Groundwork is continuing its vital work with vulnerable young people across Coventry and Warwickshire despite Covid-19.
Groundwork continuing its vital work
Thursday 30th of April 2020 02:48 PM
Thursday 30th of April 2020 02:48 PM
Groundwork is continuing its vital work with vulnerable young people across Coventry and Warwickshire despite Covid-19.
Thursday 30th of April 2020 11:30 AM
Businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire have been given an insight into a campaign to help more firms benefit from a Government grant during the Coronavirus crisis.
Wednesday 29th of April 2020 02:15 PM
Business leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire say the Government’s Job Retention Scheme has helped to prevent a swathe of immediate job losses in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Tuesday 28th of April 2020 01:31 PM
A new online learning platform to help boost the nation’s skills while people are staying at home, has been launched today (28 April) by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.
Tuesday 28th of April 2020 11:17 AM
Welcome to the ESIF Programme COVID-19 Notification Bulletin. Through these bulletins we aim to keep you updated and notified of the latest information published for the 2014 to 2020 ESIF Programme in response to COVID-19.
Tuesday 28th of April 2020 11:12 AM
Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) in Coventry & Warwickshire – Funded skills training is available to help your business to progress
SSW has adapted delivery of its training provision to continue to support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Tuesday 28th of April 2020 10:44 AM
A new relief fund will help apprenticeship and adult learning providers survive the Coronavirus crisis so the skills gap does not get any wider, according to business leaders.
Tuesday 28th of April 2020 09:08 AM
Coventry and Warwickshire’s rich history in R&D and education will play a key role in helping to stimulate the area’s economy post-Coronavirus.
Monday 27th of April 2020 02:06 PM
A Leamington-based distiller is using its expertise in handcrafted gin to make hand sanitiser for frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday 27th of April 2020 09:15 AM
An award-winning social enterprise with a focus on preventing social isolation among the elderly and vulnerable throughout Warwickshire and Coventry is developing a stronger voice to help all ages.
Monday 27th of April 2020 09:03 AM
A recovery action plan is to be drawn up specifically tailored to help the West Midlands economy bounce back quickly once lockdown restrictions start to be lifted.
Friday 24th of April 2020 07:51 AM
One of the UK’s largest online pet stores based in Stratford-upon-Avon has tripled its workforce to cope with a rising demand from animal owners across the UK during Covid-19.
Friday 24th of April 2020 07:28 AM
The whole reason LEPs were founded by the then coalition government was to be a true partnership between private and public sector with the sole purpose of driving forward local economies.
Thursday 23rd of April 2020 02:26 PM
A new business website aimed at SMEs has been launched to provide companies with high-profile supply chain opportunities, news and events happening in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Thursday 23rd of April 2020 02:20 PM
Create Central, the industry-led body set up in late 2019 has secured £2million of investment to deliver a programme of activities to help turbo charge the West Midlands film, TV and games sector.
Wednesday 22nd of April 2020 03:18 PM
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has approved a further suite of multi-million-pound investments to unlock and transform former industrial sites across the region including Fountain Lane in Sandwell and Abbotts Lane, Coventry.
Wednesday 22nd of April 2020 11:30 AM
Local people will have more opportunities to improve their digital skills during the Covid-19 shutdown, thanks to new training courses funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
Tuesday 21st of April 2020 01:55 PM
Welcome to the ESIF Programme COVID-19 Notification Bulletin. Through these bulletins we aim to keep you updated and notified of the latest information published for the 2014 to 2020 ESIF Programme in response to COVID-19.
Monday 20th of April 2020 02:22 PM
A multi award-winning entrepreneur has joined the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) board to add her vast retail experience.
Monday 20th of April 2020 02:18 PM
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is playing a crucial part in setting up the new NHS Nightingale Hospital at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) by funding the training of hundreds of key workers.
Monday 20th of April 2020 08:46 AM
The West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) Cultural Leadership Board is joining a specially formed taskforce to support the post pandemic recovery of the region’s arts and cultural organisations.
Monday 20th of April 2020 08:13 AM
Three programmes, aimed at supporting small and medium sized business in Coventry and Warwickshire, have been extended until June 2023 and provided with additional funding.
