The final evaluation report of the RE4D project has been published and the project has come out well overall, showing good value for money and achieved the vast majority of its economic targets.

"Demand side support was useful and valued by clients. The holistic nature of this support was an important component and clients valued the advice provided by mentors."

"RE4D has played a strong role in the growth of the (RE) sector locally through stimulating demand, supporting providers to develop their businesses and creating jobs and sales."

"In terms of unit costs RE4D compares favourably with a range of relevant benchmarks including: Assumptions supporting the new Compeitiveness programme, the Objective 2 programme assumptions and Business Resource Efficiency and Waste programme metric results. When intangible benefits are considered the project offers excellent value for money."

You can download the report here:

RE4D Final Report