Business support and investment

Advice Image New enterprises are often naturally innovative and add to regional productivity – while existing businesses need to remain competitive as the pace of technological change accelerates and the global business climate becomes increasingly difficult. Rising cost pressures such as energy and waste disposal and the contraction of bank lending are placing more demands than ever on business.

Business Support

New Business New Life Image emda’s latest Strategy for Business Support, “Encouraging Business Success”, outlines our aim to both simplify access to and improve the quality of support available to businesses in the East Midlands. It provides every business in the region with the opportunity to develop and succeed. And, on a practical level, it establishes objectives, targets and key business issues, defining where regional business support should be in three to five years’ time.

Downloads:
Business Support Strategy Summary document [File type: PDF, File size: 1.02 MB]

We also support new companies (via Business Link), and offer specialist support such as our Business Champions initiative and the Manufacturing Advisory Service. Click on the Business advice link to the left to find out more.

Real help with finance now

Free Information on the new range of financial support, and advice on how to apply

For more information go to the Business link site or call 0845 600 9006

Business Finance

We oversee a wide range of funding initiatives to support businesses at all stages of their development. Use the Funding link on the left to find out more.

Enterprise

We continue to focus on creating an enterprise culture in the region – giving people from all backgrounds the confidence to start up new businesses and encouraging enterprising activity in existing businesses. This includes the new Business Link Start-up programme, Enterprise Week and Women’s Enterprise.

See the Enterprise section to find out more.

HighGrowth East Midlands

emda supports business development and sustainable growth, via programmes like HighGrowth East Midlands – a flagship scheme designed to help ambitious and forward thinking businesses achieve their full growth potential.

By providing access to rigorous, intensive and professional business support tailored to suit each businesses needs, emda’s long-term goal is to stimulate high-quality innovation and accelerate regional growth.

Go to the HighGrowth website to find out more.

Route to Market

Route to Market, a new business support programme, forms part of emda's response to supporting businesses in the current economic climate. Route to Market will support your business in the key areas of:

Developing a business strategy
Retaining and maximising the value of your current customers
Recruiting and developing your staff
Sales and marketing planning and
Managing your finances.

Go to Business Link site or contact Business Link on 0845 058 6644 to find out more.