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Evidence-Informed Practice

When working with Exemplas, funders benefit from a proven, evidence-led model that drives SME growth and regional economic impact. Exemplas’ approach is built on 32 years of successful delivery of scaled business support programmes and applies research-backed frameworks to deliver targeted support in productivity, growth, innovation, and investment readiness.

Our ‘Triple Learning Loop’ allows continuous evaluation and real-time data analysis to ensure programmes evolve to deliver maximum value. Our collaboration with academic partners and stakeholders enhances outcomes and ensures best return on investment for business support commissioning.

Expert Collaboration

Exemplas is a trusted partner when it comes to co-designing programmes that meet with funders needs, now and in the future. With a background of governance through university ownership, we can work closely to design a programme that works for you.

We’re have a unique proposition that bridges the gap between real world business challenges and academic research. Through our close relationships with HEIs we translate cutting-edge research into practical solutions that SMEs readily understand and apply.  

Businesses benefit from academic insights in areas like productivity, leadership, growth and innovation, while the data we gather helps refine future research, delivering tangible economic impact.

Thought Leadership

We want to work with our partners to create the most impactful programmes. Our tri-sector approach of partnering with funders and local universities allows us to tackle local challenges in productivity, innovation and growth. These programmes combine academic research with practical delivery expertise, utilising our research-backed diagnostics. From our “Triple-Loop” learning approach we integrate research, hands-on coaching, and continuous evaluation to drive measurable improvements and impacts. This research enables us to fully understand the SMEs and their challenges within your regions, and the continuous evaluation gives us great insights to improve the programmes throughout their delivery.

Through sharing our insights and research, we improve the future delivery of business support locally and nationally.

Proven Impact

At Exemplas, we don’t just deliver business support – we engineer it for impact. When partnering with us you will gain confidence in a delivery model built on evidence, experience, and continuous learning. Structured diagnostics, tailored interventions, and real-time evaluation ensure support is responsive and effective.

Independent evaluations of our programmes isn’t a box-ticking exercise, it’s a catalyst for innovation. Insights from independently evaluated programmes shape future service provision, making support more effective, inclusive, and aligned with SME needs.