Calling all food and drink producers in Shropshire: 

the Shropshire Growth Hub is hosting a two-day masterclass series designed to empower you to understand, start, or enhance your sustainability journey, and then create a marketing plan to reach your consumers and ensure that your sustainability developments achieve commercial growth.

Places are limited, so don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn from leaders in their field and share best practice and network with other food and drink producers in the county.

Food & Drink Sustainability Masterclass for Shropshire businesses Tickets, Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite

*An empowering networking and business development event tailored for charities, social enterprises and CICs*

Join us for a morning of connection, inspiration and growth. This dynamic networking event is designed to help you strengthen your skills, share ideas and collaborate with fellow changemakers in Shropshire's vibrant Social Sector.

Business Boost for Charities, Social Enterprises, and CICs Tickets, Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite

Join us and a host of like-minded business professionals for this interactive, fun and informative one-day workshop to learn why we all need to put more of a focus on sustainability and what you can do to get started.

The way we live and work emits so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that we are warming the planet and causing climate change. The impacts of which are fast becoming part of our everyday reality as we experience changing weather patterns.

But, you might be wondering what that has to do with your business, and be asking do I really need to do anything about it?

The answer is yes! And urgently. Here are some of the reasons why:

• If they haven’t already, sooner or later, your supply chain will be asking for your carbon reduction plan and if you don’t have one, you need to get one prepared.
• Customers are becoming increasingly concerned about the sustainability of products and the services they use so if you are making claims about your business you need to understand how genuine they are and avoid greenwashing at all costs.
• Government legislation requires businesses to be at net zero carbon emissions by 2050. To achieve that target, businesses will need to have done most of that work by the end this decade.
• Developing climate resilience plans means as a business you will be better placed to avoid future disruption. Better understanding of the causes and impact can help you plan your response more effectively.
• It’s a fact, sustainable businesses save money, reduce waste and improve staff engagement.

Carbon reduction – get your business on the right path Tickets, Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite

Sustaining Shropshire offers FREE Innovation support, Start up and Business Growth programmes for Shropshire’s entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) operating in the Agri-tech, food, drink and supply chain sectors (*).

It’s key objectives include : Empowering SMEs through collaboration with academics, providing fully funded assistance, and encouraging sector expansion by assisting both existing companies and new entrants.

Join our next Start up programme:

• 8 week course taking place on 5^th, 12^th, 20^th, 27^th June, 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th and 24^th July from 5pm to 8pm, in person at the UK Agri-Tech Centre Midlands Innovation Hub in Newport (TF10 8JZ)
• Small interactive group
• Agri-expert speakers
• Additional optional online drop-in sessions

You will also be able to access free hot desks at the UK Agri-Tech Centre Midlands Innovation Hub and networking opportunities.

Find out more and apply today: https://agri-epicentre.com/innovationbarn/

Sustaining Shropshire is a collaborative project based at @ Harper Adams University with @The School of Sustainable Food and Farming and @UK Agri-Tech Centre. This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Contact

• Phone 07934 123 934
• Email: Christelle.harrison@agri-epicentre.com

(*) eligibility criteria apply

North Shropshire College want to support you unlock your employees potential by building confidence and abilities in numeracy, offering short courses that are needed to support career advancement.  Our courses are free of charge to the participants, and available in the following subjects:

• Increase confidence with numbers
• Manage your money
• Intensive and flexible numeracy
• Helping your children with their numeracy and homework

Learning is flexible and some being self-directed as appropriate, and maybe participants wish to then progress onto one of our evening part-time courses in Functional Skills or GCSE Maths.

If you have enough staff to facilitate a small group, we may be able to offer a more bespoke programme.

To find out more and enquire, just email j.edmunds@hlnsc.ac.uk

This course will increase your profits and make your business Low Carbon.

The Shropshire Chamber of Commerce is running a UKSPF Upskilling Programme fully funded by the UK’s Shared Prosperity Fund. This programme provides a number of courses that Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), based in the Shropshire Council Local Authority area, can access to upskill their workforce to increase productivity and grow.

Find out more: Helping SMEs be more profitable and climate-friendly - Save Our Shropshire