The Hull and East Yorkshire LEP (HEY LEP) is eagerly looking forward to attending its first in-person Business Day event since its launch in April 2021.
This year, the Business Day 2022 is back with a bang at the prestigious Bridlington Spa, a tailor-made venue much appreciated by delegates. Sponsored by the LEP Growth Hub’s ‘Made Smarter: Yorkshire’ programme, the event provides an excellent opportunity to promote the programme and engage directly with manufacturing SMEs who are looking to drive productivity
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An award-winning proptech business, whose software could help improve building safety, has raised £250,000 from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
The funding will enable Hull-based Bimsense to further enhance its platform before the introduction of new rules to improve the safety of high-rise buildings. The Building Safety Bill, which is expected to become law within the next few months, will oblige building owners to ensure that safety
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The HEY Growth Hub is encouraging manufacturers in Hull and East Yorkshire to express their interest in the Made Smarter: Yorkshire programme before its full launch later this year. Operated on a pilot basis in 2021/22, Made Smarter: Yorkshire has recently been given a three-year funding settlement by Government to support digital technology adoption in Yorkshire, leading the transition to so called “Industry 4.0.” in doing so.
Replicating the successful aspects of the pilot programme, Made Smarter: Yorkshire will offer specialist
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A consortium of business leaders from across the North have joined forces to provide employment opportunities and support to Ukrainians impacted by the invasion of their country.
United For Ukraine is a coalition brought together at the request of leaders from across the North, including the Northern Powerhouse Partnership with support from the NP11 group of Local Enterprise Partnerships which includes HEY LEP. The initiative is focused around a digital platform www.unitedforukraine.org.uk which connects employers with evacuees.
For Ukrainian nationals, and other
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Following the recent success of the Government-led Growing Hull & East Yorkshire Programme the Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership is pleased to announce a new 3-year Capital Investment Programme launching 1st April 2022.
The Growing Places Programme Fund is a £3.25m business investment scheme aiming to provide capital grants and loans to SME businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire to support and incentivise business growth, investment, and job creation.
Grants of between £5,000 and £250,000 and/or loans of between £75,000
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Procurement Opportunity – #GrowthmySME, Business Growth Scheme
Visitor Economy Sector Development Workshops
You are invited to submit a quotation to support the work of our Visitor Economy business advisers through the delivery of sector specific workshops.
Hull City Council, on behalf of the HEY Growth Hub, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Business Growth Scheme requires the provision of a series of workshops, covering key requirements identified by our sector businesses, to be delivered across both the North and South Bank of the Humber
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(L-R) Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council Jonathan Owen, Deputy Leader of Hull City Council Hester Bridges, Digital Minister Chris Philp MP, Professor Rebecca Huxley-Binns, Chair of the Humber Local Digital Skills Partnership, James Newman OBE, Chair of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
A drive to improve the digital skills of thousands of people across the Humber is being launched today following match-funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
It comes as new figures
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The HEY LEP is pleased to be working with The Coders Guild to deliver The Department for Education Digital Skills Bootcamps across the Hull and Yorkshire region to support people looking to either switch careers or further develop their digital skills. There are also Bootcamps to help employers plug skills gaps in their workforce or upskill their existing teams.
Digital Skills Bootcamps come at no cost to the individual or the employer, are delivered online and last for between 8 to
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Would-be exporters are invited to attend a forthcoming roundtable event ‘Navigating international trade services across Hull and East Yorkshire’
Hosted by the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), in partnership with the Department for International Trade (DIT), the virtual event takes place on Thursday 3rd March between 12-1pm, with representation from Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce, DIT, the Freight & Logistics sector and HEY LEP. The event will look to provide a comprehensive overview of the diverse
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Carl Southcoat is the new Workforce Development Business Advisor for the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY/LEP).
Carl leads on managing and communicating workforce development opportunities across Hull and East Yorkshire as part of the LEP’s HEY Growth Hub and Employment and Skills Team. Ensuring that business across the Humber region are directed to a support offer that is most appropriate to them.
Engaging with small, medium enterprises to promote and raise awareness of the benefits of the apprenticeship
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The Festival of Skills 2022 will be taking place 7 – 11 March 2022
This is a virtual event, being held in conjunction with the HEY LEP, Careers and Enterprise Company and the Humber Outreach Programme (HOP).
