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newsletter update: September 2012
National/Policy News
Core Funding for Local Enterprise Partnerships secured with help from the LEP Network 
After many months of working tirelessly with departments The LEP Network welcomes today's announcement of core funding for LEPs.  DCLG and BIS announced today that �25m of Government...
Local Enterprise Partnerships to have a key role in local major transport schemes
Local Enterprise Partnerships are well placed to understand how transport investment can be used to boost economic recovery and growth...
 
 
Some information on Global Entrepreneurship Week UK
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is the world's largest campaign to promote entrepreneurship, taking place in 115 countries...
LEP Life - news from around the Network
 
 
 
 
Heart of the South West LEP launches new website
 A new website has been launched to support the Heart of the South West LEP in its mission to help boost the economy and job creation throughout the area...
 
 
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP appoints two new private sector Board members

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership has strengthened the level of private sector expertise on its Board by appointing two new directors to represent the accountancy and...
 
Berkshire Community Foundation launches good business giving guide Berkshire 
The Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership announced on 19 September that the Berkshire Community Foundation, TVB LEP forum members, will be launching a new publication to simplify...
Sheffield City Region invests in its entrepreneurial ambition

On Thursday 20 September, a new programme to support startup businesses across the Sheffield City Region will be launched during the MADE festival...
�8 million business support programme for Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP approved
 
An �8 million business support programme aimed at helping over 200 SME businesses across the Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP area to expand and grow has been launched...

 Businesses in The Marches boosted by �63,000 towards building renovation projects
Two business expansion projects in Shropshire are to benefit from a �63,000 boost from a fund created to breathe new life into redundant buildings...

 National voucher scheme for innovation to be launched in the Black Country 
A new national innovation voucher scheme is being launched to encourage smaller businesses to work with external experts to help them develop and grow...
Greater Lincolnshire LEP opens second round of Growing Places Fund
The Greater Lincolnshire LEP will open the second round of its Invest and Grow Fund on Monday 1st October 2012...
Leeds City Region Growing Places Fund opens for Business
Yorkshire businesses are invited to make bids to a �26 million fund to re-start stalled projects and help drive the economy...
  
New appointments at Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership
 
A leading light in the marine industry, a natural born seller from the world of retail, and a Professor in Environmental Geology have been appointed at the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership...
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Using Growing Places Fund in EZ's
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Visitor economy bulletin for LEPs

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Forecasting business rates relief uplift
LEP Events
Local Enterprise Partnerships: Regulating for Growth
How Local Enterprise Partnerships can use better regulation to drive growth in the UK will be the focus of this national summit on 31st October...
DCLG and LEP Network planning workshop
Following recent interest in strategic planning and possible roles for LEPs, DCLG and the LEP Network have agreed to run a workshop on Monday 15th October... 

Sustainable Transport 2012: Enabling Sustainable Choices Conference and Exhibition
The 3rd Annual National Conference on 31st October has as its focus the Sustainable Development of our Transport Sector in the UK...
Be part of the inaugural 'Meet the LEP's' at Advanced Engineering UK 2012
This year�s Advanced Engineering UK group of events, held at Birmingham�s NEC on 7th and 8th November, will host for the first time a number of LEPs keen to showcase their current programmes...

SMART Specialisation Workshop - register your interest
The draft regulations now being negotiated in Brussels will require us to show our strategies and planned investments fit within the emerging concept of SMART Specialisation...
 
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