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Welcome to Furness Enterprise 
we are your "1st choice for business support"*

Furness Enterprise was the  "most enterprising organisation in northwest England" 2008 Enterprising Britain award winner for Northwest of England and 2009's National Federation Enterprise Agencies "combatting worklessness" national award winner.

We provide businesses of all sizes with a wide range of business support services, many of them free of charge. Unlike membership organisations "we are open to all" companies - anyone can come to our events.We also are open to all individuals seeking work.

Whether you own a small busineess are just starting out in business or run a multi-national firm you are invited to locate your business within Furness, one of the UK's Assisted Areas, where generous, discretionary capital investment,research,development or job creating grants are on offer.

Furness provides a superb location for you and your family, it has a new Academy for secondary education aswell access to the University of Cumbria. Furness College has now embarked on a £40m expansion and modernisation to ensure your workforce can maximise life-long learning opportunities locally. Schools are also reciving investment.

Manufacturing is one of the economic strengths of the Barrow Travel to Work Area. Leading companies Kimberly-Clark, BAE SYSTEMS Submarine Solutions, Centrica Energy, Liberata, Agilisys,Oil states MCS, GyrodataPartylite are based in the area.

BAE SYSTEMS Submarine Solutions are currently recruiting a large number of skilled people. Their skill needs are detailed at  www.worklifebarrow.co.uk or www.careersinsubmarines.com .

Furness has affordable business premises and sites for expanding businesses.Land costs around £100,000 per acre, modern factories £4.50Ft2/offices£10-12.60ft2

Furness Enterprise are committed to helping your company to grow by providing you with a ISO9001(2008) Quality Assured, locally provided, locally focused, simplified enterprise and business support service.

Our mission is: “To drive the development of Furness towards a stronger more balanced economic structure, where it generates wealth from a spectrum of industrial activities and provides stable employment”

The Furness area is home to UK's  naval submarine building industry,find out more about naval shipbuilding here on the Keep our Future Afloat campaign's www.navalshipbuilding.co.uk website

Naval Shipbuilding Website

 

* "Furness business support survey",Hill Taylor,2009



How to find us

Cumbria,
NW England

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Contact Us

Furness Enterprise Ltd, Waterside House, Waterside Business Park, Bridge Approach,
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 2HE

Tel: +44 (0)1229 820611 Fax: +44 (0)1229 827226
Email: info@furnessenterprise.co.uk

Project funded through
Working Neighbourhoods Funding
   

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Other Resources

Cumbria Vision
North West Development Agency
West Lakes Renaissance



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Last Updated: 08/02/2010

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