Your Growth Hub service is currently switching providers, therefore please temporarily direct all enquiries through to our email address ambitiousessex@essex.gov.uk where a member of the Essex County Council business support team will get back to you. The new Growth Hub service, including dedicated phone line will be up and running as soon as possible
The first Essex Climate Action Annual Report has been launched to update the county on its progress to become a net zero county by 2050. The report comes a year after the Council announced its Climate Action Plan. The £200 million Essex Climate Action plan reflected the priorities set out by the Essex Climate Action […] Read more
Register for the Ambitious Essex Innovation Summit, to be held on 27 January 2023, where we’ll be exploring how innovative decisions now could lead to future business success. Through inspiring local examples, knowledge sharing and awareness raising, we will start the conversation and build a community to boost innovation across the county In addition to exciting […] Read more
The Innovate UK Creative Catalyst is a £30 million programme of phased financial and non-financial activities to provide end to end innovation support for high potential businesses in the creative sector. The aim of this competition is to scale up innovation within the creative industries by providing a package of targeted and continuous support to […] Read more
As part of the new Create Growth Programme, Create South East, a new funding opportunity has been launched for businesses in the creative industries in the South East. The aim of the programme is to help creative businesses in these regions to scale and become investment ready through a targeted support package with three complementary strands […] Read more
Ambitious Women in Essex has launched its bi-weekly newsletter, with peer-to-peer support, and up-to-date information in the Essex business world, for women. To sign up visit: Subscribe to emails from Essex County Council Read more
Essex County Council is in the process of setting its own budget and is inviting businesses and residents to give their feedback on how public money should be spent in the coming financial year. The new public consultation on the ECC budget for 2023/24 is due to close on Monday 28 November- you can take part in the […] Read more
Does your business have any old or unused laptop devices gathering dust, or are you running a refresh programme and need help getting rid of your old devices? Digital Essex – Essex County Council’s central body for countywide digital initiatives, can help. As part of their digital inclusion activities, the team are looking to receive laptop […] Read more
National Highways is looking to engage with companies of all sizes – including small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) – who might be interested in working on the Lower Thames Crossing. Your business can play a crucial role in delivering the most ambitious road project in the UK in almost 35 years. The Supply Chain […] Read more
Rochford District Council is proud to announce the launch of the Rochford Business Awards 2023. Nominations are now open to the following categories: Micro Business of the Year SME of the Year Apprentice of the Year Entrepreneur of the Year Start-Up Business of the Year Environmental Impact Award Community Impact Award Social Enterprise of the […] Read more
*In 2018-2020, 45% of UK businesses were innovation active- this is an increase compared to 38% in 2016-2018, and Essex County Council (ECC) want to understand how we can work together to make this figure even higher. ECC wants to support local businesses with innovation across the county and is reaching out to our partners, […] Read more
