News - Business Gateway Growth Hub

8 March 2021

BLOG: Learn how to identify talent from within your business to reskill

Learn how to identify talent from within your business to reskill and adapt in challenging times The pandemic has meant that for many organisations business-as-usual has had to change. Adapting to the changing world and customer demands has meant...

5 March 2021

Tender Opportunity: Getting SMEs to Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

We’re developing a series of sector specific webinars for local businesses. We have an opportunity for you to work with us to deliver webinars focusing on supporting SMEs to understand how they can get to Net Zero Carbon Emissions...

4 March 2021

If you think your business is too small to be affected by Brexit, think again.

Many small businesses may think that they’re not dealing with Europe at all. Perhaps you’re a children’s shoe shop, a local bookshop or a patisserie or flower shop. Many shoes come from Europe, flowers from Holland and patisserie? Well...

4 March 2021

Second round of Industrial Energy Technology Fund opens

Innovate UK have £40 million available via the second round of the Industrial Energy Technology Fund competitions. The funding is available for feasibility studies, engineering studies and deployment of technologies that improve the energy efficiency of an industrial process...

4 March 2021

Growth Hub welcomes Chancellor’s budget support for business

Leicester and Leicestershire’s Growth Hub has welcomed the measures announced in yesterday’s budget by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

2 March 2021

UK Border Readiness – what does Brexit mean for hauliers and drivers?

As we head further into 2021 and the impact of Brexit becomes ever more apparent, one of the more critical discussion points is how it will affect the movement of goods between the UK and EU, and what it...

1 March 2021

BLOG: Eight simple steps to create your brand’s tone of voice

Helen Tarver is a freelance content writer and will be speaking at our next webinar for Food and Drink producers on 17 March – Digital marketing and promotion for your products. She provides her 8 top tips on writing...

26 February 2021

New Euro tariffs and charges – paying too much?

Leaving the EU and its former trade deals has meant that there has been an explosion of new regulations, tariffs and ways of reporting to Customs and HMRC to contend with, and many more still yet to come as...

25 February 2021

‘Adapt to change and make your business stronger’

‘Adapt to change and make your business stronger’ message from Trading with Europe’ webinar The overwhelming takeaway from yesterday’s Leicestershire Live and Business Gateway Growth Hub webinar was a positive message that there is enormous potential for UK businesses...