National Enterprise Network welcomed visitors to their annual conference held in a vibrant and lively hotel overlooking Manchester’s vivacious city centre on Wednesday 19th September 2012 The annual conference is an event that brings people together for mutual support, education and inspiration. This year’s conference was exceptionally important to National Enterprise Network because it also celebrated 20 years of the company’s dedication in representing members and supporting the development of enterprise.

1. Greater Manchester LEP and the
Business Growth Hub
Richard Jeffery
Director of Business Growth
Connecting people, creating opportunities

2. LEPs offer a new platform for business engagement
a new radical way of delivering prosperity and rebalancing the economy. Eric
Pickles
GM’s LEP came into being on 1 April 2011 and provides
(in close partnership with the GM Combined Authority) strategic
leadership in nine areas:
• Employment and Skills • Marketing and Tourism
• Business Support for • Developing New Investment
New and Growth Models to Support Growth
Businesses • Low Carbon Economy
• Science and Innovation • Planning, Housing and Transport
• Inward Investment and • Research and Strategy
International Trade Development

3. Membership: Solid Basis for Private Sector Engagement
Nine senior private sector members:
Mike Blackburn (LEP Chair) - BT Scott Fletcher – ANS Group
Keith Johnston – Addleshaw Goddard Ken Knott – Ask Developments Group Ltd
Peter Marks – Co-operative Group Neil McArthur –Talk Talk Technology
Roger Milburn – Ove Arup & Partners Ltd Alison Tumilty –Rathbone Training Ltd
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell – University of Manchester
Four Public Sector Members (Chair & three Vice Chairs of AGMA/Combined Authority)
Lord Peter Smith (Wigan) Cllr Matthew College (Trafford)
Sir Richard Leese (Manchester ) Cllr Sue Derbyshire (Stockport)
Ex-Officio Members
Nick Johnson, (Urban Splash) Chair of Strategic Board for Marketing, Communications and Tourism
Michael Oglesby, (Bruntwood) Chair of Strategic Board for Business Growth, Trade and Investment

4. GM LEP: Key Achievements to date
• played an active role in establishing the GM Employment & Skills
Partnership - bringing together the GM’s local authorities,
colleges, training providers & private sector representatives
• developed (with the GMCA) an investment framework to align &
maximise the economic impact of core funds (Regional Growth
Fund, Growing Places Fund, ERDF, the North West Evergreen Fund
& private sector funding)
• established (with the GMCA) of the Airport City Enterprise Zone -
116 hectare site is forecast to create 7,500 jobs
• supporting GM’s City Deal negotiations
• established a business-led Growth Hub to integrate Government-
led programmes for business support with locally delivered activity
to integrate trade, investment and business support services

5. Supported by
Greater Manchester
LEP
Plus over 100 private and public partners

6. The Growth Hub network…
why do it and who is it for?
• Changing national policy
– Govt policy focused on a narrower range of businesses (20% growth)
– Focus on fewer tools
• In response North West LEPs developing Hubs to:
– Stimulate business growth & employment across the NW
– Act as a magnet for growth businesses
• Typical Clients
– Senior decision maker / owner of the business
– Looking /ready to make a step change; aspirations to grow
Connecting people, creating opportunities

7. What we do.
Business growth Hub community
Customers Business
Growth Hub
Ambitious
Growth Core growth services Growth
businesses
Specialist partners
Private sector and public
professional services
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8. How we do it.
Engagement Phone Online Face to face
routes
Business Twitter Business
Growth Growth Lunch
assessment
Market Linkedin groups
stimulation Workshops /
Growth planning events
Blogs
Referral to Hub Growth groups
Identification activities /
of businesses partners Growthometer
1:1 Mentoring
with growth
potential Relationship Website
management information Business advice
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9. Working with the national programmes
• UKTI closely aligned with the Hub
• Internationalisation as route to growth
• Responsible for delivery of both services
• Close working with local partners
• Promotion and two way referrals
• Joint ERDF bid
• MAS aligned with Hub offer
• NW delivery partner
• Joint ERDF bid
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10. Aligned with local programmes
• A2F offered across NW
• Funded via ERDF and local partners
• Alternative Business Finance
• Additional £5m of RGF2 will lever further
£8m for <£50k debt-finance
• NW Resource efficiency programme
• Working closely with local partners (Blue
Start-up offer Orchid, universities, etc.)
• Start up loans for young people
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11. Next steps
• Referral building; in and out
• Enhance registrations and increase enquiries
• Implement City Deal / ERDF programmes
• Build network with other emerging hubs
• Exposure for success stories; visibility through media
• Update intelligence on potential growth businesses
• Survey of over 2,000 businesses
• Implement evaluation framework
Hear from you; input welcomed
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12. Contact us to find out more!
Phone: 0161 359 3050
Email: info@businessgrowthhub.com
@bizgrowthhu
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Business Growth
Hub
Connecting people, creating opportunities