CHAMBER NEWS
More than 300 businesses attended the 2019 conference
Impact of Digital Growth Programme celebrated
Business and council leaders have hailed the impact of a pioneering £6.8m programme which has enabled 1,300 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire businesses to embrace digital technology. The Digital Growth Programme
gives local SMEs access to fully- funded workshops, financial support and free one-to-one advice to help them introduce new digital technology to their organisations. More than £6.8m of funding was
invested into the programme by the European Regional Development Fund, East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire), and Derby City, Derbyshire County, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire County and Rushcliffe Borough councils. It has provided 1,300 businesses
with more than 31,000 hours of free digital support, as well as distributing grant funding of more than £1.8m to eligible businesses. It has also delivered 340 action- planning workshops and 48 awareness-raising seminars about a host of digital subjects, including cloud computing and cyber resilience, ecommerce, email marketing, CRM, Search Engine Optimisation, social media and website planning and development. Last month, more than 300 local
businesses attended a major conference at the Nottingham Belfry Hotel to get the latest insights and advice from keynote speakers and local digital experts,
32 business network June 2019 Diane Beresford and Chris Pook “The Digital Growth Programme
has provided fantastic support to local firms over the past three years and we are delighted to be able to continue this in the years ahead, via the D2N2 Growth Hub. “I’d urge all businesses that need
digital advice and support, or are looking at ways to get a new project off the ground, to get in touch with one of our advisers.” Diane Beresford, Deputy Chief
Executive of the Chamber, added: “The Digital Growth Programme to date has been a huge success and we have been delighted with the response from the business community. More than 1,300 local businesses have engaged with the programme, which is great, and it was fantastic to see so many of them at the Digital Conference as we celebrated the achievements of the programme so far.”
‘The Digital Growth Programme to date has been a huge success and we have been delighted with the response from the business community’
as well as celebrate the successes of the programme. It was also announced at the
conference that the digital support provided by the programme will continue for the next three years and will be delivered by the D2N2 Growth Hub.
Chris Pook, D2N2 Growth Hub Manager, said: “Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire SMEs have forged a really strong reputation for digital innovation and it’s crucial that they continue to be supported so they can enhance their capabilities to help the local economy to grow.
Businesses can find out more about the programme and the unique support it provides at
www.d2n2-digital.co.uk or by calling 0330 053 8639.
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