Business Support

EMB has provided business support services to over 70,000 employers in the last year and continues to retain over 60% of its business customer base year on year, achieving on average over 90% customer satisfaction rating. Over the past four months we have engaged with over 8,000 individuals or groups who are investigating starting a new enterprise. Of the clients who received assistance prior to starting their business, over 90% survive their first year of trading.

EMB offers an exceptional portfolio of information, diagnostic and brokerage services in addition to its delivery of community outreach programmes and inward investment programmes to manage organisational change successfully.

EMB has excellent understanding of the issues facing organisations, engaging businesses and working with them to support their sustainability and growth or to implement change.

Drawing on our extensive experience of working in and managing organisations of all kinds, we can perform an organisational needs analysis - either in a live consultation or online - to pinpoint potential problems. We can then suggest a tailor-made solution and broker to a quality assured provider market.

We deliver / have delivered major public-sector contracts such as:

• The regional Business Link brokerage models for the East Midlands
• The Train to Gain Skills Brokerage model for the East Midlands
• The UK Trade & Investment service for the East Midlands
• The ERDF community outreach programme for the East Midlands
• The Investor Development programme for the East Midlands