Presentation by Janice Mears, Head of Business Growth, Liverpool City Region LEP at the Funding - Liverpool City Region SME workshop on Thursday 7 February 2019 at The Accelerator, Liverpool

1. Janice Mears
Head of Business Growth
Liverpool City Region LEP

2. Collaboration

3. LOCAL GROWTH HUB
Benefits for Business
• Simplifies the business support
landscape
• A single point online access to business
support
• Online or Face to Face support from a
Broker
• Helps business identify needs and
opportunities
• Helps business navigate to the right
commercial advice and/or funded
support programmes
• Helps business to identify suppliers to
meet tender requirements
• Source of information, events, property
etc
• Helps business to become ….

4. LOCAL GROWTH HUB
Benefits for Advisers
• Source of businesses looking for
and advice
• Filtering of businesses towards the most
appropriate support for their business
needs
• Single online platform to set out client
service offering and advisor profiles
• Online marketing tool to sell knowledge
and expertise
• Site to list your events, blogs and news
for business
• Opportunity to respond to tenders
“Lead Generation at No Cost”

5. TWO YEARS ON….
• 9000 Business enquiries handled
• 8000 brokerages into business support programmes
• 200 + tenders promoted
• 6000 engagements with SMEs
• 50+ partners across 14 LCR funded programmes
• 850+ jobs created through LCR funding programmes
supported by the Local Growth Hub

6. 20 LCR Business Support Programmes

7. NEW MARKETS 2
SME Business Support Programme
Eligible businesses can receive a 35% contribution to
the cost of commercial advice that supports business
growth, procured through this programme.
What support is available?
35% contribution to the cost of commercial advice
grow your business including:
• Applied R&D
• Legal Advice
• Financial Advice
• Product/Service Development
• Sales & Marketing
• Supply Chain Development
• Interim Sales & Finance management
• Export Development
Contact
LEP Commercial Broker’s
newmarkets@liverpoollep.org

8. Access to Finance
www.financehub.msif.co.uk

9. Next Steps for Local Growth Hub
Focus on Scale Up businesses
Developing new services focusing on 4 key areas:
• Leadership and Management (Growth Catalyst; Scale up MBA;
Bespoke Leadership Programmes)
• Technology and Innovation (LCR 4.0; LCR Activate;
Health Innovation; Low Carbon)
• New Markets (New Markets 2 Programme; Exports)
• Skills (Skills Brokers Service)
Work closely with the public and private sector to get businesses
the support they need to grow in our City Region.

10. TOGETHER
FORBUSINESS
www.localgrowthhub.com
Email: localgrowthhub@liverpoollep.org
Twitter: @localgrowthhub
LinkedIn: Local Growth Hub
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