Chamber
Projects.
Upskilling your workforce.
The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Skills Hub, provides impartial skills advice, brokerage and grants to support SMEs, social enterprises, and early-stage start-ups across the County to help to upskill their workforce and support their economic growth.
Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce are proud to be the designated employer representative bodies for the Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP).
Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce are working with the Staffordshire Police, Crime and Fire Commissioner and Victim Support to support businesses across the region by offering free Domestic Abuse Workplace Champions training.
Starting a business.
Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce deliver a 3-stage business start-up programme to support anyone looking to start and grow their business.
Our Ignite Platform is an innovative online learning platform, designed to support ambitious entrepreneurs and small businesses in Staffordshire, through short informative videos, interactive activities, templates and wider information and guidance.
Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce deliver our Positive Pathways programme in Tamworth, funded by Tamworth Borough Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, to support refugee and asylum seekers in developing the skills needed to start their own business in the UK, should they receive their leave to remain status.
Business innovation.
The Stoke-on-Trent Skills Hub, funded by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, provides impartial skills advice and brokerage support to SMEs, social enterprises, and early-stage start-ups across Stoke-on-Trent to help to upskill their workforce and support their economic growth.
The Responsible Business Accelerator, funded by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, can provide SMEs/VCSEs with clear and easy-to-understand processes for developing, implementing, and measuring responsible and sustainable business strategies and actions, leading to a locally recognised accreditation.
Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce support Michelin in the development and delivery of their Michelin Development Business Loan Scheme.
Wider business support.
Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, on behalf of Staffordshire County Council and the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub, operate the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Business Helpline offering free expert business help and advice.
Business across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire can now access experienced business advisors to support their growth and link them to business support programmes in their area.
Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire, deliver specialist support to businesses impacted by crime. Its focus is on ensuring practical advice, guidance and support is provided in a timely manner to ensure business continuity following a crime.
