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Business recovery and re-start plans… help with digital marketing
Business recovery and re-start plans… help with digital marketingHere at Worcestershire Business Central, we are talking to lots of local businesses each day, and many of you are now focussing on how to start back to work, and how to manage your business through the...
Salesforce Small Business Grants: £5,000 grants for UK small businesses.
As part of a commitment to small businesses and giving back to the community, Salesforce is partnering with Enterprise Nation to offer eligible firms the opportunity to receive a £5,000 grant to help them through the COVID-19 outbreak. The individual grants have been...
Blue Orchid Enterprise
Blue Orchid Enterprise is one of the UKs most prominent providers of business start-up & support services, delivering advice, guidance and training to small business owners across the Northwest and West Midlands through a range of free programme. This includes the...
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: RECOVERY STRATEGY DETAILS
Following the Prime Minister's announcement on Sunday evening (10 May), the Government have announced further details of the recovery strategy, which you can find here at this link. In addition, please read the following guidance, which they have also published to...
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW COVID-19 LOCKDOWN UPDATE
The Prime Minister addressed the nation yesterday (10 May 2020) announcing measures regarding lockdown regulations across the country. Businesses looking for an update on what measures the government would make to take the UK forward during the coronavirus pandemic,...
Risk assessments for business recovery during Covid-19
Getting businesses back to work in accordance with the Government guidance is key. Its vital that this is done safely. As we face a gradual ease on the Lockdown regulations in the coming weeks and months, we need to ensure that businesses are safe for employees and...
Advisors ready to help commercialise low carbon ideas
The Low Carbon Opportunities Programme (LOCOP) have contracted Shrewsbury Business Consulting Ltd to support Worcestershire businesses in developing ideas that reduce environmental impact through innovation. The innovation strand of LOCOP, supports businesses in the...
WBC Business Support Webinars: Virtual 90-day crisis management planning
Prepare your business to survive during the pandemic & plan for the future. Book Now for this FREE WBC webinar. Worcestershire Business Central are delighted to be able to offer a series of webinars for businesses to provide on-line coaching for groups of...
Worcestershire Community Foundation’s Covid-19 appeal leads to £110,000 in donations
A recently launched Covid-19 appeal by the Worcestershire Community Foundation has enabled grants of over £100,000 which are already helping 40 different organisations across Worcestershire. The Foundation’s ongoing fundraising campaign, which also includes money and...
WBC BLOG – FINDING THE SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS
Knowing where to access the most up to date information regarding the business support available from the Government and other organisations is tricky at the moment. The information is changing so quickly, day by day in some cases.At Worcestershire Business Central...