Business Support That Drives Economic Growth.
Working with Funders and Commissioners, designing and delivering business support programmes since 1993. Our approach involves the scaled deployment of evidence and research-informed processes and tools, nationally, but with an emphasis across West Yorkshire, East Midlands, East of England and the South West.
Bringing together delivery experience, technology, and academic research from partners, we have identified a set of core delivery principles for successful business support programme delivery – in a Blueprint for funders and partners, who are looking to drive local economic growth.
Our Approach
Attracting, engaging and encouraging eligible SMEs into your programmes
Use of academically validated diagnostics and frameworks to understand SME needs within your regions. Creating personalised actions plans
Expert one-to-one advisory and coaching support for businesses
Depth of understanding and engagement by businesses
Achieving targeted outcomes for our funders and partners, as well as actionable learning and insights to ensure long-term future impact
Resulting in impactful, value-for-money support for your business support programmes that drives local, regional and national economic impact.
Areas of expertise
Our Services
Designing and delivering productivity programmes. Helping SMEs in your region boost their productivity, using leading-edge diagnostics and research.
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Designing growth and scaling programmes aligned to authority priorities to create sustainable growth for high potential SMEs in your region.
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Delivering business support programmes that can target, acquire and support innovation in regions. Accelerating innovation and growth.
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Offering bespoke programmes that guide and support businesses to succeed overseas. Our experts have exports across all major markets.
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A team of experts, who have secured over £718m lead our programmes to support businesses to pitch and succeed when they need investment to scale their businesses.
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Exemplas offer trusted end-to-end grant management programmes – designed, implemented, delivered and measured, to funders.
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Specific business support programmes for key growth driving industry sectors – Advanced Manufacturing, Defence, Life Sciences, Creative, Financial, Digital, Professional and Clean Energy.
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At Exemplas, we blend human expertise with AI-enabled tools to deliver personalised, data-driven business support at scale, ethically and with the business at the centre. AI enabled business support solutions.
Read moreabout AI in business supportA proven track record
£500m
of public sector contracts delivered
£170m
total turnover increase
for businesses helped in 2020-21
600,000
businesses supported
over 30 years
12,950
companies advised
in current programmes
£2bn
of export wins
for firms we’ve advised
1,500
new innovations delivered
4,790
jobs created with our help
in current programmes
2,500
manufacturing SMEs supported
£12-£16
generated for the economy
for every £1 of public money invested in our services
Case Studies & Insights from recent participants on our programmes
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Find out about the experts who lead our company, deliver contracts and help SMEs thrive.
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We’ve successfully managed and administered over £23m worth of grants in the past six years.
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Every successful programme begins with a conversation. We’re ready when you are.
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