Growth Initiatives.
The LEP worked with business and local authority partners to establish a single economic strategy, underpinned by a £1bn growth programme, which will deliver over 10,000 new jobs by 2020.
A Manufacturing Marvel.
The LEP invested £2m of growth deal funding in advanced manufacturing centres at local colleges. The centres feature new technologies including simulated production lines. One of the centres will cater for 450 students and 1,150 apprentices on STEM apprenticeships, HNC and degree programmes.
Curing Cancer.
The LEP is supporting the UK’s first dedicated Centre for Cancer Immunology. The £25m worldleading facility will drive innovation in immunology research, strengthen the life science cluster and secure Solent as a global centre of excellence for new therapies that will cure cancer.
New Life Batteries.
The LEP led a bid with the University of Warwick, Coventry City Council and the West Midlands Mayor, to secure Coventry as home to the £80m UK Battery Industrialisation Centre that will help the UK become a global leader in battery technology.
Town Centre Champion.
This LEP-backed £20m strategy with LA partners combines seven Nottinghamshire town centre investment projects, set to create an estimated 612 jobs and improve communities. The initiative was only made possible by a £7.6m investment via D2N2’s Local Growth Fund allocation.
Aerospace Take Off.
The LEP led a consortium to raise £32m for a permanent structure to host the Farnborough Airshow. This strengthens the show’s impact on the UK Aerospace sector, with orders worth $124bn – £12 billion of which flows through the UK’s SME supply chain.
Space Park Takes Off.
The LEP has invested £12.88m in Space Park Leicester to develop a global hub for space research, learning and innovation that will create 200 high tech jobs and 10 new businesses in Phase One.
Deep Space Mission.
The LEP’s partnership with the European Space Agency is investing £8.4m of Local Growth Fund into Goonhilly Earth Station. It will create the world’s first commercial deep-space communications station, capable of tracking future missions to Mars and the Moon.
Innovative Creative.
Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership is a business-led ‘partnership of equals’ between local government and the private sector, building the conditions for sustainable economic growth in Buckinghamshire. Productivity levels in Buckinghamshire are amongst the highest in the country, we react to new ideas and opportunities to support and grow our business community.
Science Partnership.
The LEP has invested £4.5m Growth Deal and EU funding to initiate a pioneering partnership with the University of Hertfordshire to grow the dynamic life sciences sector in Hertfordshire. It will leverage the University’s facilities and expertise to ensure that world-class academic research is brought to market.
Enterprising Innovation.
The LEP’s new Enterprise Zone is a vital stimulus for employment, aimed at facilitating 2,000 new jobs and attracting dozens of new businesses. It’s been developed in partnership with Dorset County Council, and Purbeck District Council, to rejuvenate the previously stalled site.
Upskilling Worcestershire.
The LEP backed its new Centre of Vocational Excellence with a £950K investment. The training facilities will create 20 new jobs and provide training for several hundred learners each year. Worcestershire has achieved the UK’s strongest growth in higher-level workforce skills (Joseph Rowntree Foundation).
Town Transformation.
Kirkstall Forge, in Leeds, received support from the LEP and Combined Authority to develop brownfield land into a sustainable urban village, with a new railway station and thriving businesses. One company, Zenith, is reinvesting in the region, sponsoring our MIPIM delegation and creating jobs.
Aerospace Boost.
The LEP invested £3.9m from the LGF in the National Composites Centre for advanced production equipment. A vital part of the West of England’s economy and key to the UK Aerospace Technology Institute’s strategy to maintain and develop the UK’s £30bn aerospace industry.