Our vision is to create an environment which will better facilitate growth and private sector investment in the Solent area, allow business to grow, become more profitable, greener and enable new businesses to form and prosper.


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Latest from the blog 23/05/13

The Solent LEP, in partnership with Southampton City Council and The Daily Echo, have launched phase 2 of Bridging the Gap…

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Solent enterprise zone

Solent Enterprise Zone

We have attracted significant Government funding to develop an enterprise zone at Daedalus in Gosport – to further boost economic growth. It has the potential to create new businesses and much-needed jobs on the Gosport peninsula as well as creating wider benefits for the Solent area.

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growing places

09/05/13

Solent Growing Places Fund Round 2

The Solent LEP will shortly be opening the Solent Growing Places Fund for a second round of applications.

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22/05/12

Additional £6m for the Solent Growing Places Fund

The funding will be invested into major infrastructure projects in the Solent which enable the creation of new homes and jobs.

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regional growth fund

23/05/13

Bridging the Gap Launched in Southampton, Isle of Wight and New Forest waterside

The Solent LEP, in partnership with Southampton City Council and The Daily Echo, have launched phase 2 of Bridging the Gap

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09/05/13

Bridging the Gap Funding still available for SMEs and new Start-Ups as latest beneficiaries are announced

The latest four firms in the Portsmouth, Havant and Gosport areas to benefit from the Solent LEPs Bridging the Gap fund have been announced.

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