ERDF Funded Projects
The projects that have received investment from the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-2013 are listed here under the Programme Priorities from which they have been supported. Alternatively, you may download a list of all beneficiaries in alphabetical order. NB: Beneficiaries are organisations receiving ERDF investment for a project. The ERDF shown is the amount committed to a project, this may change through a contract variation but will be adjusted to actual amounts invested when the project is completed. Eligible expenditure is the amount that is eligible for ERDF support, this may be less than the project’s total costs as that may include expenditure which is ineligible for ERDF support.
Priority 1: Promoting Innovation and R&D
Beneficiary: Sheffield Hallam University
Project: Innovation Futures
ERDF Investment: £1,673,826 Eligible Expenditure: £3,282,012
Starts: 1/1/09 Ends: 31/12/11
Description: This project supports a new team to deliver bespoke, in-depth interdisciplinary interventions to embed R&D, promote an innovation culture through long-term collaborations with businesses, increase business growth and sales and contribute to the delivery of the Regional Innovation Strategy
Beneficiary: Huddersfield & District Textile Training Co Ltd
Project: Textile Innovation Programme
ERDF Investment: £1,548,960 Eligible Expenditure: £3,668,432
Starts: 1/7/09 Ends: 30/6/12
Description: Providing an innovation centre for technical textiles including close to the market R&D. It will support a range of environmental improvements and use of nano and plasma technologies to produce fabrics which are self-cleaning or conductive fibres to make smart clothing that monitors the wearers body functions and dressings that monitor wounds, prevent infection and deliver medication.
Beneficiary: University of Leeds
Project: Institute of Product and Process Development (IPPD)
ERDF Investment: £4,081,596 Eligible Expenditure: £6,734,430
Starts: 1/1/09 Ends: 30/9/12
Description: This project is a collaboration between the Institute of Process Research & Development (IPRD), in the school of Chemistry at the University of Leeds and the Innovative Physical Organic Solutions (IPOS), Department of Chemical & Biological Sciences, at the University of Huddersfield. The Universities will be collaborating for marketing and referral purposes as the Institute of Product and Process Development (IPPD) bringing together the expertise in both institutions and facilitating a significant investment in new equipment, facilities and staff to support the region’s fine chemicals sector. Businesses will be able to engage with the staff and facilities at the universities to conduct collaborative research and development work, developing new products and leaner processes. The cost of initial engagements will be discounted for SMEs. An industry club will be formed to drive university research and support applications for research grants. The project will work closely with other initiatives and schemes in the region such as the Particles and Pharmaceutical Centres of Industrial Collaboration.
Beneficiary: University of Leeds
Project: Utilising Synergies in Nanomanufacturing to Accelerate Innovation
ERDF Investment: £1,064,176 Eligible Expenditure: £1,903,044
Starts: 1/5/09 Ends: 30/4/11
Description: This project builds on the distinctive and impressive nanomanufacturing technology business exploitation activities in the Yorkshire & Humber region, and the established best practice technology transfer expertise that exists within the partner higher education institutions. It aims to increase and promote this high technology innovation to help build the knowledge economy of the future within the region and begin to generate substantial economic benefits. Additionality will be achieved through a regional collaborative network of universities and companies each able to contribute in niche areas, but together can provide solutions and opportunities for business development. Through wider promotion, leveraging of current contacts and resources, and stimulating new investment in innovation this will lead to rapid development of technology into products that will bring benefit to the region through high technology business growth including job creation and job retention. Activity will be a combination of networking with business (via a variety of formats), collaborative project building to deliver new processes and projects, project resourcing and delivery, and focused support to commercialisation of new technologies.
Beneficiary: Yorkshire Forward
Project: Innovation Networks
ERDF Investment: £1,909,022 Eligible Expenditure: £3,818,044
Starts: 7/10/08 Ends: 7/10/11
Description: Establishing four innovation networks to improve regional GVA and levels of investment in R&D by businesses in the region. For further information download the Innovation networks project profile
Beneficiary: Yorkshire Forward
Project: Large Company R&D Award Scheme
ERDF Investment: £4,096,052 Eligible Expenditure: £12,288,163
Starts: 1/1/09 Ends: 31/6/12
Description: This provides specific targeted financial support to large companies wishing to accelerate R&D and innovation activities but who cannot bear the full risk themselves. Up to 50% of eligible costs of R&D projects are available to be granted via a competition. It is anticipated that at least 30 projects will be supported
Beneficiary: Yorkshire Forward
Project: Innovation Vouchers
ERDF Investment: £2,199,000 Eligible Expenditure: £4,398,000
Starts: 1/1/10 Ends: 31/12/11
Description: This project aims to deliver innovative ways for SMEs to interact with the Knowledge Base to increase productivity and company sustainability. Support will take the form of an easy-to-access innovation voucher providing funding for an innovation project to be undertaken by a knowledge base supplier of the SMEs choice. Innovation Vouchers is a national scheme which forms one of the seven innovation products in the business support simplification programme as a means generating new collaborations between SMEs and the knowledge base.
