20 May 2022
A new skills and enterprise training centre has officially opened in Shropshire with the ambition of supporting hundreds of young people into work or education over the next five years.
The new Landau Training and Enterprise Centre in Wellington will allow people who are currently not in work or education the opportunity to gain hands-on practical experience in several sectors including...
05 Nov 2019
Rural businesses in Shropshire are being invited to apply for up to at least £175,000 in EU grant funding for projects which help grow the regional economy and create new jobs.
DEFRA’s Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Growth Programme provides grants for rural business development, food processing businesses and those involved in rural tourism infrastructure.
Grants, funded by the...
21 Nov 2017
An inaugural conference to celebrate social enterprises across Shropshire has been deemed a huge success by organisers.
Over 60 people attended the event at University Centre Shrewsbury and across other locations in the county on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Directors of community interest company (CIC) Partners for Social Enterprise Jean Jarvis MBE, who runs Fuse CIC based in Ludlow, and...
30 Jan 2015
Are you looking for the ideal fun, educational junk music group? Local entrepreneur and qualified youth worker Mal Brown has started a new artistic social enterprise with a recycling theme.
He teaches you not only how to play but how to make (from recycled materials) Xylo-chairs, Elephant horns, Pan-de-moniums, Pop tubes, Buckets, Bowls, Games and Happiness. You name it if you can whack it or...