Our Success

KEEP+ provides businesses with flexible opportunities for innovation with a focus on the development of new products and services.

KEEP+ helps local areas to stimulate economic development.

We do this by investing in projects which will support innovation and businesses, create jobs, and contribute positively towards local community regeneration.

£3.2

Million in funding

has been received from the EDRF to support a range of activities including: Academic Collaborations, Consultancy Input, Internships and Capital Purchases.

225

Projects completed

That have created jobs, increased productivity, encouraged research investments and developed partnerships between the SME sector and academia.

175

Companies helped

Throughout East Anglia and the South East, including Norfolk and Suffolk (New Anglia LEP), Cambridgeshire (Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority), Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire LEP) and Essex, Kent and East Sussex (South East LEP).

Sven Kuenzel, Academic Supervisor, University of Greenwich

“Working with the associate and the company has been a real joy which has provided many benefits to all parties involved.”

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Enhance productivity

Providing businesses with access to enthusiastic graduates and a wealth of knowledge and research, to enhance their productivity.

Accelerate innovation

Putting innovative businesses in touch with the right academic or consultants to help propel their new products to market.

Support research

Advancing the research and development of new technologies and theories through real life application and experience.

3 years of success

The KEEP+ programme was launched in 2017 to help SMEs access external expertise in the pursuit of developing new products and services.

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