- South East England Development Agency
Infobox public organisation
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full_name= South East England Development Agency
territory=South East England
status=Regional development agency
appointment=Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
leadership= Appointed board
founded= 1999
budget=
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homepage= http://www.seeda.co.uk/SEEDA, more officially the South East England Development Agency, is one of a number of Regional Development Agencies in the
UK . It was set up as aNon-Departmental Public Body in 1999 to promote the region and to enable a number of more difficult regeneration projects which otherwise might not take place. It coversBerkshire ,Buckinghamshire ,East Sussex ,Hampshire , theIsle of Wight ,Kent ,Oxfordshire ,Surrey andWest Sussex .Projects
Projects include:
*A number in theThames Gateway area;
*Regeneration of the Kent Coalfield;
*Development plans for the Ashford area;
*A plan for the regeneration ofHastings andBexhill , including town centre improvements, new housing and the development of a newuniversity ;
*The 'Building for Nature' advisory service, which aims to help developers produce projects in the most environmentally-friendly way;
*Helping and advising farmers and rural businesses;
*Abroadband programme to ensure more remote businesses and residences have high speed internet access;
*Supporting start-up businesses at enterprise hubs (eventually 30 are planned):cite web | url = http://www.enterprisehubnetwork.co.uk/index.php | title=SEEDA Enterprise Hub Network | publisher = SEEDA | accessdate = April 8 | accessyear = 2007]
**Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Hub , based atBuckingham
**Canterbury Enterprise Hub , based atCanterbury
**Eastbourne Enterprise Hub , based atEastbourne
**Farnborough Enterprise Hub , based at Farnborough and launchedJuly 19 ,2006
**Food Technology Enterprise Hub , based at Reading
**Gatwick Diamond Enterprise Hub , based atCrawley
**East Sussex Enterprise Hub , based atEastbourne andHastings
**High Wycombe Enterprise Hub , based atHigh Wycombe
**Isle of Wight Enterprise Hub , based at Newport on theIsle of Wight
**Medway Enterprise Hub , based at Chatham
**Milton Keynes Enterprise Hub , based atMilton Keynes
**Newbury Enterprise Hub , based at Newbury
**Oxfordshire Enterprise Hub , based inBicester and Harwell
**Reading Enterprise Hub , based on the Whiteknights Campus of theUniversity of Reading in Reading
**Sittingbourne Enterprise Hub , based on theKent Science Park nearSittingbourne
**Slough Enterprise Hub , based atSlough
**Solent Enterprise Hub , based atPortsmouth
**Southampton Enterprise Hub , based atSouthampton
**Surrey Enterprise Hub , based atGuildford
*Supporting existing businesses through 16 'enterprise gateways' (eventually 20 are planned): Adur (based inShoreham-by-Sea ), Arun & Littlehampton (primarily coversBognor Regis andLittlehampton ), Chilterns (based inHigh Wycombe , gives particular support to bespoke furniture makers), EastKent (based inDover ),Faringdon (covers rural westOxfordshire ),Folkestone ,Medway ,Milton Keynes , Newhaven, Reading, Romney, Rural Hampshire,Slough , South East Hampshire (coversFareham ,Gosport ,Havant andPortsmouth ),Southampton andSurrey .ee also
*
Thames Gateway
*Regional Development Agency
*South East England Regional Assembly References
External links
* [http://www.seeda.co.uk SEEDA]
* [http://www.seedaenterprisehubs.co.uk/ Enterprise Hubs website]
* [http://www.solenthub.co.uk/ Solent Enterprise Hub website]
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