Investment
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 by emailing growth.hub@hants.gov.uk and careers.hub@hants.gov.uk respectively. Alternatively, please contact the economic.development@hants.gov.uk.
Investment
The 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey in Guildford is the world’s first centre dedicated to the development of advanced technologies that could go on to underpin the 5G networks of the future and give Britain global leadership in mobile technologies. In total Enterprise M3 is investing £5 million into the Centre aimed at helping SMEs benefit from the opportunities for innovation created by this new technology. During 2015 we made an initial investment of £1.75 million to fund an 18 month Pilot Phase. This first phase of funding has:
Start date:
End date:
Amount financed: £5 million
Total cost: £65.2 million
Status: Completed
Themes: EnterpriseAI & Digital
Geo-location:
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