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Pennine Lancashire LEGI Programme Eureka Strand

Pennine Lancashire LEGI Programme Eureka Strand. 3 National outcomes of LEGI. to increase total entrepreneurial activity among the population in deprived local areas; to support the sustainable growth – and reduce the failure rate – of locally-owned business in deprived areas; and

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Pennine Lancashire LEGI Programme Eureka Strand

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  1. Pennine Lancashire LEGI Programme Eureka Strand

  2. 3 National outcomes of LEGI • to increase total entrepreneurial activity among the population in deprived local areas; • to support the sustainable growth – and reduce the failure rate – of locally-owned business in deprived areas; and • to attract appropriate inward investment and franchising into deprived areas, making use of local labour resources. www.no-limits.org.uk

  3. LEGI Eligible Area www.no-limits.org.uk

  4. LEGI Target Areas www.no-limits.org.uk

  5. Business Support Simplification 3 Business facing products: • Get Set (Business Start Up) • Finance for Growth (Business Expansion) • Eureka (Technology and Innovation Support) www.no-limits.org.uk

  6. LEGI Marketing – ‘No Limits’ • Target audience – 20% most deprived communities • 150,000 population across 4 Boroughs • The aims: • To change the enterprise culture • To raise ambition and expectation • To remove barriers www.no-limits.org.uk

  7. LEGI Programme outputs • New Businesses Created 1272 • Businesses assisted 1600 • New Jobs Created 4000 • Self employment increase 10% • Increase in VAT registrations10% • Business survival rates 80% www.no-limits.org.uk

  8. Eureka - Innovation & Technology Support for Pennine Lancashire • Supporting businesses and individuals to develop and grow • Through innovation and effective exploitation of technology • ICT: software development, e-business, mobile, networks • Product development: inventors and companies • Process innovation • Awareness raising / information services / networking • Independent in depth one to one support www.no-limits.org.uk

  9. SSCA Holdings/Kiddisure Ltd – Product Development • Inventor Steve Catterall • New type of stair safety gate, expands into space available • Intellectual property support to protect via UK Patent, registered design and trademark • Pre production prototyping support • Manufacturing licensing arrangements with two local companies. www.no-limits.org.uk

  10. Dietech Engineering – Process Innovation • Management buyout, high precision machine shop • Innovation workshops held with directors • Implementation of more advanced machining technology cut bottlenecks in turning & grinding • Small sales order processing system developed* • 3 jobs created and sales increased by £170k. • *Local developer now marketing this system to other companies www.no-limits.org.uk

  11. Partwell Cutting Technology Ltd – Process change / e-business • Cutting and cutting materials • Family firm, organic growth and systems not coping • Operational process review through ISO9000 to eliminate picking errors and reduce stock outs • Company then confident to increase business through web sales channel: secure areas for customers and sales staff, order tracking facilities. • 5% year on year sales increase and jobs safeguarded www.no-limits.org.uk

  12. Barnes Plastic Welding Equipment Ltd – e-business • Plastic repair welding kits • Increased competition, low barriers to entry. Traditional telesales and mail order • first mover advantage with quality web site • increased sales of kits and spares • development of an export market • £40k of new sales in first year and one additional job created www.no-limits.org.uk

  13. ICT/e-business breakfast seminars Ideas North West Annual Inventors Expo East Lancs ICT Cluster Patent Clinics Example networks & events www.no-limits.org.uk

  14. Business Link Creative Lancashire Pennine Lancashire Councils Enterprise Trusts Higher education Lancaster University: Infolab21 & Product Development UCLAN: Health Tech Hub Ideas 21 Innovation Support Network at the Intellectual Property Office Example networks, events and linkages www.no-limits.org.uk

  15. Questions? www.no-limits.org.uk

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