Regional Business Information for Yorkshire
Race on for regional growth cash
26th July 2010
Lord Heseltine
BUSINESS leaders and councillors face a race against the clock to take advantage of a new £1bn fund aimed at promoting regional economic growth, it has emerged.
Ministers have already set a September 6 deadline to receive plans for how companies and councils plan to form "local enterprise partnerships" to replace regional development agencies including Yorkshire Forward.
However, extra urgency has been added by the Government's consultation documents on the new £1bn Regional Growth Fund, to be chaired by ......for the full story register now for free or login below...
Once again here in Yorkshire we'll be bidding for a small part of a small pot. Wouldn't it be better if the brains of the region got together to establish an Investment Bank for Yorkshire that could fund regeneration and not be subject to the vagaries of Government and Political change. Is anyone else out there interested in taking up this challenge?
nigel grizzard