Role and Remit
If you are a UK strategic or foreign owned company located in Northamptonshire, make sure you are benefiting from the Investor Development Service. The IDS provides a comprehensive and no-cost service which ensures that companies have easy access to a network of business support services at all stages of business development, from growth to times of change.
A key part of its role is to deliver to businesses a joined up approach by local and regional public sector agencies - both by responding more effectively to barriers to your growth and pro-actively exploring how we may be able to develop projects and processes that enhance your business operations.
Examples of the business issues we can help with include:
People - advice and support to identify valuable labour with appropriate skills, undertake successful recruitment and work with companies to develop and retain their workforce.
Location & relocation - property services and site visits.
Technical expertise - Links to universities, industry networks and graduate recruitment schemes.
Strategic partners - Identify and establish key contacts through organisations such as Business Link and Chamber.
Developing exports - Market information and introductions to potential partners through UKTI and other bodies.
Support from Invest Development Managers provides businessnes with a single point of contact for all business advice needs that is completely confidential and free of charge. It is flexible, responsive and geared to individual business requirements with all the advantages of impartiality and objectivity.