Priority 2: Stimulating and Supporting Successful Enterprise
Beneficiary: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Project: Enterprising Barnsley
ERDF Investment: £2,891,000 Eligible Expenditure: £4,755,000
Starts: 12/12/08 Ends: 31/3/12
Description: Enterprising Barnsley offers support to businesses through three integrated delivery channels: free expert enterprise coaching, shared, fully serviced office accommodation and a comprehensive programme of network events
Beneficiary: Electronics Yorkshire Ltd
Project: Electronics Yorkshire
ERDF Investment: £888,400 Eligible Expenditure: £1,693,510
Starts: 1/1/08 Ends: 31/12/09
Description: Electronics Yorkshire supports the electronics sector with business support, advocacy, consultancy and a specialised technology resource
Beneficiary: Finance Yorkshire Ltd
Project: Venture Capital and Loan Fund
ERDF Investment: £30,000,000 Eligible Expenditure: £60,000,000
Starts: 4/12/09 Ends: 31/12/13
Description: In preparation
Beneficiary: Hambleton District Council
Project: Hambleton Managed Workspace
ERDF Investment: £2,446,203 Eligible Expenditure: £5,871,866
Starts: 1/11/07 Ends: 31/8/10
Description: Food grade managed workspace in Leeming Bar and an office based workspace facility in Northallerton, both in purpose-built buildings. For further information download the Hambleton managed workspace project profile
Beneficiary: Science City York
Project: Specialist Services for Business
ERDF Investment: £1,218,363 Eligible Expenditure: £2,719,596
Starts: 1/7/07 Ends: 30/6/12
Description: This project will drive business growth in target knowledge based sectors though specialist business mentors, specialist support and enhanced online services to improve market intelligence and mobility of talent in the region.
Beneficiary: Science City York
Project: Science City York - Embedded Business Space and Technology Transfer
ERDF Investment: £19,746,000 Eligible Expenditure: £38,810,761
Starts: 1/1/07 Ends: 30/11/12
Description: This project provides infrastructure to facilitate knowledge transfer and collaboration leading to increased business investment in R&D. It comprises three capital elements: expansion of the University's Heslington East site to include knowledge transfer business space; Food & Environment Research Agency (FERA) - remodelling and refurbishment of underutilised laboratory and office space for science-based businesses within a specialist technology centre; Bio-refinery Demonstrators – Creation of a semi-scale bio-refinery to research and optimise processes for the production of chemicals and bio-fuels from bio-based waste materials.
Beneficiary: The Yorkshire and Humber Sustainable Futures Company Ltd
Project: Lower Carbon Economy - Resource Efficiency Yorkshire
ERDF Investment: £3,569,662 Eligible Expenditure: £7,654,542
Starts: 1/4/09 Ends: 31/3/12
Description: Lower Carbon Economy - Resource Efficiency Yorkshire is a business support project to increase competitiveness of regional businesses though adoption of resource efficiency measures
Beneficiary: YFM Business Development Ltd
Project: Manufacturing Advisory Service
ERDF Investment: £1,621,318 Eligible Expenditure: £3,242,636
Starts: 20/10/08 Ends: 30/9/11
Description: Provides practical hands-on assistance to help manufacturers adopt new methods, processes and technologies that boost productivity and improve competitiveness
Priority 3: Sustainable Communities
Beneficiary: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Project: Enterprising Bradford
ERDF Investment: £4,558,827 Eligible Expenditure: £9,278,302
Starts: 1/1/07 Ends: 31/12/11
Description: Supporting the growth of new enterprise in deprived communities in Bradford, and work with third sector organisations to help them identify opportunities for growth and to become tender ready. In Halifax, the project will link established companies to emerging community businesses and social enterprises in a mentoring programme
Beneficiary: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Project: Inclusive Enterprise
ERDF Investment: £4,000,000 Eligible Expenditure: £8,000,000
Starts: 1/4/08 Ends: 31/3/11
Description: The project funds a number of streams of enterprise coaching and intensive start-up support targeted at the Doncaster’s deprived neighbourhoods and communities. Specific provision to improve understanding of and access to finance in these communities is also provided.
