Support for businesses following Business Link’s reduction in services
The York, North Yorkshire and East
Riding Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is launching a campaign on the
benefits of business-to-business networking and urging businesses to join a
networking group to ensure they receive support following the closure of
Business Link.
Shaun Watts, Director of Leeds, York and
North Yorkshire Chamber, LEP Board Member and Business Personality of the Year
said: "There are at least 50 business forums in our area, including
my Chamber, the Institute of Directors, the Federation of Small Businesses,
Forward Ladies and many more. Between them they provide huge range
of services. The LEP aims to support the networks that businesses themselves
are choosing, to ensure that our business community is fantastically
networked. By doing so we're creating a robust and resilient business
support network.”
The LEP is developing a searchable database
of the region's business networks which will be launched on the new website in
January 2012. The site will also be an essential resource for business
events, news and intelligence. In addition, the Partnership is working on
behalf of the business networks to channel other business support services through
the web of existing networks.