Our Key Partners

We work with partners in the private, public, skills and voluntary sectors. Our partners include:

Business representative organisations

• Confederation of British Industry
• East Midlands Chamber of Commerce
• Federation of Small Businesses
• Institute of Directors
• Make UK
• National Farmers Union

Universities

• Nottingham Trent University
• The University of Derby
• The University of Nottingham

Further Education Colleges

• Burton and South Derbyshire College
• Buxton and Leek College
• Chesterfield College
• Derby College
• Lincoln College (Newark College Campus)
• North Nottinghamshire College
• Nottingham College
• West Nottinghamshire College

Other partnerships

• Energy Research Accelerator: multi-university energy research partnership
• Midlands Connect: strategic transport body for the region
• Midlands Engine: partnership that convenes, connects and acts as a focal point to drive economic growth
• Midlands Net Zero Hub: delivering projects in partnership to support the UK’s Net Zero Strategy
• East Midlands Development Company: set up to maximise the transformational potential of three huge regeneration sites
• East Midlands Freeport: making the East Midlands the destination for UK and international investment