ESSEX DEVELOPMENT & REGENERATION AGENCY
- WATERLOO LANE
CM1 1BD CHELMSFORD, ESSEX (ENG)
Phone: +44 (0) 1245 702400
E-mail: Send messagewww.exdra.co.uk
Short profile:
The Essex Development & Regeneration Agency (ExDRA) is a key leader of economic and social development in Essex. By working with a range of partners in the county and the East of England, ExDRA leads on and contributes to a variety of unique projects that will have far reaching benefits to residents, businesses and visitors in Essex. Our primary partners and funders are Essex County Council and the East of England Development Agency.
We work closely with both these organisations to achieve shared objectives. Close partnership working is part of our everyday ethos and is central to ensuring that resources are used efficiently and the greatest impact can be made for Essex residents, businesses and visitors.
ExDRA’s range of work is diverse and exciting – from developing trade links with India to delivering skills programmes on behalf of the East of England, ExDRA is playing a major role in the delivery of economic development strategy across Essex and the wider region.
Detailed description:
Essex, home to over 50, 000 businesses providing a vast range of job opportunities for our local population is a major economic driver in the East of England. The county is home to internationally renowned companies that include e2v technologies, BAE Systems, Ford, SmithKline Beecham, Nortel and Britvic. But Essex is not just about big business and with the majority of Essex jobs found in small and medium sized businesses it is critical that the right environment exists for small businesses to establish and get the support they need to become the multi-national companies of tomorrow. ExDRA leads on a variety of activity that contributes to the right conditions to allow Essex businesses to grow, prosper and sustain themselves.
From the management of four Enterprise Centres and the Essex Technology and Innovation Centre to the facilitation of the Greater Essex Prosperity Forum to enable Essex businesses to be heard by county, regional and national government, ExDRA is playing its part in supporting the County’s businesses now and into the future. With major growth planned across Essex during the next 15-20 years, including a target for over 100, 000 new jobs in the Haven Gateway, Thames Gateway and M11 Corridor, Essex is set to be a major force in attracting new business and economic growth. ExDRA, through a variety of existing programmes and new initiatives, will work with others to enable this growth to deliver a prosperous future for existing businesses in the County as well as potential inward investors.
Essex is already home to over 50, 000 businesses providing a vast range of job opportunities for our local population and is a major economic driver in the East of England. The county is home to a wide array of internationally renowned companies, many of which are highly R&D (research and development) intensive, such as e2v technologies, BAE Systems, Ford, Glaxo SmithKline, Nortel, Raytheon, Keymed, etc.
Keywords:
Development Agency, business support, Community Development, essex innovation network, essex county council, innovation, Regeneration Agency, Inward Investment, INVEST Essex, Skills Development, Business Competitiveness, early stage business, Economic Development