 Businesses invited to Corporate Games Launch
Businesses in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are set to benefit as Europe’s largest multisport festival for business returns to the region for a second year.
The UK Corporate games, which will take place from 21 to 24 June 2018 is expected to attract thousands of amateur athletes from top UK companies and boost the local economy. Businesses of all sectors and sizes can get involved.
This year’s Games held in Nottingham in July attracted over 5,000 competitors and generated an estimated £3.8m for the local economy.
Businesses interested in taking part are invited to a special celebration launch event on 4 October at Keele Hall from 6.30pm. Companies can register or find out more at www.corporate-games.com or by calling 01733 380 888.
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 Apprentices 'will help our area thrive and prosper'
More than 120 successful apprentices from across Staffordshire celebrated with their friends, family and employers
at a graduation event on July 19 at Stafford’s
County Showground.
And this year’s graduates were told they would be the
backbone of the region’s increasingly successful economy in the future.
The graduation event was sponsored by local businesses KMF
Metals and Leoni Wiring Systems, along with Newcastle-under-Lyme College,
Staffordshire University, Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City
Council.
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New fibre broadband connection secures business’s county location
 Dom McGrail - Digital by Default based at Fradley Junction
A small business located in rural southern Staffordshire says it is committed to staying in the county after being able to connect to recently installed superfast fibre broadband.
The fibre connection to the offices of creative digital agency Digital by Default has been made possible by the Superfast Staffordshire programme – a partnership between the county council, BT and the Government’s Broadband UK (BDUK) programme.
Digital by Default’s Dom McGrail said without access to fibre broadband, which was installed in February this year, the company faced a move to central Birmingham. Now, Dom and his colleagues can remain in their preferred location – an idyllic canal-side setting at Fradley Junction near Lichfield.
Dom previously had satellite broadband, but its high monthly cost and restricted usage meant that unless an alternative could be found, the company would need to relocate. The business also now has the ability to use voice over internet protocol (VOIP), meaning it has cut out phone costs.
Struggling to get business bank funding?
The
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Business Loan Fund has been especially designed
to meet the needs of Staffordshire based businesses that are unable to get
loans from traditional sources such as banks.
Getting
business finance can sometimes be a problem. Lack of track record, unreasonable
security arrangements, past financial problems or simply not meeting
conventional credit scoring methods may be hindering the process.
The sole purpose if the fund is to provide access to finance to enable businesses to grow
and prosper in the Staffordshire area.
The fund provides loans from £10,000 to
£50,000 to support the growth of local SMEs operating across most market
sectors.
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 Staffordshire Business Awards 2017
More than 420 guests
gathered to honour the county’s greatest business success stories at the
Staffordshire County Showground recently.
Staffordshire Business & Environmental Network (SBEN) proudly sponsored the Small business of the year category – a
highly competitive category won by the Wool Packaging Company based in Stone –
Judges comments included: ‘A highly enthusiastic and driven leadership team’,
‘fantastic innovative and sustainable product’, ‘pushing boundaries and a
market leader’.
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