Friday 17th of April 2020 08:18 AM
Individuals and organisations keen to do their bit in the fight against coronavirus are being invited to join a new initiative which connects offers of help to those most in need.
Friday 17th of April 2020 08:13 AM
Physical activity providers such as gyms, companies that run gyms for local councils and personal trainers could benefit from a scheme to improve the sector’s digital skills.
Wednesday 15th of April 2020 01:06 PM
The CWLEP’s Productivity & Skills Business Group is focused on improving skills, employability and productivity.
Wednesday 15th of April 2020 12:59 PM
A forward-thinking, Midlands-based manufacturer is investing a six-figure sum to make a major reduction in its carbon footprint – and has received grant funding to support its efforts.
Tuesday 14th of April 2020 01:13 PM
An innovative programme funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to give local people the skills they need to start a new career in construction has moved online for the first time, to continue training during the Covid-19 shutdown.
Tuesday 14th of April 2020 01:03 PM
Accelerate is a support project based in Coventry and Warwickshire that has been helping unemployed and economically inactive people to remove their barriers to work since 2016.
Tuesday 14th of April 2020 09:54 AM
A statement from Martin Sutherland, Chief Executive of Coventry City of Culture Trust:
Tuesday 14th of April 2020 09:26 AM
Tuesday 14th of April 2020 09:16 AM
The University Partnership is pleased to announce funding of up to £2,000 per project to commission a range of artistic works that can be shared digitally.
Thursday 9th of April 2020 03:00 PM
The Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, is celebrating the upcoming Vaisakhi festival virtually and is encouraging people to share their celebrations using the hashtag #VirtualVaisakhiWM
Wednesday 8th of April 2020 08:35 AM
Dear Business Leader,
Your region needs you
The coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced in decades. I hear regularly from businesses that they would like to do more in the fight against coronavirus - here’s how:
Tuesday 7th of April 2020 10:09 AM
Companies have been warned to abide by the rules of new Government Coronavirus measures – or leave themselves open to penalties.
Firms of all sizes have opted to furlough staff meaning that they are no longer actively working in the business but remain employees.
Monday 6th of April 2020 01:50 PM
Nick Abell has been appointed interim chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP).
Here, he talks about his career, his involvement with the CWLEP over the last eight years and his aims as interim chair during Covid-19.
Monday 6th of April 2020 12:50 PM
Adult education providers funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) are changing the way they deliver training during the Covid-19 outbreak, so that local people continue to learn new skills.
Monday 6th of April 2020 10:13 AM
With UK government measures to establish social distancing during the coronavirus crisis sending people online like never before, North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) is re-directing many of its tutors into online assessment roles to cope with the increased demand for dista
Monday 6th of April 2020 10:06 AM
A specialist laboratory in Coventry which has won new contracts and extended its workforce after investing in a state-of-the-art instrument is planning to target more world-wide business.
Monday 6th of April 2020 09:15 AM
Businesses are being offered practical advice and support on how to keep work from home staff mentally and physically fit during the coronovirus lockdown.
Friday 3rd of April 2020 08:09 AM
Small businesses across the West Midlands have started to receive more than half a billion pounds of financial aid to help them through the coronavirus lockdown, it was confirmed today.
Friday 3rd of April 2020 08:07 AM
NHS staff will get free travel on all buses and trams in the West Midlands as they go to work to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday 3rd of April 2020 07:41 AM
A Coventry company has taken just a week to devise, design and supply a new protective face visor for the NHS – with 10,000 units dispatched within seven days.
Thursday 2nd of April 2020 11:15 AM
“Last week I was able to tell you about five ways our staff and students are actively assisting in the response to the pandemic.
Thursday 2nd of April 2020 09:37 AM
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) has answered the call to donate essential equipment to the NHS for use in the fight against the coronavirus.
Thursday 2nd of April 2020 08:58 AM
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College has donated over 100 pre-packed sandwiches to the Leicester South Food Bank at the King’s Centre after its partial closure left the refectory at its Wigston Campus with surplus supplies of fr
Wednesday 1st of April 2020 10:15 AM
West Midlands ring and ride minibuses are being redeployed as free shuttle buses for NHS hospital staff and key workers supporting social care services across the region.
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