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Our ambition is to create strong, sustainable and balanced growth across the UK's South East Midlands region. With a £50 billion economy, 80,000 businesses and a population of 2 million people, the SEMLEP area is designated as a national growth region. Working with businesses, government and our wider stakeholders, our role is to unlock barriers to growth and accelerate economic performance.

Northamptonshire. The most enterprising place in Britain to do business. Our remit is to support the creation of better quality private sector jobs for Northamptonshire…and we’re 10 times more cost effective at doing this than the UK average. As a direct response to the challenging economic conditions facing the county and the UK our One-Stop Business Support Shop now offers FREE and fully comprehensive business support, funding and access to business networks. Whether you’re considering a new business idea or ready to fulfil more complex ambitions from an already established company we’d love to hear from you. There’s no cost, no catch and our support is available to all Northamptonshire businesses.

Our ambition is to create strong, sustainable and balanced growth across the UK's South East Midlands region. With a £50 billion economy, 80,000 businesses and a population of 2 million people, the SEMLEP area is designated as a national growth region. Working with businesses, government and our wider stakeholders, our role is to unlock barriers to growth and accelerate economic performance.

Northamptonshire. The most enterprising place in Britain to do business. Our remit is to support the creation of better quality private sector jobs for Northamptonshire…and we’re 10 times more cost effective at doing this than the UK average. As a direct response to the challenging economic conditions facing the county and the UK our One-Stop Business Support Shop now offers FREE and fully comprehensive business support, funding and access to business networks. Whether you’re considering a new business idea or ready to fulfil more complex ambitions from an already established company we’d love to hear from you. There’s no cost, no catch and our support is available to all Northamptonshire businesses.

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MHA provides a full range of financial and business strategy services to enterprises and individuals, helping them to achieve growth and success for the long term. With understanding and inspiration, the firm can help businesses achieve goals be they local, national or global and help individuals create sustainable wealth for future generations. www.mha.co.uk