Economic Development

• Business continuity planning for businesses

• Find out about business continuity planning, the reasons for having and developing an effective plan to provide resilience in the event of a disaster.

• Business grants and assistance

• Find out how Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) provide business grants and assistance.

• Business sites and premises search

• Search the business sites and premises database for vacant industrial sites, retail units, warehouses, shops, offices in Eden available to rent, lease and buy.

• Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership

• Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is the strategic economic development organisation for Cumbria.

• Invest in Eden

• Business investment and Eden area promotion website

• Penrith Business Improvement District (BID)

• A Business Improvement District for Penrith established on 1 April 2013 was renewed for a further 5 year term from 1 April 2018.

• Penrith Industrial Estates BID

• A Business Improvement District (BID) for Penrith’s industrial estates was voted for by businesses in the BID ballot on 26 April 2018.

• Public weighbridges

• There are three public weighbridges in Eden, at Shap, Edenhall and Penrith.

• Starting up a business

• Business start up advice on Invest in Eden website provide links to information you may find useful when setting up a business.

• The Economy of Eden

• The Eden economy tends to specialise in consumer services, due to the importance of the tourism industry in the area.

• UK Shared Prosperity Fund

• The UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides funding for local investment to support the growth and prosperity of Eden district.