The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Workforce Development Business Adviser has worked on behalf of Bell4business which is a local SME company that offers outsourced office services. The HEY LEP supported Bell4business with their business growth and development requirements. Thereby enabling an existing employee to upskill as a professional development opportunity through undertaking the Level 3 Digital Marketing Apprenticeship training. This exiting opportunity was funded through the reinvestment of local unspent apprenticeship levy funds that was kindly donated

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The team at Hull & East Riding Made Smarter team have put together a programme of workshops aimed specifically at the needs of the manufacturing sector – arising from meetings with existing clients on the programme who are already access support and grants for project.  These events are free and only open to manufacturers – we are keeping delegate numbers down to smaller numbers therefore allowing the workshops to provide a more practical session and opportunities to develop bespoke action

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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has collaborated with Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), Humber Branch to deliver an event for employers and HR professionals to highlight the positive impact of recruiting and retaining diverse talent.

Next month’s event, Growing Your Talent Pool: Recruiting the maximise creativity & productivity, will be opened by James Newman OBE, HEY LEP chair.

The theme aligns with one of the LEP’s key priorities – a skilled, healthy and inclusive economy by helping

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Skills Bootcamps will continue in Hull and East Yorkshire thanks to a £4.3 million funding boost from government to support 1,603 individuals across different sectors.

Hull Training and Adult Education (HTAE), which is leading and managing the programme, will work with employers and training providers to support local people to train up to better jobs in growing business sectors such as digital, transport and green skills.

The £4,363,668.76 of funding is for delivery of Skills Bootcamps during the 2024/25 financial year and

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Enterprise Adviser (EA) RecruitmentWe’re delighted to launch our Enterprise Adviser (EA) Recruitment Campaign today! 🚨 As a volunteer Enterprise Adviser (EA) you will use your skills, experience, and networks to support education leaders in schools, special schools, and colleges to develop world class careers provision, helping every young person find their best next step. 🛑 Working with Careers Leaders and Education Leaders, you will help them build connections between employers and their education institutions to improve young people’s career prospects

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Trade opportunities and challenges in 2024 for the food and drink sector16th Jan – Free webinar

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Food and drink is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector and is leading the way for the country’s exports, with international sales reaching record numbers in the first half of 2023, according to figures from the Food

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Date – 2 January 2024 Cllr Mike Ross with the proposed devolution deal. Devolution: Time for the public to have its say People across Hull and East Yorkshire can now have their say on devolution proposals for the region. Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have launched an eight-week consultation on the proposal to create a Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA), led by a directly elected mayor. The leaders of both

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This e-survey is part of a project looking at the support needs high growth and scale-up businesses in Yorkshire.

The four Yorkshire Growth Hubs have commissioned Steer Economic Development (Steer-ED), an independent economic development consultancy, to undertake this project.  The project is looking at the current support relevant to high growth businesses, their particular needs, and providing recommendations on future support. 

The focus of this survey is to capture the views of high growth and scale-up businesses on the visibility and effectiveness of current

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Organised by the Department for Business and Trade, theMade in the UK, Sold to the World Awards recognise and celebrate the success of UK SMEs trading internationally from a wide range of sectors.•We want to inspire and encourage UK businesses to pursue global opportunities. The ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ campaign provides us with a platform to acknowledge and celebrate exporters from across the country and tell their stories, with the aim of instilling an exporting culture.•As

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hull and the East Riding will soon be able to benefit from expert, tailored support thanks to over half a million pounds worth of funding secured by Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP).

The government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has awarded £520,000 to HEY LEP to deliver the Create Growth Programme (CGP).

The CGP will provide ‘scale up’ support to high-growth potential SMEs from the creative industries and help them

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The Department for Business and Trade has launched the Dairy Export Programme designed to help grow agri-food exports in overseas markets.

New Dairy Export Programme launched to help grow agri-food exports in overseas markets.

Programme includes UK Dairy Showcase, education sessions and trade missions and follows £1m funding committed to dairy sector exports by the Prime Minister in May at the Farm to Fork Summit.

Minister for Exports Lord Offord visits Lye Cross Farm in Bristol to launch programme and showcase government support

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The UK TV production industry will benefit from new safeguards as the government proceeds with reforms to support Channel 4’s long-term sustainability.

