Businesses and those thinking about starting out are being urged to engage with the new-look HEY Business Growth Hub - a free service in Hull and East Yorkshire.
Picking up from the success of the Humber Business Growth Hub, which closed on March 31 as the devolution split completed with the formation of the new North Bank LEP, it will provide free and impartial support to businesses throughout Hull and East Yorkshire.
Advisors and online tools will provide information and guidance on a wide-range of issues, such as Covid-19 information, Brexit-advice, and understanding the evolving landscape of government regulations.
The Growth Hub can also provide insight and guidance relating to national and regional economic agendas including the move to a zero-carbon economy, flood resilience and sustainable growth.
Jon Brunton, growth hub manager at Hull and East Yorkshire LEP, said: “The HEY Growth Hub may be a brand new operation, however we already have an experienced advisor team in place and a wide-range of business support services ready to go. As we rebuild our regional economy from the impacts of Covid-19 and EU Exit the growth hub will play a leading role in supporting our businesses to recover and thrive as we navigate out of the most challenging period in recent history.
“The growth hub’s current set of services really do cater for all possible clients; from support for pre-start individuals and new-start-up businesses, through to wrap-around growth support for established business and exclusive support schemes for high-growth potential and scale-up ready firms. The growth hub advisor team are ready and waiting to hear from businesses anywhere in the Hull and East Yorkshire region regardless of their size, sector or maturity.”
The team can also advise on business growth and development, and offer signposting and brokering into other sources of business support and funding covering such needs as skills, exporting, innovation, new technology and systems
It has also inherited the #GrowMySME programme from the Humber Business Growth Hub. This programme includes specialist advisors, masterclasses and workshops, as well as grant funding, which providers tailored support to enable SMEs throughout the whole Humber region to grow, to access finance and investment, and to embrace digital technology throughout their business.
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