Programme support structure and contacts

Our priorities, programmes and activities are also set out in the table below, along with the managers responsible for each area. If you would like more information please contact the appropriate manager.

3 Key Priorities

8 Programmes

24 Activities

Activity Manager

Business

Innovation & Business Development

Energy



Mark Pearson

Process

0191 229 6422

Healthcare

Karen Moody

0191 229 6574

Innovation Capacity

Kim Wong

0191 229 6922

Business Investment

Business Finance

Ken Samson

0191 229 6343

Access to Finance

Neil McGuiness

0191 229 6585

Digital and Creative

Lynsey Robinson

0191 229 6566

Inward Investment

Patrick Kendell

0191 226 6680

Strategic Account Management

Michelle Lowes

0191 229 6326

Enterprise & Business Support

Enterprise

Sanjee Ratnatunga

0191 229 6351

Business Link

Simon Allen

0191 229 6464

Business Productivity


Colin Herron

Low Carbon Vehicles

0191 229 6686

People

Skills & Higher Education

Skills 




Beverley Park

Economic Inclusion

Economic Inclusion  

0191 229 6750

Place

City Regions and Rural

TyneWear

Neil Graham

0191 229 6399

Tees Valley

Emma Speight

01642 853 606

Rural

Neil Graham

0191 229 6399

Business Accommodation

Emma Speight

01642 853 606

Connectivity

Emma Speight

01642 853 606

Promoting the Region

Tourism Marketing

Kelly Walton

0191 229 6302

Business and Innovation Campaign

Anya Bramich

0191 229 6834

Culture and Tourism

Visitor Economy

Chris Little

0191 229 6910

Culture

Ailsa Anderson

0191 229 6572


ERDF Operational Programme

Priority 1 Enhancing and Exploiting Innovation

 

ERDF Secretariat  

0191 229 6630

Priority 2 Business Growth and Enterprise

erdf@onenortheast.co.uk

 

Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE)

Axis 1: Improving the competitiveness of the agriculture and forestry sector.






Adrian Sherwood

Axis 3: Improving quality of life and diversifying the rural economy.

0191 229 6806




Axis 4: Implementing the new LEADER approach.

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