The team at Companies House are asking businesses to share their thoughts on the service. Like everyone over the last few months, the user research team at Companies House has had to adapt its way of working. An essential part of a user researcher's role is to plan...
New Internalisation fund open for applications from SMEs
SMEs are now able to apply for co-investment funding from the Department for international Trade's (DIT) new Internationalisation Fund using European Regional Development Funding (ERDF). Ministers announced, as part of the Government’s Export Growth Plan to help...
Prepare your Business for new rules from 1 January 2021
The EU Exit Transition Period is coming to an end and businesses are being encouraged to make sure they are ready for new rules, coming into effect from 1st January 2021. Whilst 2020 has proven to be a challenging year for everyone, there are changes coming into force...
WINN goes Virtual
The Worcestershire Innovation Network (WINN) have taken their programme content and made it virtual for businesses to access. As The WINN team haven’t been able to run any of their usual WINN Wednesday events, they decided to highlight some of the amazing innovations...
New packages on offer from Enterprising Worcestershire
The first successful Enterprising Worcestershire grant call closed on the 27th November with a high number of applications from local start-up businesses received. The programme offers grants of £1,000 - £15,000, match-funded at 40% to eligible businesses. The second...
Deadline extended for technology innovators
BetaDen – Worcestershire’s commercial technology accelerator based at Malvern Hills Science Park – has announced an extension to the application deadline for its fourth cohort of businesses. Applications were set to close on 18 December but this has been extended...
WBC Business Blog – December 2020
There is some exciting news about the support that is soon to be offered by the Worcestershire Business Central (WBC) team. WBC has been supporting companies for over five years to help leverage in support from a number of business support programmes that are...
Clean Growth programme launches to help businesses
Worcestershire County Council’s ERDF-funded Programmes Business Energy Efficiency Programme (BEEP) and Low Carbon Opportunities Programme (LOCOP) are joining forces, coming under the same banner, known as Clean Growth. Both BEEP and LOCOP offer 12 hours of free...
WBC Business Blog – November 2020
We are very excited here at Worcestershire Business Central to be preparing the Peer to Peer learning programme for local businesses. This is a national initiative that will be delivered locally in England through the LEP networks and their Growth...
New competition for Digital Security by Design Technologies
Worcestershire businesses are being made aware of a new competition from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for fast-start short-term projects. Funding is to investigate requirements for adoption of...
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