Business development and competitiveness
We invest to encourage business growth and new enterprise,
helping generate improvement in productivity and long term
prosperity. The projects that are evaluated in this section
contribute particularly to Enterprise Support; Sectors and Cluster
Support; Science, Research and Development and Innovation, and
Inward Investment. Evaluation reports and associated papers are
listed below for each project.
Beacon South West - 2007
Bioapproaches – 2007
BEM and SLIM - 2008
Business Economy Module (BEM) and Skills & Learning
Intelligence Module (SLIM)
Business Link - 2006 and 2009
Business Support Economic Review - 2008
Coral Reef – 2008
COmposites Research
ALliance REgional Engineering
Facilities South West (Coral Reef)
Constructing Excellence & Future Foundations - 2009
Destination Marketing Methodology - 2010/2011
Enterprise Europe Network SW - 2010
Enterprise Pavilions – 2008
Envision - 2010
Foreign Direct Investment & International Trade - 2010
Food and Drink - 2008
Gloucestershire Flood Relief - 2008
Grant for Research and Development - 2008
ICT as an Economic Enabler - 2008
Innovation Centres - 2010
Phoenix Fund Transition - 2010
Regen SW - 2010
South West Manufacturing Advisory Service - 2005
SWAIN - South West Angel and Investor Network - 2009
SWRDA Support for Aerospace - 2006
Tamar Science Park - 2008
West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) - 2010