WIll provide professional services eith back-office function for clients looking to expand locally or relocate to Leicester or Leicestershire.

Invest Leicestershire part of Leicester Shire Promotions and the official inward investment agency for Leicester and Leicestershire has announced a new Professional Services Partnership initiative.

The new scheme is aimed at building relationships with professional service companies in Leicester and Leicestershire. As part of this new partnership, Invest Leicestershire will act as a virtual back-office advisory function for clients of the professional services company who may be looking to expand their business within Leicester or Leicestershire, or relocate to the area from outside of the city and county.

Invest Leicestershire will provide partners and their clients with a range of services including:

Commercial property services - in helping to identify property solutions and the promotion of commercial property through out Leicester and Leicestershire;

Workforce recruitment and training - by sourcing labour, training programmes and promotion of Leicestershire as a place to work and live;

Funding and grants - through supplying intelligence on potential funding sources to support business growth;

Location knowledge and promotion - by arranging familiarisation visits and making the econimic and lifestlye case for Leicester and Leicestershire.

Ian Borley, Senior Partner at KPMG an Invest Leicestershire Professional Services partner, said:
"We are in regular contact with businesses looking to expand and relocate. By working in partnership with Invest Leicestershire, we can improve our fulfilment of the needs of the client, as well as assist in securing greater investment for Leicestershire. It''s a real win for all involved our clients, our business and the local economy."

Martin Peters, Chief Executive of Leicester Shire Promotions, added:
"The professional services sector is firmly established in Leicester and Leicestershire. Their clients regularly include existing local companies who may be interested in growing their operations or businesses from outside of the destination who could be encouraged to relocate here and invest in the local economy. By forming partnerships with such organisations, not only can we can offer a value-added function to the partner''s operation to the benefit of their own clients, but we will also help to grow the local economy by looking at opportunities to create and safeguard jobs."

For more details on the Professional Services programme, please contact William Presland at Leicester Shire Promotions on 0116 225 4082 or email William.presland@l-p-l.com