The event, aimed at pupils in year 9 upwards, will include live interactions with employers, walk through tours of employer locations, and employer led challenges.
Find out more by watching this video: https://youtu.be/IJHjQWonOPI[/embed]
This is an opportunity for young people to:
Hear from employers across the Humber region
Realise
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HEY LEP Economic Growth and Workforce Wellbeing Strategy
The HEY LEP Economic Growth and Workforce Wellbeing Strategy is a regional strategy for Hull and East Yorkshire, which seeks to put in place a blueprint to drive economic growth and facilitate greater devolution of power and resources to the region. The strategy builds on the region’s economic strengths and prioritises the key elements to achieve its mission of the ensuring the residents of the region directly benefit from a more prosperous Hull
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Stories of start-up firms have been compiled by Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) to help inform and inspire people tempted to take their first steps in business.
The case studies feature ventures ranging from the launch of a brewery in a converted dairy to the journey of one man and his van growing a building services company with more than 200 staff.
A chef who owns one of Hull’s most popular restaurants tells of his escape from the
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Motion Rehab were supported with £55.8k from the HEY LEP’s Growing Hull & East Yorkshire grant scheme. Growing Hull and East Yorkshire is funded by the LEP’s Getting Building Fund programme, secured as part of the Government’s commitment to the Northern Powerhouse.
The business provides patient rehabilitation services for individuals with needs arising from Strokes and other long-term conditions. The Covid-19 pandemic has created additional demands, with many survivors needing ongoing rehabilitation. Increasing referrals from case managers, NHS CCGs, charities and
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The Careers and Enterprise Company has recently published a comprehensive report which presents trends in careers education over the past two years. It is focused on areas relevant to current debates and where there has been substantial change since before the pandemic. The research is based on Careers Leaders’ evaluation of careers provision in 3,893 state-funded schools and colleges and wider research published over the past year.
The identified trends are:
Careers education became more prominent in the curriculum last year
Innovation helped
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Have your say on the future of business support
The Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub want to gain further insight into the challenges faced by businesses locally and to understand more about business support and advice needs through an online survey.
The Growth Hub provides a one-stop-shop for business, offering support on funding, apprenticeship recruitment, exporting, innovating and more. It forms an integral part of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP). The LEP itself is a business-led
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The HEY LEP is actively supporting the Humber Freeport opportunity to recruit interested parties to the Freeport new Skills Group. Volunteers are needed from the business and provider community to help define the role of the Freeport and ensure that the economic benefits are maximised for local residents and businesses. Expressions of Interest close on the 21st January and for further information or an informal conversation please contact t.chalmers@heylep.com
https://humberfreeport.org/skills/
The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is working closely with the Department for International Trade (DIT) to deliver the best possible export support service to businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire.
The Export Academy returns in 2022, offering tailored export support to small businesses across the region that are new to exporting, thus maximising their export growth potential and ambitions. This free course is delivered by experts, giving businesses the know-how and confidence to grow their sales
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Our Investment Programmes Manager, Karen Oliver-Spry, took part in a panel discussion as part of the Carbon Trust‘s ‘Meeting the Net Zero challenge: bringing innovation to industry’ virtual event.
The discussion, which took place on Wednesday, 1st December was entitled ‘How to bring innovation to industry’ and also featured:
• Alexandra Brennan, Head of Sustainability, Johnson Service Group Plc
• David Jukes, Project Lead for the South Wales Industrial Cluster
• Dr Richard Leese, Industrial Policy, Energy and Climate Change Director at Mineral Products
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Businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire are set to benefit from £1.5m BEIS funding towards industrial digitalisation under the Made Smarter programme.
The programme is designed to improve digital adoption amongst SMEs and includes intensive one-to-one advice and support delivered through the Growth Hub network and specialist Made Smarter advisors.
Funding for the project was announced by the Government in February, and manufacturers in the HEY region are now able to take full advantage of these services.
Small or medium-sized manufacturers based in
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On 1 January 2022, there will be changes for businesses in Great Britain who import from the EU. There will also be changes for UK businesses who sell goods in the EU.
Businesses moving goods from the EU to Great Britain need to prepare for import control changes which will take effect from 1 January 2022.
