Jeanette Wheeler

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) works with businesses and local authority partners to drive growth and enterprise in Norfolk and Suffolk. We achieve economic growth by securing public and private investment and delivering a range of programmes and initiatives with partners to improve infrastructure, skills and business support. Since being established, the LEP has: Unlocked £293m of private sector investment Helped create 921 businesses Created 6,672 jobs Trained or supported 823 learners Delivered 549 new homes The Government awarded the LEP £32.1m from its Getting Building Fund to deliver a range of shovel-ready projects, including vital town centre improvements, faster broadband and regeneration schemes such as the new Marina Centre on Great Yarmouth Seafront and the Burtons Building in Ipswichs Waterfront district. Our Growing Places Fund provides loan-funding to help kick-start and support development projects across Suffolk and Norfolk. From innovation centres that will help launch new start-ups to transforming empty land into new homes and commercial premises, it provides infrastructure loan funding to projects that might otherwise have stalled or not started at all. We have two Enterprise Zones deliver a wide range of benefits to companies across 16 sites in Norfolk and Suffolk. Businesses in these zones benefit from business rates discounts, super fast broadband and simplified planning. New Anglia Growth Hub is part of the Business Growth delivered by the LEP and provides free, impartial business support to businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk. It administers the Growing Business Fund, which grants of up to £250,000, and the Small Grant Scheme, which offers grants of £1,000 to £25,000. We are committed to supporting skills development across our region and our Enterprise Adviser Network (EAN) aims to increase employer engagement with schools and colleges in Norfolk and Suffolk.

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) works with businesses and local authority partners to drive growth and enterprise in Norfolk and Suffolk. We achieve economic growth by securing public and private investment and delivering a range of programmes and initiatives with partners to improve infrastructure, skills and business support. Since being established, the LEP has: Unlocked £293m of private sector investment Helped create 921 businesses Created 6,672 jobs Trained or supported 823 learners Delivered 549 new homes The Government awarded the LEP £32.1m from its Getting Building Fund to deliver a range of shovel-ready projects, including vital town centre improvements, faster broadband and regeneration schemes such as the new Marina Centre on Great Yarmouth Seafront and the Burtons Building in Ipswichs Waterfront district. Our Growing Places Fund provides loan-funding to help kick-start and support development projects across Suffolk and Norfolk. From innovation centres that will help launch new start-ups to transforming empty land into new homes and commercial premises, it provides infrastructure loan funding to projects that might otherwise have stalled or not started at all. We have two Enterprise Zones deliver a wide range of benefits to companies across 16 sites in Norfolk and Suffolk. Businesses in these zones benefit from business rates discounts, super fast broadband and simplified planning. New Anglia Growth Hub is part of the Business Growth delivered by the LEP and provides free, impartial business support to businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk. It administers the Growing Business Fund, which grants of up to £250,000, and the Small Grant Scheme, which offers grants of £1,000 to £25,000. We are committed to supporting skills development across our region and our Enterprise Adviser Network (EAN) aims to increase employer engagement with schools and colleges in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 500 lawyers and legal professionals based in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: property, corporate services, litigation and private client advisory. We are defined by our next level law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face. Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do. With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership.