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Finance Yorkshire - Leeds launch event

Events
Fri 12 Mar - 08:30 to 10:15
Aspire, 2 Infirmary Street, Leeds, LS1 2JP
 

Finance Yorkshire will be unveiled by The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Minister for Regional Economic Development and Co-ordination, at the the breakfast buffet on Friday 12th March. Further events will follow throughout the region.

Finance Yorkshire is the new £90million fund set up to provide businesses across the Yorkshire and Humber region with funding to start and grow.

Planned to start investing in early Spring, the Fund will provide seedcorn, loan and equity investments ranging from £15,000 to £2million, to help small and medium businesses raise the funding they need alongside investment from the commercial market.

The Fund has been created using investment from Yorkshire Forward, ERDF from the European Union and the European Investment Bank and for the first time will provide region wide access to finance for all qualifying businesses.

The event will see presentations from:
  • The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
  • Yorkshire Forward
  • Members of Finance Yorkshire's Board of Directors
  • Finance Yorkshire's Seedcorn, Business Loan and Equity teams - hear key messages for intermediaries
  • Question and Answer session
  • There will also be an opportunity to ask questions of the panel at the end of each event
Places are on a first come, first served basis so please book early to avoid disappointment. Please click here to book your place at this event.