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- Marketing
- Tips
20 November 2024
5 reasons to use LinkedIn to grow your business
With over 41 million UK users and 70% of B2B buyers using LinkedIn to inform purchasing decisions, it’s a space that business owners can no longer afford to overlook.
- News
20 November 2024
Scrap steel: How your business can benefit from the region’s circular economy initiatives
If your business generates scrap steel, we need your input! Completing our audit will help us create an accurate picture of available resources, ensuring we can quantify the opportunities and deliver financial benefits back to businesses like yours
- Case study
- Funding
19 November 2024
PortalZero – Building toward investment to fuel innovative off-grid living
PortalZero, a 2023 startup, joined the Investment Readiness Programme to boost growth, gain funding skills & scale sustainable off-grid products.
- Funding
- Tips
18 November 2024
A simple guide to business funding options
There are many ways to fund your business growth. This overview will help you choose the right type of finance.
- Case study
- Sustainability
14 November 2024
Alpha-Rowen cut costs and boost efficiency with BEAS
Learn how this business optimised furnace efficiency, saved money and reduced emissions.
- Sustainability
- Tips
13 November 2024
Energy efficiency in manufacturing
Cut energy costs, boost efficiency, and reduce emissions with 5 practical steps.
- Case study
- Funding
11 November 2024
Retail business overcomes cash flow barriers in order to expand
Learn how this Birmingham business expanded its operations with free support from the Investment Readiness programme - achieving growth and creating local jobs.
- Employer resources
- Tips
06 November 2024
Unlock talent with age-inclusive hiring: How older workers can help SMEs overcome staffing challenges
The labour market, both nationally and in the West Midlands, is facing a persistent challenge: too many job vacancies and too few applicants. Could the solution lie in more age-inclusive hiring practices to attract and retain older workers?
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