Staffordshire Means Back to Business - Covid-19 business support newsletter

Staffordshire County Council sent this bulletin at 10-07-2020 10:34 AM BST

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What the Chancellor's mini-budget means for your business

In his open letter to all businesses in Staffordshire, the Leader of Staffordshire County Council talks about:

  • 'Super Saturday' and how businesses really pulled out all the stops
  • What the mini-budget means for Staffordshire businesses, and how to stay up to date with the detail
  • how the last free packs of PPE are available to small business 
  • how the new Redundancy and Recruitment Triage Service is the best way for businesses having to restructure to support their staff into new careers in growing sectors - all at no cost 

 

 Read the open letter to all businesses from the Leader of SCC 
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GET FUNDED:  Now's the time to train your staff, and get funding up to £5k

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“Covid-19 is the economic crisis nobody saw coming and has changed how we’ll all work in the future.  Whether your business has been hit hard by COVID-19 or thrived, you need to think about upskilling your staff now to not get left behind.

You often don’t know what you don’t know when it comes to skills. We can help."

That’s the message from Suzanne Quin from the Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce who heads up the LEP’s Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Skills Hub, an ESF funded initiative.

We spent five minutes with her to find out why the next thing business leaders need to think about is skills training, and how most people have got it wrong when they think it costs the earth.

READ MORE: FREE funding for skills - Five minutes with Suzanne Quinn

SIGN UP: to a free Skills Hub webinar to help your business grow and cover the costs

CASE STUDY:  Bringing businesses and training providers together in lockdown - Townhouse Communications

CONTACT THE SKILLS HUB and get funding

 

PLACE BRAND: Virtual workshops to boost Staffordshire's economy

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How would you describe Staffordshire to 'sell' it to visitors, investors, businesses... and to encourage local pride?

Not easy.. is it? But it's now more important than ever and is an essential part of helping Staffordshire recover from Covid-19.

To help kick start the Staffordshire economy we're developing a new, powerful story about our county, and need your thoughts and insight in a virtual workshop.

We will be hosting four ‘virtual’ workshops using the Zoom platform on the below dates. If you would like to get involved, please register for one session and joining instructions with further information will follow ahead of the session.

The sessions are being held on the following dates:

Thursday 16th July 2.30 - 4.00pm

Wednesday 22nd July 5.00 - 6.30pm

Thursday 23rd July 1.00 - 2.30pm

Thursday 30th July 9.00 - 10.30am

Places are limited, so please register as soon as you can!

REGISTER FOR A PLACE