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Building a Board and good governance — free online workshop

January 18, 2022

Building a Board and Good Governance Wednesday 26th January 2022 10:00 – 12:00 GMT iSE and the GBSLEP Growth Hub are holding an exciting workshop for existing social enterprises and trading third sector organisations. The workshop, Building a Board and Good Governance, is designed to

Business Growth Programme for supply chains, innovation and expansion

November 11, 2016

The Birmingham City Council/GBSLEP Business Growth Programme is now open for applications. This programme of funding and support specifically targets supply chains, innovation and expansion. Eligible businesses must: Be SMEs with a turnover <£35.5m; Have been trading for at least s

GBSLEP is recruiting a non-executive director for young people

November 10, 2016

The Friday 2nd Dec 2016 deadline is approaching… The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) has just announced that it is seeking to appoint a Non-Executive Director aged 18-30 to lead on the representation of Young People. The GBSLEP says: The i

Being a social enterprise champion — a GBSLEP year

September 07, 2016

Melanie Mills is the social enterprise champion for the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership. In this post she reflects on what being a social enterprise champion means and looks back over her first year in this role. Being a social enterprise champion —

GBSLEP announces workshops for next round of ERDF calls

July 20, 2015

Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP has just announced that it is hosting information events on the government’s European Structural and Investment Funds Programmes 2014-20. ESIF Workshops across the area are planned for: ERDF Priority Axis 3 – Enhancing the competitiveness of small

GBSLEP chooses new social enterprise champion

June 29, 2015

Back in April we announced that Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP was seeking nominations for a new post of social enterprise champion. The selection process has now been completed and we’re delighted that Melanie Mills, previously chief exec of Social Enterprise West Midlan

Next round of ESIF calls will be mid-July

May 28, 2015

Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP has just announced that the next round of calls for European Structural and Invest Funds proposals will be mid-July. GBSLEP says: These will be national calls with a ‘local bias’. For the GBSLEP area, the calls will be for ERDF, including the Prio

Help position the Birmingham city region — locally, internationally, globally

May 14, 2015

How do you tell the ‘story’ of something as amorphous as a ‘city region’ in a way that will appeal equally to the new inward investor, the young family looking for affordable housing and family-family neighbourhoods, entrepreneurs looking for the best pl

GBSLEP seeks social enterprise champion — call for applications

April 01, 2015

Urgent news just in from the GBSLEP… The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) is seeking to appoint a Champion for Social Enterprise in recognition of the key role that this sector plays in the local economy. It is looking for a passionate

GBSLEP — European funding update

March 13, 2015

Update 20/03/15: Further to the post below, the first calls have just gone live on the gov.uk website → HERE. Those who attended one of the GBSLEP roadshows (they took place in late-Feb and early-March) may already know this, but colleagues from the ESIF team at Solihull Council have