Companies need to know about development funds, locations, business parks, contacts and planning permission. They will find reliable help at Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft (WFG, Herne Business Development Agency), whose staff and consultants will support them in developing the first tentative concept, remove obstacles, make timely contact with regulatory agencies and decision makers, and thus smooth the way through official procedures.
The WFG offers advice, mentoring, and up-to-the-minute information:
- for businesses becoming resident in the area
- for businesses starting up or expanding
- for businesses in a crisis situation
- on issues relating to location, especially application for planning permission and search for the right headquarters location
- on questions of development funds and incentives for business investment
- in liaising with and coordinating contacts with authorities, chambers of trade and commerce
- in finding commercial space and property, real estate for sale, lease or rent and properties available through the Business Development Centres
- in promoting innovation in close cooperation with its own and with neighbouring transfer and advisory agents
