Cheshire West and Chester Council is working with a number of partners to delivery their Year 3 UKSPF Business Support Programme.
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is delivering the UKSPF funded Cheshire Innovation Network (CIN) project. This fully funded support aims to unlock sustainable growth by developing products, services, or internal processes with their structured innovation standard operating procedure (SOP).
What we offer in this 2 day programme, starting at 9.30am and finishing at 4.30pm on both days:
1. Repeatable structured framework for innovation within your business.
- Assess the capacity of your business to scope, initiate and deliver on innovation.
- Ensure your innovation meets a real market or business need.
- Identify promising ideas and refine them into strong concepts.
- Prototype your process, product, or service the lean way.
- Understand the ecosystem of support available.
- Design a strategic test marketing plan to unveil the potential (or pitfalls) before full launch or implementation.
- Support with a custom action plan for funding applications.
2. Follow-up sessions to fine-tune your innovation. Up to 15 hours of 1-1 mentorship with our industry partner, Barclays.
3. Develop a peer support network of like-minded business leaders in a strategic space away from the business.
4. Bring your team to separate masterclasses to support your innovation and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
5. Support with the access to fully funded and match funded grants.
No catch!
This is fully funded support for SMEs in the manufacturing, production, or engineering related sectors with at least a trading address in Cheshire West and Chester (CWaC).
Next Steps:
Interested? Schedule a meeting at your convenience using Calendly.
There’s limited spaces. Don’t miss out!
P.S. Not interested? Please pass on to any suitable business that might benefit.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. Visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus for more information.
Visit the Cheshire West and Chester Council website for information on the UKSPF Communities and Place, and People and Skills projects.