Keele University is working with the UK Government as part of the ‘Together for Our Planet’ campaign – the UK’s year of climate action that culminates in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow in November. In support of this national campaign, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is […]
Day-to-day business operation for a home-based Staffordshire business could be an increasingly stressful experience due to an unreliable internet connection. It’s now been transformed completely thanks to a Fibre Community Partnership and the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. With instant upload and download ability and immediate connection to clients, Chris and Louise Saunders’ leaflet distribution business, […]
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SSLEP) has published its 2021-2022 Annual Review, highlighting the key achievements over the last financial year as it continues to evolve and adapt to the changing needs of business and the economy. The LEP has continued to support local companies navigate the business support landscape and by working with […]
The Stafford Business Environment Network (sben) is launching a Carbon Literacy Training programme as part of the county council’s Staffordshire Means Back to Business programme. Carbon literacy is a term that is used in order to explain an individual’s awareness of climate change and how our actions impact on the climate. It’s the process by which […]
The past year and a half has dramatically changed the business environment that we find ourselves in today. Many businesses have experienced their most turbulent operational periods to date – from those that sadly suffered the blow of financial loss and redundancies, to those that in fact saw periods of innovation and growth in the […]
Businesses across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire are being advised to seize the opportunity to reinvigorate their operations and support young people into work through a Government-funded programme. The Kickstart Scheme is a £2 billion fund from the government to create thousands of high-quality, fully funded six-month work placements for 16 to 24-year-olds to help them get […]
Accounts of business resilience, transformation and success through the pandemic period are detailed in a new publication from the LEP and Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce. They range from a company which designs products for the civil engineering sector and supported NHS workers through to a sole trader making cakes for weddings and parties who turned […]
The government has announced that grants from 50k to £5 million are now available to help the nation build back greener from the coronavirus pandemic. The £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund, part of the government’s wider green economic recovery, jobs and skills package, brings forward funding for environmental charities and their partners to start […]
Both Keele and Staffordshire have been shortlisted for University of the Year in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) awards. The awards recognise outstanding work in universities covering the whole breadth of their activity – both in academia and professional services. The University of the Year award is given to an institution which demonstrates exceptional […]
The UK’s first live pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes is yielding positive results, according to those using the gas. HyDeploy, now well into its pilot period, is a ground-breaking green energy demonstration that is supplying a blend of up to 20% hydrogen by volume with natural gas […]
