The North West of England has received the most number of approvals for funding of projects under Round 4 of the Regional Growth Fund, results out today show.
The region has had 18 projects funded, about 18% of the total projects funded by Round 4.
The East of England and South East got the second highest number of bids approved, with 17 projects.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is at the Toyota Burnaston plant today to announce the results of RGF Round 4. Business Minister Michael Fallon is at CAB Automotive in the West Midlands to see how the revived company, that makes automotive interiors for companies including Jaguar Land Rover, is spending the money it was awarded in Round 3 of the RGF, awarded in October.
List of bidders with conditional offers
North West
• Accelerating Business Growth PLUS (Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council – Programme)
• Bright Future Software Limited
• Unleashing Cumbria’s Potential (Cumbria County Council – Programme)
• Cygnet Group Limited
• EA Technology Limited
• Turning Discovery Science and Knowledge into Jobs and Growth (GM Local Enterprise Partnership – Programme)
• Helical Technology Limited
• Liverpool City Region Small Business Support Fund (Liverpool City Region LEP – Programme)
• N Brown Group Plc (Programme)
• Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Ltd.
• Patterson & Rothwell Limited
• Redx Pharma Ltd
• Sidcot Investments Limited
• St Helens Jobs and Growth Fund (St Helens Chamber – Programme)
• Tratos Ltd
• Unilever UK Central Resources Limited
• Catalyst for Growth (University of Chester – Programme)
• Vix Technology (UK) Ltd
East of England, South East
List of bidders with conditional offers
• Eastern England Agri-Tech Growth Initiative (Cambridgeshire County Council – Programme)
• Coast to Capital City High Growth and Innovation Fund (Coast to Capital LEP – Programme)
• Cummins Power Generation Limited (CPG)
• e2v Technologies (UK) ltd.
• East Sussex Invest (East Sussex County Council – Programme)
• Element Six Limited
• Fianium Limited
• GE Aviation Systems
• Harwell Science and Innovation Campus GP
• SUCCESS – Southeast Urban Coast Creative Enterprise Support Scheme (Hastings Borough Council – Programme)
• Escalate – the Innovation and Growth Fund (Kent County Council – Programme)
• Portsmouth/Southampton (Programme)
• STRUCTeam Ltd
• New Anglia Growing Business Fund (Suffolk County Council – Programme)
• TAG Farnborough Airport Ltd
• The Oxford Trust/Science Oxford
• SPI Lasers UK Ltd
