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Support for growing businesses
By
Centre for Cities
| 23 April 2013
Support for growing businesses
By
Centre for Cities
| 23 April 2013
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Objectives and coverage of the briefing
Box Defining Business Support
The evolution of the business support landscape
Box Figure 1: Evolution of business support infrastructure 1992-2012
Box Figure 2: Redistribution of RDA powers
Making sense of the business support offer
Box Figure 3: A firm looking for access to finance support
Box 1. What services are available?
Box Figure 4: Business support initiatives by offer
Box Box 1: The Business Bank
Box 2. What are the aims of business support programs?
Box Figure 5: Business support initiatives structured by objective
Box Box 3: Growth Accelerator
Box Box 4: Business and IP network
Box 3. What is the geography of business support?
Box Figure 6: Geography of selected national business support schemes
Coordinating local and regional initiatives
Box Case study 1: Black Country Reinvestment Society
Box Case study 2: Manchester Creative Credits
Box Case study 3: Lincolnshire Business Support Network (LINBIS)
Outstanding challenges for the business support infrastructure
Box 1. Help business that aspire to grow and engage with the ‘long tail’
Box 2. Create a structure that will be sustainable and will be able to adjust to change
Key challenges for the current business support system
Box 1. The business support system is extremely complex.
Box 2. Lack of business support infrastructure results in inefficiency in delivery.
Box 3. The lack of infrastructure and visible access points complicates access to support for some businesses.
Recent policy initiatives and what they mean for the business support system
Key questions
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