For businesses looking to expand into the East Midlands, the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) offers a range of support services to help you fast track the development of your business in the region – from successful first steps to accelerating growth.
Our free and confidential services include:
1. Getting you started - Providing you with a Business Relationship Manager to offer you the help and support needed to establish your business in the East Midlands
2. Professional advisors - Access to a range of professional advisors - providing essential support in legal, accounting and other matters required to start up or expand your company
3. Company registration - For qualifying international companies entering the UK for the first time.
4. Virtual office and touch down space - Access to serviced 20 days free ‘touch down’ space and 6 months free virtual office, in a range of high quality office and science parks around the region, giving you an easy to use first base. As your business develops, we help identify suitable premises for expansion.
5. Information service - The information you need to help decision making including: labour costs, availability and skills; demographics; details of market opportunities; academic and business networks; funding; recruitment; routes to recruit and develop the people your business needs.
6. Helping you to grow further - Ongoing business account manager support to help you access wider business support services.
All ensuring your business is in a position to maximize the opportunities of investing in England’s East Midlands.
Free services may be available to qualifying companies for a limited period.
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For full details, please call +44 (0) 115 988 8400 or email locate@englandseastmidlands.com




