BUSINESS GROWTH HUB PR COVERAGE 2011 ‐2012
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Manchester Evening News – 21.10.11 Partner Event
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Dozens of leading businesses have given their backing to a new support hub aiming to help up to 75,000 Greater Manchester SMEs. The Business Growth Hub is being set up to unearth firms with high‐growth potential and give them the tools and advice they need to prosper. The hub, set to formally launch in November, will attempt to fill the void left by the scrapping of a series of government support schemes. Ahead of the launch, It held its first event to unveil the string of companies that will act as referral partners by identifying small and medium‐sized businesses that could benefit from the hubʹs help. More than 40 firms attended to sign‐up as partners, including accountants Ernst & Young and Baker Tilly and lawyers Slater Heelis, while the hub is being chaired by Bruntwood chairman Michael Oglesby. Speaking at the event, Business Growth Hub director Richard Jefferey outlined its goals and said: “We have been really impressed by the level of support and anticipation there has been from private sector businesses to the news of the Business Growth Hub launch. “This inaugural partnersʹ event is the first step towards creating a community where businesses with the desire and potential to grow will get the professional and world‐class support they need to succeed. “We’re creating a simplified landscape for business where partners can work together to deliver tailor made growth services and be cost effective. We know that supporting and accelerating the growth of ambitious companies is absolutely key to our economic recovery and we’re delighted to be working with so many successful and illustrious business names to make that happen in Greater Manchester and the wider north west.” Free to join, the Hub is open to all businesses that could benefit from advice and services from expert support partners. The Hub will be recruiting members, assessing their needs, identifying their barriers to growth and
Thebusinessdesk.com – 11.10.11 BGH imminent launch
NW Business Insider Partner event 21.10.11
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Thebusinessdesk.com – 20.10.11 Partner event
EN Magazine – 2.11.11 Launch
Greater Manchester Business Week magazine 17.11.11
Greater Manchester Business Week magazine 17.11.11
Financial Times 21.10.11
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North West Business Insider December 2011
Greater Manchester Business Week 10.11.11
Manchester Evening News 19.11.11
Financial Times 21.10.11
NW Business Insider 18.11.11
BBC Radio 4 Today Interview with Richard Jeffery 17.11.11
BBC Radio 5 Live Interview with Richard Jeffery 17.11.11
BBC Radio Manchester Interview with Lord Heseltine & Richard Jeffery
ENWORKS JOINS BUSINESS GROWTH HUB
Manchester Evening News 25.01.12
Thebusinessdesk.com 25.01.12
Bdaily 25.01.12
Region + NW 25.01.12
EN 25.01.12
ACCESS TO FINANCE JOINS BUSINESS GROWTH HUB
Manchester Evening News 20.01.12
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NW Business Insider 25.01.12
BUSINESS GROWTH HUB 10 DOWNING STREET VISIT
Manchester Evening News 15.02.12
EN 15.02.1212
BDaily 15.02.12
EN 15.02.12
BUSINESS GROWTH HUB EVENTS & MISCELLANEOUS
Greater Manchester Business Week 8.03.12
Greater Manchester Business Week 16.02.12
Greater Manchester Business Week 23.02.12
Manchester Evening News 12.03.12
BUISNESS GROWTH HUB ACE PARTNERSHIP
Manchester Evening News 5.03.12