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05 Dec 2022
An event to highlight the many funding options available to businesses in the Marches has been hailed a huge success.
The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership hosted the event for intermediaries working with businesses across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin to help them direct their clients to the huge range of funding and support on offer.
The event, staged at Telford College...
07 Sep 2022
A free carbon literacy workshop to help businesses across the region prepare for looming climate challenges is to be held in Shrewsbury.
The programme, led by Business Net Zero’s sustainability consultants and trainers Sue Burnell and Kevin Oubridge, is provided by the Marches Growth Hub Shropshire in partnership with Business Net Zero and CREST.
The workshop and online sessions are free to...
18 Aug 2022
Businesses are being urged to sign up to a network dedicated to supporting the development of future talent across the Marches.
The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership and the Marches Careers Hub want to recruit more volunteer enterprise advisers to give schools and colleges across the region a vital insight into the world of work.
Enterprise advisers take on a strategic role, working with staff...
07 Jul 2022
Supporting young people in the Marches area with the best possible careers education is the priority for the new face at the helm.
Andriané Usherwood-Brown has been appointed as strategic lead for the Marches Careers Hub, where she was previously enterprise co-ordinator for the Telford & Wrekin area.
Andriané said: “I’m really looking forward to continuing the work the hub has been doing...
27 May 2022
Entries are now open for the most prestigious awards available to UK businesses – and firms in Shropshire are being encouraged to apply for this year’s prize.
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are awarded to businesses for outstanding achievement in four categories: International Trade, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Promoting Opportunity.
Businesses across Shropshire and Telford &...
17 Jan 2022
A multi-million pound investment in town and city centres across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin is helping to herald a new era for the region, the partnership’s deputy chair said today.
Sonia Roberts says the Marches LEP has been a key champion of the region’s historic town centres in the ten years since it was formed – investing tens of millions of pounds to help create...
11 Mar 2019
The region’s leading businesswomen have been urged to join the drive to build a vibrant economy for the Marches for years to come.
Marches Local Enterprise Partnership director Gill Hamer called on women to step forward and help shape the economic future of the area by applying for two vacancies on the LEP board.
Her call came at a special event to celebrate International Women’s Day hosted by...
25 Sep 2017
Businesses and organisations have until the end of this year to apply for grants of up to £170,000 for new initiatives that will boost visitor numbers to Shropshire.
A total of £3.5 million is on offer in the region for eligible rural businesses through DEFRA’s latest round of funding in its Growth Programme.
The grants are funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD),...
31 Aug 2016
A business support event as part of the new Marches Growth Hub #GetDigital campaign is to be live streamed across three locations later this month.
The campaign, aimed at helping businesses to take advantage of digital marketing to grow their enterprises, is running during September to November.
The live streamed event, How to win friends and influence people on social media and Google, will be...
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