain
The City of Hull has been named the most Enterprising Place in Britain by the Enterprising Britain Awards.
Small Business Minister Margot James announces the winners of the fourteenth Enterprising Britain Awards
Winners celebrated for encouraging entrepreneurialism include Hull, North Tyneside Council, Business West and Hatch Enterprise Incubator in Brixton
Since 2013 the City Plan for Hull has resulted in 6,800 more people in employment.
The City of Hull has been named the most Enterprising Place in Britain by the Enterprising Britain Awards in recognition
Northern Powerhouse Trade Missions
International visit programme to support Northern Companies in International Trade
The Department for International Trade (DIT) is running a programme of trade missions to help businesses explore opportunities in overseas markets. The DIT Northern Powerhouse team are now recruiting qualified delegates to join the missions. This is an ideal opportunity to explore export opportunities through a packaged programme of support that offers expert assistance and advice before, during and after the mission. So whether you are looking to make your first
Get the Little Book of Cyber Scams
The Humber Business Resilience Forum, Humberside Police and KCOM have partnered to produce the helpful booklet ‘The Little Book of Cyber Scams’ which offers hints, tips and information on cybersecurity and how to protect your business against an attack.
It has been written to cater for everyone, so if whether you’re comfortable working with IT security or you feel you don’t know much about it there’s something in there for you.
Just by reading this we believe you will learn something which
United Utilities Innovation Lab
United Utilities has launched its new Innovation Lab and is looking for businesses to work with on key business challenges. This 10-week programme represents a unique opportunity to deliver innovative solutions in the water sector and impact more than 7 million customers. Successful applicants will have access to investment, mentorship and the opportunity to test and trial products with United Utilities.
United Utilities Innovation Lab is breaking new ground in the water sector by creating a window for innovative businesses to
£4.1m EU funding calls launched for the Humber
A further £4.1m of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) has now been made available for applications. Organisations are invited to apply for ESIF funding by responding to a number of Calls for projects that will provide Innovation and business support infrastructure in the Humber.
Four calls for projects have been launched by the Department for Communities and Local Government utilising funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The Calls for projects are now open until 10 November for the following activities:
PA1 –
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund – completes investment in engineering firm
Left to Right – Paul Wilson, Allied Protek, Mark Wilcockson, British Business Bank, Ian Atkinson, Enterprise Ventures
The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has facilitated £250,000 worth of debt funding to Humber-based engineering firm Allied Protek Engineering Solutions.
Based in Grimsby, Allied Protek is an engineering specialist, providing a full project management package including design, engineering, installation and maintenance for clients in the food, drink, fine chemicals and pharma sectors.
The investment was made by NPIF – Enterprise Ventures Debt Finance, an NPIF
PAPI – Products and Process Innovation
Grants for equipment to enable innovation in small businesses in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding.
The grant is to help small businesses in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding ( Not including Hull) to improve their products and processes by providing grants for equipment which enables innovation
40% grant for equipment that enables innovation, up to a value of £20k.
Expert business development support to help develop funding proposals.
Guidance and advice available at every step of the application process from an experienced
Hull named as one of the best cities to start a business in the UK
The annual Start-up Cities Index 2017 has been published, identifying the 25 best cities to start and grow a business outside of London, and Hull features in the list. The list is published by the business magazine startups.co.uk.
Running since 2014, the Start-up Cities Index is compiled by Startups.co.uk and uses official government data and industry statistics to create a picture of the thriving start-up hubs across the UK.
the index uses data including average commercial rents, the number of domicile and
China – UK Marine Company Mission
Chinese Business Officials visit UK : Great opportunity for local business to establish links with one of the biggest seaports, naval base, and marine industrial city of the world.
China – UK Marine Company mission provides the opportunity for UK businesses to meet with a Chinese Official delegation from Qingdao from the Shandong province of China.
The main purpose of their visit is to strengthen cooperation between the UK and China, as well as potential cooperation for the EU-China Fair taking place
Scaleup Institute Survey
The ScaleUp Institute works to make the UK the best place in the world for a business to scaleup and grow.
The institute want to help you to overcome the barriers that may be stopping your business from achieving even greater growth. To do this they want to understand what has been important to your growth journey to date as well as what barriers your business currently faces when you try to grow.
The institute want to know what you think is