Sheffield businesses set to grow business relationships with India

By OEM Update Editorial July 24, 2020 12:28 pm IST

The Sheffield City Region has revealed the five local businesses that have been accepted onto the second phase of its India Growth Champions Scheme, delivered in association with the UK India Business Council.

The India Growth Champions Scheme provides participants with £5,000 worth of support to help build partnerships and gain experience in working with Indian companies and organisations. With only five places available on the scheme and a high calibre of entries from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), successful businesses were chosen based on their credentials and ability to showcase their commitment to developing new business opportunities in India.

Sir Nigel Knowles, International Advisor to the Mayor of the Sheffield City Region, said: “We are excited to welcome these five businesses onto the India Growth Champions scheme. As the most rapidly expanding of all G20 countries, India offers huge potential in the digitisation of advanced manufacturing and shares many industrial synergies with our region. We are confident that with the support offered through the Scheme, our team of experts can guide our champions and help them to open up new opportunities in India.”

Over the coming months, the champions will each receive ten days of dedicated support which will include the development of an India business plan, company-specific market research and competitor analysis, workshops and business mentoring. The scheme will also culminate in a five-day trade mission to India in 2021, during which the champions will attend a minimum of five appointments with potential Indian business partners.