UKSPF Business Support

Tender description

Designated business support programme delivered through shared services which will replace European funded business support, and recognising reduced levels of funding, the Growth Hub has developed the Business Lincolnshire UKSPF Shared Service delivery programme, which aims to provide a core, universal business support service which can be accessed by businesses in all Local Authorities This approach: · Utilises an existing Growth Hub structure and service · Makes strategic connections and avoid gaps emerging between each Local Investment Plan/ project · Achieves critical mass and economies of scale · Provides value for money · Avoids patchwork provision · Capitalises on the Business Lincolnshire business support knowledge, experience and intermediary relationships · Aligns services with the National Growth Hub business support offer funded by BEIS The UKSPF prospectus provides us with an opportunity to widen access, reduce the eligibility restrictions and encourage broader outputs and outcomes that recognise the social and health impacts of business support as well as the economic impacts.