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Andrea Collins is Managing Director of the Export Department and has more than 24 years of experience in exporting to Europe and Overseas. On behalf of Leicester/shire Growth Hub she has been delivering information sessions and one-to-one consultancy to support businesses who wish to continue trading with Europe. In the first of a three-part blog, she discusses the issues that have emerged over the last three months.
We caught up with Altaf Ahmed, our Senior Business Adviser who specialises in supporting the Fashion and Textiles sector, to see what he’s focussing on right now: As we know, the last twelve months have been extremely difficult for businesses across the UK due to Covid and Brexit. Most specifically, the fashion and textiles sector continues to face many additional challenges as a result of negative media attention. Historically, fashion…
The Recovery Loan Scheme, a new scheme to support access to finance for UK businesses as they recover and grow following the pandemic, opens to applications from today. The scheme, announced at the Budget on 3 March 2021, is scheduled to run until 31 December 2021, subject to review. The new scheme will support borrowing of up to £10m for individual businesses and up to £30m across a group, and,…
We caught up with Matt Bateman to see who’s been calling him and which issues Leicestershire’s businesses are thinking about, post-Covid.
