Extra £300m funding for Regional Growth Fund

Posted on 19 Feb 2015 by Victoria Fitzgerald

Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg has awarded extra funding to the Regional Growth Fund to help local businesses grow, bringing the total investment to £2.85bn.

Businesses across all industrial sectors will benefit from the funding, with over £1.1bn being invested in manufacturing, including £364m in automotive, £100m in aerospace and £104m for low carbon enterprises. Today, the RGF is backing British-based business by awarding 63 new projects and programmes across England with a further £297m. The investment from the RGF will fuel business expansion…

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