Customs declarations on imports from the EU to Great Britain must be completed at the time you or your courier/freight forwarder bring them into GB. Pre-notification
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A special one-off event will take place next week celebrating everything the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership achieved in its 10 years supporting the private sector and economic growth in East Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
The Humber LEP Legacy Event and Intro to the HEY LEP will detail the achievements of the LEP and the various projects it supported with funding while operating between 2011 and 2021, before the new HEY LEP details some of its plans for
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In the week preceding International Trade Week, Tech Week Humber 2021 recently welcomed headline partners Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) to Hull.
DMCC is a government entity established in 2002 to enhance commodity trade flows through Dubai, performing a range of roles which continue to position Dubai as the preferred destination for global commodities trade and DMCC as the world’s No.1 Free Zone.
As an active partner of Tech Week Humber, Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) convened a
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HEY LEP has welcomed the Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission’s Climate Action Plan, which was published today.
HEY LEP’s Sajalu Dahal, who is the Lead Analyst for the Humber Cluster Industrial Plan, is a Climate Change Commissioner for the Hull and East Yorkshire Region.
The Action Plan was developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission with the help of more than 500 people from across the region.
It was published on Wednesday 10 November 2021 and presented at the Yorkshire Post Climate
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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) are reminding businesses and residents to have their say on the organisation’s ambitious five-year economic strategy for the Hull and East Yorkshire economy.
The LEP, which was formed in April, unveiled its first ever strategy for the region – the Economic Growth and Workforce Wellbeing Strategy in October – outlining a clear mission and vision for the economic future of the region up to the end of 2026.
The strategy sets out four
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HEY LEP has welcomed the announcement in Wednesday’s Budget that the Humber Freeport is set to be home to one of the UK’s first three tax sites.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak made the announcement as part of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review statement, with the Humber chosen alongside Teesside and Thames.
The tax sites, highlighted for land east of Port of Hull, Goole and Able Marine Energy Park at North Killingholme, are part of the Government’s Freeports initiative, which has the potential
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The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) and Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership have welcomed the Government’s announcement that the East Coast Cluster is one of its chosen first track 1 clusters.
The East Coast Cluster is a collaboration between Zero Carbon Humber, Net Zero Teesside and Northern Endurance Partnership, and aims to remove nearly 50% of all UK Industrial cluster CO2 emissions.
The ECC was named as a “Track-1” cluster in a written statement from Energy Minister Rt
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Chair of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) James Newman has called on the Prime Minister to put the Humber first as the UK works towards Net Zero.
Speaking at the HEY on the Road to Net Zero event on 18 October, James Newman told over 100 delegates at the COP26 affiliated Zero Carbon Tour event that the Humber is “a significant example of what a perfect storm could look like if we fail to achieve Net
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The newly formed Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has today unveiled its first ever strategy for the region – the Economic Growth and Workforce Wellbeing Strategy – outlining a clear mission and vision for the economic future of the region up to the end of 2026.
The strategy sets out four key priorities the LEP believes will provide the drivers for growth and will ensure it is successful in its key mission of being
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The efforts Hull and East Yorkshire organisations are making to ensure our region achieves net zero carbon emissions are being highlighted at a special engagement event for businesses and communities.
Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HEY LEP) Flagship COP26 event – HEY on the Road to Net Zero – is taking place on Monday 18th October at Hull City Hall’s Mortimer Suite.
This event is part of the Government-backed Zero Carbon Tour – which sees a 100% electric battle bus
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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HEY LEP) Humber Local Digital Skills Partnership (LDSP) has today been officially recognised by the Government for its ongoing work – and will now be incorporated into an official pilot scheme for digital skills partnerships.
The Humber LDSP has been recognised as a best practice exemplar as an independently funded and managed Digital Skills Partnership.
As a result of the significant work undertaken by the steering group to date, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media
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A key objective of the Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership is to facilitate economic growth by increasing the productivity of local employers. Critical to this is employers having access to a suitably skilled workforce.
The Workforce Development Business Advisor role is integral to this.
You will contribute to this objective by engaging with employers across Hull and East Yorkshire, particularly SMEs, to promote the benefits of employing apprentices to assist with business growth and development. You will also be responsible
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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HEY LEP) HEY Growth Hub is launching a Start-Up Fast Track aimed at helping individuals to discover what is involved in starting and running a business.
As part of its HEY Start-Ups programme, this project will start on 8 October 2021, where participants will have the opportunity to explore the key steps involved in starting and growing a new business in 10 insightful, practical, and fun three-hour online sessions run over a period of
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We are recruiting to the post of a Made Smarter – Digital Transformation Specialist.
