5th October 2024
Published in association with THE South Midlands Growth Hub welcomes the news that the South Midlands Authority has been established to champion economic growth in the region by supporting...
8th August 2024
BUSINESS leaders from Northamptonshire are being invited to join a new Board advising local authorities on the economic growth and development of the South Midlands. Created as part of the South...
13th February 2024
FINAL preparations are being made for the transfer of the functions of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership into the hands of the sub-region’s local authorities. Businesses...
27th October 2023
SIX COUNCILS across the South East Midlands have agreed a deal to take over the business support functions previously delivered by the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership. ...
20th July 2023
THE FORMER chairman of Highways England has been appointed as independent chair of The Oxford to Cambridge Partnership. Dipesh Shah pictured above took up his post on July 1 and has begun...
18th July 2023
SEMLEP’S Growth Hub, which has supported thousands of businesses, has been praised in an independent report commissioned by the government for its positive contribution to the development of local...
28th April 2023
DEMAND from business leaders has led to an extra university masterclass on business growth. Business lecturers at Cranfield University are to deliver the session, part of the Growth Curve...
6th April 2023
FAST-GROWING BUSINESSES across Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire only have a few weeks left to sign up for a peer networking group. SEMLEP’s Growth Curve programme features a Peer Networks...
31st March 2023
LOCAL Skills Improvement Plans were introduced as a key part of the government’s vision of an adult skills system where businesses are given a much stronger voice in local skills planning. Milton...
27th February 2023
BUSINESS has gone back to school for the launch of a new Careers Hub by the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership. Delegates were among more than 200 from the business and education...
30th January 2023
GOVERNMENT support for plans to create a pan-regional partnership overseeing growth in the Oxford-Cambridge region has been described as a “major milestone” by SEMLEP chair Peter Horrocks. He was...
29th November 2022
TWO major campaigns this autumn seek to create a shift in the perception of logistics. The South East Midlands is home to a major cluster of logistics and supply chain businesses, with many globally...
7th May 2022
The Oxford to Cambridge Arc growth corridor is having to compete with others further north for the government’s attention. But, says Milton Keynes Business Leaders partnership’s chair Nicholas...
28th January 2022
ENTREPRENEURS in Milton Keynes could share more than £100,000 worth of specialist training after Milton Keynes Council launched its biggest ever support programme for small businesses. The...
16th January 2022
OPTIMISM amid a challenging environment is the message from business across the South East Midlands as companies prepare for the recovery post-pandemic. More than a quarter say that...
