Renaisi have been commissioned to deliver a number of projects aimed at developing and supporting enterprise by the City Fringe Partnership (CFP). The Partnership is the economic development agency for the parts of Camden, Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets which border the City.
In 2006 we were asked to set up a ‘Cluster Action Group’ for the area to represent the needs of the Hospitality and Catering Industry. The CAG was responsible for putting together a Sector Investment Plan to lever in public and private funding to respond to industry concerns.
We also mapped training provision and how well the industry in the City Fringe area was marketed. This included producing a sector orientated marketing guide for training purposes.
More recently we have won a commission from the LDA to deliver a set of measures to improve the visitor economy of the city fringe through creative and tourism small and medium enterprises. The project is being delivered in partnership with Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA) also includes training and marketing elements, and we will be drawing on our experience in other sectors to aid tourism in the area.
Renaisi were also commissioned to manage a capacity building scheme for a cluster of printing and publishing companies located around Brick Lane in Tower Hamlets and Hackney. The £75,000 scheme supported 76 businesses, drawn predominantly from the Bangladeshi community, to access IT and printer equipment, in order to promote business growth and enterprise.
We have recently been awarded the contract to run round two of this funding which expands the project out to businesses in Islington and Camden.
