Local Enterprise Partnerships directory
Browse our directory of the 39 current LEPs operating across the country...
Updated: Aug 5, 2016 Published: Aug 5, 2016
With Local Enterprise Partnerships created to encourage collaboration between local councils and local businesses, find out what support is on offer within your specific region.
Where can I find my nearest LEP?
LEPs can work with your business to drive economic growth by providing funding and projects to help you hire new staff, support research and development and so on.
There are a number of programmes – including grant schemes – that are managed and delivered by each local LEP.
Here’s a list of the 39 LEPs operating across the country with links for you to find out more…
LEP |
Areas covered |
LEP website |
| Black Country | Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton | www.blackcountrylep.co.uk |
| Buckinghamshire Thames Valley | Buckinghamshire | www.buckstvlep.co.uk |
| Cheshire and Warrington | Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Chester, Warrington | www.871candwep.co.uk |
| Coast to Capital | Brighton and Hove, Lewes, Croydon, Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Tandridge, West Sussex | www.coast2capital.org.uk |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | Cornwall, Isles of Scillly | www.cioslep.com |
| Coventry and Warwickshire | Coventry, Warwickshire | www.cwlep.com |
| Cumbria | Cumbria | www.cumbrialep.co.uk |
| D2N2 | Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | www.d2n2lep.org |
| Dorset | Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole | dorsetlep.co.uk |
| Enterprise M3 | Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Hart, New Forest, Rushmoor, Test Valley, Winchester, Elmbridge, Guildford, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Waverley, Woking | www.enterprisem3.org.uk |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | www.gfirst.co.uk |
| Greater Birmingham and Solihull | Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Tamworth, Birmingham, Solihull, Bromsgrove, Redditch, Wyre Forest | centreofenterprise.com |
| Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough | Cambridgeshire, Uttlesford, North Herefordshire, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Forest Heath, St Edmunsbury, Peterborough, Rutland | www.gcgp.co.uk |
| Greater Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire | www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk |
| Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester | www.gmlep.com |
| Heart of the South West | Devon, Somerset | www.heartofswlep.co.uk |
| Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire | www.hertfordshirelep.com |
| Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire | www.humberlep.org |
| Lancashire | Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool | www.lancashirelep.co.uk |
| Leeds City Region | Barnsley, Craven, Harrogate, Selby, West Yorkshire, York | www.the-lep.com |
| Leicester and Leicestershire | Leicester, Leicestershire | www.llep.org.uk |
| Liverpool City Region | Halton, Merseyside | www.liverpoollep.org |
| London Enterprise Panel (only advisory in its capacity) | Greater London | lep.london |
| New Anglia | Norfolk, Suffolk | www.newanglia.co.uk |
| North Eastern | County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | nelep.co.uk |
| Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire | www.northamptonshireep.co.uk |
| Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | www.oxfordshirelep.org.uk |
| Sheffield City Region | Bolsover, Chesterfield, North East, Derbyshire, Bassetlaw, South Yorkshire | sheffieldcityregion.org.uk |
| Solent | East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport,Havant, New Forest, Test Valley, Winchester, Isle of Wight, Porstmouth, Southampton Isle of Wight (unitary) |
solentlep.org.uk |
| South East | East Sussex, Essex, Kent, Medway, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock | www.southeastlep.com |
| South East Midlands | Bedford, Aylesbury Vale, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cherwell, Coventry, Daventry, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, Cherwell | www.semlep.com |
| Stoke-On-Trent and Staffordshire | Stoke-On-Trent and Staffordshire | www.stokestaffslep.org.uk |
| Swindon and Wiltshire | Swindon, Wiltshire | www.swlep.co.uk |
| Tees Valley | Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees | teesvalley-ca.gov.uk |
| Thames Valley Berkshire | Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham | thamesvalleyberkshire.co.uk |
| The Marches | Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin | www.marcheslep.org.uk |
| West of England | Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire | www.westofenglandlep.co.uk |
| Worcestershire | Worcestershire | www.wlep.co.uk |
| York, North Yorkshire and East Riding | North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire | www.businessinspiredgrowth.com |
The LEP Network also has a range of advice and contacts to help you get in touch with your nearest LEP.