New freedoms for Channel 4 to make and own content included in the Media Bill, introduced today 

New safeguards for UK’s world-leading TV programme makers, including requirement on Channel 4 to commission more shows from independent producers

Part of government plans to grow the creative industries by £50bn and expand Britain’s pipeline of TV talent 

The UK’s world-renowned TV production industry will

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Defra and UK Research & Innovation open new fund to improve UK Biosecurity and tackle the threat of regulated plant pests and diseases.

UK technical capability to protect plant health and biosecurity in the UK is set to be boosted from today (6 November) with new research grant funding available for businesses working in technological innovation and the UK horticultural, forestry, agricultural growers, importers and plants and plant products export sectors.

From today, businesses can apply for a share of a new

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As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2023, we are running the Adam Corbally Enterprise Challenge It is a great opportunity for young people to gain support for their enterprising idea, so please bring it to the attention of young people that you know in Ryedale, Hull, East Riding and Scarborough this year it has two age sections, and each entrant must produce a two minute or less video pitch and send to Adam direct.

Please check out the Post 16

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The Women’s International Networking(WIN) programme aims to change thelandscape for women in business, offering astructured and supportive environment forwomen to grow their businesses and achievetheir potential.Express your interest to join the NorthernPowerhouse 2023/24 cohort today.www.events.great.gov.uk/WIN-23-24

Participate in an insightful agenda ofactivities designed to build the confidenceand skills of female leaders.» Join an overseas trade mission to putthose capabilities into practice and explorepotential opportunities for yourbusiness.» Gain increased clarity in terms of businessdirection and strategic tips to achievepersonal and business goals.» Build

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Following a successful pilot programme, Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is delighted to announce the launch of The Student Voice for 2023/24.

The Student Voice was commissioned by HEY LEP in partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) and Hull and East Yorkshire Careers Hub, being delivered by Different Resonance.

A first-of-its-kind programme for Hull and East Yorkshire, the pilot programme during 2022/23 focused on capturing students’ views about careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) within

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The UK Space Agency has launched a new programme to help businesses unlock the benefits of satellite data and services.

Global satellite services currently support activity that contributes £370 billion to the UK economy, which is around 17.7% of our GDP. As the cost of accessing space continues to fall and the pace of innovation increases, a greater number of businesses now have the opportunity to harness the advantages offered by satellites through enhanced imagery, connectivity and navigation capabilities.  

Unlocking Space for

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HEY LEP chair James Newman OBE with Allenby Commercial managing director Andrew Allenby and contracts director Paul Swallow.

A vacant and dilapidated Hull city centre building will soon benefit from ‘Grade A’ managed office space thanks to significant funding from Hull City Council and Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP).

A contribution of £1.5m has been granted to Venture Business Space, part of Allenby Commercial, towards its £6.5m project to create the office space at Monocle, formerly known

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Businesses in Hull and the East Riding with employment and skills issues are welcome to attend next week’s Hull & East Yorkshire Manufacturers Network.

This month’s event, organised by Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), will support those who have expressed an interest in tackling employment and skills issues that they have faced.

It will look at these issues across the region in detail and will have three key objectives:

1) To raise awareness of the current funding and support

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Hull & East Yorkshire’s Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) hosted a successful VIP – Meet the Cornerstones Employers event in Hull’s iconic Guildhall last week.

Wednesday 27 September saw a host of employers, business leads and careers leaders from school and colleges in Hull and East Yorkshire come together for a networking session.

Organised by HEY LEP’s Careers Hub, 10 Cornerstone businesses and partner employers showcased an array of employment opportunities for young people post-education.

These employers also work with the Careers Hub

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It is at

Aura Innovation CentreMeadow Road Kingston upon Hull HU13 0GD.

Join other manufacturing and engineering businesses this October as the Hull & East Yorkshire Manufacturers Network takes a look at some of the employment and skills issues facing the sector.

Network members have expressed a strong interest in tackling employment and skills issues that they face with the support of the Network. This event has therefore been developed to help look at these employment & skills issues in more

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Export Growth Grant (EGG) Funding Programme – Trade Show Exhibitor Grants

Hull City Council would like to announce the successful awarding to the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) of UK Shared Prosperity Funds (UKSPF) supporting Hull based businesses with an Export Growth Grant (EGG) Funding Programme. The Programme aims to provide revenue grants to Hull-based companies to support business growth through exporting to new markets.

