£20 million fund to support business expansion
Posted by davidb on 01 Mar 2013
Filed under: Uncategorized
1 March 2013
Grants of between £10,000 and £1 million are available to companies in the Leeds City Region to support business investment and expansion. The £20 million Business Growth Programme is supported by the government’s regional growth fund and offers grants to cover up to 20 per cent of the cost of capital investment projects and support employment creation.
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Hidden strengths, major challenges – Leeds manufacturing sector faces up to the future
Posted by davidb on 30 Mar 2012
Filed under: Leeds City Region, Manufacturing, UK manufacturing
30 March 2012
Skills, public sector procurement and supply chain development were the key themes on the agenda at this morning’s ‘Hidden Strengths’ debate, organised by Yorkshire Business Insider. “The Leeds City Region is one of the most important centres for financial and legal services but it also has one of the biggest manufacturing clusters outside London and
Aire Valley Leeds earmarked for enterprise zone
Posted by davidb on 16 Jun 2011
Filed under: Enterprise Zones, Leeds City Region
16 June 2011
Leeds City Region local enterprise partnership (LEP) has chosen the Aire Valley Leeds as its preferred location for an enterprise zone. Enterprise zones are a Government initiative to encourage private sector growth by allowing LEPs to choose areas that can enjoy benefits such as reduced business rates and simplified planning rules. It said that after
Leeds manufacturers’ show of confidence
Posted by davidb on 26 May 2011
Filed under: Leeds, Manufacturing
26 May 2011
The majority of manufacturing firms in the Leeds City Region who attended a keynote business breakfast in Leeds this week say they are planning to invest for growth this year. Nearly every firm at the Leeds Manufacturing breakfast seminar said they have growth plans in 2011. While the skills gap and over-regulation present continuing problems
Under pressure: report highlights how business is responding to increasing cost pressures
Posted by davidb on 20 Apr 2011
Filed under: Leeds, Manufacturing, UK economy
20 April 2011
More than half of businesses in Leeds, York and North Yorkshire are under serious pressure to increase prices as a result of rising overheads, fuel and raw material costs according to research carried out by Leeds University Business School. But, aware of the potential impact on their competitiveness, rather than passing price rises on to
Carbon and People Key to Future of Manufacturing
Posted by Guest Blogger on 20 May 2010
Filed under: Automotive, Engineering, Manufacturing
20 May 2010
Two words – ‘carbon’ and ‘people’ sum up the biggest challenges facing manufacturing, according to CEO and chaiman of GSM Group Barry Dodd. Speaking this week at a manufacturing lunch organised by Leeds Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by law firm Irwin Mitchell, he argued that rising fuel costs in energy and logistics combined with