Meet the Team

My role is to support businesses in accessing academic expertise and grant funding to enable SMEs to do things differently. This will help the business drive productivity and investment and help deliver their growth ambitions.

My role is to help businesses drive productivity and investment and help deliver their growth ambitions. This is achieved through supporting businesses in grant funding and accessing academic expertise to enable SMEs to do things differently.

My role is to raise awareness across Greater Lincolnshire by delivering a series of events to encourage innovative thinking and the sharing of best practice.  This includes the annual ‘Doing it Differently’ Conference and a series  of sector based and business hosted seminars and workshops.  These are designed to encourage and stimulate new investment into activities leading to R&D, innovation and higher level skills.

My role is based within the Careers and Employability Team at the university and I am responsible for managing our employer engagement. I manage the Graduate Internship funding element of the Productivity Programme. I also work with businesses and support them with exploring the benefits of graduate employment, promoting opportunities, recruiting talent to their business and support with the funding process.

My role is to provide 12 hours’ of business support and advice to businesses enrolled on the Productivity Programme. The programme is perfect for helping businesses that are looking for investment and that need guidance on ways to get it. From pitch preparation to networking, our team are happy to help!

My role is to connect businesses that need funding, with private investors (known as Business Angels) who are looking for their next investment opportunity. I provide business support and advice to get businesses ‘investment ready’ before introducing them to the Business Angel Network for investment consideration.

My role within the Productivity Programme is to help graduates start their businesses via the Growing Graduate Enterprise (GGE) programme. By providing knowledge and support, I get graduates ready to launch their ideas and get started in business.

My role is to promote the Productivity Hubs Programme around Greater Lincolnshire and Boston. I’m on hand to offer practical business support to SMEs as well as the chance for new businesses to go through an accelerator package designed to improve performance and growth.