Grants to a maximum of £5,400 are available to SMEs trading in a Hull Postcode (HU1 –

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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HEY LEP) Made Smarter team and Hull & Humberside Chamber of Commerce have collaborated to provide a free manufacturing business support event this November.

Hull and the East Riding business are invited to Export 4 Manufacturing Businesses, the latest instalment of HEY Business Growth Hub’s Made Smarter workshop programme.

Export 4 Manufacturers will be hosted by the partnership supported by Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce and Hull & East Yorkshire (HEY) Business Growth Hub’s

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reference to the fully funded Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme, which is still accepting applications for Cohort 20, starting in February 2024.

The application deadline is Friday 22nd September 2023..

For more detailed information, and to find the application page, please direct any interested or suitable businesses to the website: www.gs.com/10ksb-uk,

or contact Vivienne Garnett Recruitment and EDI Manager Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK

email 10KSB.Recruitment@sbs.ox.ac.uk

In addition, they are always keen to keep there alumni informed of any new funding

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one-to-one digital supportBusinesses can access free one-to-one support with a Digital Trade Adviser to assist across all areas of your digital objectives and help build a unique and successful e-Commerce strategy.

Get advice and guidance on…

Developing an international marketing strategy to increase growth and salesWebsite appraisal and advice on internationalisation and localisationOnline channel activities and conversion optimisation, including e-marketplacesCountry specific legal, logistical and compliance expertiseThe wider DBT network, digital specialists, trade opportunities and knowledge resources

This year’s Survey seeks to understand the current barriers to the future growth of your scaling businesses and what they believe could make a real and impactful difference. 

I do hope you will, as before, share the unique link to the survey directly to your scaleup CEOs, as well as on your website, newsletter and via social media.

Direct messages to scaleup founders and CEOs are particularly effective for getting their responses, so we have included a range of draft messages and

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The next instalment of Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HEY LEP) Business Growth Hub, in partnership with Made Smarter programme, will take place this autumn.

Export 4 Manufacturing Businesses will take place on Tuesday 7 November in partnership with HEY LEP’s Business Growth Hub / HEY Made Smarter, as well as Department for Business & Trade and Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce in Hull.

It is the latest in a series of workshops aimed at business owners and/or senior

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Hull and East Yorkshire Cornerstone Group is inviting fellow employers to a free introductory breakfast event next month.

VIP – Meet the Cornerstone Employers will take place in Hull’s Guildhall from 8:30-9:30am on Wednesday 27 September.

Guests will learn about the benefits of becoming a Cornerstone member and what it could mean to their business.

It is also an opportunity to gain immediate access to contacts within schools and colleges in their area, showcase the benefits of employing young people and providing them

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Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) held its second Annual General Meeting on Thursday 27th July at County Hall, Beverley, seeing invited guests and stakeholders participate in celebrating what had been achieved in the financial year 22/23.

Led by HEY LEP chair, James Newman OBE, with support from deputy chair, Steven Parnaby OBE, board members updated on the outputs and delivery of key milestones.

The LEP’s financial outturn was also presented by Stephen Savage, chair of the Audit, Finance

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The HEY LEP Careers Hub has been shining the light on green skills with two key events showcasing green careers to parents, students and career leaders.

The Humber region is host to many exciting and innovative green skills employers presenting fantastic opportunities to build a strong career in these growing fields.

The Hub partnered with key stakeholders Centrica, Orsted and Wood PLC to demonstrate the entry routes and breath of careers available within these exciting new fields.

In the first of the events,

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HUL/23/00532 YOUTH ENTERPRISE & MICRO BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICER

The Support Officer Post is an essential part of the team and we are looking for a first-class administrator who understands and can deliver effective communication between partners, staff members and more importantly those that we are supporting to establish a micro business. 

