Staffordshire Succeed and Grow Programme – Rural Pilot - Stoke on Trent Staffordshire Growth Hub

Are you a rural business in East Staffs or Moorlands?

Succeed and Grow is a fully funded Marketing, Legal and Financial support scheme for rural microbusinesses in Staffordshire Moorlands and East Staffordshire.

What is Succeed and Grow?

Research has been carried out that shows that microbusinesses would benefit from support from professional services consultants in areas such as accountancy, human resources, business planning, marketing, and legal services.

Staffordshire County Council has launched the Succeed and Grow scheme – initially a pilot programme that offers support to rural microbusinesses in Staffordshire Moorlands and East Staffordshire.

Rural Marketing

Support provided around the following areas…

Website design

Support in planning, designing, building and launching a website

Logo and branding

Identifying and defining your business

Social media support

Boosting your online identity

Graphic design

Creating visual content to communicate messages

Content creation

Generating messages that connect, motivate and engage your target audience

Rural Financial & Legal Support

Support provided around the following areas…

Taxation
HR legislation
Employment law
Budgeting
Employment rights and responsibilities
Business planning
Personal development
Accounting
Communication and teamwork
Investment

Support will be delivered through a number of channels including:

Webinars
Events
Peer2Peer
Focus groups

Upcoming events for eligible businesses

If you are interested in attending any of these rural marketing workshops, please complete the EOI form below to confirm eligibility.

October 29 – Using SEO to Grow Your Business (In person: Heath House Conference Centre, Uttoxeter)
November 5 – Easy-peasy Social Media Planning (Online)
November 14 – How to Build a Business Website Workshop (Online)
November 19 – Using Canva to Create Marketing Assets (In person: DaisyBank House Business Centre, Cheadle)
November 28 – Nail Your Business’ Branding (Online)
December 3 – How to Build a Business Website (In person: Heath House Conference Centre, Uttoxeter)
December 11 – Using SEO to Grow Your Business (Online)
January 23 – Easy-peasy Social Media Planning (Offline: DaisyBank House Business Centre, Cheadle)
January 30 – Using Canva to Create Marketing Assets (Online)
February 4 – Using SEO to Grow Your Business (Online)
February 18 – How to Build a Business Website (Online)
February 27 – Nail Your Business’ Branding (Offline: Heath House Conference Centre, Uttoxeter)
March 4 – Easy-peasy Social Media Planning (Online)
March 18 – Using Canva to Create Marketing Assets (Online)
March 25 – Nail Your Business’ Branding (Online)

Business Eligibility:

Rural Microbusiness with less than 10 employees
Turnover of £632,000 or less
£316,000 or less on its balance sheet
Business has been trading for 5 years +
Postcode falls in pilot rural areas (SMDC/ESBC) as evidenced through Magic Map Application (defra.gov.uk). Staffordshire County Council will confirm rural business eligibility upon receipt of the Expression of Interest form.

Delivery Period – 1^st October 2024 – 31^st March 2025

Staffordshire Succeed and Grow Rural Pilot Business Support - Expression of Interest

Fill in the below form to start your growth journey...

Section 1: Business Details
Please insert N/A if questions are not applicable to your business.
Name of Business*
Trading Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City Post Code
Registered Address (if different from above)
Street Address Address Line 2 City Post Code
Company Registration No:*
Confirm Business Size*
- Micro
Nature of business/main business activity*
Incorporation date or date started trading
MM slash DD slash YYYY
SIC Code
No. of employees*
VAT No.*
Website address
Applicant Name*
Prefix First Last
Telephone*
Email*
Section 2: Business Assistance/Subsidy Control
Under UK rules, “an enterprise cannot receive a subsidy if, on receipt of it, it will have received more than £315,000 during the current and preceding two financial years” (financial year being 1 April to 31 March). To ensure you do not exceed this limit, please complete the table below to show the value of the aid (both financial and non-financial, UK and European) that you have received during the current and preceding two financial years. Please include all UK Government Covid-19 aid. See Chapter 7: Minimal Financial Assistance UK subsidy control statutory guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) November 2022
Do not leave blank - If no aid received put N/A. Add further rows if needed.
Organisation that provided the aid Date Aid Awarded Value of Aid (£)
Please indicate area of support of interest:
Marketing Support
- Logo Branding
- Website Development
- Social Media
- Graphic Design
- Content Creation
Financial Support
- Taxation, Accountancy, Investment, Budgeting and Business Planning
Legal
- HR legislation, Employment Law, Personal Development, Communication & Teamwork
Section 3: Declaration
As an official representative of the business, I declare that:*
- I am happy for my data to be shared with partners for monitoring purposes, and the purpose of the scheme
- I, as the applicant, declare that the information given in this expression of interest form is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. By ticking this box I accept all of the above statements.
- I understand that the Succeed and Grow Scheme is subject to approval and availability of support packages.
- I am aware that false declarations may invalidate my application and that any service awarded must be repaid on request if any declaration is false.
- A copy of my Companies House registration document or UTR registration document if applicable have been uploaded (see below)
Please upload any required documents here
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- Please tick the box to confirm that you are happy for us to contact you to offer other programmes of support in the future, either from the County Council or associated delivery partners.
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Organisation that provided the aid	Date Aid Awarded	Value of Aid (£)

Staffordshire Succeed and Grow Programme – Rural Pilot

Staffordshire Succeed and Grow Programme – Rural Pilot

October 7, 2024

Are you a rural business in East Staffs or Moorlands?

Succeed and Grow is a fully funded Marketing, Legal and Financial support scheme for rural microbusinesses in Staffordshire Moorlands and East Staffordshire.

What is Succeed and Grow?

Research has been carried out that shows that microbusinesses would benefit from support from professional services consultants in areas such as accountancy, human resources, business planning, marketing, and legal services.

Staffordshire County Council has launched the Succeed and Grow scheme – initially a pilot programme that offers support to rural microbusinesses in Staffordshire Moorlands and East Staffordshire.

Rural Marketing

Support provided around the following areas…

Website design

Website design

Logo and branding

Logo and branding

Social media support

Social media support

Graphic design

Graphic design

Content creation

Content creation

Rural Financial & Legal Support

Support provided around the following areas…

Support will be delivered through a number of channels including:

Webinars

Events

Peer2Peer

Focus groups

Upcoming events for eligible businesses

Business Eligibility:

Rural Microbusiness with less than 10 employees

Turnover of £632,000 or less

£316,000 or less on its balance sheet

Business has been trading for 5 years +

Postcode falls in pilot rural areas (SMDC/ESBC) as evidenced through Magic Map Application (defra.gov.uk). Staffordshire County Council will confirm rural business eligibility upon receipt of the Expression of Interest form.

Staffordshire Succeed and Grow Rural Pilot Business Support - Expression of Interest

Section 1: Business Details

Section 2: Business Assistance/Subsidy Control

Please indicate area of support of interest:

Section 3: Declaration

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