Manufacturing Growth Programme Grant Scheme
The Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP) is a £9.2m ERDF funded programme focused on providing support to manufacturing SMEs interested in growth. The programme is currently looking to work with businesses in the Yorkshire & Humber region.
Specialist Manufacturing Growth Managers are in place to offer SMEs the opportunity to access grant funding of up to 35% towards the cost of support projects.
The Economic Growth Solutions company have been established to deliver the operational side of the contract and is a not
Goole and Howdenshire Business Awards
Nominations are open until 30th November for the Goole and Howdenshire Business Awards.
Now in its seventh year, The Goole & Howdenshire Business Excellence Awards recognises and celebrates business excellence in Goole and the surrounding area.
The Goole & Howdenshire Business Excellence Awards – co-founded and chaired by Garrey Haase, Director of Yorkshire Eyewear, recognise and celebrate business excellence in Goole and the surrounding area. In just 6 years the Awards have become one of the region’s most prestigious events, continuing to
Changes to the Business Water Supply Market
From April 2017 businesses, charities and public sector organisations in England will be able to switch their supplier of water and sewerage retail services. By switching, or negotiating with the current supplier, customers could get a better price or a more tailored service. Retail services include meter reading, billing and handling customer queries and complaints.
The benefits include:
Lower Prices
Better customer service
Tailored services
Improved water efficiency
Consolidate suppliers and bills
Currently, only very heavy water users (5 million litres per year in England or 50
New matchmaking service for small businesses looking for finance
Small businesses struggling to access finance from big banks will be matched with alternative finance options, under a new government scheme.
From 1 November 2016, 9 of the UK’s biggest banks will pass on the details of small businesses they have rejected for finance to three finance platforms – Funding Xchange, Business Finance Compared and Funding Options.
These platforms will then share these details with alternative finance providers and go on to facilitate a conversation between the business and any provider who expresses an
The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund: Phase 5
The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund is a competitive funding scheme to support the development of technologies, products and processes in energy efficiency, power generation and storage.
Phase 5 of the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, a competitive funding scheme to support the development and demonstration of state of the art technologies, products and processes in the areas of energy efficiency, power generation, and heat and electricity storage, is now open for applications.
The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund seeks the best ideas, irrespective of source, across these
The Growth Hub Enterprise Support Summit
Small and medium enterprises in the Humber stand to benefit from a united business support community aiming to help entrepreneurs to grow and prosper.
This was the message from the Enterprise Support Summit, an event held in Hull on 11th October which saw the launch of an Enterprise Alliance of leading public and private sector business support organisations coming together to promote entrepreneurial spirit in the Humber.
The event was organised through the Humber LEP’s Growth Hub and brought together businesses and
NORTHERN LIGHTS AWARDS
Welcome to the Northern Lights Awards 2017.
The awards are designed to highlight collaboration between companies and within companies in the Northern Powerhouse geographical area, collaboration which ultimately leads to growing the Northern Powerhouse and helping to re balance the economy.
The awards winners will be announced at the Conference Dinner in Manchester on the evening of the 21st February 2017, the evening of the first day of the next UK Northern Powerhouse International Conference and Exhibition.
The Award categories are as follows:
Business
Funding for Innovation
Businesses can apply for funding for a range of business projects in areas from food security to smart cities and green vehicles.
A European funding programme is to invest more than €550 millon across 6 initiatives launched this month.
Business support is available for projects in a range of fields including sustainable food security, rural innovation and business, marine projects, the bioeconomy, smart cities and green vehicles.
The funding opportunities
Six new Horizon 2020 funding calls are now open.
Sustainable food security: €280.5 million is
Humber LEP launches 100 Pledges in 100 Days Campaign
The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) introduced The Skills Pledge in 2013, aiming to provide employers with a one stop shop when it comes to supporting their current and future workforce. Since its inception, a total of 373 organisations from across the Humber have supported the campaign which won national acclaim at last years Adult Learners Week awards.
Monday October 3rd marks the launch of a new campaign, with the aim of signing up 100 additional supporters to this already successful
Hull City Of Culture Business Survey
We want to hear your story!
UK City of Culture 2017 will impact on the local economy. Hull 2017 represents a huge opportunity for the region’s business community to make the most of the year ahead.
Please join Humber Local Enterprise in supporting the Culture Company by completing the survey below. The more information we can provide, the more they can ensure that Hull 2017 helps you boost your bottom line.
Please tell us how your business is gearing up for 2017 by