HOVIP - Heads of the Valley Innovation Programme

Heads of the Valley Innovation Programme

A Unique Opportunity to Become More Profitable

Testimonials

"Joining the Innovation Programme is a massive eye opener, very creative and the content is outstanding. I don't think that there is an organisation that wouldn't benefit. A massive thumbs up!"

D. Davies, Abergavenny Fine Foods Ltd.

For Businesses with more than 20 Employees

Have you ever asked yourself?

  • How can we encourage staff to help improve the business?
  • How can we improve customer service?
  • How can we save money?
  • How can we improve team working and communications?
  • How can we make meetings more productive?
  • How can we make our systems and processes more effective

To gain and maintain the edge in today's face-paced business environment, you have to keep moving forward and challenge your people to be the best they can be. Specific departmental problems have to be balanced against the strategic development of the whole business. And generating and implementing ideas to improve people, products, processes, services and markets are critical to success.

HOVIP can help you tackle these challenges to achieve sustainable results, whether they are strategic challenges or specific problems, whether they are relevant to the whole business or just one department.

Relevant opportunities for your business

Opportunity Availability
Creativity & Innovation Taster Workshop This service is available
Business Challenge Workshop (open) This service is available
Client-Specific Business Challenge Workshop This service is available
Implementation Support This service is available
Innovation Strategy & Action plan This service is available
Partner Services This service is available
Innovation Awards This service is available
Innovation Marketplace Event This service is available
Practice Enterprise Network This service is not available

To be eligible to participate in this exciting programme and benefit from the preferential rates and unique services, your business must be based in one of these local authority areas:- Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf or Torfaen

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  • BT
  • HSBC Bank plc
  • NGB
  • NESTA
  • Wales Quality Centre

Heads of the Valleys Innovation Programme (HOVIP) aims to increase the capacity for innovation in businesses in the region. Phase 1 was KEF ESF Funded and hosted by Merthyr Tydfil College. HOVIP2 is supported by the Welsh Assembly Government HoV Regeneration initiative and is hosted by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.