LEP Funding

More than 600 more people in the region will be able to sign up to Skills Bootcamps to help fast track them into jobs. An indoor entertainment hub is getting ready to make its official return to Chester after more than a decade's absence.

Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has managed to secure £2.4m in government funding – double the previous year’s allocation.

Delighted LEP officials have urged education providers and businesses to come forward to help deliver the bootcamps.

Covering a wide range of areas such as green skills, digital skills, logistics, and skills in the rail sector, these flexible courses of up to 16 weeks give local employers the opportunity to recruit people with the skills they need or develop the skills of their existing staff.

Read more at: Chester Standard

Read our other news

Green Skills Youth Conference 2026 Announced

This annual regional event held near Chester brings together secondary schools, colleges and employers to explore the fast‑growing world of green careers, from renewable energy and environmental science to sustainable construction, transport and digital innovation.  

Read More
Energy efficiency tech group acquires LED lighting and solar PV brands

A Berkshire-based provider of energy efficiency and decarbonisation technologies has acquired two of its fulfilment partners in LED lighting and solar PV services, headquartered in Cheshire.

Read More
Top 20 care award for Home Instead Northwich and Knutsford

A HOME care provider has been named among the best in the region.

Read More