From 1 April 2024, the responsibility for LEP functions across the Enterprise M3 LEP region has transferred to Hampshire County Council and Surrey County Council.
The Enterprise M3 Board met for the last time in March 2024 and Enterprise M3 LEP is no longer operating as an organisation.
For any enquiries relating to economic development across the counties of Hampshire and Surrey, please visit the Hampshire County Council website and Business Surrey respectively.
Please note that Enterprise M3 LEP staff have transferred to Hampshire County Council to continue to deliver services and activities in Hampshire, including the Growth Hub, the Careers Hub, work on key business sectors, and trade and investment.
They can be contacted at economic.development@hants.gov.uk.
The Jewels of the EM3 area
The Enterprise M3 area covers west Surrey and central and north Hampshire, connecting London and the South. It is a wonderful place to live, work and invest. Bringing together towns, a city, world-class universities and businesses, the EM3 area is a bustling hub of innovation and opportunity.
Take a look at the jewels that make this region so special and vibrant. Click on an icon to find out more…
Guildford Games Cluster
Enterprise PlayersGuildford, “Hollywood of video games,” has some of the world’s biggest and most innovative game development studios.
The area boasts seventy video game companies, employing almost two thousand people who produce immersive content creation and technology development for millions of people around the world.
The town is also home to the Guildford Games Festival, which showcases and promotes its global reach.
RHS Garden Wisley
World Leading ResearchRHS Garden Wisley is the UK’s first dedicated horticultural scientific centre of excellence.
Located in Surrey, Wisley works with seventy scientists, advisors and PhD students, who are dedicated to scientific research into issues affecting gardeners everywhere, such as climate change and the pests and diseases that threaten our environment.
Farnborough Aerospace Sector
Pioneering InnovationFarnborough is the birthplace of and remains at the heart of the UK’s aerospace sector.
It is home to Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, which hosts the globally renowned Farnborough International Airshow.
Farnborough showcases the latest aerospace developments and is a draw for world leading companies such as BAE Systems, Gulfstream and QinetiQ.
Surrey Hills
Outstanding BeautyThe Surrey Hills is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) spanning across over a quarter of Surrey.
Rich in wildlife, woodland and ancient market towns, the hills cover a wide variety of stunning countryside. It provides some of the best walking in southern England, with an extensive network of footpaths, byways and bridleways, along with plenty of trails to walk and exercise safely.
South Downs National Park
Inspirational NatureThe South Downs National Park is a major reason why the EM3 region is a wonderful place to live and work.
We know nature is good for mental and physical health and the South Downs offers six hundred square miles of inspirational landscape with its ancient woodlands, chalk downland, rolling hills, glorious heathland and river valleys.
Surrey Research Park
Tech ExcellenceSurrey Research Park in Guildford is owned and operated by the University of Surrey and is a centre of technology, science, health, space and engineering.
The park offers flexible letting arrangements to organisations wishing to use its workspaces, provides an outstanding enterprise ecosystem with internationally acclaimed start-up support with an incubation hub, collaborative R&D funding initiatives and access to leading advisors and academics at the University.
University of Southampton
Science Park
Home to Game ChangersUniversity of Southampton Science Park, in Test Valley, is the place for many of the South’s successful science and technology businesses. Around ninety companies are engaged in research, development and high-tech innovation, benefiting from a wide range of commercial offices, laboratories, meeting and conferencing facilities.
Enjoying close links with the University of Southampton, tenant companies have access to some of the UK’s leading scientific expertise and opportunities to benefit from graduate and postgraduate placements
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