This full-time post will work within the HEY Growth Hub which provides a range of business support utilising funding from UK government and European Structural Investment Funds and will also represent the York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub, which also offers a range of funded business support within its own geography.
The Made Smarter programme was created following an industry-led government review of how UK manufacturing industries can
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Peer Networks is a new programme delivered by Growth Hubs across England.
Led by business experts, this FREE fortnightly programme brings together small groups of fellow business owners and managers to deal with problems in common, and to tackle business issues together.
In this video case study Rod Walker, Managing Director of Hull-based Kingston Technologies Group, talks about his experiences of the Peer Networks Programme, and discusses some of the benefits his business gained by taking part.
For more information
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We’re looking to recruit to the post of a Gateway Triage Business Advisor.
The post will work within the HEY Growth Hub, which provides a range of business support utilising funding from UK government and European Structural Investment Funds.
The role will involve the provision of initial ‘Gateway triage’ activities to ensure that businesses and individuals that are engaging with the HEY Growth Hub are directed to the most appropriate support based on their business needs at the first stage of contact.
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In the latest fightback against the impact of Coronavirus on business, Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) are delivering the second series of Peer Network groups, aimed at helping SMEs in the Hull and East Yorkshire region tackle problems, identify opportunities and grow.
From L-R: Laura Barley, Business Programme Manager, HEY LEP. Jon Brunton, Growth Hub Manager, HEY LEP, Edward Ryder, Managing Director Biskit Ltd
Peer Networks is a free national initiative, created by the Department for
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The region’s business community, together with interested residents, are invited to take part in a flagship COP 26 event as the Carbon Battle Bus visits Hull city centre.
The battle bus, which is travelling the whole of the UK as part of Planet Mark’s Zero Carbon Tour, is being brought to the region by the HEY LEP.
This whole day event, taking place on Monday 18 October at Hull City Hall’ Mortimer Suite, will explore many of the topical and practical aspects
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The region’s business community, together with interested residents, are invited to take part in a flagship COP 26 event as the Carbon Battle Bus visits Hull city centre.
Download the event programme here: HEY on the Road to Net Zero Event Programme
The battle bus, which is travelling the whole of the UK as part of Planet Mark’s Zero Carbon Tour, is being brought to the region by the HEY LEP.
This whole day event, taking place on Monday 18 October at the
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Food Sans Frontières assists suppliers to the foodservice, retail and food ingredient sectors internationally, offering consultancy and translation services in order to open international doors, manage logistics, implement multilingual communications and handle account management for companies working in the UK Food and Drink sector, both in terms of import and export.
Founder, Joanne Alexander-Sefre is keen to engage with companies across Hull and East Yorkshire, and has personal links with the area, having grown up in North Ferriby.
According to Joanne, “My
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In one of our new export case study videos, Allan Rice, Co-Founder of the Atom Brewing Company, talks about how export markets such as Switzerland and Italy are craving new styles of beers, and how the company’s first export market, Sweden, has developed to include Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Norway, France and Spain !
Some interesting facts about the UK’s brewing industry:
British brewing is a world class manufacturing sector and British beers long renowned throughout the world
The UK is
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Earlier this year, KADA Research Limited was commissioned to deliver a post EU exit business engagement research project to assess the impact of EU exit on the international trade activities of SME businesses across the (then) Humber LEP region.
A suite of reports was undertaken for this study which appear below. The study involved discussions with stakeholders, a business survey and extensive desk and statistical analysis. An interactive dashboard of trade statistics was also developed for the study which can be
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Exporting food and drink? FDEA is the UK’s trade association for the food and drink export community. They help companies grow their sales overseas by providing practical export support, lobbying government on industry issues and connecting UK suppliers to the international buying community.
FDEA membership is a valuable resource to both experienced and new exporters. The community works together to share knowledge, contacts and advice.
They organise a programme of networking events, member meet ups, webinars and workshops to help build knowledge
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Chatta is a teaching approach which links images with language. It was developed following extensive work in hundreds of schools and with thousands of teachers and pupils.
Chatta is used by teachers as a whole-class teaching resource with pupils aged 3 to 18, and also by teaching assistants as an intervention resource.
Parents are central to Chatta and as well as being able to support learning with the Chatta resources they also use the Chatta app to make Chatta stories at home.
