Help is at hand forbusiness throughMarches Growth Hub

MATTHEWPANTER matthew.panter@mnamedia.co.uk

Businesses in Shropshireare beingurged to discover fundingoptions available to them as the cost of tradingcontinuestorise.

As theUKheadsintorecession, theMarches Growth Hubisurgingstart-ups, sole tradersand establishedbusinesses to investigate supportonoffer to help them survive andthrive.

TheMarches Growth Hubisthe business supportservice of the Marches LocalEnterprise Partnership.The hubboaststhe region’s largestsearchabledirectory of business supportvia themarchesgrowthhub.co.ukand works with localauthority teams in Shropshire andTelford &Wrekintodeliver direct help to businesses on the ground

Businesses supported in 2022 includeBridgnorth’s WormSoil and Telfordstart-upMassTechSolutions.

Support

Luke andSteph Boxall launched theirWormSoilbusiness–thought to be theonlyone of itskindinthe UK –froma smallholding,selling sellsbags of natural, eco-friendly fertiliserand soil improver producedbyaround100,000 worms from theirfour-acreplot AndLukesaysthe business would neverhavegot offthe ground withoutthe help of theMarches Growth Hub–the business supportservice of theMarches LocalEnterprise Partnership.

Luke said:“Iwill be eternally grateful fordiscoveringthe Marches Growth HubwhenIdid –liter-