Local Enterprise Partnerships

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are business led partnerships between Local Authorities and local private sector businesses. There are currently 38 across England. They play a central role in determining local economic priorities and undertaking activities to drive economic growth and job creation, improve infrastructure and raise workforce skills within the local area. LEP boards are led by a business Chair and board members are local leaders of industry (including SMEs), educational institutions and the public sector.

The Strengthened Local Enterprise Partnerships Review by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published in 2018 set out the enhanced role of LEPs in driving local growth and how government and LEPs will work together to strengthen leadership and capability, improve accountability and manage risk. It also sought to ensure that all businesses and communities are represented by one LEP.

The map below shows the 38 LEPs currently in operation across England.

1. Black Country 2. Buckinghamshire 3. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough 4. Cheshire & Warrington 5. Coast to Capital 6. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 7. Coventry and Warwickshire 8. Cumbria 9. Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 10. Dorset 11. Enterprise M3 12. GFirst 13. Greater Birmingham & Solihull 14. Greater Lincolnshire 15. Greater Manchester 16. Heart of the South West 17. Hertfordshire 18. Humber 19. Lancashire 20. Leeds City Region 21. Leicester & Leicestershire 22. Liverpool City Region 23. London 24. New Anglia 25. North East 26. Oxfordshire 27. Sheffield City Region 28. Solent 29. South East 30. South East Midlands 31. Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire 32. Swindon and Wiltshire 33. Tees Valley 34. Thames Valley Berkshire 35. The Marches 36. West of England 37. Worcestershire 38. York, North Yorkshire and East Riding