
But an important new survey suggests that the vast majority of businesses just don’t know what local help they can get and where to get it from.
Huddlebuy surveyed more than 1,800 small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) from up and down the land during October – and the results make very interesting, and in some cases, alarming, reading. Almost nine out of ten of respondents had not even heard of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) – despite these being flagship local partnerships between local authorities and businesses that handle billions of pounds’ worth of investment and bid for billions more each year.1. Find out about your LEP
The best starting point to find out where a LEP in your local area is. Any business should keep a close eye on the latest news, programmes, schemes, bids, initiatives, support services and information coming out of their local LEP. A top level analysis of the major LEPs in the country shows that there are more than 1,000 current schemes and initiatives that businesses can tap into, including funding, mentoring, apprenticeships, local events, tax and compliance aid and training for employees and employers.Share this story
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