21st Jun, 2020
The ripple effect of closed cafés, pubs and restaurants is being acutely felt by food and farming businesses across the Westcountry. Mark Duddridge hi...
7th Mar, 2020
A champion of the value of women in business, Julie Baker, Head of Enterprise and Community Finance at NatWest, is bringing her passion for supporting...
7th Mar, 2020
The York, North Yorkshire LEP believes that businesses across the region are becoming increasingly aware of and committed to addressing issues around ...
8th Jan, 2020
Enterprise M3 LEP Chair Dave Axam gives his view on the LEPs’ vital role in supporting the government in achieving its target of boosting economic opp...
19th Nov, 2019
Environment ranks high in the General Election agenda - here, Gordon Seabright, Chief Executive of the Eden Project and LEP Board member, sets out the...
28th Oct, 2019
Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, is a Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) Board Member, Chief Executive of Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd, ...
23rd Sep, 2019
The government is set to invest nearly £100 million to back the rising stars of science and innovation in small business. Here, Universities and Scien...
19th Sep, 2019
In the run up to the Convention of the North with the Northern Powerhouse 11, North East LEP Chair Andrew Hodgson explains why the North will play suc...
2nd Sep, 2019
Concern over the delayed UK Shared Prosperity Fund has prompted a letter from 10 English regions to the government calling for the new fund to replace...
14th Aug, 2019
In a column for the Yorkshire Post, Roger Marsh OBE, chair of the LEP, argues getting the skills system right is one of the most important and powerfu...
29th Jul, 2019
Dr Simon Cripps is Chair of the Dorset Local Nature Partnership and Chief Executive of Dorset Wildlife Trust. Here, he describes what the unique loca...
5th Jul, 2019
Column inches have been written about the benefits of 5G mobile technology and the benefits it will bring. Here, Dorset LEP deputy chair and board mem...
19th Jun, 2019
Liz Willingham, President of the Dorset Chamber of Commerce, works closely with the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership. Here Liz sets out the key pri...
14th Jun, 2019
The Competition and Market Authority are strengthening their disqualification power. The lesson is that business leaders need to know what is happeni...
8th Jun, 2019
Christine Gaskell CBE DL is the Chair of the Cheshire & Warrington LEP, Vice Chair of the Northern Powerhouse 11 (NP11), and was the first woman on th...
7th Jun, 2019
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt, Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Women and Equalities, gave her support to our milestone LEP Women Leaders 2...
15th May, 2019
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy recently published a report calling on the Government to develop a rural strategy. Here Clare...
7th May, 2019
Paula Deas is Operations Director at Coventry and Warwickshire LEP, and was instrumental in establishing the LEP in 2011. Here, Paula sets out why she...
26th Apr, 2019
Linda Cheung, Enterprise M3 LEP board member and co-founder at Intrapreneur Nation, shares her thoughts on the challenges facing LEPs as they seek mor...
22nd Apr, 2019
Here Nigel Tipple, Chief Executive of Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, OxLEP, sets out how collaboration will help them be a pioneer for the ...
21st Mar, 2019
Women in business. The conversations around the future of inclusivity and diversity are happening now, but I think it is up to us to encourage movemen...
19th Mar, 2019
The biggest demographic group under-represented in the workplace is disabled people, yet many of these people already have accredited skills. Here, Ph...
8th Mar, 2019
On International Women's Day, Charlotte Keenan, Head of the Office of Corporate Engagement in EMEA at Goldman Sachs, and a key speaker at our LEP Wome...
8th Mar, 2019
For Enterprise M3 Chief Executive Kathy Slack, diversity promotes greater collaboration and subsequently innovation – a process she calls the Enterpri...
8th Mar, 2019
Anja Skvortsova is Associate Director of Audeliss. She has over 13 years’ international experience in executive talent acquisition. Here Anja underli...
8th Mar, 2019
Greater Lincolnshire LEP Director, Ruth Carver, explains why more women should apply for positions on LEP boards.
8th Mar, 2019
Sonia Roberts, the chief executive of Shropshire charity Landau, has been a board member of the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership for the past thre...
8th Mar, 2019
Marion Plant has been a board director at the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) for almost three years and here she highl...
8th Mar, 2019
International Women's Day is about celebrating the success of women of all ages. Here, Leona Weston, explains what attracted her to working as an Appr...
