The West Yorkshire Combined Authority enables businesses in Leeds City Region to grow, creating jobs for local people, encouraging businesses to locate here and helping our economy to thrive, in partnership with the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) support local small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to find the funding and expertise they need to grow and expand, either from the LEP or its network of partners.
We also attract new investment and jobs by helping companies looking to take advantage of the enormous investment opportunities in our region to locate here.
Business growth is a key component of the Strategic Economic Plan that the Combined Authority and LEP are working on to deliver a strong, vibrant economy in the Leeds City Region area.
Connecting Innovation follows on from the successful Access Innovation scheme in the Leeds City Region. It builds upon the successes and challenges of Access Innovation by proposing a dedicated and specialist innovation support and brokerage service that coordinates, simplifies, promotes and communicates the innovation landscape to small-medium enterprises in the City Region.
The LEP’s Strategic Business Growth Programme provides an integrated package of advisory and financial support to help SMEs with growth potential across Leeds City Region.
Access Innovation is a package of support available for businesses to develop new products and processes.
In partnership with the LEP, we have invested £2.9 million of Leeds City Region Growth Deal funding into the Huddersfield Incubation & Innovation Programme at the University of Huddersfield.
£3 million of Leeds City Region Growth Deal funding is being invested into the NEXUS innovation centre at the University of Leeds to help expand business innovation and ‘incubation’ space in the city.
Five years since its launch, the LEP Business Support Service has helped 14,800 businesses across the region grow and develop and is now playing a key role in firms’ recovery from COVID-19.
The Energy Accelerator offers funding and advice on schemes which help tackle the climate emergency
Total of £3 million available to help flood hit businesses get back on their feet following recent flooding
Grants available for SMEs affected by Storm Ciara
£2.7 million LEP grant accelerates development on South Kirkby, part of Leeds City Region Enterprise Zones.
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