West Yorkshire Business Boost: Innovation and Leadership
This innovation project supports SMEs in combating challenges and barriers to growth.
Are you a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)?
Are you looking to fulfil your growth potential?
Are you located in West Yorkshire?
This project aims to add value to your business by delivering measurable business improvements, helping you innovate, equipping you with the understanding, knowledge, and tools:
You can expect:
- Access to an Innovation & Leadership Manager who will work with SMEs one-to-one to facilitate the development and delivery of Growth & Innovation Action Plans and manage the SME’s (up to) four-month customer journey.
- Advice providing business leaders with knowledge and understanding of how to continually overcome challenges in the long-term.
- Grants to help fund improvement projects (subject to eligibility criteria and 50% grant-match funding from the business).
- Access to further support via the Leadership service, which will provide coaching and business leader development.
The programme is perfect for established SMEs who have a strong aspiration to overcome barriers and grow through business improvements (through the evolution of product or service offerings, improvements of internal processes, business model developments and more).
The West Yorkshire Business Boost: Innovation and Leadership project is being delivered by Exemplas Limited and is part funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). In West Yorkshire, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority leads the implementation of the Fund as part of the Mayor’s ambition to make West Yorkshire the best place to work, learn and live.