Advance4Growth

Advance4Growth will support SMEs in the Central Baltic region(CBR) to create new business opportunities and overcome obstacles they face expanding into the UK market, Golden Triangle. The project will focus on the Golden Triangle in UK, as strategic gateways, due to their high growth potential and demand for innovation and research which aligns with the strengths of our CB SMEs and their expressed export interest. Targeted SMEs are within deep-tech.

The project will secure 10 sales contracts in the UK by creating a pool of 60 companies from 3 partnering countries(Estonia, Latvia and Sweden). The second goal is to foster cross-border collaborations between the countries for on-boarded SMEs, partners, and local organizations.

Actions Supported:
Conduct market analysis to identify and support SMEs to find new business opportunities in the UK.
Develop support networks through collaborations between 3 partnering countries, business support organisations, industry experts, and regional authorities both on target markets and in the CBR.
Create value propositions and offer selected SMEs up to 25 hours of mentoring to support their entry to the UK..
Organise regular seminars/webinars on market-specific challenges and opportunities in CBR.
Organise inbound delegation to the CBR from UK market as well as creating delegations to the UK market, into Golden Triangle area (London, Cambridge, Oxford).