The successful candidate will be the glue between all the strands of the youth enterprise eco-system and supervise our Youth Enterprise Champions as well as manage the mentoring programme and our

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Each Month The HEY Growth Hub Sends a Business Intelligence report to the Government showing how businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire are performing the items we are collecting now are A Local Economic Conditions Any significant information on economic conditions and trends, positive or negative. This may include specific issues or cross-cutting themes impacting on business’s performance, productivity or investment, or on the broader local economy. B Local Business Needs and Concerns An overview of significant new, emerging and/or ongoing issues that

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Proposals to create a strategic skills hub for Hull and East Riding will be shared with Hull City Council’s Cabinet.

In the plans, the hub would maintain core staff and focus on the future skills needs of employers.

It is anticipated that this could see benefits for the business community and employees across the whole region, as well as provide a ’go to’ structure for the various government departments involved in the skills agenda.

These proposals follow on from the government’s announcement in

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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is keen to encourage more SMEs across the region to join the UK Export Academy.

Delivered by the Department for Business and Trade and with already over 6,000 UK participating businesses to-date, the UK Export Academy targets those companies that are looking to either take their first steps into exporting or enter new markets.

The UK Export Academy offers mainly online sessions for both new and the more experienced exporter, covering sessions including

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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), Investment Programme Team, is running an event for all businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire to discover existing and new funding opportunities.

The Event is for all SMEs in Hull & East Riding and will provide information on both the Growing Places Fund, the Goole Property Activation Fund, the Made Smarter Programme and Business support available. There will be an opportunity to take part in a workshop covering ‘How to complete your

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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is providing SMEs based in Hull and East Yorkshire the opportunity to learn more about grants and loans available to them.

The Growing Places Fund team will be at RaisE in Goole on Wednesday 5th July.

If you are looking for capital investment to help your business to grow, go along and have a chat to the team.

Grants and loans up to £250,000 are available to Hull and East Riding SMEs.

The event will

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Salary details: £35411 – £38296

Salary details: £35411 – £38296

ReferenceHUL/23/0331

Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)£35411 – £38296

Occupational groupEconomic Development

Job termFull Time

Appointment typeFixed Term

Hours37

DivisionRegeneration & Partnerships – Directorate

Closing Date09 June 2023

Proposed Shortlisting Date13 June 2023

Proposed Interview Date29 June 2023

Place of workThe Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA

Application and full details here

The Export Growth Grant programme is
funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and is being managed and
administered by The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY
LEP) on behalf of Hull City Council. The programme aims to provide revenue
grants to Hull-based exporters to support business growth through exporting to
new markets.

A 60:40 match-funded EGG award of a
maximum of £5,400 is available to eligible businesses that are looking to
exhibit at an international trade show, in order to engage with new markets

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Social enterprises in Hull, East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are being encouraged to take advantage of a fully-funded accelerator programme before it closes to new applicants.

The Hull & East Yorkshire Growth Hub’s Humber Social Enterprise Accelerator (Humber SEA) supports not for profit organisations – that are engaged in commercial activity – to take a fresh look at their long-term plans with a view to supporting sustainability and growth.

Delivered on behalf of the Growth Hub by sector experts CERT CIC, the

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As part of a research project called ReTraCE (Realizing
the Transition to the Circular Economy), Sheffield University Management School
is conducting a survey which aims to investigate the barriers and enablers to
the adoption of Circular Economy practices by SMEs in the manufacturing sector
in the UK. This research will be beneficial for all organizations who aim to
make efforts to implement Circular Economy practices within their supply
chains. By participating, you could also join our Circular Economy Research
Club wherein you can benefit from the periodically

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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will be launching the next burst of its Cyber Aware campaign activity . This phase is aimed at sole traders, micro and small businesses and other organisations. NCSC would be grateful if you could use your various communication channels to help raise awareness amongst the target businesses about the campaign and tool available.

NCSC will be
joining the next Growth Hub Network Cluster leads call on Wednesday, to discuss
the campaign. So please do feel free to

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Digital technology adoption will be a key driver

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to lead the economy out of its current economic downturn and digital adoption will be a key driver to their growth.

On Thursday 16 March, Humber SME leaders demonstrated their willingness to contribute to the economy by gathering to share ideas at the HEY Growth Hub hosted Innovation & Technology Roundtable and learn how they can grow their business through digital adoption.

While digital tools offer many opportunities

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Clients are increasingly
demanding that their suppliers have a robust carbon reduction plan in place.