Beneficiary: Goodwin Development Trust
Project: Hull Enterprise Partnership
ERDF Investment: £2,254,996 Eligible Expenditure: £4,601,000
Starts: 1/4/08 Ends: 31/3/11
Description: Supporting the growth of new enterprise in deprived communities in Hull, whether social enterprise, private enterprise or self-employment. For further information download the Hull enterprise partnership project profile.
Beneficiary: Kingston upon Hull City Council
Project: Local Work Guarantee (Hull)
ERDF Investment: £1,908,000 Eligible Expenditure: £3,226,000
Starts: 5/2/09 Ends: 30/4/12
Description: ERDF is supporting one strand of a multi-strand suite of employment projects that are designed to address worklessness issues in Hull. The strand: Maintaining Employment Contract provides a job-brokerage service linked to local employers, promoting inclusive recruitment practice and supporting employers with job-matching, advertising and accessing the broadest population of applicants.
Beneficiary: Key Fund (South Yorkshire) Ltd
Project: Key Fund Yorkshire Social Investment Fund
ERDF Investment: £1,456,140 Eligible Expenditure: £2,971,712
Starts: 1/4/07 Ends: 31/10/09
Description: Key Fund Yorkshire provides funding for third sector organisations becoming social enterprises, existing social enterprises to develop and social entrepreneurs aspiring to set up a social enterprise
Beneficiary: Leeds City Council
Project: Middleton Enterprise Centre
ERDF Investment: £847,836 Eligible Expenditure: £1,766,450
Starts: 1/10/09 Ends: 31/12/11
Description: Middleton Enterprise Centre will provide a physical enterprise presence in the heart of one of the City's most deprived communities and will be the primary vehicle through which an enhanced Leeds LEGI Programme will be delivered in this particular part of South Leeds. The Centre will be a two-storey new build and will act as a central ‘hub’ in terms of encouraging and stimulating entrepreneurialism and self-employment within the target communities. The Centre will provide networking and hot desk space for budding new businesses, using the existing ‘Pay as you Go’ tariff model adopted by the existing catalyst centres in Leeds, as well as office accommodation of various sizes for up to ten additional commercial and social enterprises.
Beneficiary: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Project: Enterprising Neighbourhoods
ERDF Investment: £3,913,178 Eligible Expenditure: £7,332,468
Starts: 1/1/07 Ends: 31/12/11
Description: Enterprising Neighbourhoods promotes enterprise to disadvantaged communities in Rotherham. It supports sustainable economic growth by creating enterprise opportunities for individuals and businesses
Beneficiary: Scarborough Borough Council
Project: Scarborough Job Match
ERDF Investment: £595,329 Eligible Expenditure: £1,214,951
Starts: 1/10/08 Ends: 30/6/12
Description: Scarborough Job Match works with employers in the town to improve links between workless people and available jobs.
Beneficiary: Sheffield City Council
Project: Sheffield Employment Project (aka Sector Routeways)
ERDF Investment: £1,782,000 Eligible Expenditure: £3,564,000
Starts: 1/4/09 Ends: 31/3/12
Description: Sheffield Employment Support brokers connections between buoyant and growing sectors and economically inactive people from target groups including lone parents, job seekers, and incapacity benefit claimants.
Beneficiary: Sheffield City Council
Project: Enhanced BiG (LEGI) Programme
ERDF Investment: £4,696,364 Eligible Expenditure: £9,392,727
Starts: 1/4/08 Ends: 31/3/11
Description: This project aims to encourage local enterprise in Sheffield’s most deprived communities and amongst the most underrepresented groups in enterprise. It builds on the existing LEGI investment being delivered through Big: Make it Your Business which is grounded in community-based enterprise coaching designed to encourage start up activity.
