Charles Turner is Director of Made in Sheffield, the city's registered trade mark which is known as a sign quality across the world.
Rob Lawley is the Service Manager for Business Sheffield, leading the delivery of programmes that help Sheffield’s businesses start, grow and thrive. Before stepping into this role, Rob worked as a Business Advisor within the service, supporting entrepreneurs and early‑stage businesses across a wide range of sectors.
The Economic Recovery Fund supported local businesses and organisations to get people visiting and spending money in their neighbourhoods. That meant anything from delivering events for businesses to connect with customers; creating exciting new features to draw people in; making the high street a nicer place to spend time; or something completely different. Solutions are designed by local people for local people, using their insight into what would work on their high street.
The Economic Recovery Fund (ERF) ran between February 2021 and April 2025. It was a unique, innovative grant fund that aims to support local economic recovery in local high streets by empowering local groups of businesses to implement changes themselves.
Discover how Ascent Safety Fabrications used the Innovation in Action Productivity Challenge to explore AI solutions and improve efficiency.
Based at Keham Island Museum, Island is a café by day and bar/eatery by night. From breakfast to brunch and onward to supper, their seasonally-led menu is designed to satisfy your appetite throughout the day, with an enticing selection of classic and contemporary dishes.
Elm is a small neighbourhood hangout, for good coffee, good wines and good goods. During the week Elm serve speciality coffee, a perfect little all day brunch menu, sandwiches/soup of the day, bespoke cakes and their infamous cinnamon buns.
Yes, we do have some hills (sorry!), but a rise in e-bikes is helping more people be more sustainable and healthy. With everything so close and accessible in Sheffield bikes are an ideal way to move around, and here are some handy things to know if you're visiting us on two wheels.
Discover the key insights from Sheffield’s Access to Finance event, where local experts shared practical funding options including grants, loans, microfinance, equity, and more to help businesses grow.