New Hull and East Yorkshire LEP seeking board members to drive forward economy

The new Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is looking for experienced and committed leaders from the business and other sectors of the community to join its board and drive forward economic prosperity in our region. Founder members of the new board will help lead the strategic direction of the LEP, shaping future priorities, developing partnerships and securing...

Prestigious re-accreditation for Hull University Business School

Hull University Business School has been ranked as one of the top 2% in the world after securing re-accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA). Accreditation from AMBA, one of the world’s leading authorities on post-graduate business education, represents the highest standard of achievement in postgraduate business education. It demonstrates the university Business School’s efforts to...

Questions about Brexit? Businesses urged to use LEP’s free Growth Hub service

The Humber LEP Business Growth Hub is offering specialist advisory and consultancy services relating to EU transition and the various trading issues that it presents to the region’s businesses. Using funding from the government department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Humber Business Growth Hub has rolled out an EU Transition Support Service for businesses, which...

Region’s LEPs welcome Humber Freeport bid submission

The Greater Lincolnshire and Humber Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have welcomed the region’s bold bid to form a Humber-wide Freeport, encompassing ports across the area. Such a development has the potential to boost the economy of the region by providing investment, highly skilled jobs, training opportunities and the development of more clean growth and decarbonisation developments on the...

The Deep drives corporate response to conservation challenge

A multi-award-winning tourism attraction and education and conservation aquarium is aiming to hook the support of corporate big fish and minnows for a new business sponsorship scheme. The Deep, which will mark its 20th anniversary next year, has already landed the support of a high-profile neighbour for the initiative aimed at encouraging people to create a long-term partnership to protect the...