 People who are thinking about starting their own business can now get the help they need from a new Staffordshire County Council programme.
The Staffordshire Start-Up Programme is all the support you'd expect, but the series of online workshops, mentoring and practical support will also help you to make sure your business is robust to any future economic shocks, such as the Covid-19 outbreak.
Provided by the Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the county council, the programme is primarily targeted at those who have lost their job or are at risk because of Covid-19, or just couldn't get their own fledgling business to thrive before lockdown.
Places are limited so speak to the Growth Hub now
WATCH: What is the Staffordshire Start-Up Programme?
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APPLY: to the Growth Hub on 0300 111 8002. Places are limited!
 Our partners at Newcastle Borough Council have put together a checklist that you can use to:
- check that that you are able to open and what to do if you can't control the risk of coronavirus
- explore the range of control measures to consider to trade in-line with Government requirements and public expectation, while also addressing your responsibilities under Health and Safety law, where no sector specific guidance exists.
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 Updated advice and short videos have been put together for those businesses who can reopen from the 15th June. The new toolkit includes ready-made posters and social media collateral that you can download and display to show your customers that your business is Covid-19 secure.
The guidance is broken down according to type of workplace rather than sector, with eight sets of guidelines in total, so it's important that you know that you may need to look at several publications according to your particular circumstances.
POSTER and DOWNLOADABLE ASSETS - Show that you're Covid-19 secure and ready for business
UPDATED GUIDANCE
Video: Help for people in retail
Video: Help for people in logistics
Video: Help for tradespeople
Video: Help for people in manufacturing
Video: Help for people in construction
 The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Enterprise Partnership brings together different organisations to support businesses and to support long-term growth and stability, which is now more important than ever.
Alun Rogers, Chair of the LEP, and owner of digital business Risual explains what the LEP does and what it is doing during the Covid-19 outbreak and into the future.
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