The Marches Growth Hub Shropshire wants businesses to help them develop their new offer for 2024.
The Growth Hub in Shropshire is committed to supporting the growth and success of businesses in the county, and wants to understand the needs and challenges businesses are facing.
Emma Chapman, manager of the Growth Hub in Shropshire, explained:-
“We have dealt with over 27,000 business enquiries in Shropshire over the last five years and have worked with over 1,700 start-up businesses. We are constantly looking to develop and adapt the many free services we provide.
“Consequently we need to know what type of support businesses will need in 2024 and beyond, and want to get as many views as possible through our survey.”
Read the full article: News from our partners: The Marches Growth Hub Shropshire needs your help - Shropshire Council Newsroom
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The Friday Hub is Shropshire’s biggest, regular, FREE, business networking event. Every Friday 9.15-10.15am
To make the Christmas Friday Hub extra special on the 15th December, we'd love to see you in person in Shrewsbury.
Mince pies on arrival and Christmas jumpers obligatory!
Join the Friday Hub In-person (hs-sites.com)
You can also join us online here:
You can register here if you've not before https://bit.ly/G2G1FriHub
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CPRE Shropshire, the countryside charity, is in the third year of its Hedgerow Project and aims to plant 6km+ of new, native hedges in the Shropshire countryside this winter. When mature, hedges are fantastic for nature, providing shelter and food and a wildlife corridor across our landscape.
We are now seeking volunteers to help us get these hedges in the ground!
Could your business help by providing ‘away days’ or volunteer leave for your staff? Hedge planting is a great form of team building, including light physical exercise in the open air in the countryside. There is a great sense of achievement at the end of the session with new skills learned, new friendships forged and new much-needed habitat created for nature. Cake is normally involved too!
Our planting days are 10am to around 1 or 2pm. Tools are provided and a volunteer lead is always on hand to help if people have not planted trees before.
A range of planting sites and dates can be found on our website (see below) or by contacting Sarah Jameson on admin@cpreshropshire.org.uk
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Vibrant Shropshire is the new Cultural Compact for the county, funded by Arts Council England and facilitated by Shropshire Council. It is made up of a volunteer board of representatives from business, education, health, wellbeing and culture to support the delivery of Vibrant Shropshire the county's cultural strategy.
Vibrant Shropshire aims to support the cultural sector to deliver amazing cultural events and activities that help increase the county’s wellbeing, economic development, resilience, sustainability and local pride.
Support comes in many forms such as:
More information about Vibrant Shropshire and their key priorities can he found here:
What is Vibrant Shropshire: A Cultural Compact? | Shropshire Council
How can you get involved?
Vibrant Shropshire is currently developing a network of partners. People can sign up for free and enjoy a range of benefits including:
- Free training and networking events
- Regular newsletters
- The chance to apply for funding
- Get involved with exciting projects
- Be a part of the conversation - join working groups to discuss topics that align with the Vibrant Shropshire priorities and beyond
The best way for you to benefit and make a difference in your community is to be as actively involved in Vibrant Shropshire as you can be. Become a partner and find out more here.
Marches Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIPs) is a Department of Education project to understand the training needs, shortages, and emerging patterns across the Marches (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin). Led by Shropshire Chamber, with assistance from Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber.
The project is England wide. In Stage 1 (2022-2023) we interviewed 463 employers across the Marches, their voices have made change happen. From that intelligence there is now increased Government funding for the Marches area to help alleviate skills shortages through greater training provision. YOUR VOICE will help this change continue and grow.
LSIP Employer Interviews 2023-2025 (V3) Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk)
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Climate change is a global issue affecting us all, and we all have a part to play. As an agricultural and food producing region, Shropshire is particularly susceptible to the damaging effects of
climate change.
With Shropshire Council declaring a climate emergency and aiming to be net zero by 2030, we must act now.
However, for SME’s it can be difficult to know where to begin.
Shropshire Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Shropshire Council Together with the Carbon Trust have put together ten easy steps to help SME’s on their journey to net-zero.
You can access it here: Ten-steps-to-Net-Zero_draft.pdf (marchesgrowthhub.co.uk)
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