The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) Careers Hub team for the third year running held its Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP wide event at Yarnfield Park in Stone. It brought together senior figures from school, business and our provider network to update on the national and local careers agenda following the introduction of the national careers […]
Business leaders from Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire are being sought to help to lead the area’s local enterprise partnership and drive future economic growth. The Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire LEP (SSLEP) is recruiting new directors to its company board which sets the strategy and investment activity to grow the future economy of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. The LEP […]
Keele University has been awarded University Enterprise Zone (UEZ) status, heralding a new era for what is already the highest value employment site of its kind in Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire. Investment from Research England in the Keele Growth Corridor University Enterprise Zone will leverage £33million of public and private sector investment. This investment will harness […]
Schools and colleges from across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent, are invited to join the SSLEP Enterprise Adviser Network to receive support in implementing and achieving the eight Gatsby Benchmarks ( the national blueprint for best practice). Benefits for Schools/Colleges include • Business Support — A dedicated Enterprise Adviser to provide expert business and sector […]
The Careers and Enterprise Company Enterprise Adviser Network The purpose of the Careers and Enterprise Company Enterprise Adviser Network is to create powerful, lasting connections between local businesses and the schools and colleges in their area. The network will help stimulate more employer engagement where required by connecting schools and colleges with employers and careers […]
A £55million programme to boost people’s skills and employment prospects across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire has launched a new round of targeted programmes. The European Social Fund Operational Programme has so far seen £37million invested in a range of programmes since 2014 which by March this year had seen nearly 20,000 people participate with over 9,000 […]
Work has started on an extension to a major Midlands business park which could generate around 1,700 jobs and lever in up to £300 million of investment. It will see i54 South Staffordshire, on the county border with the City of Wolverhampton, expand to provide much-needed sites of different sizes at what is becoming a […]
The strong performance of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire businesses in the 2019 Queen’s Award for Enterprise has been praised by Local Enterprise Partnership chairman David Frost CBE. The LEP area is home to five of the 17 West Midlands firms honoured this year – plus one in the Tamworth area that is just over the county boundary – and […]
Staffordshire-based small and medium enterprises are being given the opportunity to boost their business through digitally innovative technologies and expert support from Staffordshire University. Last year, Staffordshire University and Staffordshire County Council launched The Staffordshire Deal to improve the region’s economy and raise the skills of the local workforce through embracing digital change. Now the […]
