8th Oct, 2021
Sarah Windrum is Chair of the Coventry & Warwickshire LEP, Sarah is also a former vice-chair of the Skills Board at Tech UK and was an industry adviso...
30th Sep, 2021
As LEP's gear up for the Levelling-Up White Paper and CSR, below IT business leader and Chair of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP, Alun Rogers, ex...
28th Sep, 2021
Below, Mark Bretton, Chair of the LEP Network, sets out why it’s vital to retain the voice of local business to make levelling up a reality, and why w...
22nd Sep, 2021
Professor Liz Barnes CBE DL is the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP Board Member ...
28th Jun, 2021
In a piece originally written for the All Party Parliamentary Group for BAME business owners, Enterprise M3 LEP Board Director, Stacey King, underline...
14th Jun, 2021
Carbis Bay may be a bit more familiar to the world thanks to the meeting of world leaders from the Group of Seven "advanced economies" (G7), but it wa...
11th Mar, 2021
Covid-19 has devastated lives and livelihoods, and how quickly we rebound from it depends on thoughtful and concerted action from government, business...
10th Mar, 2021
Cities worst hit by COVID-19 are set to make faster economic recovery but the UK needs to think local to level up, according to the latest Demos-PwC '...
22nd Feb, 2021
Recent events have reminded us just how tight the food supply chain is and how easily sudden spikes and dips in demand and supply can impact that. But...
17th Dec, 2020
It was great to see the momentous first vaccinations for COVID - just one year on since the disease was officially identified. What better testament ...
16th Dec, 2020
LEPs, and the partnership between the NP11 and northern elected leaders, have demonstrated the clear value of public-private collaboration. The UK’s e...
26th Oct, 2020
The biggest demographic group under-represented in the workplace is disabled people, yet many of these people already have accredited skills. Here, Ph...
20th Oct, 2020
Mark Duddridge is Chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP. Here he sets out why a multi year settlement for LEPs is so critical to long term re...
26th Aug, 2020
Simon Napper is Stakeholder Engagement Advisor at Radioactive Waste Management. Here Simon gives an insight on the scale and rationale for what will b...
26th Aug, 2020
In this article Martin Traynor OBE explains his role as the Government’s Small Business Crown Representative and how LEPs can play a vital role in ens...
25th Aug, 2020
Mark Bretton is Chair of the LEP Network and Chair of Hertfordshire LEP. Here, Mark sets out the rationale behind the LEP Network '5 Point Plan for r...
24th Aug, 2020
As a vital area of recovery planning, skills is key to any recovery success and boosting productivity. Here, Barney Ely, Chair of Enterprise M3 Skills...
21st Jun, 2020
The ripple effect of closed cafés, pubs and restaurants is being acutely felt by food and farming businesses across the Westcountry. Mark Duddridge hi...
7th Mar, 2020
A champion of the value of women in business, Julie Baker, Head of Enterprise and Community Finance at NatWest, is bringing her passion for supporting...
7th Mar, 2020
The York & North Yorkshire LEP believes that businesses across the region are becoming increasingly aware of and committed to addressing issues around...
8th Jan, 2020
Enterprise M3 LEP Chair Dave Axam gives his view on the LEPs’ vital role in supporting the government in achieving its target of boosting economic opp...
19th Nov, 2019
Environment ranks high in the General Election agenda - here, Gordon Seabright, Chief Executive of the Eden Project and LEP Board member, sets out the...
28th Oct, 2019
Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, is a Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) Board Member, Chief Executive of Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd, ...
23rd Sep, 2019
The government is set to invest nearly £100 million to back the rising stars of science and innovation in small business. Here, Universities and Scien...
19th Sep, 2019
In the run up to the Convention of the North with the Northern Powerhouse 11, North East LEP Chair Andrew Hodgson explains why the North will play suc...
2nd Sep, 2019
Concern over the delayed UK Shared Prosperity Fund has prompted a letter from 10 English regions to the government calling for the new fund to replace...
14th Aug, 2019
In a column for the Yorkshire Post, Roger Marsh OBE, chair of the LEP, argues getting the skills system right is one of the most important and powerfu...
29th Jul, 2019
Dr Simon Cripps is Chair of the Dorset Local Nature Partnership and Chief Executive of Dorset Wildlife Trust. Here, he describes what the unique loca...