Consumers want to purchase
from sustainable companies.

If you are a business that
is looking to:

Reduce
your impact on the planetReduce
energy usageReduce
WasteReduce
CostsImprove
company imageImprove
employee pride and retention 

Then the team at Beyond
Procurement are here to help you.

There 12 month support program will provide

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For small
business owners, rising costs can be a real challenge. It’s easy to get
overwhelmed trying to keep a business afloat in an uncertain economy of high
inflation and potential recession.

The new guide to building business resilience from the British Business Bank contains impartial, practical, and actionable information and support to help smaller businesses manage their costs, boost their long-term profitability, and increase their resilience. The guide features everything from energy efficiency to controlling staff overheads to help smaller business owners build a

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Dear customer, Now is a good time to check up on the key changes affecting payroll for the 2023 to 2024 tax year. Get an overview of the main changes affecting the way you deal with employee and payroll matters by joining our live webinar, where you can ask questions using the on-screen text box.

Employers – what’s new for 2023 to 2024?
Join this webinar for an overview of the new rates for:
•

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Please see below a list of all the new and current funding opportunities available to you on behalf of Innovate UK. lease check individual competition dates as they may have been extended. UK-Germany bilateral: collaborative research and development

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The Levelling Up Fund has awarded over £19 million to Hull to regenerate the city centre.

It will support:

the development of a mixed-use space in Albion SquareWhitefriargate and the surrounding areas

Revitalising Whitefriargate

Whitefriargate is a beloved and historic district which includes 33 listed buildings.  Businesses within Whitefriargate and surrounding areas will see:

unused floorspace brought back into usean increase in employment opportunitiesan increase in footfall

The city will also enjoy a new cultural and education hub. The hub will use digital technologies

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The government announced last month (15 December) that
businesses don’t have much time left to apply for the Help to Grow: Digital
scheme, following a decision to close the programme.

The scheme has supported businesses to grow, but with take-up
lower than expected, the decision has been taken to refocus efforts towards
other support mechanisms for small businesses.

The Help to Grow Digital programme was designed to give 100,000
SMEs free and impartial advice on how technology can help their business and
vouchers worth up to

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Do you need
extra resource and skills to support your plans in 2023?

Funding and support is available towards bringing a skilled graduate into your business for 12 weeks.Get ahead and book onto one of our upcoming events to find out more

REGISTER
SCUNTHORPE
19 January

 
REGISTER
HESSLE
26 January
 

Why should you attend? Find out how you can:

Trial skilled graduates for permanent hireGain short-term resource for projects

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The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) and Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce are surveying local employers about the skills needs of local businesses based in Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire and how they can be met. The results of this survey will inform the LEP’s strategic skills planning and also inform the development of the Local Skills Improvement Plan.

The more employers complete this survey, the better the outcome. We would appreciate it if you

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The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) and Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce are surveying local employers about the skills needs of local businesses based in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, and how they can be met. The results of this survey will inform the LEP’s strategic skills planning and also inform the development of the Local Skills Improvement Plan for the region.

The more local employers complete this survey, the more valuable the data

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The Hull & East Yorkshire (HEY) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is recruiting to the post of a Made Smarter – Digital Transformation Specialist. The post will work within the HEY Growth Hub which provides a range of high-quality business support services utilising funding from UK government and European Structural Investment Funds.

The Made Smarter programme was created following an industry-led government review of how UK manufacturing industries can use digitalisation to make things smarter, better, and faster – becoming leaders of

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£30 million fund to advance life-changing cancer therapeutics

The Innovate UK initiative aims to unleash business-led innovation from the UK’s vibrant research base in immuno-oncology, transformative treatments that guide the patient’s own immune system to target their cancer cells.

