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 Framework that the Combined Authority and LEP are working on to deliver a strong, vibrant economy in the Leeds City Region area.
Connecting Innovation is our independent and specialist innovation support programme that coordinates, simplifies, promotes and communicates what innovation support is available to small-medium enterprises in the Leeds City Region.
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.
The LEP is inviting West Yorkshire business owners to share how they access information, guidance and support online
The LEP and the Mayor of West Yorkshire are working towards creating a net zero carbon regional economy by 2038 at the latest. Businesses will play a vital role in this transition.
At today's virtual event, the Mayor of West Yorkshire and Combined Authority in partnership with Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership, officially launched Enterprise West Yorkshire - a £6 million support package designed to inspire and help people from all backgrounds to start a business.
The Mayor of West Yorkshire and the LEP is looking to the future of the region’s manufacturing sector and how local businesses can increase productivity, efficiencies and profits with digital technologies.
As part of the official launch of the West Yorkshire Innovation Network (WYIN), we’ve gathered thoughts from some of the members to hear their ambitions and what the WYIN means for businesses across the region.
One of the first major business conferences to return to the Yorkshire region will be held at Elland Road on 23 September. The Go Digital Live conference will showcase how to make the best use of digital technology to get new customers and is a key event taking place during the Leeds Digital Festival.