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27 Jan 2023
The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership continued to deliver real results for the region throughout 2022 – despite a challenging background.
And the LEP – and its business support arm The Marches Growth Hub – says it will work alongside the whole business community throughout 2023 to help shape future investment plans for the region.
The LEP has now invested more than £196million across...
10 Jan 2023
A new £1.5million scheme to help businesses improve their energy efficiency and drive down carbon emissions has been launched by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership.
The Marches Energy Grant is open to all businesses in the region and offers a free energy efficiency audit and grants of up to £20,000 towards more energy efficient equipment to cut power bills and emissions.
The grant is part...
03 Jan 2023
A Shropshire construction company has become the latest organisation to signal its support for serving and former armed forces personnel after completing the build of the UK’s first ever specialist orthopaedic centre for military veterans.
Pave Aways, which handed over the Headley Court Veterans’ Orthopaedic Centre at the world-renowned The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS...
18 Jan 2022
A Shropshire charity has launched a grant scheme for organisations helping people self-isolating.
Community Resource, formerly known as Shropshire Rural Communities Charity (RCC), is offering grants between £500 and £7,000 for projects that help people who have faced challenges including loneliness, isolation and poor mental health because of the pandemic.
The scheme is being funded by Shropshire...
15 Jun 2021
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, which opened a charity shop in the Darwin Shopping Centre last year, could not operate without its trusted family of volunteers.
The shop helps raise money to fund local lifesaving air ambulance missions, but could be forced to close on certain days due to low volunteer numbers. The team is therefore asking the Shrewsbury community to find out about the Covid-19...
29 Mar 2016
Parishioners using a village hall near Shrewsbury will now be warm and snug thanks to a generous donation from a local renewable energy company.
Stapleton Village Hall, near Dorrington, now boasts a state-of-the-art solar panel energy system following the donation and installation by neighbouring firm ESP Energy of Stapleton.
Village hall committee treasurer, Winston Roberts, said: “Our village...
24 Mar 2015
Sharenergy and Sustainable Bridgnorth have resubmitted a turbine planning application this week for the Crida Community Wind project. Sustainable Bridgnorth is a local organisation, run by volunteers, which had previously applied to install two turbines on land near Meadowley (3 miles west of Bridgnorth).
Following objections, the application was re-examined to see if there was any way to reduce...
12 Mar 2015
Every few months, I provide a summary of interesting things which clients are up too. Spring is certainly a season of the year where many small businesses launch into new programmes or activities - and 2015 is no exception!
Many clients have been looking to refresh and update their online presence. Adorn Studio in Shrewsbury, have recently incorporated an online shop into their website - selling...
18 Feb 2015
Local, independent charity for older people, Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin is setting up a Shrewsbury Supporters Group.
Heather Osborne, the charity’s chief executive says:
‘As a local older people’s charity we provide a range of different services across Shropshire. We support 39 social centres for frail older people, each of which is run one day a week by a superb team of volunteers,...
23 Jan 2015
The ‘MAYSI’ project is unique within the County. It was initiated by Mayfair to enable users of the Service to retain their independence. The philosophy behind this project is based upon supporting independence within an individual's home.
Who is it for? If you are:
Experiencing difficulties due to reduced independence?
Struggling to cope with everyday chores?
Feeling isolated and lonely at times...
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