Award of Manufacturing Skills Capital Funding to Marches LEP Training Providers

Awarded 08 Sep 2016

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Awarded 8 Sept 2016Expired 30 Mar 2017

Shropshire Council, on behalf of the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), awarded a contract to Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology, Grainger and Worrall Ltd on behalf of Marches Institute of Manuf, and Herefordshire and Ludlow College on behalf of Marches Skills Pro for the provision of capital funding to enable awarded contractors to tackle manufacturing skills issues.

The contract, valued at £2,800,000, was funded by Skills Capital Funding awarded to the Marches LEP and divided into two lots: Lot 1 for Northern Marches (Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin) and Lot 2 for Southern Marches (Herefordshire).

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