CHATTA
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The food and drink sector in the Yorkshire and Humber region is rich and varied, with lots of exciting brands and thriving manufacturers. The area is home to many nationally and internationally recognised brands that are capitalising on the opportunities international trade can bring.
The requirements for expert advice and support in Hull and East Yorkshire are as diverse as the food and drink landscape itself and as an international Trade Adviser for the Department for International Trade (DIT) in Yorkshire
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The Latin American and Caribbean region accounts for an estimated $4.4 trillion in GDP (PPP)[1], has a population of 646 million[2] and includes three members of the G20. Total bilateral trade between the UK at Latin America and Caribbean (LatAC) was worth over £29 billion. For businesses interested in exporting to LatAC, there’s a whole ecosystem of support available from the Department for International Trade (DIT). DIT has a network of 160 staff based in 20 LatAC markets, with a
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Teal & Mackrill manufacture exceptional floor, problem-solving, industrial and marine coatings – providing outstanding training and technical support for brands Coo-Var & Teamac. Established in 1908 they remain a family-owned business and continuously modernise production and distribution to deliver class-leading quality and service.
Although well-established in the UK, Teal & Mackrill strongly believe that future growth will be generated outside of the UK and as such they took the decision to appoint full time Export Sales Manager, Caroline Renwick almost 3
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The HEY LEP recently caught up with Victoria Boldison, a multi-award-winning Chartered Marketer and Founder of Bolst Global.
Victoria has worked internationally for all of her career within start up, SME and large corporation environments marketing and selling food, drink, supplements and medical devices around the world.
Victoria Boldison, Founder – Bolst Global
Bolst Global is an international business consultancy and export solutions provider supporting those businesses operating in global food, drink and supplement sectors. Victoria’s vision and passion with Bolst Global
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The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has made a number of appointments to its newly formed Business Support, Employment and Skills and Infrastructure sub-Boards.
The LEP announced the appointments following a successful recruitment campaign, where the LEP was overwhelmed by both the number and quality of applications received from individuals from a diverse field of sectors and organisations across the region.
All the Boards will first meet in October and thereafter on a bi-monthly basis and will start
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Are you an SME based in Hull & East Yorkshire? Find out more about our regional Peer Networks programme at a free one-hour taster session running on Wednesday 11th & 18th August 2021 at 9.30am and 4pm.
Peer Networks is a nationwide scheme established to support, educate and connect SME leaders through free peer-to-peer online networking. Meeting in small groups once a fortnight for twelve weeks, these practical and high-impact sessions will enable you to develop your business skills, put forward
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The Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership is recruiting to the post of Workforce Development Business Advisor.
The post will work within the Employment & Skills team of the LEP but will form a key delivery resource for the Business Growth Hub which provides a range of business support utilising funding from UK government and European Structural Investment Funds.
The role will involve providing advice and guidance to businesses in relation to workforce development, apprenticeships and industrial placements and will support
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A report commissioned by the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has outlined plans to ensure local residents have the skills to get good jobs, both now and in the future.
The LEP’s Local Skills Report discusses future skills needs – highlighting the local area as national centre for excellence in terms of clean energy – as well as the need for decarbonising heavy industry – recommending developing skills training to ensure local people are qualified to work
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Humber Learning Consortium are pleased to announce the launch of the 6th round of their ESF Community Grants 5 project.
ESF Community Grants are part of the European Social Fund (ESF) program which is distributing small grants in the Humber, York and North Yorkshire region. The aim of the fund is to help unemployed people progress towards employment through access to learning and training opportunities.
Grants of between £5,000 and up to £20,000 are available. For further details go to www.hlc-vol.org – contact
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Please see this short case study from the Department for International trade, which focuses on East Yorkshire based household goods business Bio-D.
Interested in exporting? Please visit our dedicated exporting webpages on the HEY Growth Hub website here.
The Humber Careers Showcase, a virtual event highlighting the fantastic progress of the Humber Careers Hub and partners over its lifespan so far, took place on Wednesday 30th June.
Through case studies and a live Q&A panel, HEY LEP showcased the work of inspiring individuals, students, employers and schools in promoting high quality careers education across the Humber.
The event celebrated the working partnership of the Careers and Enterprise Company, Hull and East Yorkshire LEP, Humber Outreach Programme and local authorities, highlighting
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Over the last few weeks, the HEY LEP has engaged with a range of partners and businesses, in order to highlight the benefits of international trade through export to the Hull and East Yorkshire and wider pan-Humber region.
