Category: Economic growth

705 Economic growth posts found.

Our response to reports about COVID-19 funding for hunting businesses

14/09/2020

There were reports in the media over the weekend about Shropshire Council providing funding to businesses involved in hunting. You can read…

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Shropshire Council adds £1 million to rural broadband scheme

14/09/2020
Rural broadband voucher scheme diagram

Extra funding to help rural premises benefit from up to £7,000 for a faster broadband connection is now available in Shropshire. Shropshire…

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Developer money helps to fund new Childs Ercall playground, and Broseley Birchmeadow Park improvements

10/09/2020

Children and families are now able to use a new playground in Childs Ercall, and visit Broseleys’s Birchmeadow Park all-year-round, following the…

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Shropshire market towns awarded £167,000 to help attract visitors

01/09/2020

£167,000 has been awarded to market towns across Shropshire to help them attract and encourage visitors, following the easing of lockdown measures.…

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Coronavirus: It’s business as usual in Craven Arms

01/09/2020
Craven Arms library

Craven Arms is safe, and very much open for business – that’s the message from independent traders who are urging shoppers to…

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Coronavirus: Update on case of COVID-19 linked to Boathouse Inn – no further cases

13/08/2020
Image of two people social distancing

Shropshire Council is working with Public Health England (PHE) Midlands in response to a single positive case of coronavirus in a person…

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Coronavirus: Space science gives new lease of life to Shropshire businesses

10/08/2020
An adult receiving social care

Shropshire Council and a leading space technology company have joined forces to create a new way to get life-saving supplies to the…

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Coronavirus: Shropshire businesses accessing funding opportunities – yours could be next!

05/08/2020
Coronavirus: Business advice and support

In May 2020 Shropshire Council secured free access to funding opportunities for Shropshire businesses to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic. This…

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Shropshire Council awarded £5m for Pride Hill Centre, Shrewsbury repurposing

05/08/2020
The Pride Hill Centre, Shrewsbury

Shropshire Council is pleased to announce that it will receive £5m as part of the Government’s £900m Getting Building Fund. This sum…

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Views sought on Shropshire Council’s draft Housing Strategy

05/08/2020
A row of houses

Shropshire Council is asking people for their thoughts on its vision for housing for the next five years. A six-week consultation into…

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