South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) is responsible for the sustainable economic development and regeneration of the South East of England - the driving force of the UK's economy.

SEEDA's aim is to create a prosperous, dynamic and inspirational region by helping businesses compete more effectively, training a highly skilled workforce, supporting and enabling our communities while safeguarding our natural resources and cherishing our rich cultural heritage.

SEEDA's objective by 2012 is to make the South East one of the world's 15 most entrepreneurial, innovative and productive regions. SEEDA aims to achieve this through many business support mechanisms, one of which is the Sector Consortia Initiative.

Sector consortia are companies limited by guarantee run by a Chief Executive guided by a business-led Board. The main objectives of these new companies are to:

• identify new market opportunities and to bring together coalitions of firms to take advantages of these opportunities, including those which occur overseas
• provide a focal point for assistance to companies in the sector
• provide networking opportunities
• provide strategic leadership

SEEDA's Sector Consortia Annual Report for 2007-08 is available here as an Adobe PDF document 955Kb (PDF Help).

SEEDA have set up 7 sector consortia:

• Aerospace and Defence - Farnborough Aerospace Consortium.
• Marine - Marine South East.
• Construction - South East Centre for the Built Environment.
• Environmental Technologies - Envirobusiness South East.
• Health Technologies - South East Health Technologies Alliance.
• Digital Content - South East Media Network
• Security - Security Innovation & Technology Consortium

Case Studies

• .Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (Adobe PDF 102kb)
• Marine South East(Adobe PDF 81kb)
• South East Centre for the Built Environment (SECBE)(Adobe PDF 123kb)
• EnviroBusiness(Adobe PDF 94kb)
• South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA)(Adobe PDF 54kb)
• South East Media Network (SEMN)(Adobe PDF 105kb)
• All the Above (Adobe PDF 601kb)

To view press releases relating to the Sector Consortia please click here.