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10 Oct 2025

West Yorkshire secures jobs and investment on UK-India trade mission

West Yorkshire has immediately benefited from the Prime Minister’s trade mission with over £7 million investment and over 200 jobs secured for the region’s key sectors.

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28 Nov 2023

£11.4 million investment to support businesses in West Yorkshire

19 Feb 2024

£2.3 million support package for West Yorkshire’s creative sector gets underway

08 Mar 2024

£80 million boost for West Yorkshire’s digital and health technology firms

17 Jun 2022

A new era for LEP Board as Chair appointed

31 Jul 2025

AI wellbeing companion for neurodivergent women and digital training platform for pharmacists among £1m Mayor’s big ideas challenge finalists

10 Mar 2023

Andrew Wright steps down from LEP after nine years

23 Feb 2024

Angela Rayner and Michael Gove to headline Convention of the North 2024

23 Oct 2023

Awards of up to £1 million for West Yorkshire’s booming healthtech businesses

10 Oct 2024

Boost for UK’s health technology sector as West Yorkshire signs historic trade and investment pact with Nashville

27 Feb 2024

Business leaders join forces to drive growth in West Yorkshire

23 Mar 2022

Business leaders, academics and politicians discuss latest plans to tackle the climate emergency in West Yorkshire

24 Feb 2025

Businesses to find new opportunities for growth at annual West Yorkshire Innovation Festival
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