Hub Highlights from the Shropshire Growth Hub

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A collaborative space to meet others and find practical solutions to support your business…

☑️ Is your business based in Shropshire?

☑️ Do you want to collaborate with like minded business people?

☑️ Are you looking to develop positive actions to support your business?

The Marches Growth Hub Shropshire in collaboration with Good2Great invites you to meet, network, share learning and develop a plan for your business moving forward.

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7th year of running our International Women’s Day event – don’t miss out

International Women's Day Event

We are delighted to join forces once more for our sell out event with Hollie Whittles from FraggleWorks and the Federation of Small Businesses to bring yet another fabulous line-up of special guests to the county.

It will take place on Friday 7th March kindly hosted by the team at High Grosvenor House in Claverley, near Bridgnorth.

Headline speaker is Karmen Novak from international beauty brand Flower and Spice who is flying in from Amsterdam to come and speak. Karmen Novak’s brand, Flower and Spice Modern Apothecary, is a harmonious blend of luxury and nature. Partnering with distributors in Switzerland and China, she is taking Flower and Spice Modern Apothecary to new heights.

Guided by her mantra, “Anyone can change their profession and destiny by learning something new—it’s never too late to pursue what makes you truly happy,” Karmen transformed her passion into a purpose-driven business.

Find out more and register: International Womens Day 2025 - Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Tickets, Fri 7 Mar 2025 at 11:45 | Eventbrite


Get up to £2,500 to Grow Your Business – Apply for Your Innovation Voucher!

The Innovation Voucher grants are available to support small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the Shropshire Council area. We have two £2500 vouchers and one £1500 vouchers available for a limited amount of time only!

The grants can be used by businesses to support their innovation and growth of their business; it can be used to access external expertise, such as consultants, software developers, marketing agencies, or knowledge based institutions to develop new products, services, or internal processes etc.

Grants are £1 for £1 match funded. What this means is that if you are applying for an Innovation Voucher grant of £2,500, your project must cost a minimum of £5,000 (ex. VAT if your business is VAT registered), this is also known as a 50% match requirement.

Applications must be for future projects (i.e. not have started yet) and must be completed within 1 month receiving an approval email.

Please note, the Innovation Voucher grants do not cover any capital cost projects.

How do I Apply?

Apply as soon as possible, complete the online form.


The StartUp Idea of the Year competition offers aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to win up to £10,000 in funding

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Have a great business idea, game-changing product or service, or a growth strategy you want to
implement and need the cash to make it happen?Enterprise Nation is collaborating with Monzo on the Startup Idea of the Year competition, giving
you the chance to win up to £10,000 to help bring your idea to life.

Apply now: https://bit.ly/StartUpIdeaGrant

Applications close on the 28 February 2025. Ts&Cs apply. Eligible applicants will receive a free six-month subscription to a Monzo Business Pro bank account.
(This offer is subject to Monzo’s Ts&Cs and eligibility criteria, and is only for new Monzo Personal
and Business customers. Enterprise Nation will notify eligible applicants when the offer is ready to
be redeemed).


QUESTIONS
If you have any questions, please email Kate Parnell,
programme manager at Enterprise Nation,
at kate@enterprisenation.com