CN250241 Kent and Medway Growth Hub
Kent County Council · South East
Key facts
- Estimated value
- £904,525
- Closing date
- 28 May 2025
- Contract ends
- 31 Mar 2028
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Buyer type
- Local government
- Source
- Find a Tender
Description
The Kent and Medway Growth Hub ("KMGH") is a government funded service that enables small and medium sized businesses in Kent and Medway to access local and national business support. Funded via a grant from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Growth Hub provides a one stop shop for business support services that offers: •Information, navigation, and signposting via a coordinated, multi-channel service. •Structured support to small and medium enterprises, incorporating a diagnostic assessment of business needs and advice and guidance. Kent County Council (KCC) is the Accountable Body for the Kent & Medway Growth Hub service. Kent and Medway have a strong track record of practical delivery, underpinned by a long track record of excellent partnership working between business and local government. The Kent and Medway Economic Partnership (KMEP) is the economic partnership for Kent and Medway and takes the strategic lead in the Kent and Medway areas for economic growth. The provider of the current core Growth Hub service for Kent and Medway, is the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce (KICC). The Kent and Medway Economic Partnership is responsible for the delivery of the objectives set out in Kent and Medway Economic Framework (Kent & Medway Economic Framework). It sets out the actions that businesses and local authorities in Kent and Medway, together we will take to drive forward delivery of the following aims: •Ambition 1: Enabling innovative creative and productive businesses. •Ambition 2: Widening opportunities and unlocking talent. •Ambition 3: Securing resilient infrastructure for planned, sustained growth. •Ambition 4: Placing economic opportunity at the centre of community wellbeing and prosperity. •Ambition 5: Creating diverse, distinctive and vibrant places. The Core service activities include: •Marketing and Engagement of the service to relevant businesses •Provision of single point of contact for business support services •Assessment of business need and signposting to relevant support •Direct one to one business support for ambitious and high growth companies •Development of strategic partnerships and robust referral networks •Data collection, verification, and reporting Further Information regarding the opportunity has been provided within the procurement documents. These documents can be accessed by registering your interest on the Kent Business Portal via the link provided in this notice.
Categories (CPV)
- 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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