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BIS local offices


BIS Local staff are unable to provide business support or information. Businesses who are seeking advice should go to www.businesslink.gov.uk in the first instance. For those unable to find what they are looking for, contact the Business Link helpline on 0845 600 9 006 for further assistance.

BIS now has a network of six teams set up to drive economic growth at local level. The teams will support the delivery of BIS policy on the ground by:

  • Supporting BIS Ministerial business including briefing and visits
  • Leading BIS’ relationships with Local Enterprise Partnerships and local government to help them understand BIS national policy priorities, assist in coordination of economic development delivery, and help partnerships build their capacity and capability
  • Providing hard and soft intelligence and ensure effective coordination of government responses to economic shocks, including major company failures
  • Maintaining strong links with selected large businesses, key sectors and local business bodies, to build local understanding and buy-in to BIS policies, and
  • Providing BIS with the local intelligence needed to understand the impact of policies and contribute to the development of new policies

These offices will cover the following areas, and with lead contacts initially as indicated (email addresses will be established using the format firstname.lastname@bis.gsi.gov.uk):

BIS Office Lead Contact  Contact DetailsAlternative Contact
North West David Higham

Tel: 0161 261 0380

Email direct to David: David.Higham@bis.gsi.gov.uk 

Tel: 0161 261 0480
Yorkshire, Humber
and North East
Isobel Mills

Tel: 0113 203 3700
Mobile: 07808 718101
Email: Isobel.mills@bis.gsi.gov.uk

sue.price@bis.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: 07825 841 836

West Midlands Tony Bray

Tel: 0121 345 2209
Mobile: 07824 342076
Email: tony.bray@bis.gsi.gov.uk

kaldip.uppal@bis.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: 0121 345 2209

East Midlands and
South East Midlands
including Milton
Keynes, Bedford,
Central Bedfordshire,
Luton
Rowena Limb

Mobile: 07717 308786
Email: rowena.limb@bis.gsi.gov.uk

 

Stewart.bembridge@bis.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: 0782 590 5826

London and East,
covering London,
Kent, Medway, East
Sussex, Essex,
Thurrock, Southend
Suffolk, Norfolk,
Hertfordshire,
Cambridgeshire,
Peterborough, Rutland
Ian Gregory

Tel: 020 7215 3975
Mobile: 07796 997 449
Email: ian.gregory@bis.gsi.gov.uk

peter.northover@bis.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: 01223 771866 or 07825 841820.

South Central and
West, covering rest
of South East
and South West
Ian Coates

Tel: 0303 444 4621
Mobile: 07824 596797
Email: ian.coates@bis.gsi.gov.uk

Maria.taylorwoodward@bis.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: 0303 444 4620