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West Yorkshire Business Boost: What Good Business Support Really Looks Like
An independent evaluation of two West Yorkshire Business Boost programmes – Leading Growth and Export for Success, has delivered a verdict that every funder, commissioner and economic development professional should read. Both programmes exceeded their targets. Both generated returns that far outstripped public investment. And both did something rarer still: they reached the businesses most programmes never find.
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New Approaches to Delivering Scalable, Impactful Business Productivity Support
This week marks National Productivity Week, focusing attention on the crucial role that productivity plays in driving living standards.
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How UK Clean Energy SMEs Can Overcome Barriers to Growth: Funding, Innovation & Policy Insights
Explore the key challenges and opportunities facing UK clean energy SMEs — from funding gaps and compliance burdens to innovation needs and grid constraints.
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Businesses that have benefited from advisory support from the Business Productivity Service, delivered in partnership by Exemplas and Leeds Beckett University on behalf of West Yorkshire Combined Authority since February 2023, have shown measurable improvements in their productivity, particularly labour productivity.
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