Businesses who are located on the three industrial estates (Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith Industrial Estate and Eden Business Park) in Penrith can once again take advantage of free support through Cumbria Business Growth Hub to develop and grow thanks to funding from Penrith Industrial BID.
Support offered includes a mix of one to one adviser time from expert advisers to review business opportunities and challenges and boost your business, a part-funded subsidy scheme which helps towards:
- website design
- marketing plans
- search engine optimisation
- HR
- finance
- legal
- training (not elsewhere funded)
- accreditations such as ISO and SALSA
- free training on topics such as marketing, sales & pricing, bid writing, pitch to win, winning at email marketing, optimising websites for lead generation or Cumbria Forum (a six-month intensive leadership development programme delivered by Growth Hub partners Lancaster University Management School).
There are over 150 businesses across Penrith Business Parks and we believe this partnership will give businesses a fantastic opportunity for training and business support.
Suzanne Caldwell, Deputy Chief Executive said, “We’re so pleased to be working in partnership with Penrith Industrial BID to support Eden businesses. No funding has been available since Eden District Council withdrew from the scheme, leaving businesses in the area with no funding.
The beauty of working with the Growth Hub is that we can more than double this investment through the Chambers European funding match.
So we’re particularly delighted that Penrith Industrial BID has stepped forward to enable support to its businesses over the next two years.
We’ve already attended a Penrith Industrial BID business-to-business event to speak to businesses and are working with them to develop a range of FREE training in line with their interests.”
Sam Morris, Chairman, said, “The Directors of Penrith Industrial BID are delighted to be working with Cumbria Chamber of Commerce.
There are over 150 businesses across Penrith Business Parks and we believe this partnership will give businesses a fantastic opportunity for training and business support.
Following the launch on Tuesday there is already a lot of enthusiasm and support for this venture and we look forward to working with the team at Cumbria Chamber of Commerce over the next two years.”
Whatever the stage or sector of your business, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce can help.
To find out more call 0844 257 84 50 or email info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk
The project is receiving up to £2,326,133 of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for European Regional Development Fund. Established by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding.