News - 10 January 2018

Places are still available for Innovation and SME Competitiveness Workshop

Places are still available for a free workshop held by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) tomorrow (January 11).

Running from 10am to 2pm, tomorrow’s workshop will take place at the Oakham Suite, 155 Nottingham Rd, Mansfield (NG18 4AE). It will help businesses and organisations to bid for funding for programmes, to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire innovate and become more competitive.

The D2N2 LEP is a private sector-led partnership which works to promote economic growth across its area. To help its areas businesses to grow, D2N2 has an allocation of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). Used for a wide range of purposes, ESIF is made up of the European Social Fund, which addresses issues such as access to employment and helping those who are socially excluded, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, which is designed to help businesses in rural communities and the European Regional Development Fund, designed to make SMEs more competitive, develop ICT infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gas emissions develop and strengthen research and innovation programmes.

Tomorrow’s workshop is designed to help businesses and organisations with an interest in running programmes to help SMEs in the D2N2 area to grow. It will look at:

  • Investments in practices and technologies to promote productivity
  • Leadership and Management
  • Adoption and exploitation of innovative and productive products and processes
  • Support for early start-up and early stage mentoring
  • Support for export, trade and Foreign Direct Investment
  • Scale up programmes to support small and productive firms to grow.

A free lunch will also be provided for delegates.

For the online booking to attend, go to the D2N2 LEP website Events page at www.d2n2lep.org/Events.

For more information about these workshops, please contact Sandra Casey at sandra.casey@d2n2lep.org

For further information regarding the D2N2 ESIF programme please visit the D2N2 TA website or contact Richard Kirkland D2N2 LEP at richard.kirkland@d2n2lep.org

This project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020 in England.

For More Information on the above release, please contact:

Sean Kirby

D2N2 Communications Manager

01159 578749

sean.kirby@d2n2lep.org

 D2N2 logo CMYK

Sam Burbage

D2N2 Social Media and Marketing Officer

01159 578254

sam.burbage@d2n2lep.org

Find us on:

TwitterLinkedInGoogle+FacebookYoutube

Latest News & Events

19 July 2024

Local business support boosted with launch of Early Stage Angel Investment Fund

Read Article

21 June 2024

Spotlight on our Board: Scott Knowles, Chief Executive, East Midlands Chamber, on the D2N2 LEP transition and East Midlands devolution

Read Article

11 June 2024

The D2N2 LEP staff team joins the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA)

Read Article

07 June 2024

Becky Rix, Marketing Director at Roadgas, explains why Roadgas is a proud member of the East Midlands Hydrogen Consortium

Read Article

05 June 2024

Spotlight on our Board: D2N2 LEP Board Member Natasha Johnson, Director of Partnerships at Global Entrepreneurs UK

Read Article

05 June 2024

Free Expert Business Advice and Support available through East Midlands Chamber’s Accelerator Programme

Read Article

03 June 2024

Spotlight on our Board: D2N2 LEP Board Member Professor Edward Peck CBE, Vice-Chancellor and President, Nottingham Trent University

Read Article

24 May 2024

Focus on the East Midlands: our time is NOW!

Read Article

24 May 2024

D2N2 LEP CEO, Will Morlidge, shares our East Midlands Hydrogen ambitions at UKREiiF

Read Article

24 May 2024

East Midlands Freeport and Freeport East Sign Green Freight Corridor Initiative at UKREiiF

Read Article

Get in touch.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up
Address

D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership
8 Experian Way
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG2 1EP

Social

Our Partners