East Midlands Creative Consortium - Create Growth
Product Description:
Applications have opened for the third cohort of a £1.2 million support programme for East Midlands creative businesses.
Companies are being encouraged to apply for the Create Growth, which is funded by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).
Already passing through the programme have been 23 East Midlands businesses completing the first cohort of the regional business growth accelerator. 83% of companies who completed cohort 1 would recommend Create Growth to others.
Businesses completed an initial business health check, attended a full-day business bootcamp, which included opportunities to network, and logged on to eight virtual masterclasses covering themes including leadership, marketing, sales, finance and business planning.
As well as the 90-minute masterclasses delivered by industry experts, all participants were also assigned a mentor offering five hours of free support, as well as an opportunity to undertake investment readiness workshops.
Area of Expertise:
Growth
Accelerate
Eligibility:
To be eligible for Cohort 7 (FINAL COHORT) of the East Midlands Create Growth programme, businesses must:
Be trading or registered within Leicester, Leicestershire, Derby, Derbyshire, Lincoln, Greater Lincolnshire, or Rutland areas.
And can be:
- Companies of any size
- Have potential to scale up
Districts:
- Leicester City
- Blaby
- Charnwood
- Oadby and Wigston
- Melton
- Harborough
- Northwest Leicestershire
- Bosworth and Hinckley
Application Process:
Call us on 0116 454 2917 or email us GrowthHub@llbsp.org.uk