Appointment of Local Growth Hub Brokerage Partners Across Liverpool City Region

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Liverpool City Region Growth Company Limited awarded a contract to Halton Chamber, Knowsley Chamber of Industry & Commerce, Liverpool Chamber, Invest Sefton, St Helens Chamber Limited, Wirral Chamber of Commerce, and The Women's Organisation for the provision of Local Growth Hub Brokerage Partner services across the six local authority areas of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral, plus a specialist broker for harder-to-reach groups including women, BAME groups, and social economy businesses.

The contract, valued at £140,000, covered seven lots, with each supplier responsible for a specific area or group.

The brokerage partners served as the primary access point for signposting and brokerage to local and national business support services, offering free, impartial triage, diagnostic, and signposting to all businesses, referring into Growth Platform programmes, promoting business support provision, collaborating with local partners, marketing the Local Growth Hub, maintaining accurate records on the Growth Platform CRM Portal, and providing ad hoc intelligence on economic opportunities and shocks.