SME manufacturers across the Marches are being urged to take a slice of a £6.5m funding boost to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and address key barriers to growth.
The Manufacturing Growth Programme has been extended until December 2022 and will give a further 2,800 companies access to industry experts and grants to tackle immediate business issues and support improvement plans.
The Manufacturing Growth Programme is the only dedicated business support programme for SME manufacturers in the Marches, delivering £300,000 of grants since its launch in October 2016. This has been used to assist in excess of 180 companies, creating 147 local jobs and safeguarding hundreds more.