A series of free resources have been produced by Worcestershire County Council to help businesses reinforce safety guidelines in the workplace. Businesses are being encouraged to use these free resources to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 amongst staff. The support...
WBC Business Blog – February 2021
As we progress into February, the team at Worcestershire Business Central have been working hard to deliver support to organisations during this vital time. I am very pleased to say that our Peer Networks programme has gotten underway with all of the cohorts now...
Local District grants still available to businesses
Organisations across Worcestershire are being reminded that there is still COVID support funds available. These support funds are being administered directly from the District Councils in Worcestershire. Those interested in accessing this support funding need to...
WBC Business Blog – January 2021
Since we last sent out our update, we have been working hard on getting our new support programmes in place. We are very pleased to be able to offer Peer to Peer networks to Worcestershire businesses. Hopefully you will have seen some of our promotions around this...
Places limited for Worcestershire Peer Networks programme
Worcestershire Business Central are delivering the Government's Peer Networks programme in the county. The Peer Networks initiative is designed to help businesses by creating diverse cohort groups of individuals to collaboratively work through common business issues....
New Business Advisors appointed to support Worcestershire Businesses
A number of specialist business advisers have been appointed through Worcestershire Business Central to help businesses. These new business advisers have been selected to provide support to companies both large and small across the county. The support from these...
Deadline to enter the Manufacturing Growth Barometer
SME Manufacturers are being encouraged to share their views in the Manufacturing Growth Barometer before the deadline. The Manufacturing Barometer survey is open for SME manufacturers to have their say by Friday 22 January 2021. The focus for this quarter’s survey is...
Turning your Low Carbon idea into a profitable business
Local organisations are being invited to attend the upcoming Low Carbon virtual event on "Turning your Low Carbon idea into a profitable business". The market for low carbon and environmentally friendly products and services is thriving, and growing rapidly. There has...
Take part in research to improve Companies House platform
The team at Companies House are asking businesses to share their thoughts on the service. Like everyone over the last few months, the user research team at Companies House has had to adapt its way of working. An essential part of a user researcher's role is to plan...
New Internalisation fund open for applications from SMEs
SMEs are now able to apply for co-investment funding from the Department for international Trade's (DIT) new Internationalisation Fund using European Regional Development Funding (ERDF). Ministers announced, as part of the Government’s Export Growth Plan to help...
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