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Written Question
Business: Stoke on Trent
Tuesday 21st January 2020

Asked by: Jack Brereton (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent South)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

What recent steps she has taken to support businesses in Stoke-on-Trent.

Answered by Nadhim Zahawi

The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub has received more than £1m over five years and in the previous financial year supported over 5000 local businesses, including ceramics companies.

Furthermore, £98m of Local Growth Funding is supporting projects across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire such as the Heat Academy at Stoke-on-Trent College to help businesses access the skills they need to compete and grow.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Ceramic Valley enterprise zone has transformed a number of brownfield sites and created thousands of jobs in Stoke-on-Trent. Will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State support our proposals to extend the zone, and its continuation in Stoke-on-Trent?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"21. What recent steps he has taken to support growth in the midlands. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"The ceramic valley enterprise zone in Stoke-on-Trent has been incredibly successful for our local economy by creating jobs. Will the Minister support continuing the ceramic valley enterprise zone and expanding it to include other sites in the city?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 May 2019
British Steel

"Energy-intensive industries like steel and other manufacturers in my constituency of Stoke-on-Trent South have come under increasing pressure from high energy costs. Will my right hon. Friend outline more of the measures that the Government are taking to address those high energy costs?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Feb 2019
Small Modular Reactors

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does she agree that companies such as Goodwin International, which the Minister has visited in my constituency, could help? It has already been working in the defence industry, which she touched on, and could really help to commercialise SMRs in this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Budget Resolutions

"As the subject of today’s debate indicates—business and the future economy—what is most striking about Monday’s Budget is how forward-looking it is. After eight years of hard work to get out of the mess that was left by Labour, Conservative Members can focus on measures that will take our economy …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. What steps he is taking to increase levels of investment in research and development. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for his response. Does he agree that the development of an advanced ceramics research park in Stoke-on-Trent would be a significant addition to the UK’s R&D capabilities?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Jul 2018
Nuclear Sector Deal

"It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Copeland (Trudy Harrison) on securing it. She made many excellent points in welcoming the deal, and I agree that Ministers and industry have taken some positive and necessary steps forward to …..."
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