Enhanced Growth Hub and Advisory Service Delivery

Description

Nottinghamshire County Council are seeking tenders on behalf of the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) (the Council') The Enhanced Growth Hub and Advisory Service will be responsible for delivering a high-quality, integrated and sector agnostic service, that supports businesses to achieve sustainable growth and resilience. This procurement aims to establish a resilient, joined up, and high impact business support system-one that accelerates SME growth, boosts productivity, and contributes to EMCCA's ambition to build one of the UK's fastest growing and most inclusive regional economies by 2035. Our objective is to deliver tangible outcomes leading to increased profitability, job creation, reduced operational costs, enhanced productivity and greater adoption and effective use of innovation. The Growth Hub service is funded by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and has operated in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire region since 2014. The Advisory service element is an enhancement to the Growth Hub, leveraging EMCCA resources to provide additional targeted support that will build growth capacity and strengthen capability within the local business base