SEEDA's support for business
SEEDA provides the strategic lead for the regional response to the downturn. Working with partners, it identifies and coordinates funds and programmes of most benefit to South East businesses.
On a national level, the Solutions for Business offer was introduced to make publicly funded business support easier for business to access and also to ensure services deliver maximum impact and value for money. This involved a reduction of over 3,000 programmes to just 30 products.
Business support is available across the following areas:
- Starting and growing a business
- Financing a business
- Employing people
- Exploiting ideas
- Environment and efficiency
- International trade.
To ensure consistency with the Solutions for Business offer regionally, SEEDA established the South East Business Support Advisory Board (SEBSAB) to oversee the implementation of the new Solutions for Business products in the South East and the development of a regional business support strategy.
In addition SEEDA drives the following initiatives in the South East:
