THE Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (GC GP LEP) bid has been given the green light to proceed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Local Enterprise Partnerships have been created by BIS and the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) to bring businesses and the public sector together to [...]

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ECONOMIC development company, Opportunity Peterborough, has launched a new programme to engage and support Peterborough businesses. The Peterborough bondholder scheme is free of charge and open to all local companies. As well as gaining an established networking calendar, bondholders will have access to a range of benefits from programme partners including reduced subscription to PECT’s [...]

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SMALL businesses are set to be at the heart of the newly created Local Enterprise Partnerships following a meeting between the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) earlier this week. The coalition government has announced that Local Enterprise Partnerships will replace the recently abolished Regional Development Agencies in [...]

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