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Funding available until June 2022 – apply today Designed for businesses in the Derbyshire Dales, High Peak and surrounding areas

A RANGE OF SUBSIDISED BUSINESS SUPPORT, TO HELP YOU GET BACK ON TRACK

We know that as a business owner or leader, you will have found the last two years extremely challenging. Fortunately, we now have extra government funding until June 2022, to help businesses in the Derbyshire Dales and High Peak areas get back to productivity and growth.

We can help you to

• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of your business and develop a pathway to improvement or growth • Develop the skills of your leaders and workforce • Make better use of digital tools or technology • Develop new processes, products and services • Reduce your carbon footprint and start your journey to Net Zero Carbon • Contribute to protecting the region’s natural world and biodiversity

What we provide

• One-to-one expert advice, consultancy and mentoring • Workshops and training • Vouchers or grants to buy services and resources • Help to recruit students and graduates • Events and networking opportunities

The Derbyshire Accelerator is one strand of the East Midlands Accelerator Programme. East Midlands Chamber are leading the programme, with other partners in Derbyshire including the University of Derby, Derbyshire County Council, Marketing Peak District & Derbyshire and The Food and Drink Forum. The project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund.

LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Investing in your people

Your people can be your biggest asset, but many businesses struggle to attract the right workforce, develop e ective leaders, or maintain good levels of morale, wellbeing and productivity. If your business has these or any other leadership and workforce development needs, Derbyshire Accelerator can help.

What’s on o er

• Free places on our Help to Grow management programme (SMEs) • Smart and Inclusive Leadership Programme with extra mentoring (SMEs) • ‘Branch out in STEM’ programme with extra mentoring (SMEs) • Mental health support for businesses • Free ‘Learning Lab’ workshops (SMEs) • Talent development support for the Hospitality/

Visitor Economy and Social Care sectors

DIGITAL INNOVATION AND ADOPTION

Don’t get left behind

Most businesses these days need to use digital technology to increase productivity and e ciency, and stay competitive. But some businesses need extra support to make the switch from more manual processes – often because they lack knowledge and expertise in this area. Derbyshire Accelerator can help with this.

What’s on o er

• Expert advice for digital innovation • Growth vouchers of up to £2000 • ‘Branch out in STEM’ programme with extra mentoring (SMEs)

Part-funded by:

PRODUCT, PROCESS, AND SERVICE INNOVATION

Innovate to move forward

The pandemic has certainly taught us all the importance of innovation – being able to adapt how you do business when the market demands it. Innovation within a business can take many forms: from changing your entire business model, to developing a new product, or redesigning a business process. Innovation can give you a competitive edge, but in many organisations, it can be di cult to fi nd the time, money, expertise, or technology to do it all in-house. Derbyshire Accelerator can help with this.

What’s on o er

• Free, online business health check (SMEs) • Free strategising workshops • One-to-one support and interactive workshops on innovation • Growth vouchers of up to £2000 • Free masterclass on nature-based economies

DERBYSHIRE NET ZERO ACCELERATOR

In collaboration with the East Midlands Chamber and Derbyshire County Council, the Net Zero Accelerator Programme is delivered by the University of Derby, with support from several leading-edge organisations like Zellar, Cenex and Investors in the Environment, who together provide a suite of opportunities which will be tailored to respond to individual business needs.

Support available to you

The programme provides fi rms with membership of an exciting new sustainable business platform that will help you calculate and manage the carbon footprint of your company. There is also dedicated tailored support, workshops and online training in a range of specialist subjects. Costs vary, depending on your business location, size and sector, and whilst many places are fully funded for eligible fi rms, others will be 80% funded and full fees will be required for some.