east midlands development agency

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Abbreviation	emda
Formation	April 1999
Dissolved	March 2012 (announced 2010)
Legal status	Government agency
Purpose	Government funding for the East Midlands
Location	Apex Court, London Road, Nottingham
Region served	East Midlands
Chief Executive	Jeff Moore
Main organ	EMDA Board
Parent organization	BIS
Affiliations	EMRA, UKTI
Budget	£159m (2008-9)[1]

east midlands development agency, abbreviated emda, was the regional development agency for the East Midlands region of England formed in 1999 and dissolved in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

emda’s office was located next to a Premier Inn, BBC East Midlands (and Radio Nottingham), and the NHS walk-in centre on London Road on a roundabout called 'Boots Island' on the A60.

From April 2010, the functions of the former East Midlands Regional Assembly were transferred to emda.

The Chairman of the Board of emda was Dr Bryan Jackson OBE. Previous Chairmen were Derek Mapp (left 2004) and Chief Executive, Martin Briggs (left 2005).

It claimed to produce £1bn in economic benefits each year to the region.^{[citation needed]}

The area has large healthcare and engineering companies. The knowledge economy in the area (which emda is particularly interested in) is based around Nottingham, Leicester and Loughborough universities, nearby to which science parks are situated.^{[citation needed]}

The Government Office for the East Midlands was based on Talbot Street in Nottingham.

In June 2010, it was announced that emda would be abolished and replaced by local enterprise partnerships by 2012. EMDA was abolished on 31 March 2012.

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