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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
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.
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.
See the Enterprise section to find out more.