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A note from the Growth Hub Manager
From new decade optimism to lockdown
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2020
31 January – Brexit : 12 March
Pandemic timeline
SWLEP Commissioning Group members agree that Growth Hub should be the go to support portal and ervice to support
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Growth Hub Response to the Pandemic
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Web chat
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Pandemic business support in numbers : one
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Pandemic business support in numbers : two
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EU transition – business readiness
CASE STUDIES
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Introducing the SWLEP GPIF Loan Fund
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The SME Competitiveness Programme
The power of Peer Networks
Competitiveness and recovery
This Way Up
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Join our community
Giving young people a kickstart
The SME Competitiveness
The SME Competitiveness Programme is a three-year p at providing bespoke support to businesses in the Swi area and is funded by the European Regional Developm
Gera Solutions Limited Downton Distillery Le Petit Beauty Room Workplace Wellness
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It is a broad and exciting programme delivered by the Swindon & Wiltshire Growth Hub in conjunction with ery partners . It has three main elements :
Johnstone Landscapes Elevana Total Foot Health
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The support capab delivery partners , Council and Wilts of an SMEs journ
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