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Rosebud Finance & Investing in Growth Skills

Finance Type: Business Expansion, Capital Investment, Training and Development,

Coverage: Burnley, Chorley, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire,

Amount: From £10,000 up to £1 million

Expiry date: n/a

About this Finance item:

Rosebud Finance offers both loans and equity based finance solutions from £10,000 to over £1 million to available high growth businesses operating or moving in to Lancashire

Designing Demand

About this Finance item:

The Design Council is running a national business development mentoring service to SME manufacturers to unlock growth through design.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) with Lancaster University

Finance Type: Business Expansion, Technology, Training and Development,

Coverage: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Pennine Lancashire, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre,

Amount: The cost model below shows an example budget and annual costs for a KTP for both a Large Company and an SME, using a Senior Academic as the Academic Supervisor.

Expiry date: n/a

About this Finance item:

KTPs are a UK-wide programme to encourage business / knowledge base (University) collaborations, helping businesses and organisations to improve their competitiveness and / or productivity through the use of the knowledge, technology and skills that

Think Food & Drink

About this Finance item:

A FREE business support programme for North West Food and Drink manufacturers offered by Enterprise4all. – Marketing for Ethnic and Indigenous Markets – Marketing Utilising Social Media – Finance Tools and Finance Planning for your Growth – Ma

Green Infrastructures – ERDF Funded

About this Finance item:

“Green Infrastructures” is a project supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to provide dedicated business support to the Northwest’s SMEs within the Low Carbon Economic Goods and Services supply chain, specifically targeting those regional SMEs looking to develop, deploy and install latest retrofit technologies.

Developing Workplace Learning Advocates

About this Finance item:

Would you like to promote training to your team, but feel constrained by time or having the right skills? Would your company benefit from having an employee with the skills to advise colleagues in training, funding and career progression? The W

Knowledge Transfer at Higher Education Institutions

Finance Type: Business Expansion, Technology, Training and Development,

Coverage: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Pennine Lancashire, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre,

Amount: 150 Hours @ £6,00 Per Hour

Expiry date: Monday 31st December 2012

About this Finance item:

The Unite with Business programme provides eligible North West Small to Medium Enterprises (SME’s) with a free 20 day graduate internship.

Future Horizon Apprentice @ Your Business

About this Finance item:

Funded by Lancashire County Council’s economic Development Company, Future Horizons Apprentice @ Your Business provides support to small to medium enterprises (SME’s) or Social Enterprises within Lancashire in recruiting Apprentices.

Pennine LEAP

Finance Type: Business Expansion, Capital Investment, New Business Start Up, Training and Development,

Coverage: Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale,

Amount: Partial funding is available through "growth vouchers". Maximum £5,000, match funded.

Expiry date: Tuesday 31st December 2013

About this Finance item:

Pennine LEAP provides intensive training, mentoring, HR coaching, social enterprise and international trade support. The programme also provides finance support and the benefit of an experienced business mentor for up to two years.

Free business training for young employees

About this Finance item:

Do you employ young people between 16 and 18 years? Chamber Business Training has secured a limited amount of funding to offer two days of FREE business training for young people who live or work in Lancashire.