Business news | Stoke-on-Trent

£1.2m up for grabs, as new Community Investment Fund grants set to support projects that help local people

Published: Monday, 18th October 2021

Communities across Stoke-on-Trent are being given the chance to apply for a share of £1.2m in the latest wave of a hugely successful Community Investment Fund.

A new campaign is underway to encourage people to support their local high street areas across Stoke-on-Trent.

Published: Tuesday, 12th October 2021

The initiative aims to encourage residents to come out and support local shops and businesses in their area and see some of the changes and improvements that are on their doorsteps.

New grant scheme aimed at repairing and enhancing buildings in Longton

Published: Thursday, 26th August 2021

Owners of historic buildings in Longton town centre can get help to repair their properties and bring them back to life as part of a new partnership scheme launched today.

Further support available for Stoke-on-Trent businesses affected by Covid-19

Published: Friday, 2nd July 2021

Businesses across the city are now set to receive a further grant to help them through the coronavirus pandemic, under phase five of the ‘Additional Restrictions Grant’.

New partnership formed to drive forward city’s plans

Published: Friday, 14th May 2021

A new partnership has been forged to drive forward plans for Stoke-on-Trent.

Four-fold increase in city centre visitors and £6m in additional support grants to Covid-affected businesses

Published: Thursday, 29th April 2021

Visitors to the city centre increased by a factor of four on the first day of non-essential retail stores reopening earlier this month, local data sources have revealed.

Business rate discount scheme to be extended for enterprise zone

Published: Monday, 15th March 2021

A business rate discount scheme is set to be extended for the Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone (CVEZ) from April 2021 by Stoke-on-Trent City Council in a bid to create jobs and support new growth in the area.

A further £2 million pounds paid to 418 local businesses

Published: Friday, 26th February 2021

Stoke-on-Trent City Council yesterday (February 25) paid out £2,389,561 to businesses across the city.

Council welcomes £2.8m from Government’s Getting Building Fund

Published: Monday, 17th August 2020

City council leaders have welcomed the £2.8 million cash injection from the Government’s Getting Building Fund to deliver jobs and skills and support the economy across Stoke-on-Trent.

Stoke-on-Trent open for business with a return to the city centre by shoppers and work on the Smithfield development increases

Published: Monday, 15th June 2020

Shoppers have returned to Stoke-on-Trent’s town centres and the city centre for the first time in three months as the unlocking of the High Street got under way across England.