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Read about the latest guidance for Westminster businesses.

Westminster Strategic Growth Initiative

About the programme

This scheme helps you grow your business by leveraging industry trends and tech advancements. Achieve long-term profit goals while making a positive impact on the local economy, communities, and the environment.

Priority will be given to scale-ups within the following sectors:

  • Low carbon and green investment
  • Health and life sciences 
  • Professional services 
  • Creative and cultural 

What’s included

Expert advice to further develop your growth plans / strategies produced for each business covering the following areas:  

  • Entry into new markets
  • Securing additional investment
  • Site acquisition or expansion opportunities
  • New job creation
  • Workforce planning to identify upskilling requirements and future skills needs
  • Responsible business and procurement practices
  • Ambitious action towards achieving net zero goals
  • Business resilience and continuity planning
  • Exporting and Internationalisation

Eligibility

To be eligible for the scheme a business must: 

  • be trading in Westminster
  • be a scale-up, for example your business has had at least 20 percent growth year on year consecutively over the last 3 years, in turnover or number of employees

How to apply

Please contact the Business Engagement team expressing your interest by emailing: [email protected] 

Published: 30 August 2024

Last updated: 17 September 2024