The Local Enterprise Partnership
D2N2’s Annual Conference will be on Friday 18th of July, from 7:30 till 10:00 am. This is a free event and serves to allow Businesses, Stakeholders & Other Partners to meet with us at MediCity in Nottingham. There will be a Q & A and several key speakers.
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Minister Highlights D2N2 SEP as really strong
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for Cities highlighted D2N2 SEP which bids for a share of £2 billion of Government cash to support business growth in the area. He said it was a “really strong bid”and confirmed an announcement would be made soon.
Minister for Cities Greg Clark sent a video presentation as part of the Derby Property Summit, which took place last Wednesday.
During this event he said: “We are helping to support locations like Derby to fulfill their economic potential and the people who know best what’s important for the people of Derby and Derbyshire are the people who live here, work here and love the place”
To view Greg Clark’s video, click here
The full news story can be viewed here
Derby on shortlist to become home of National College for High Speed Rail
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Blog: David Ralph – Light Rail – How do we fund Future Transport Investment?
The 9th UK Light Rail Conference at Nottingham This week, Nottingham hosted the 9th Annual Light Rail Conference at Nottingham’s Conference Centre. Conferences are a really important income generator for the city and vis… more >
Time to turn MP Graham Allen’s ‘rebalancing’ plan into action
The plan to rebalance the outer city estates in Graham Allen MP’s Nottingham North constituency will now be transformed into action. That was his message today after leaders from the worlds of business, local government an… more >
Invitation to Tender: D2N2 Employability Framework
INVITATION TO TENDER: D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership is inviting submissions for the development of a scoping exercise to model a D2N2 Employability Framework Timescale: Specification issued 30th May 2014 Deadline for return of tender… more >
Also in the news in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire:
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Birchover kick starts makeover with grant support
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