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Take the risk out of growing your business this new year with a £5k grant
Pressing the pause button on your growth may have felt the right thing to do last year...
...but there are many reasons why now's the time to grow, not least that £5,000 grants are now available to SMEs across the county.
We spoke to Julie Evans, To Thrive Grant Scheme Manager, about why she thinks now's the time to grow and why the Staffordshire Means Back to Business To Thrive Grant is a great way to lower your investment risk.
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An extra £1million annual investment in Staffs economy set to go ahead
 An additional £1million per year to boost a range of support and investment programmes is set to be approved by the county council's Cabinet next week.
The county council funding will support existing programmes and further their reach over the next four years. It will help strengthen the successful working between the county council, district and borough councils and other public and private sector organisations to ensure businesses can thrive and people can access better paid jobs.
Funding will support the county council’s highly successful Staffordshire Means Back to Business programmes and work to promote the county as a place to invest and visit through the Destination Management Partnership (DMP).
In addition, it will enable the county council to strengthen its work with district and borough councils to revitalise Staffordshire’s town centres, attracting major investment as ambitious plans for development get up and running.
Other priority areas over the next four years include a focus on delivering new infrastructure projects, following on from the success of projects such as i54 South Staffordshire and the Stafford Western Access Route and ensuring there is support for businesses, particularly small and medium sized ones, to access a skilled workforce through a range of initiatives.
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What steps can you take to reduce carbon emissions?
 Find out more about a fully-funded course to become carbon literate
As part of the Staffordshire Means Back to Business Scheme, 180 fully-funded places are available to businesses registered and trading in the county wanting to become carbon literate.
Run by the Staffordshire Business Enterprise Network and specialist consultants, becoming carbon literate is great for your business, helping you:
- become more competitive and resilient
- know the scientific background and make carbon-aware decisions
- to cascade the know-how through your organisation
- benefit from huge branding benefits by qualifying for Carbon Literate Organisation status.
Training can be completed either face to face in one training day or virtually over two half-days.
Find out more about Carbon Literacy at an online launch event on 20th January 2022, 13:50 - 15:00 (Microsoft Teams).
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