Our latest business support package is now live, called Digital 2020 Business, and the first masterclass events will take place during November. Digital 2020 is the fourth phase of our Connecting Cheshire project and will target rural areas in Cheshire and Warrington, where broadband speeds remain...
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Cheshire East Council has welcomed the news that insurance giant Royal London will remain in the borough and will take up the opportunity to relocate to Alderley Park. The announcement ends speculation around the future location for the company and means that up to 1,200 high-skilled...
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The Skills and Growth Company, on behalf of Cheshire East Council, has secured £1m of European funding to help establish a landmark community heating pilot scheme. The European Investment Bank funding will help create the borough’s first district heating schemes and accelerate the development of large-scale...
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Cheshire East Council is to hold a series of free workshops to help business people learn how to win public sector contracts. The award-winning procurement training events are being provided by the council’s arms-length Skills and Growth Company and are targeted at local businesses in Cheshire...
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Cheshire East Council’s arms-length Skills and Growth Company are hosting a free innovation breakfast event for businesses at Alderley Park Conference Centre from 8am-10:30am. The event, on Thursday, 19 October, will look at how innovation helps businesses to evolve and grow. Innovation experts will offer help and...
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Around 380 households and businesses in Cholmondeley now have access to high-speed fibre broadband, thanks to Connecting Cheshire. Local MP, Antoinette Sandbach joined residents and local Wrenbury Councillor Stan Davies, to celebrate the latest fibre cabinet switch-on in Bickerton Road. Four new roadside fibre cabinets have been...
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Cheshire East Council’s arms-length Skills and Growth Company has helped a leading manufacturer of bus and cycle shelters to relocate to Cheshire East – creating new jobs in the borough. Autocross Euroshel Limited, now based off Back Lane, in Congleton, has taken on 5,000sq ft of...
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The Skills and Growth Company, Cheshire East Council’s latest arms-length company, has taken its successful energy offering to Lancashire under the brand name Fairerpower Red Rose. Established in 2015, the Fairerpower scheme is a not-for-profit partnership between Cheshire East Council and Ovo energy. With more than 8,000 customers...
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Cheshire East will receive a share of £7.25m of funding to extend the roll-out of faster broadband in the borough. The investment – to be implemented over the next three years - is the fourth phase of the ‘Connecting Cheshire’ project and will target rural areas...
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12th October as part of the Design Manchester Festival A panel of expert’s debate “How to grow your creative company?” For companies across the creative industries and technology sectors, looking to sweat their assets, develop new creative products/projects or collaborate. The panel of speakers include leading...
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