The Invest Telford extended team of consultants are on hand to help your business achieve the next step on your journey. 1-2-1 support is available to trading SME businesses from newly started through to those with growth aspirations.
We aim to provide practical support particularly for increasing business resilience and productivity improvements. This could include but is not limited to:
> Strategic planning
> Financial planning, including accountancy and accessing alternative finance,
> Digital - supporting businesses to get on-line and to implement new systems
> Sales and Marketing experts to help businesses look at new ways to reach customers/markets, effectiveness of sales and help diversify products or services
> Clean growth and moving to Net Zero
> Innovation development
> Adoption of new processes and systems
Support is also available to social enterprises and CICs and there will be representation via specialist consultants who have expertise in supporting these organisations.
To access up to 12 hours of fully funded support please complete and submit the application form here and a member of the team will be in contact.
Eligibility:
> SME businesses trading for a min of 6 months
> Any sector
> B2C and B2B
> Must have an identified issue / barrier to growth identified.
Further information:
> Customer Journey – a step by step guide
> Application form
> FAQs
Thrive Telford has been made possible thanks to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). For more information, visit the UKSPF prospectus here.
*The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025.
The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK by investing in communities, supporting local businesses and people and creating new skills.