 Sandwell Business support 2024
When Sandwell businesses thrive, they create jobs, raise aspirations, boost skills and generate wealth for our local economy. You’re Sandwell’s lifeblood – and so our Sandwell Business Growth Team is here to champion your business at every stage.
This year we’ve got a wide range of support to help you thrive and grow. We are offering guidance, networking opportunities and finance for companies both new and established.
Read more here.
‘Better mental health’ sessions
Tough Enough to Care, a mental health charity funded by Sandwell Public Health, is hosting free-to-attend mental health sessions.
These sessions are 90 minutes long and can be brought to you or held in a venue that suits you. You can also arrange to have them online.
During the sessions you will find out how to:
• Reduce stigma around mental health in your community and promote help seeking behaviour
• Increase awareness of support available in your community
• Promote the use of tools and resources to help maintain good emotional wellbeing.
To book a session use this email or go here for more information.
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Free health checks in Sandwell
This January, Sandwell Council in partnership with Randox Health is helping Sandwell residents get the best possible start to the year by providing diagnostic NHS health checks.
The health checks include testing for diabetes, heart and kidney disease, and hypertension. Sandwell Council and partners will offer them to residents aged between 40 and 74 (who have not previously suffered coronary heart disease, strokes, diabetes, or kidney disease). These test will take place in Sandwell or if convenient Birmingham.
Read more and book here.
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 Black Country SEND Employment Forum
Sandwell Council is holding a SEND (special education needs and disabilities) forum and networking event on Wednesday 28 February.
The inclusive SEND employment forum aims to show employers how they can take practical steps to put disability confidence into action in the workplace. The ways they can do this include via supported internships, work experience placements, industry visits and job carving.
Go here for more information.
FSB Small Business Awards
It’s time to send your entries in to the FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2024. There are twelve categories, open to all small businesses and self-employed people from anywhere in the UK. There is even a brand new category for 2024, celebrating franchise businesses. Winning, or being shortlisted for, one of these prestigious awards is a great way to gain national recognition for your business success.
Sponsored by Tyl by NatWest and others, the awards are free to enter. Finalists get an invitation to a free networking event in March, and a free ticket to the awards ceremony.
Find out how to apply here.
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International trade workshops
We are holding a series of international trade workshops for Sandwell businesses. These workshops are hosted by us and delivered by experts from Falsum Consulting Ltd.
The fourth workshop in the series takes place on Thursday 22 February at Jack Judge House in Oldbury. It’s called ‘Ambition to export: mapping and accessing new markets’. It is an introduction to exporting and fully revised to reflect Brexit issues and current practices.
The workshop will cover the key points of exporting, including export documentation and working with freight forwarders. It is ideal for any businesses new to export or for anyone whose job has an export connection.
Learn more and sign up here.
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 We're in the Express & Star
Check out the Express & Star‘s ‘Regeneration West Midlands’ supplement for January 2024. It contains a lot of information about our support for Sandwell’s businesses.
We have a double-page spread in the 24-page Regeneration West Midlands pull-out from the Express & Star for January 2024. Pages twelve and thirteen outline our extensive support for Sandwell businesses this year, underpinned by our Sandwell Business Growth Plan.
Read more here.
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