New ‘Growth Hub’ launched for Sheffield City Region businesses

Businesses of all sizes across the Sheffield City Region will now be able to access free, world class business support.

The Sheffield City Region ‘Growth Hub’ is open to all businesses whether just launching, or larger more established companies looking for help with Accessing Finance, Skills and Training, Exporting or Innovation.

With plans to help create 6,000 businesses by 2022, the Growth Hub will aim to cultivate entrepreneurial activity, increase the start-up rate, and grow the Sheffield City Region.

The Growth Hub operates a central Gateway across the City Region where the first contact is via telephone/email with a bank of skilled advisers. Specialist advisers can also be called in from the private sector, including finance experts who can advise and support on raising business finance.

Paul Houghton, LEP Board Member instrumental in bringing the Growth Hub to Sheffield said: “The launch of the Growth Hub marks a hugely important milestone for business support across our region.

“We now have specialist advisors and a range of programmes in place, all aimed at providing growth support for businesses and, critically, all of this support is designed to be of a consistent and high standard across the entire region and can be accessed through a single online gateway.

“However, we’re not stopping here: over the next two years we will be extending and growing the range of business support activities as we lead the development of a world class Growth Hub.”

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