Growth Hubs
(asked on 27th February 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what growth hubs are in operation; where each hub is located; when each hub began operation; and how many businesses have been provided assistance by each hub.
Growth Hubs bring together services for small business in each Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area. There are currently 23 Growth Hubs, and a list of locations is provided in the table below. Growth Hubs have begun operation at different times reflecting local circumstances, and launch dates are shown. As a condition of receiving funding from Government in 2015-16 alongside their Local Growth Deals, LEPs will report on the number of businesses their growth hub has helped. This information will be available from October 2015.
Growth Hub | Launch Date | Growth Hub | Launch Date |
Black Country | June 2014 | Lancashire | Prior to January 2014 |
Buckinghamshire Thames Valley | Prior to January 2014 | New Anglia | June 2014 |
Cumbria | Prior to January 2014 | Northamptonshire | Prior to January 2014 |
Coventry & Warwickshire | August 2014 | Oxfordshire | June 2014 |
Coast 2 Capital | August 2014 | Southend | June 2014 |
D2N2 | December 2015 | South East Midlands | March 2014 |
Dorset | May 2014 | Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire | October 2014 |
Greater Manchester | Prior to January 2014 | Solent | July 2014 |
Heart of the South West | June 2014 | Swindon & Wiltshire | May 2014 |
Humber | June 2014 | Tees Valley | July 2014 |
Gloucestershire | October 2014 | Thames Valley Berkshire | June 2014 |
Worcestershire | June 2014 |