Growing your business

Telford is home to a dynamic business community, and our business support programme is designed to fuel growth and innovation. The Invest Telford team is here to inspire, empower, and create opportunities for businesses of all sizes. Let us connect you to the resources and networks needed to take your business to the next level.

Business Advice Service

The Invest Telford extended team of consultants are on hand to help your business achieve the next step on your journey. 1-2-1 support is available to trading SME businesses that have been trading for 6 months or more.
The service helps with a range of business areas including:

• Strategic planning
• Financial planning, including accountancy and accessing alternative finance
• Digital –  supporting businesses to get on-line and to implement new systems
• Sales and Marketing experts to help businesses look at new ways to reach customers/markets, effectiveness of sales and help diversify products or services
• Clean growth and moving to Net Zero
• Innovation development
• Adoption of new processes and systems

Support is also available to social enterprises and CICs with experts in the team to help specifically in this area. 
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Thrive Telford Grant funds

There are currently four grant funds that you can apply for to support the growth of your business. All of them aim to support at least one of these areas:

• business growth
• expansion into new markets
• adoption of new to firm technologies or processes
• improved productivity
• job creation / safeguarding
• businesses to introduce new products or services

For more information click here.

Made Smarter

Made Smarter provides free support for small and medium-sized manufacturing and engineering businesses with manufacturing premises in the West Midlands.
There is a range of support available including:

• Impartial business growth advice
• Specialist technology advice
• Guidance for skills and culture development
• Digital transformation and road-mapping workshops
• Funding opportunities
• Leadership development

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GOV.UK Help to grow

Support includes the Help to Grow Management Course, wider training and skills, mentorships, and finance & funding. 
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GOV.UK Help to sell internationally

Help is available to support a business find new opportunities overseas, this includes country-specific advice, accessing specialist exporting training and much more.
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Finance

The British Business Bank’s Finance Hub gives you access to a wide range of resources and finance support. The British Business Bank is a government-owned business development bank dedicated to making finance markets work better for smaller businesses across the UK. The Finance Hub is a comprehensive resource that covers a range of finance options and support that is aimed at helping businesses overcome challenges as well as making the most of the opportunities available.
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