Mark Bates Email & Phone Number

York & North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Promoting the regions manufacturing strengths and expertise as well as the assets we have to support business, R&D and recruitment and skills that will enable overseas and out of region UK businesses to successfully set up in York & North Yorkshire.

Proactive and reactive relationship engagement with UK and international businesses to help them set up and establish themselves in the York and North Yorkshire region.

York & North Yorkshire

The objective of activities and responsibilities of this role is to increase inward investment into the advanced manufacturing sector across the York and North Yorkshire region and, in doing so, create quality jobs and growth for the future.• Identifying sector niches, regional assets and unique selling points to attract new investment into the region • Engage with and bring together key businesses, HE & skills providers, research organisations and DBT and other partners to define… Show more The objective of activities and responsibilities of this role is to increase inward investment into the advanced manufacturing sector across the York and North Yorkshire region and, in doing so, create quality jobs and growth for the future.• Identifying sector niches, regional assets and unique selling points to attract new investment into the region • Engage with and bring together key businesses, HE & skills providers, research organisations and DBT and other partners to define sector strengths and priorities to attract new investment into the region • In conjunction with partners, create marketing assets and promote the sector and region to the world• Work to shape the economic future of our region, informing the infrastructure required to bring forward new opportunitiesInvest in York and North Yorkshire is a regional partnership between the York & North Yorkshire LEP, City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council. Our aim is to work together to drive new greener, fairer, stronger jobs and investment into our region. Show less

York

Providing support to foreign owned businesses based in the York and North Yorkshire region. Helping and encouraging the continued and expansion of investment into those businesses to benefit the economy by new product and or service generation to retain and or create new jobs.Working in collaboration with the Department for International Trade, regional and local business support partners to facilitate relationships to bring about new opportunities to benefit the region's economy. And… Show more Providing support to foreign owned businesses based in the York and North Yorkshire region. Helping and encouraging the continued and expansion of investment into those businesses to benefit the economy by new product and or service generation to retain and or create new jobs.Working in collaboration with the Department for International Trade, regional and local business support partners to facilitate relationships to bring about new opportunities to benefit the region's economy. And, in doing so, support the businesses to provide their parent companies with confidence to continue their investment in the UK business and boosting regional economy. Show less

Ryedale, England

My focus was to help businesses across Ryedale understand the support available to them and make access to this support easy.― Signposting towards Start Up resources and guidance― Licensing and Planning guidelines and support― Access to growth and development funding and grants ― Assistance through the COVID-19 pandemic period (Government grants and restrictions guidance)― Recruitment and apprenticeship― Staff training and skills improvement― Commercial property… Show more My focus was to help businesses across Ryedale understand the support available to them and make access to this support easy.― Signposting towards Start Up resources and guidance― Licensing and Planning guidelines and support― Access to growth and development funding and grants ― Assistance through the COVID-19 pandemic period (Government grants and restrictions guidance)― Recruitment and apprenticeship― Staff training and skills improvement― Commercial property search Show less

York, United Kingdom

Make It York is the destination management organisation responsible for developing and promoting York and its surroundings - nationally and internationally - as a vibrant and attractive place to live, visit, study, work and do business.My work at Make It York allowed me to:• Make businesses in the York area aware of the support available to them • Signpost funding streams and grants to help businesses and their people improve• Brokerage support to other organisations… Show more Make It York is the destination management organisation responsible for developing and promoting York and its surroundings - nationally and internationally - as a vibrant and attractive place to live, visit, study, work and do business.My work at Make It York allowed me to:• Make businesses in the York area aware of the support available to them • Signpost funding streams and grants to help businesses and their people improve• Brokerage support to other organisations that will help businesses I provided independent, relevant and meaningful growth help to businesses based in York. Ultimately, I identified the right answer (or knew who would have the answer) for each problem a business had. Show less

York, United Kingdom

Provision of strategic business, marketing and sales management and development support helping businesses understand themselves better, penetrate their markets better and know their customers better.