In the Government’s Autumn Statement Budget, released on 30 October 2024, it was announced that all English regions will receive funding to deliver the Made Smarter programme in 2025 – 2026.
This means that Made Smarter West of England will re-commence in April 2025. If you are interested in taking part in the programme, please express your interest here.
Until the programme starts, you can find out about the other support available in our main Growth Hub page.
A free course designed to support leaders enhance their skills.
Match funded grants to be used towards new digital technology hardware or software.
Fully funded university level apprentice and support delivered by the University of the West of England.
"The 1:1 Digital Acceleration sessions with Made Smarter West of England were extremely worthwhile and helped me to take a new perspective and consider other opportunities for the business."
"The sessions with Made Smarter West of England were very positive. The first session was on site which made it easy for us to explain how our organisation functions, where our potential issues were and the strategies we are currently looking into. The recommendations were all relevant and very useful for our organisation."
"The 1:1 Digital Acceleration sessions were extremely useful as it provided is with third party expert involvement and guidance. It helped us to see things from a different perspective, after all, it’s easy to lose track of the forest when so close to the trees."
"The 1:1 Digital Acceleration sessions enabled us to access experts from outside the organisation who came into the business and made unbiased and unfiltered recommendations from observation and analysis, giving us a new perspective."
If you have any questions about the support on offer, please get in touch with the expert team at Growth Hub.
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*Statistics up to date as of 8 October 2024 and are subject to change.