The north of England has benefited from the majority of the £450m regional growth fund (RGF), announced today by deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.
Several local authorities were in the list, including Manchester city council, Doncaster BC and Wakefield MBC.
Manchester city council is leading a scheme with commercial property firm Bruntwood to transform a former eye hospital near the city’s university campus into a biomedical centre of excellence. The scheme will also receive match funding through the European regional development fund as well.
Doncaster BC secured £18m in funding for its ‘Gateway to Sheffield city region’ project with its private sector partners. The cash will enable the borough council to undertaken development work around the airport and the reclamation of Rossington colliery.
Wakefield MBC developed plans with transport provider Metro to deliver a transport interchange in Castleford.
The Government hopes the RGF – which is £200m more than previously thought - will deliver or protect more than 27,000 jobs, and almost 100,000 further positions in associated supply chains and local economies.
Due to the high quality of the bids, The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has encouraged bids, which failed to win in the first round to re-apply for the second round, which has officially opened today.
Mr Clegg said: ‘The RGF is a competitive fund and we wanted to see proposals that created jobs in the private sector, in areas of deprivation and that is at risk of suffering public sector cuts. I’m confident that the successful bids we have chosen will deliver this.’
Lord Heseltine, chair of the independent advisory panel, said: ‘I am pleased a number of high street banks are joining the Government in supporting microfinance through the community development finance associations. £30m of RGF will be matched by a further £30m for two banks.
‘We want to develop effective mechanisms to support growing small businesses and small projects through the RGF.’
The full list of winners:
East Midlands and South East Midlands: 1730 direct jobs, 3140 indirect jobs
General Motors UK Limited
Molecular Profiles Ltd.
Thales Properties Ltd
North East: 5216 direct jobs, 8367 indirect jobs
A V Dawson Limited
Bridon International Limited
Chirton Engineering Ltd
Cleveland Potash Limited (CPL)
Connor Solutions Ltd
Cumbrian Holdings Ltd
DUCO Ltd
Durham County Cricket Club Holdings Ltd.
Lotte Chemical UK Limited
Nifco UK Ltd
Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited
Proctor & Gamble Technical Centres Limited
SSI UK Ltd
Turbo Power Systems Limited
North West: 5533 direct jobs, 2279 indirect jobs
Ames Goldsmith UK Ltd
Bentley Motors Ltd
Bruntwood Limited / Manchester City Council
Holroyd Precision Ltd and sister companies
Liverpool Echo
Muse Developments
Pilkington UK Limited
The Stobart Group and ProLogis (with Halton Borough as the administrator)
Tygavac Ltd
South East & East of England: 427 direct jobs, 361 indirect jobs
e2v technologies (uk) Ltd
South West: 787 direct jobs, 535 indirect jobs
EADS UK Ltd
Messier-Dowty Ltd
South Devon College
West Daily Press and the University of Plymouth
West Midlands: 6193 direct jobs, 34,669 indirect jobs
Alstom Grid UK
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (on behalf of Birmingham City Council)
Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd
Jaguar Land Rover
Prince’s Regeneration Trust
Yorkshire & Humber: 7628 direct jobs, 2716 indirect jobs.
Carbon Trust
David Brown Gear Systems Ltd.
Deafinitions Limited
Doncaster Borough Council
Dunhills (Pontefract) Plc
Keepmoat Homes Ltd
Wakefield Council
Other bids – national
35 direct jobs, 44,587 indirect jobs
Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL)
Community Development Finance Association
