Ruth Lowbridge, Executive Chair of SFEDI, joined speakers at the LEP Annual Conference this week, which brought together Local Enterprise Partnerships from across the country.

Ruth spoke about the importance of high quality business support for small businesses and urged the LEPs to think about how they can support skills development and collaborative working. For your interest download the Thought Piece summarising the important areas articulated by LEPs as the devolution debate continues post General Election 2015.