This week is our final week as the North East LEP. We want to say a huge thank you to all of you who have supported our work over the years. Our fabulous team and our programmes of work will transfer over to the new North East Combined Authority on 7 May. If you would like to stay in touch - please follow The North East Combined Authority
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About us
On Tuesday 7 May 2024, the North East LEP, its team and programmes of work, will be part of the new North East Combined Authority. This account will no longer be active. For news and updates from the Combined Authority, please follow The North East Combined Authority. We work to make the North East a place where more businesses invest, grow and prosper - delivering more and better jobs for everyone. We are responsible for delivering the North East Strategic Economic Plan. The Plan details how we will work together with partners, businesses and communities in an innovative, pro-active and cohesive way, to implement the Plan’s ambitions. It focuses on six key areas: innovation, skills, business support and access to finance, employability and inclusion and transport and digital connectivity. We act as a champion for the area, bringing public and private investment into the area. This includes a £290m North East Growth Deal and £460m allocation of European Structural and Investment Funds. We work with partners to create the right environment for growth, through our North East Investment Fund, Enterprise Zone and investment in transport. The North East Local Enterprise Partnership covers County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland. It is business led and governed by a private and public sector board, chaired by former PwC senior partner Paul Woolston.
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http://www.northeastlep.co.uk
External link for North East Local Enterprise Partnership
- Industry
- Government Relations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- Economic Development, North East Economy, Innovation, Skills, Access to Finance, Infrastructure, Transport, Business Support, and North East Enterprise Zone
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Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 4AD, GB
Employees at North East Local Enterprise Partnership
Updates
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Our Skills Director, Michelle Rainbow, shares how careers guidance work piloted here in the North East has changed lives and is having an impact internationally. https://lnkd.in/egrYZMdH
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Staying true to our ethos of evidence-based decision making - Emma Ward, Evidence and Evaluation Programme Manager, explains how evidence, evaluation and collaboration has played and will continue to play a central role in the region as we move to a Mayoral Combined Authority: https://lnkd.in/ex6myG5H
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Working with this group of young people was a delight! Their enthusiasm for their apprenticeships was infectious - they are going to make brilliant ambassadors 👊 A group of young #apprentices are ready to inspire local school leavers with their own #apprenticeship journey to promote the value and benefits of opting for a technical education pathway. https://lnkd.in/e7x7npjc Kim Smith
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On 2nd May you have the chance to vote for the first North East mayor. They will lead the new combined authority that will help shape the future of our region. Have you say. Use your vote. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eEqXeeEY
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A scaleup success story: find out more about the huge strides made towards increasing the business start-up rates, business productivity, and the number of companies scaling up in our region, from Business Growth Director, Colin Bell: https://lnkd.in/eaKDfHvq
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"From the start, we had the bold ambition at the North East LEP to become a national exemplar for skills, social mobility and inclusivity" - Skills Director Michelle Rainbow gives an insight into delivering the region's skills strategy for the last 10 years: https://lnkd.in/eUz2ViyK
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Helping businesses navigate the dual storms of COVID and Brexit was a challenge and a privilege, explains North East LEP Business Growth Director, Colin Bell: https://lnkd.in/ey4hdxqj
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The Innovate UK Launchpads support clusters of small and medium sized enterprises and help the most innovative businesses to progress their projects towards commercialisation, contributing to local economic growth. This investment is brilliant news for the North East as a whole, and for the 13 SMEs which will receive direct support to develop innovative technologies in artificial intelligence, machine learning and immersive technology, for application in industries such as construction, manufacturing, retail and education. #innovation
The Innovate UK Launchpad programme is offering £16 million funding into 101 new projects. The programme is designed to support clusters of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the most innovative businesses to progress their ideas toward commercialisation, contributing to local economic growth. Eight Innovate UK Launchpads were announced in October 2023 and today’s announcement marks the first round of investments, providing each cluster with an equal share of £16 million. These investments will contribute to growing innovative businesses across the following eight clusters. 👉Net zero industry Launchpad 👉Digital technologies Launchpad 👉Health technologies Launchpad 👉Agri-tech and food technology Launchpad 👉Marine and maritime Launchpad 👉Bio-based manufacturing Launchpad 👉Immersive and creative industries Launchpad 👉Life and health sciences Launchpad To find out more visit, https://lnkd.in/eBvDjEPU
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On 2nd May you have the chance to vote for the first North East mayor. They will lead the new combined authority that will help shape the future of our region. Have you say. Use your vote. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eEqXeeEY
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