Want to move your business to the Digital Age? Discover how the Digital Growth Programme can help you
The Digital Growth Programme is a £5.2 million project, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) that provides dedicated support to enterprises located in Leicester and Leicestershire. It aims to support growing businesses to explore and introduce new and emerging ICT products and services into their business to improve competitiveness and productivity.
Eligible businesses can access:
- Awareness-raising seminars
- Strategic action-planning workshops
- Conferences
- Business advice
- Grant funding (subject to conditions)
The Programme is open to eligible businesses who are registered to the programme.
Workshops
The Programme delivers full-day action-planning workshops covering a range of topics from social media and website planning to cyber resilience and cloud computing.
Delivered by industry experts, workshops are structured to provide businesses with the latest digital knowledge and techniques. Each session allows you to consider strategic objectives and draw up a plan of action to develop and grow your business.
Workshop themes include:
- Website planning and development
- Online marketing
- Email marketing, CRM and Big Data
- Social media
- Ecommerce including International marketing
- Mobile marketing and productivity
- Paid digital advertising
- Video production and marketing
- Cloud computing and cyber resilience
Access to Finance
Technology Grants from £2,000 to £40,000 are available, subject to conditions. The aim of the grant is to support businesses to utilise their existing technology solutions to full potential, or assist in the introduction of new systems and software. All grants must be 65% match-funded by the business and details of the application process can be found on the technology grants page.
Digital Business Advisers
To further support your business, the dedicated Digital Business Advisers provide support and advice in your development and growth. They will work closely with you to gain a better understanding of your business and the breadth of technology that exists in your current structure and help develop a plan to move forward. They can also support and assist you with the grant funding process.
Leicester and Leicestershire Digital Growth Programme targets
The Programme runs until June 2019 and is contracted to deliver the following results:
- 682 enterprises receiving at least 12 hours of support including 101 new businesses created
- 101 enterprises taking up broadband with speeds of at least 30 Mbps
- 446 enterprises supported to introduce new to the firm products or processes
Register today to take advantage of the Digital Growth Programme!
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