Past Projects
For 10 years WSX has been delivering economic and social solutions to local communities across Europe, both as a lead partner and as an active partner in many different consortiums.
A selection can be viewed below.
For 10 years WSX has been delivering economic and social solutions to local communities across Europe, both as a lead partner and as an active partner in many different consortiums.
These have included Interreg Channel, Interreg Two Seas and Interreg Europe projects as well as Leonardo and Erasmus Plus programmes.
Our main focus has been business support, employability for disadvantaged groups, and training and we have expertise within WSX on a wide range of economic development topics.
Some examples are below:
BRIDGE
Building Research & Innovative Deals for the Green Economy in the Channel Area
Created a technical partnership with Northern France to identify innovation and eco-friendly solutions for the business community.
ENTRÉE
The Entrée project identified and improved business support for start-up entrepreneurs in the UK and France. A partnership between WSX Enterprise and ADE (Saint-Brieuc) jointly researched the most pertinent challenges that faced new business leaders.
LoToNo
LoToNo “Towards a Low carbon region – developing low carbon SME clusters in Dorset and Solent”, addressed the policy challenges for Dorset and the Solent in creating a favourable business environment to foster entrepreneurship and the development of emerging low carbon resource-efficient industries and new business models.
One project outcome was the work alongside RNLI Lifeboat Decommissioning Challenge- Click to view briefing document.
DIFFAS
DIFASS brought together organisations from 20 different European countries with the aim of identifying sources of finance for SMEs.
We looked at the barriers to internationalisation of SMEs and how these could be mitigated by better access to finance.
The focus was on the development and implementation of non-grant based financial support instruments, such as revolving funds, transregional funds and venture capital funds.
Click to view PDF (8MB file): Good Practice Guide DIFASS 43 Business Support Measures Booklet created by all partners.
IMPRESS
Developing an innovative cross border approach to provide effective post-employment support and skills development for both the beneficiary employee and their employer.
The project supported project beneficiaries who had recently gained or re-gained employment and needed post-employment support to ensure that their employment was sustained in the short, medium and longer-term.
ResWEB
ResilentWeb – helping businesses focus their resources and innovative capacity in an uncertain and challenging future.
Quick Scan Tool was created as part of the conclusion to the project.
Quick Scan will take a look at how sustainable and resilient your business is.
Looking at your current practice and capabilities, the scan will help to identify potential actions and areas of your business to work on, whether internally or with the support of WSX Enterprise.
https://webtools.wsxenterprise.co.uk/6/resilience-quick-scan/