Beneficiary: South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Project: Access to Opportunities
ERDF Investment: £2,005,251 Eligible Expenditure: £4,877,000
Starts: 1/7/08 Ends: 31/12/11
Description: Access to Opportunities helps people to gain employment through a package of integrated sustainable transport solutions
Priority 4: Infrastructure for a Competitive Economy (South Yorkshire only)
Beneficiary: Sheffield City Council
Project: Eastern Gateway
ERDF Investment: £1,109,921 Eligible Expenditure: £3,009,548
Starts: 9/2/09 Ends: 30/11/11
Description: This project will crea a high quality gateway to the new Retail Quarter, the New Business District, the Moor and the Sheaf Valley from Arundel Gate/Eyre Street. It will give improved accessibility for all users and create a setting for future development. It will give greater connectivity between various commercial developments and create an entrance to this part of the city
Beneficiary: Sheffield City Council
Project: Sheffield Cultural Infrastructure
ERDF Investment: £4,142,000 Eligible Expenditure: £11,233,000
Starts: 1/4/08 Ends: 31/3/11
Description: Supporting the second phase of the Crucible Theatre redevelopment and regeneration of Tudor Square in Sheffield
Beneficiary: South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Project: Rotherham Central Railway Station Redevelopment and Station Gateway Improvements
ERDF Investment: £2,679,531 Eligible Expenditure: £5,069,531
Starts: 1/4/08 Ends: 31/3/12
Description: This project will provide a new railway station for the centre of Rotherham and improvements to the station gateway. The Station improvements will provide a visually welcoming and prominent gateway to the town centre with high quality design to create a flagship poiece of architecture.
Beneficiary: Yorkshire Forward
Project: Digital Region
ERDF Investment: £29,821,820 Eligible Expenditure: £80,862,520
Starts: 7/4/09 Ends: 31/12/11
Description: Providing a next generation broadband infrastructure for South Yorkshire
Priority 5: Technical Assistance
Beneficiary: East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Project: Humber TA
ERDF Investment: £191,730 Eligible Expenditure: £383,610
Starts: 1/4/09 Ends: 31/1/12
Description: The Humber TA (Technical Assistance) will take on the role of brokering and developing partnerships and consortia to take advantage of the drive towards larger more strategic investment of ERDF monies. The Humber TA Project will ensure a single point of contact, linking complementary ideas within the sub-region and identifying where a broader delivery mechanism may be more appropriate linking in with other regional TA projects. Humber TA will be proactive in identifying where proposals from the Humber region not only meet strategic objectives from the Regional Economic Strategy and Cross Cutting Themes but through a series of events, workshops and master-classes ensure that all partnership members are fully aware of the aims, opportunities and requirements of the ERDF 2007- 2013 Operational Programme and the Regional Economic Strategy (RES)
Beneficiary: Leeds City Council
Project: Create and !nnovate
ERDF Investment: £247,563
Eligible Expenditure: £495,126
Starts: 10/1/08 Ends: 31/12/10
Description: This project has two strands: Create and !nnovate. Create coordinates ERDF activity, raises awareness of the Programme and maintains and develops links with ERDF projects across the Leeds City Region. It aims to generate further ideas suitable for ERDF applications and increase the number of projects approved by the Programme. Innovate provides a resource to develop and conduct joint planning and coordination relating to the innovation agenda and focuses on making links between HE-led projects
Beneficiary: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Project: South Yorkshire TA
ERDF Investment: £999,247
Eligible Expenditure: £1,998,494
Starts: 1/4/09 Ends: 31/7/11
Description: South Yorkshire Technical Assistance seeks to improve the implementation, monitoring and control of ERDF in South Yorkshire. The Grant Recipient (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) and the five Delivery Partners; (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Sheffield City Council, South Yorkshire Forest Partnership and Dearne Valley Eco Vision), will co-ordinate ERDF activity and raise awareness of the ERDF 2007-13 Operational Programme in South Yorkshire. South Yorkshire Forest Partnership will increase the number of projects coming forward under Priority 4 from South Yorkshire, and the Dearne Valley Eco Vision will increase projects coming forward in the Dearne Valley. The South Yorkshire Forest Partnership and Dearne Valley Eco Vision elements of South Yorkshire TA will help to raise awareness of sustainable development and environmental good practice issues among existing and potential project sponsors across South Yorkshire. The South Yorkshire TA project will support the development of partnerships that will ultimately generate ideas suitable for future ERDF applications. The activity of the partners will increase the number of projects approved by the ERDF 2007–2013 Operational Programme and will ensure that ERDF adds value to LEGI and WNF funding programmes and tackles deprivation with regard to worklessness and enterprise effectively.
Beneficiary: Yorkshire Forward
Project: TA for ERDF Programme Management
ERDF Investment: £4,007,502
Eligible Expenditure: £8,015,000
Starts: 4/1/08 Ends: 31/3/12
Description: This project encompasses those parts of the Technical Assistance strategy where Yorkshire Forward is in the lead, delivering partnership and consortia development of ERDF projects to meet targets, appraisal, contracting, claims and auditing of ERDF projects, publicity and information, evaluation, development and implementation of cross cutting themes and overall programme management.
