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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
Figure Defining Business Support
The evolution of the business support landscape
Figure Figure 1: Evolution of business support infrastructure 1992-2012
Figure Figure 2: Redistribution of RDA powers
Making sense of the business support offer
Figure Figure 3: A firm looking for access to finance support
Figure 1. What services are available?
Figure Figure 4: Business support initiatives by offer
Figure Box 1: The Business Bank
Figure Box 2: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Figure 2. What are the aims of business support programs?
Figure Box 3: Growth Accelerator
Figure Box 4: Business and IP network
Figure 3. What is the geography of business support?
Figure Figure 6: Geography of selected national business support schemes
Coordinating local and regional initiatives
Figure Case study 1: Black Country Reinvestment Society
Figure Case study 2: Manchester Creative Credits
Figure Case study 3: Lincolnshire Business Support Network (LINBIS)
Outstanding challenges for the business support infrastructure
Figure 1. Help business that aspire to grow and engage with the ‘long tail’
Figure 2. Create a structure that will be sustainable and will be able to adjust to change
Key challenges for the current business support system
Figure 1. The business support system is extremely complex.
Figure 2. Lack of business support infrastructure results in inefficiency in delivery.
Figure 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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5: Business support initiatives structured by objective
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