Low Carbon Workspaces offers small and medium sized enterprises grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 to cover a third of the cost of installing energy saving measures, such as: LED lighting and control systems Roof, pipework, cavity or solid wall insulation Energy efficient boilers and controls Air-to-air source heat pumps Equipment or machinery upgrades If […]
England has entered a National Lockdown. The advice is: You must stay at home. The advice on what you can and cannot do during the national lockdown is available on the GOV.UK website. You should follow this guidance immediately. To reduce social contact, the regulations require some businesses to close and impose restrictions on how some […]
A new fully funded programme of in-depth virtual training sessions is available for South East Midlands businesses to understand the new processes and paperwork requirements when working within the EU. As of 1 January 2021, new rules affecting business operations apply. While the trade-deal relieves the impact on businesses, work to understand and use the […]
Business leaders have been told ‘you’re not alone’ as companies are forced to close their doors and work remotely from home as part of the latest lockdown restrictions. With COVID-19 cases surging, businesses have once again found themselves working from makeshift home offices, with employees having to juggle the demands of working life with home-schooling […]
Grants of up to £20,000 are available to support people whose employment has been affected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the local employment rate remains above average, employment across the country has seen a dip. From prolonged periods of furlough, to job losses and redundancies, 2020 presented an employment landscape never seen […]
GROWTH CURVE: Support and training for local business owners to lead businesses forward and plan for growth. About The Programme Growth Curve is an intensive programme for business owners to strengthen leadership skills to help set your organisation on track for attainable long-term growth. Set up to support businesses to scale up and grow by providing […]
The Recovery and Resilience Grant scheme offers match funding to businesses to invest in new technologies, plant equipment, machinery, or premises growth to help businesses create employment opportunities. The grants of between £5,000 to £50,000 are designed to build business resilience for businesses that have that have been affected by Covid-19 by supporting investment projects […]
There are many businesses in our local region (South East Midlands) that are looking to grow their business in 2021 and seek new opportunities. However, the current pandemic is doing it’s very best to claw back on the budgets that businesses have set aside to push themselves forward, with this money being spent to ensure […]
Before we get started you are probably wondering what is the Kickstart scheme – read on and we’ll explain. Or you can let Rishi explain it by watching his video. What’s kickstart? It’s a £2 billion scheme that has been designed to create thousands of high quality 6 month job placements for 16-24 year olds. […]
As an employer, you’re not aware of everything available to you. So from our end, the first bit is to make you aware or give you the fast-track access you need. For example…. You think, Right… ‘I don’t know anything about that’ or ‘I’m interested in ‘this’ need for my business… I want to grow […]
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