We end the current series with an export compilation video which we hope will encourage more SMEs to engage in export.
The HEY LEP wishes to extend its thanks to all contributors and to the production team at JayJayMedia.
This video features: Helen Gibson
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In the latest of our HEY Export! video case studies we meet Mark Parkes, MD of Bostonair Group.
Mark explains how his group of businesses, based in Beverley, improved their profit margins and cash flow by opening their services to overseas markets.
He also discusses the burgeoning worldwide offshore wind market, and explains how businesses can tap into this by getting support from organisations such as the DIT.
Interested in exporting? Contact Andrew Finch at the HEY LEP via email at a.finch@heylep.com for
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In the fifth of our HEY Export! video case studies, we meet Dr David Richards, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Hull.
Here, David explains how the University supports trade and export in the region, both strategically and in a practical sense – helping businesses to innovate and bring new products to global markets…
Interested in exporting? Contact Andrew Finch at the HEY LEP via email at a.finch@heylep.com for more details
From left to right: Jayne Adamson, Gill Alton, Prof Susan Lea and Stephen Parnaby OBE.
Four members of the HEY LEP Board are set to steer the newly-formed sub-Boards of the LEP, focusing on different aspects of the Hull and East Yorkshire economy.
The appointments were agreed at yesterday’s HEY LEP Board meeting, with Deputy LEP Chair and Business Development Director at Wren Kitchens, Stephen Parnaby, appointed as Chair of the Infrastructure Board and HEY LEP Board member and University
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In the fourth of our export video case studies, we meet Antonio Tombanane, Founder Tech Week Humber.
Antonio explains how innovation and technology are enablers for global trade and why companies across the Humber region should embrace new exporting opportunities, including those presented by the new, emerging global free trade agreements…
Interested in exporting? Contact Andrew Finch at the HEY LEP for more details via email at a.finch@heylep.com
In the third of our export video case studies, we meet Courtney Tarbotton, Business Development Manager at Marine Rescue Technologies (MRT), a Beverley-based company which specialises in commercial marine safety equipment and man-overboard solutions, supplying the global fishing, off-shore energy and renewables industries.
Here, Courtney explains the importance of exporting and emerging global markets to MRT and how the LEP and other partners have helped MRT develop its exporting journey…
Interested in exporting? Contact Andrew Finch at the HEY LEP
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Businesses who registered for free Covid-19 test kits before the 12 April have until 30 June to order their free test kits. With this date fast approaching, it is important to get kits ordered while you still can and businesses are being encouraged to do so as soon as possible.
Before placing an order, you must have:
Completed and signed the legal terms
Completed the on-boarding form
Deliveries can take up to 14 days after the order is placed so make sure you place
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On June 23rd HOP, the Careers and Enterprise Company and HEY LEP are bringing the first ever Humber Apprenticeship Showcase to the Humber.
At this virtual event, students will get a flavor of apprenticeships offered from a range of sectors in the Humber region, to help them make confident informed decisions about their future.
This event will cover a full range of topics on all aspects of apprenticeships – we will have many live speakers at the event as well as case
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The newly formed Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has appointed the region’s Business Engagement Board (BEB) as its main private sector Advisory Partner. This follows the creation of the LEP and the appointment of twelve new Board members on 1 April.
The BEB, chaired by Thomas Martin, Chairman of Arco, was formed in Autumn 2020 to ensure continuity in communications between the private and public sectors in the region, whilst the new HEY LEP was being formed.
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Following the successful recruitment of our new HEY LEP Board we are now in the process of recruiting members for three of our HEY LEP sub-Boards:
Employment and Skills Board
Business Support Board
Investment Board
Applying for a place on one of our sub-Boards is an opportunity for you to bring your valuable lived experience within the region’s business community to help us shape the economic direction of Hull and East Yorkshire.
The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 20th June.
To find out more,
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A new series of export case studies have been launched by the new Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), which will help highlight the benefits of international trade through export to SMEs and the wider community.
Part of the overall HEY Export! Campaign, the videos feature interviews with regional business figures, including Export Champion and Managing Director of Hessle based Agencia, Helen Gibson, and Pauline Wade, Director of International Trade at Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce.
