EEF NW comment on RGF announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister
Date published: 11 October 2013
Commenting on today’s announcement of the next round of Regional Growth Funding by the Deputy Prime Minister, Darrell Matthews, North West Region Director at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “Today’s (11 October) announcement is a positive evolution for the Regional Growth Fund.
"It provides forward notice of the next two Rounds which helps to align the Fund to the long term investment decisions made by manufacturers.
"The Government has also accepted that Round 5 bids should be restricted to business-led projects.
"This sends a clear signal to Local Enterprise Partnerships that their focus should be on long term strategy, not short term projects or programmes.”
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