Local Enterprise Partnerships

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Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are business led partnerships between Local Authorities and local private sector businesses. There are currently 38 across England. They play a central role in determining local economic priorities and undertaking activities to drive economic growth and job creation, improve infrastructure and raise workforce skills within the local area. LEP boards are led by a business Chair and board members are local leaders of industry (including SMEs), educational institutions and the public sector.[1]

The Strengthened Local Enterprise Partnerships Review by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published in 2018 set out the enhanced role of LEPs in driving local growth and how government and LEPs will work together to strengthen leadership and capability, improve accountability and manage risk. It also sought to ensure that all businesses and communities are represented by one LEP.

The map[1] below shows the 38 LEPs currently in operation across England.

LEP Regions
LEP Regions


  1. Black Country
  2. Buckinghamshire
  3. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
  4. Cheshire & Warrington
  5. Coast to Capital
  6. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
  7. Coventry and Warwickshire
  8. Cumbria
  9. Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
  10. Dorset
  11. Enterprise M3
  12. GFirst
  13. Greater Birmingham & Solihull
  14. Greater Lincolnshire
  15. Greater Manchester
  16. Heart of the South West
  17. Hertfordshire
  18. Humber
  19. Lancashire
  20. Leeds City Region
  21. Leicester & Leicestershire
  22. Liverpool City Region
  23. London
  24. New Anglia
  25. North East
  26. Oxfordshire
  27. Sheffield City Region
  28. Solent
  29. South East
  30. South East Midlands
  31. Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
  32. Swindon and Wiltshire
  33. Tees Valley
  34. Thames Valley Berkshire
  35. The Marches
  36. West of England
  37. Worcestershire
  38. York, North Yorkshire and East Riding

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