Specialist support for ambitious businesses of all sizes to access finance, innovate, digitise, and explore new markets—across East Sussex.
Ambition to Action is a business support programme for helping fast growing businesses drive economic growth across East Sussex.
Ambition to Action is a business support programme for helping ambitious businesses drive economic growth across East Sussex. If your business operates across many of East Sussex’s sectors such as the creative, cultural and digital industries; construction and engineering; agricultural and environmental services; food services; visitor and cultural economy, or located in a rural or coastal community, we can help you with our expertise in growth strategy, innovation and unlocking growth barriers.
 | Your journey so far and your growth objectives |
We begin by helping you clarify your growth objectives and align them with your long-term vision; this focuses on mapping out the priorities that will drive sustainable progress for your business.
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Application of diagnostic and AI tools to understand your specific challenges and opportunities |
Using proprietary tools such as GROWTHmapper® and GrowthCanvas™, alongside market-leading platforms like GrantFinder and Beauhurst, we conduct a detailed diagnostic to uncover growth barriers and identify new opportunities for funding, partnerships, and expansion.
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An action plan to drive your company forward |
We create a tailored action plan designed to accelerate your growth. This includes facilitating peer-to-peer connections and introducing you to the wider business support network and ecosystem in East Sussex, ensuring you have access to collaborative opportunities.
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Specialist Consultant |
For businesses with significant growth potential, and who face a challenge or opportunity that requires specific support, we will make an introduction to a specialist consultant who is experienced or qualified in that particular field. The aim of this intervention is to maximise the growth prospects for your business.
Ambition to Action operates in the funding local authorities of East Sussex County Council’s: Eastbourne, Lewes, Rother, and Wealden. Its focus on inclusivity, digital transformation, and low-carbon transition directly supports the county’s mission to become a place where “people live and work well” by 2050.
By providing insightful business diagnostic and action planning, tailored support and specialist expertise ‘Ambition to Action’ will enhance productivity, foster sustainable business practices, and respond effectively to technological shifts and evolving market demands.
This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
