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The Growth Hub network across Gloucestershire is a GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership project to help Gloucestershire’s businesses maximise their potential by providing free unbiased support in a wide variety of areas.

Gloucester | Cirencester | Tewkesbury | Stroud | Forest of Dean | Cheltenham PARTNERS LOCATIONS Our exceptional partners, SERVICES from the education, public We are based all around Online Resources: Searchable service and business sectors, allow Gloucestershire, with hubs database of over 2500 us to deliver our services in the most already working in Gloucester, factsheets and information. efficient way. Cirencester, Tewkesbury and Stroud, Events: A range of workshops and and the future additions of Forest of courses, over 220 in 2019, run by local Dean and Cheltenham. We also offer experts. our services online and through a WorkShop Cheltenham One to Ones: With an expert network of 31 libraries across the consultant, bespoke to each business. county. PREMISES SUPPORT Co-working Space: Available to PROGRAMMES any business within the county Navigators: In house experts in One-to-one business (only members in Cirencester). local and national business mentoring based on a strong growth solutions. 1491 hours of Incubation Space: For start-ups, trust-based relationship between a business support in 2019. designed to support growing mentor and a mentee. businesses. Guides: Highly experienced in-house Cohort groups of business guides offer consultancy & direction Meeting Rooms: Flexible spaces with leaders that collaboratively work to of high growth businesses. 2916 hours varying sizes, competitive prices and overcome their business challenges, of business support in 2019. convenient locations. creating a network of connections.

CONTACT Fully-funded training, supporting those with a business idea and early stage business owners. Business support can be accessed online, via telephone, Not-for-profit company that offers business support to by email, or in-person. start-up and growing businesses in the West of England. Gloucester: University of Tailored support and advice for businesses on how to Gloucestershire, GL2 9HW. start exporting or increase sales overseas. 01242 715400. SIGNPOSTING Part of UK Research and Innovation, it drives growth by Cirencester: Royal Agricultural working with companies to enable innovation. University, GL7 6JR. 01285 889850.

Delivery of essential public services, working in defence, Tewkesbury: Tewkesbury Borough transport, justice, immigration, healthcare. Council, GL20 5TT. 01684 272073.

Created by the Government Digital Service, it provides a Stroud: SGS College, GL5 4AH. single point of access to HM Government services. 01453 761184.

POWERED BY Some of The Growth Hub resources are only available to businesses that meet the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) eligibility criteria. Under these criteria, the business must be a Gloucestershire-based SME, which means employing less than 250 people and having an annual turnover of less than 50m Euro or an annual balance sheet not exceeding 43m Euro.

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