European Regional Development Fund
Overview
The European Regional Development Fund provides support to encourage research, development and innovation, create and grow SMEs, develop a low carbon economy and reduce the environmental risk to businesses. Investments to date have been made to accelerate the creation of a Thames Valley Science Park (£5m) and extend the life of the Berkshire Business Growth Hub, to February 2021 (£750,000).
Download the 'Supporting Local Growth 2018' ERDF case study booklet, which references the Thames Valley Science Park. The LEP invested £5 million ERDF enabled through the its ESIF Strategy >>