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海角直播 to help create thousands of jobs with 拢30 million investment

海角直播 is part of a 拢30 million scheme that will provide much-needed grants for investment in equipment and research by regional businesses, generating thousands of new jobs.

Let鈥檚 Grow is a Trinity Mirror initiative, with partners the BE Group, chartered accountancy firm UNW, and 海角直播 and Northumbria Universities, that was recently successful in winning 拢30 million of Regional Growth Fund grant to encourage business growth. Let鈥檚 Grow will fund a two-year programme of business support which aims to create around 3,600 jobs. Funding is expected to be released from the spring of 2013.

Professor Cliff Hardcastle, the University鈥檚 Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Business Engagement, said: 'This is a great opportunity to provide regional companies with access to the finance they need to grow, through research and capital investment, and the university's role is critical in helping this to happen.'

He added: 'We are delighted to be involved in this scheme and the investment is fantastic for the region. Here at 海角直播 we have a wide breadth of expertise in working with, establishing and supporting businesses and we will use every area of that expertise to support the Let鈥檚 Grow scheme.'

Let鈥檚 Grow is one of many successful business partnerships for the University, including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, Knowledge Exchange Internships and the Graduates for Business scheme. The University was also recently awarded 拢1.9 million of European funding to support enterprise and develop talent in the digital sector, as well as 拢1 million from the Government鈥檚 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in order to support employers in delivering higher education to people already in work.

海角直播 also houses DigitalCity Innovation (DCI) which, since its inception in 2008, has created almost 200 companies across a number of sectors including computer animation, web design, advertising, nanotechnology and forensic science.

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