Shropshire business workshop to help firms innovate
A key business meeting will take place in Oswestry to outline how small and medium sized firms can use innovation to succeed.
The "Innovation: common sense but not common practice" breakfast workshop, will be free and aimed at enterprises which supply goods and services mainly to other businesses.
It has has been organised by the University of Wolverhampton in partnership with Shropshire Council and will be held at the council chamber in Oswestry's Castle View offices on June 6.
Helen Hunter-Hayes, project manager of the European funded Eureka! Moment initiative, will explain how business can benefit from the free support and grants available through the new project.
Keith Barrow, leader of Shropshire Council, said: "As a council we are always looking for ways to support and enable local businesses to grow, perform well and become more competitive and to satisfy the changing needs of customers.
"The Eureka! Moment workshops are fantastic news for small businesses in Oswestry and Shropshire as a whole by providing assistance to businesses whose access to other initiatives is limited, and help them grow.
"I would strongly encourage as many small or medium-sized businesses to come along to this really informative event."
Businesses will also be able to find out from Alan Ward, director of Innovation School Limited, how small changes can make an impact on your business performance.
Following the workshop, businesses will benefit from a free business performance review by the University of Wolverhampton, to assist them in identifying improvement projects and priority/impact plans.
Revenue grants are also available to assist with the implementation cost of recommendations to improve business performance.
The free event is one of many Eureka! Moment workshops held across the region as part of the European-funded Eureka! Moment project.
The workshops are designed to help owners and managers think differently about their business, be more competitive in their market, and win and keep new customers.
The Eureka Moment! project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund and designed to encourage business growth and innovation.
The project is a partnership involving Shropshire Council, Staffordshire Council, Herefordshire Council, Worcestershire County Council, University of Worcester, University of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire University, and Central Technology Belt.
