Citizen Communication is celebrating after winning a high-profile marketing and communications tender with Worcestershire County Council. The contract, which will run until June 2023, is to support the development and delivery of marketing and communications to maximise take-up of the Council’s numerous business support programmes.

The County Council, in conjunction with partners, delivers a number of ‘Business Worcestershire’ business support and grant projects to enable businesses to start up, grow, become more sustainable and invest in Worcestershire. Sustainable economic and business growth is a key priority for the County Council.

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Worcestershire County Council’s ‘Open for Business’ strategy focuses on ‘rebalancing’ Worcestershire’s local economy through a series of measures aimed at encouraging private sector investment, business and employment measures whilst also reducing greenhouse gases.

The projects to be supported include:

  • Technology and business growth programmes
  • Support programmes for start-ups and early stages businesses
  • A zero-carbon ready initiative to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint in Worcestershire
  • A business energy efficiency programme covering Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Herefordshire and a low-carbon programme across Worcestershire and Shropshire.

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Samantha Preece, Marketing Director of Citizen, who led the tender bid said:

“We are absolutely delighted to be working with Worcestershire County Council on this project. The region is incredibly fortunate to benefit from such extensive business support, ranging from grants to other sources of funding and assistance, including specialist business advice and expert help in areas such as technology, innovation, and sustainability. We are very excited to be working with the different project teams on creative campaigns to raise awareness of these programmes.”

Sue Crow, Economic Growth and Investment Manager from Worcestershire County Council said:

“I’m delighted we have partnered with Citizen Communication to help take our marketing and communications to the next level and raise the profile of our local businesses. Their extensive knowledge of the Worcestershire area, together with an understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities facing the local business community, makes them the perfect choice of partner to support our business support programmes.”

Some projects are funded from the European Regional Development Fund (EDRF) and others by Worcestershire County Council. For further information see https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding

 

For further information contact:

Worcestershire County Council’s Press Office on 01905 766646 or comcommsunit@worcestershire.gov.uk. For further details about the County Council’s business support programmes see www.worcestershire.gov.uk

Samantha Preece at Citizen Communication on 01905 872450 or samantha@citcom.co.uk.

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