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Small businesses across Staffordshire Moorlands will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders.

Moorlands MP, Karen Bradley was pleased to chair the first virtual Advanced Proteins (formerly John Pointon and Sons) liaison meeting on Friday.  

I have been contacted by John Longden OBE, Chief Executive of Pub is The Hub who has asked me to share the following information with our local pubs.

As we move into another 3 weeks of lockdown, I know that this is a difficult and worrying time for everyone and especially for those in our communities who are shielding themselves due to their age or underlying health conditions. Many of our elderly residents live alone and I am sure that it must be a lonely time for them.

MPs have approved a motion that will allow them to participate in questions (including PMQs), urgent questions and ministerial statements via video link.

The Government has distributed more than £12 billion to local authorities for the small business grants scheme.
1,313 business properties in Staffordshire Moorlands have already received grants as part of the Government’s Small Business Grants Scheme. In total, more than £14,765,000 has made its way to small businesses in the area.

Moorlands MP, Karen Bradley is hosting a Social Distancing Coffee Morning on Friday 24th April at 11.00 to help those people who are shielding themselves due to their age or underlying health conditions to protect themselves from COVID-19.

Land managers in Staffordshire Moorlands are being encouraged to get involved in a multi-million-pound government-backed scheme to see more tree planting as part of a woodland creation scheme.

During this difficult time for the country, I recognise the extreme disruption the necessary actions are having on people’s lives, their businesses, their jobs and the nation’s economy.