European Programmes

WSX Enterprise has over 10 years experience in delivering joint UK/EU funded programmes across the South of England and Europe. We believe in the work we do and this can be seen with the joint ventures we have worked on previously and the many projects we are currently running or working on.
DIBS—Design and Innovation for Business Sustainability
Helping businesses grow by implementing sustainable ideas and practices
DIBS works with small and medium businesses (SMEs) across the South of England helping them access the sustainable supply chains of larger organizations.We work with a range of large corporate organizations to understand their current priorities and help you strengthen your products and services to access their supply chains.

CHAIN – Channel Innovation Network
Helping high-tech and innovative SMEs access business in Northern France
CHAIN aims to help Small and Medium businesses (SMEs) develop and manage relationships with potential business partners, customers and suppliers in Northern France.
Part financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the programme is open for 3 years (2012-5) and focuses on innovative and technology based companies who have the potential for growth. Particularly those supported by incubation / start up business centres and science parks.

FUSION
Innovative & Sustainable Entrepreneurs
FUSION is a new programme for entrepreneurs seeking to start, change and grow their company, whilst taking
into consideration the environmental and social impact their business has.

Designing Demand
The design-led mentoring service that unlocks business growth
Designing Demand is the Design Council’s mentoring service for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK. It helps businesses with an appetite for growth discover how to become more innovative, more competitive and more profitable.

DIFASS - Development of inter-regional financial assistance to SMEs and of non-grant instruments
DIFASS brings together organisations from 20 different European countries with the aim of identifying
sources of finance for SMEs. They will look at the barriers for internationalisation of SMEs and how these
can be mitigated by better access to finance. http://www.difass.eu/contact

B-new – Business Network for Enterprising Women
The B‐new project has been developed to address gender equality issues in enterprise, encouraging more women in both France and England to start and run businesses.
The B-new project has been developed to address gender equality issues in enterprise, encouraging more women in both France and England to start and run businesses. The project looks at the impact that women in business have on their local economies and communities.

GAPS – European Apprenticeships
Providing direct support to small and medium-sized businesses that are looking to recruit apprentices.
The GAPS project addresses the challenges of developing innovative and inspiring skills, training and employment strategies to combat the growing number of young people in long term unemployment across the EU.

C2C – Catering for Caterers
C2C aims to support skills and compare best practice between EU countries relating to the food and catering sector.
Representatives from Colleges, catering businesses, training companies and SMEs in the sector are encouraged to visit other countries in the programme to increase their knowledge of the sector.

BRIDGE – Practical collaboration
The aim of IT-BRIDGE is to build practical collaboration by developing partnerships.
The aim of IT-BRIDGE is to build practical collaboration by developing partnerships between universities, business clusters, incubators and business support agencies for the emergence of R&D projects supporting the development of cross-border “poles of excellence” (2 dimensions: ICT and Green Technologies) to enhance the creation of young innovative companies.

IMPRESS – Innovative and Meaningful Post Recruitment Employment Support Services
The Impress Project has been developed to tackle the issues of social and economic inclusion to achieve sustainable employment.
All partners involved in the project have high unemployment and youth unemployment rates. The aim of the IMPRESS project is to develop an innovative cross-border approach to provide post-employment support and skills development for both the beneficiary employee and their employer.
ResilieNtWEB WEB – Innovative for a sustainable business
The ResWeb Project is a programme that works with companies across the SouthEast to bring cutting edge thinking and world class tools to the heart of your organisation.
ResilieNtWEB is an EU Interreg IVB North West Europe project aiming to support SME across North-western Europe to improve their sustainability and adaptability to sudden changes, be they economic, environmental or social. We provide the guidance and the tools you, as a company, need to develop a new business model driven by a nature-orientated mind-set. Eco-innovation is at the heart of this project and of the work we do with the companies.
