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Welcome to Furness Enterprise - a local enterprise partnership:
"your 1st choice for business support"*

Furness Enterprise is a local enterprise partnership. It is businesses "first choice for business support" within SW Cumbria.Hill Taylor Partnership's independant survey in summer 2009 showed that "over 58% of respondants mentioned us as first for business information and support", whilst the next nearest organisation only had a 10.67% share.

We provide businesses of all sizes with a wide range of business support services.  Our focus is upon companies seeking money and markets and on helping firms innovate, seek discretionary local and Assisted area grants and delivery of total business support packages to enable firms to grow and individuals to access work.

One of our most popular offers to businesses is our events programme.This covers seminars,workshops, masterclasses and training days>go to our events page to find out what events are upcoming over the next few weeks and months.

Unlike membership organisations "we are open to all" companies - anyone can come to our events or use our services.We also are open to help all individuals seeking work or affected by redundancy and seeking to reskill.

Furness Enterprise are 2009's National Federation Enterprise Agencies "combatting worklessness" national award winner, earlier in 2008 we were designated the  "most enterprising area of NW England. Ekosgen in 2009 identified Barrow as the NW's most improved economy since 1997.

Small businesses just starting out in business, expanding local firms and multi-national companies are invited to locate their businesses within "Britain's Energy coast" in Furness, one of the UK's Assisted Areas, where generous, discretionary capital investment,research,development or job creating grants are on offer along with the Waterfront Business Park and other locations

Furness provides a superb environment for you and your family to prosper, it has a 11-16 Academy for secondary education as well as access to the University of Cumbria. Furness College where a £40m expansion and modernisation is underway to ensure your children family and workforce can maximise life-long learning opportunities locally. Many otherschools are also receiving new 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 here serving UK and global markets.The Furness area is home to UK's  naval submarine building industry,one of the world's most complex systems integration tasks is performed here the building testing and commissioning of nuclear powered submarines for the Royal Navy - find out more about naval shipbuilding here on the Keep our Future Afloat campaign's www.navalshipbuilding.co.uk website.

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

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

Furness Enterprise provide 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

 

Naval Shipbuilding Website

 

 

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



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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: 02/09/2010

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