Start and Specialise Business Support Programmes

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is the UK Governments replacement for European Structural Investment Fund (ESiF) that included both the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and is managed by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). In order to continue countywide business support and to benefit from economies of scale, the councils of Eastbourne, Lewes, Rother, and Wealden worked with East Sussex County Council on a joint proposal which was added to each of their UKSPF Investment Plans. As part of this proposal East Susse…