Local Enterprise Partnerships

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.

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 below shows the 38 LEPs currently in operation across England.

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