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 Centre of Excellence for Horticultural Science & Learning is part of a £72.4 million investment at RHS Garden Wisley which will significantly improve an already world-class visitor experience and incorporates three new major hubs within the garden:
Enterprise M3's investment mainly focuses on the Centre of Excellence but also includes some of the above works. Enterprise M3 are giving this Grant Funding to the Royal Horticultural Society under the General Block Exemption Regulation, Article 53 - Aid for culture and heritage conservation. A State Aid notification was published on: 19/11/2018 and the link to it can be found here.
The overall scheme aims to achieve the creation of 140.5 FTE jobs and safeguard a further 1116 FTE jobs. The Centre of Excellence specifically will achieve 20.5 jobs directly with the Royal Horticultural Society and a further 11 jobs within the onsite catering franchise. Further to this, the benefits of this scheme to the M3 LEP include:
Start date:
End date:
Amount financed: £1.1 million
Total cost: £72.4 million
Status: In progress
Project Lead: Chris Quintana
Themes: Innovation
Geo-location:
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