Enterprise

Health check your business resilience

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 12:48:59 +0000

Following the success of our conference last year in the Humber on the impacts of extreme weather on businesses we have been working with local partners to develop a new video to highlight the benefits of becoming a resilient business.

Humber Business Resilience - 9 Oct

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:38:49 +0000

Survive, profit grow. How would impacts from severe weather affect your businesses’ premises, operations, supply chains, logistics, staff, markets, finances and insurance?

Understanding how your business will be affected by extreme weather impacts is crucial to survival, profitability and growth.

The storm tidal surge that impacted the East Coast in December 2013 saw local businesses counting the cost of water damage, the loss of power, and disruption to oil and coal supplies.

Accredited Training in Business Resilience

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:14:01 +0000

Business support organisations can receive free accredited training in the BRHC tool. This will help businesses become more resilient to the risks they face both now and in the future and ensure that they can continue to operate as usual in the face of potential disruption.

DECC Heat Pumps Roadshow

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:45:38 +0000

The Department of Energy and Climate Change is holding a free training roadshow in Newcastle on 28 November to help social housing providers and their contractors get to grips with the new standards for installing heat pumps.

Training for Low Carbon Energy Proposals

Sunny — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:20:25 +0000

A training event, to help planners assess landscape issues in relation to renewable and Low carbon Energy Proposals is to be funded through the Climate Change Skills Fund and will be held at Hambleton District Council on 26th June 2012 from 10am – 4pm.

A number of other studies have been completed in the North Yorkshire and York sub-region that help to provide certainty around the potential to deliver Renewable and Low-Carbon Energy (RLCE). These are:

EU 2020 Going Local

Sunny — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:49:54 +0000

LGYH is an active partner in an EU funded Interreg 4c project called ‘EU2020 Going Local’. The project involves 14 partners from across Europe developing a new programme around the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy. There is a particular emphasis on climate change, energy and sustainable transport.

Local Enterprise Partnership Capacity Fund

Sunny — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:38:05 +0000

Round 2 of the Government’s Capacity Fund for LEPs is now open. The second round will allocate the remaining £3 million. The application process has been simplified in that there is now no bidding process and the fund has been broadened to support LEPs in addressing the issues that will best help them deliver local growth. The deadline for completed application forms is 13 February 2012.

Rural Growth Networks

Sunny — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:52:13 +0000

On 29 December 2011 Defra launched a competition to identify six pilot Rural Growth Networks. Around £15 million is to be invested in the pilots aimed at supporting rural businesses and growing the rural economy. The Rural Growth Networks will help rural areas overcome barriers to growth such as lack of suitable premises and poor provision of infrastructure like superfast broadband and mobile networks. Up to £2.3 million will be allocated to supporting rural enterprises led by women.

Green Incubator

Sunny — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:10:32 +0000

Groundwork Sheffield and its partners Groundwork Wakefield and Heeley Development Trust, are delighted to announce a new project that aims to create 101 jobs and 15 social enterprises to boost the green economy and create employment opportunities for the people in South Yorkshire and the rest of Yorkshire and The Humber.

This project is being supported by European Union investment, receiving over £750,000 from the European Regional Development Fund through the Yorkshire & The Humber ERDF programme 2007-13.

Climate Change Fund for Communities

Sunny — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:52:42 +0000

The Big Lottery Fund, Communities Living Sustainably will fund partnerships that bring together the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to build up to 10 sustainable and resilient communities to help deal with the potential impact of climate change.

These communities will provide inspiration and share their learning with other communities across England. We are particularly interested in supporting the most vulnerable groups and communities who are more likely to be affected by climate change.

Is localism delivering for climate change?

Sunny — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:06:39 +0000

This report explores the impacts of the coalition’s localism agenda on climate change action. It asks:

Biomass training courses

Sunny — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:49:31 +0000

Ignite is an innovative training programme of practical seminars and interactive workshops with a focus on woodfuel. Ignite is designed for those wanting to know more about woodfuel and to equip new and existing woodfuel businesses with the skills and knowledge required to meet the increasing demand from this growing alternative market.

Climate Change Skills Fund - YoHr Space Programme Report and Project Update

Sunny — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:57:45 +0000

Local authority Leaders and Chief Executives recognised the critical importance of managing the risks and opportunities associated with climate change in Yorkshire and Humber and agreed a programme of work that commenced in February 2009. This report sets out the overall programme aims, objectives and outcomes for the YoHr Space Climate Change Programme. It contains details on each project and how to get in touch with the people that led the work as well as where to find the exhaustive range of tools and resources that have been developed.

The Prospects for Green Jobs to 2020

Sunny — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:18:25 +0000

The Prospects for Green Jobs to 2020 is the third stage of the Strengthening Local Economies research programme. This research provides:

Adapting to climate change with the Environment Agency

Sunny — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:45:36 +0000

From 1 October 2011, the Environment Agency has take on a new role as the delivery body for the Government’s climate change adaptation programme in England.