[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 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.