Our outdoor city is inspiring other major cities across the world, in the inclusion and development of outdoors as part of their identities, while also striving to solve climate, sustainability and nature challenges faced by the world.
2024 promises another huge line-up of exciting events and festivals happening across Sheffield, from large music festivals and international sporting events to food & drink celebrations, outdoor markets and lots of family fun.
If you're looking for a fun night out with friends, Sheffield has a great variety of activity bars to keep you thoroughly entertained. From seriously crazy indoor golf, to shuffle board, bowling and board games- you will definitely not be bored!
Rivelin Rail is making tracks with the Productivity and Digitisation Grants! With support from Business Sheffield and funding from the Productivity and Digitisation Grants, Rivelin Rail were able to make significant software and hardware improvements to their bespoke railway inspection device, improving functionality and reducing assembly time.
Thanks to support from the UKSPF Digital and Productivity Grant, Bullion, a local bean-to-bar chocolate maker, doubled their output and scaled up their business!
Meet Darren from our team of business advisors. Darren has worked with hundreds of businesses helping them to look at business strategy, process improvement, and digital challenges. He provides expert support on those grant funding applications too.
Subject Group Leader for Food and Nutrition and Principal Lecturer in Nutrition
Sheffield is one of the few places in the world where people talk to each other in the streets, on the bus, in shops. It's a truly welcoming and warm city full of open and genuine folk.
Sustainable aviation fuels which will reduce the carbon emissions associated with flying will be driven by a new partnership between Boeing and the University of Sheffield. The leading aerospace company has signed a new research partnership with the University, becoming the founding member of the Energy Innovation Centre, a new Research & Development scheme to develop new low carbon technologies.
The Sheffield Theatres production, which recently wrapped a sold out 6-week run at the National Theatre, won the awards for ‘Best New Musical’ while Sheffield singer-songwriter, Richard Hawley and Tom Deering won ‘Best Original Score and New Orchestrations'.