Work with the Growth Hub: Opportunities Now Live
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and a significant component of its support for places across the UK. The fund aims to boost productivity, pay, jobs and living standards by growing the private sector, especially in those places where they are lagging. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is the geographically largest council in the country, and this region has a mix of rural, urban and coastal communities all of which will have common challenges but also competing and differing needs. The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub, now a part of the newly launched York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA), is procuring a series of specific business support programmes, as part of North Yorkshire Council’s SPF plans.

We are now looking for providers who can deliver business support in the following workstreams:
Workforce Skills Support (Deadline 15th July 2024)
We are looking to appoint a series of providers to deliver match-funded support to businesses in the area of skills support. This will cover the areas of:
- Recruitment
- Retention
- Succession Planning
- Soft Skills, including sales
- Project management
- Customer service
For full information, please complete the form below to receive the Invitation to quote document by email.
We are also developing further workstreams, which will be added in due course. These are subject to change following internal development, but are listed below for indicative purposes only:
- Leadership & Management
- Innovation and Productivity
- Agricultural Sector Support
- Net Zero
- Access to Finance/Investment
- Hospitality Sector Support
- Tourism Sector Support
- Cyber Security
- Town Centres and accessible business
- Creative Industries Sector Support
- Social Enterprise Sector Support
For any queries, please contact joseph.midgley@ynygrowthhub.com
If you would like to be considered for future opportunities, and receive updates as invitations to go quote go live, please make sure you have added your details to our supplier register:
https://ynygrowthhub.com/supplier-register/
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