Business Support Service

An integrated package of free advisory support and grant assistance. Supporting businesses in West Yorkshire to improve their productivity, creating new jobs and upskill existing staff.

Do you want to grow your manufacturing or engineering business with emerging digital technologies? Go to market faster? Cut costs? Reduce downtime? Made Smarter can help.

Our commitment to the creative industries is demonstrated by The Creative Catalyst programme, a £1.5m scheme designed to support the growth of the creative sector across Leeds City Region.

Are you wanting to do something different in your business but not sure how to get there? With 12 hours of specialist advice and support, our team can help you make a real impact on your business, and get your innovative project moving. This support is coming to an end on 31st March 2023.

It was International Women’s Day this week so what better way to celebrate than to showcase two of West Yorkshire’s talented businesswomen.

Guiseley-based fabric manufacturer, Abraham Moon, are forecast save over £10,000 per year on energy bills with support from the LEP.

Start-up digital marketing agency Modo25 in Leeds accelerates the launch of innovative software to help retailers make better digital marketing investment decisions with investments from the LEP.

If you're a business with the ambition and potential for growth, there's a wealth of support available.

Are you wanting to do something different in your business but not sure how to get there? With 12 hours of specialist advice and support, our team can help you make a real impact on your business, and get your innovative project moving. This support is coming to an end on 31st March 2023.

Support is available for businesses on their journey to net zero carbon emissions. We offer free consultancy advice, audits and access to funding to help your business become more resource-efficient, reduce waste and adopt sustainable ways for employees to travel to work.

Sources of advice, support and funding for business start-ups.

Developing your workforce’s skills and expertise is one of the best investments a business can make. It can result in more motivated, engaged staff and increase your businesses’ productivity.

Developing leadership and management skills within your business can support business growth, strategy and help to overcome business challenges.

Expanding into new markets overseas can help businesses of all sizes to reach new customers, generate additional revenue and mitigate market risks.

The transition period has ended and new rules are here. Act now to keep your business moving.

As a national and international economic powerhouse, find out why so many businesses are choosing to start up, scale up or relocate to Leeds City Region.

The programme offers intensive, bespoke guidance to small and medium sized businesses under 3 years old. Support available includes expert mentoring, events and workshops, grants and more.

Support is available for eligible small and medium sized businesses to develop their digital capacity and thereby helping them increase their overall performance (competitiveness, productivity and profitability).

Providing advice and support to manufacturing SMEs to help Identify opportunities, create plans for growth and enhance support with grant opportunities

Providing Strategic Supply Chain Support to companies in the Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain sector with grant funding available.

Support is available from the North East Business Resilience Centre (NEBRC) to help businesses addresses cyber security risks and secure their online systems.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital and business support services.