The Hull
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In the second of our export video case studies, we meet Pauline Wade, Director of International Trade at Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce.
Working in close collaboration with the HEY LEP, the Chamber is a key export partner for the region and its International Trade Centre Team offers a comprehensive range of international trade products and services, including export documentation and consular services, market research services, overseas trade fairs and trade missions, specialist export and import consultancy services, export webinars
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Today we launch our HEY Export! campaign, encouraging businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire of all different types and sizes to find out how exporting could benefit them.
In the first of our export video case studies, we meet DIT Export Champion Helen Gibson, Managing Director of Agencia.
Located in Hessle, East Yorkshire, Agencia delivers transformation and change in areas such as health and social care, justice, policing and security, Agencia works with a range of clients including the Foreign, Commonwealth and
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An East Yorkshire business which has made a mark regionally, nationally and globally by helping governments and other organisations drive positive transformation shared the secrets of its success with a series of lockdown webinars.
Agencia, a Northern Powerhouse Export Champion and a winner in the National Family Business Awards, has secured two major new deals since presenting the online advice sessions.
The company, based at Hessle, has also played a pivotal role in supporting the UK’s response to the pandemic including front-line
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A business which works to overcome the obstacles facing disabled people has acted to make its own services more accessible by addressing the limitations of lockdown.
Pictured: Ian Streets, About Access
About Access, which operates internationally from its base in Anlaby, devised an online alternative for delivering its training programmes when restrictions prevented Managing Director Ian Streets from travelling to Northern Ireland to deliver a series of presentations.
Ian’s clients in Belfast have welcomed his innovative solution and he’s now looking
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The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is calling on businesses and those thinking about starting businesses across our region to engage with the new-look HEY Business Growth Hub.
Picking up from the success of the Humber Business Growth Hub, which closed on 31st March, the HEY Business Growth Hub will provide free and impartial support to businesses throughout Hull and East Yorkshire.
Using its team of business advisors and comprehensive website, the Growth Hub can provide information and
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Hull City Council, on behalf of the HEY Growth Hub, is seeking a provider to continue the delivery of the Workshop and Masterclass programme which has proved very successful in the initial months of delivery in 2020/21. This will be part of the HEY Start-Ups brand and delivery will consist of:
a set of core Pre-start / New Start-up workshop topics delivered on a regular basis
less frequent masterclasses on particular start up topics to cover sector-based, business model or trend-based content
Pre-start
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Hull City Council, on behalf of the HEY Growth Hub, wishes to commission the delivery of a series of the Peer Networks (cohorts) delivery in Hull and East Yorkshire, with each cohort consisting of 11 owners or managers from the SME business community participating in each network. Additional individual 1-2-1 support (coaching, mentoring, or advice) will also be provided.
The timetable for this procurement is as follows:
Event
Date
Issue ITT via YorTender
22 April 2021
Deadline for receipt of clarifications
13 May 2021
Target date for responses
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Project summary:
Situated at The Goole Junction 36 Enterprise Zone site, the RaisE Business Centre and Innovation Hub provides an excellent opportunity for significant industrial development in the East Riding, offering employment opportunities, economic sustainability and also a high degree of future-proofing for the town, which is currently over-reliant on low-skilled work in factories, logistics and production.
The RaisE Business centre is aimed at supporting small and medium businesses and those pursuing self-employment, from any industrial sectors. However, users from the rail
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HEY LEP Chair, James Newman OBE, spoke to Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, James Mason about the unique draws of the Hull and East Yorkshire region.
The pair discuss the region’s visitor economy, attracting new inward investment, improving our infrastructure for visitors and making our region an attractive place to visit, live and do business.
James also discusses our new Board, collaborative working and the future of the region.
Watch the full video below:
The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has now officially opened its doors and is beginning work on the region’s future economic direction. The new LEP covers the two Council geographies of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
HEY LEP’s launch will see strengthened collaboration between communities, businesses, the two local authorities and the Government in a true public/private sector partnership, with the goal of economic prosperity for all who live, work and study in the region.
This
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The founding Board members set to steer the economic direction of our region have been appointed by the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP).
The Board members, with experience in a number of key sectors will help lead the strategic direction of the LEP, shaping future priorities, developing partnerships and securing investment from both public and private sectors.
This sector-diverse Board will comprise of six women and six men and includes LEP Chair James Newman OBE, Deputy Chair Stephen
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