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Private sector launches

Creating an advanced, Read more

Creating an advanced, connected and confident economy that’s central to the Northern Powerhouse agenda. That’s the challenge that’s been set to the forthcoming Mayor of Sheffield City Region (SCR), in a business manifesto published by the SCR Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) today. The manifesto, prepared by private sector members of the LEP board, lays out […]

Homes boss told city

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Home building in the Sheffield City Region (SCR) has soared, a national housing chief heard yesterday, with 6,200 homes created in the past year – double the annual figure just three years ago. Sir Edward Lister, Chair of Homes England, the former Homes and Communities Agency, was at a meeting of key housing figures to be […]

Trade experts and small

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Businesses from across the Sheffield City Region attended a breakfast event today (Tuesday 20 March) to learn more about boosting trade relationships with India. The Access India Programme Business Breakfast was the first of its kind in Sheffield City Region and was part of the Access India Programme, working with the UK India Business Council […]

Don’t miss your chance to

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Regardless of how you travel in the Sheffield City Region (SCR) you’re being urged to put over your views on a £500million transport strategy before April 1st. An online questionnaire at http://bit.ly/2FTG1ge gives everyone in the region the chance to tell the SCR what it thinks about its ambitious draft Transport Strategy. If you prefer […]

Fast-track homes scheme

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The first project to be approved under the Sheffield City Region’s unique £10million ‘fast track’ housing pilot will see 38 affordable flats set to be built at a Sheffield landmark site by Summer 2019. The one and two-bedroom flats will be built on the site of the former Park Gardeners Club close to the iconic […]