Business Link Yorkshire

 
 
 

Business Link Yorkshire: Working in Partnership

Annual leave report   Local area report

Annual report

Local area report


Did you know

  • One in two businesses in Yorkshire and Humber has used the Business Link service
  • Every £1 of public money spent by Business Link generates an extra £7.30 for the region’s economy
  • Businesses working with Business Link are twice as likely to report improved performance
  • Last year we delivered 195,000 services to over 119,000 different customers and in-depth adviser support to over 10,500 customers
  • Our skills brokerage service generated 4,000 leads and 20,000 learners, resulting in investment in skills of £11m
  • Our innovation services led to over 450 new collaborations between businesses and universities and other specialist institutions
  • We supported 1,300 businesses with international trade leading to a £47m increase in export turnover and 700 jobs in the region
  • Last year we supported 4000 new business to start up and created over 3,600 new jobs across Yorkshire and the Humber
  • In total, companies helped by Business Link Yorkshire added £84.2m to the regional economy
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Key Stats
119,000 – number of businesses we worked with last year
71,868 – customers who called us last year
160,000 – number of website hits last year
£47 million – the increased export turnover generated by UKTI
 
 

In the Media
Business Link in the media
 
 

Quotes & Case Studies
Increasing the number of women in enterprise is key to the region’s and the country’s economic success and growth. A main barrier to that is often the confusion in the marketplace as to the support offered. Working in partnership with Business Link has made a huge difference to the joined up approach to enterprise adding value to the offering and removing barriers.
Etta Cohen – Forward Ladies
I see partnership working being THE critical factor for sustainable success and real effectiveness, both for the organisations and agencies delivering services and, most importantly, the ‘client/member/service user’. When people talk to each other and work together, information is shared, events are more impactful and resources are more efficiently used.
Sophie Wild – Worcnet Coordinator
 
 

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