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Transform your innovation idea into a successful business

The new Innovation Hub will make it easier for entrepreneurs to find the funding and support they need to flourish and grow.READ MORE >

£16 million to support low-emission food production

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Humber Employer Engagement Enterprise CoordinatorWorking jointly with Greater Lincolnshire Careers Hub an opportunity has arisen for an Employer Engagement Enterprise coordinator to boost the awareness of careers in the green sector.  Through working with the Humber Industrial Cluster Plan a post has been established which will look at how schools and colleges can promote the green sector better and work closer with employers to develop a well informed and skilled future talent pipeline.  More information about the role can be

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We have setup a lot more Business events to take place in January , February, March, April, May and June. Some of the events are Workshops and some Webinars. The workshops are located all over the East riding of Yorkshire and Hull and some in north Lincolnshire. These events are free for you to attend and they will help you in loots of different ways. you can see all the events here: https://heygrowthhub.com/event/

Do you run a small business? If you’re on a non-domestic energy contract your energy prices will be automatically cut by the government’s Energy Bill Relief Scheme. The scheme covers businesses, voluntary and public sector organisations across the UK:

Find out about the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) for non-domestic customers and how you can get support this winter.

Eligibility

The scheme will be available to everyone on a non-domestic contract including:

businessesvoluntary sector organisations, such as charitiespublic sector organisations

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The Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub’s Business Growth Scheme will provide four local digital SMEs (small and medium businesses) with the opportunity to exhibit at a flagship business expo during Tech Week Humber. Taking place on Tuesday 8 November at the MKM Stadium, the Tech Expo will see a range of organisations and speakers come together to exhibit their organisations and to present on a range of digital topics. The expo will also showcase the strength of the region’s

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HEY Growth Hub in collaboration with the British Business Bank are producing a business event in Hull on Thursday 10th November 2022. Delivered as part of Business Finance Week 7 – 11 November 2022, the event will let you know how the Business Bank’s range of funding products could help your business unlock investment or become more resilient, and will also explore the range of support services and funding available from the HEY Growth Hub.

Join us at C4di in Hull

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Hull West and Hessle MP Emma Hardy is urging businesses in her constituency to join her “Big Conversation” and share comments and feedback on the issues they face.

Emma has undertaken a listening tour of groups and organisations every year since she was elected in 2017 and has this year added a business briefing to the programme.

She will meet owners and directors of businesses from 2.30pm until 3.30pm on Thursday 20 October. The event will take place at Nordic House, the

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From left to right; Stephen Savage (Deputy Chair of the HEY LEP Investment Panel), Ian Moulds (Managing Director) and Andrew Tindall (Operations Manager).

The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership are now welcoming grant applications from Local SMEs as part of the newly launched Growing Places Fund.

The Growing Places Programme Fund is a £3.25m business investment scheme aimed at providing capital grants and loans to SME businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire to support and incentivise business growth, investment, and

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From left to right: Philip Kelly, Head of Yorkshire and Humber Delivery at the Department for International Trade (DIT) ), James Newman, Chair of the HEY LEP, Andrew Finch, Export Partnerships Manager and Teresa Chalmers, HEY LEP , Chief Operating Officer.

Philip Kelly, Head of Yorkshire and Humber Delivery at the Department for International Trade (DIT) recently paid a visit to East Yorkshire to meet with the Board and Executives from the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

The meeting was

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Homes England and Newstead Capital have joined forces to support SME housebuilders by launching an innovative long-term development finance lending fund.

Homes England, alongside Greater Manchester Pension Fund, listed wealth manager Mattioli Woods and other private institutional investors, have committed £80m to the Initial Close of the Newstead SME Real Estate Lending Fund (RELF).

The Fund is to be managed by specialist fund manager Newstead Capital and the intention is to grow the fund to £300m in subsequent capital raised and

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Queen Elizabeth the 2nd was a lovely person and it is very sad that she has passed away, we know that she came to Hull on a number of occasions. We send our sympathy to her family they will all be vey upset and we also welcome King Charles to his new position.

Statement from James Newman OBE, Chair and Stephen Parnaby OBE, Deputy Chair of theHull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership

‘’On behalf of HEY LEP, its Boards and

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The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Liz Truss MP, announced that typical households would pay no more than £2,500 a year on gas and electricity bills from 1st October through the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG), which will last for two years.  

This will be paired alongside the existing Energy Bill Support Scheme (EBSS), providing £400 worth of support to households, brought about by a temporary suspension of green levies on energy bills.  

Households who do not pay for mains gas and electricity directly – such

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How you import from and export to Ukraine. Department for International Trade update.

The UK has signed an agreement with Ukraine, which is in effect.

This guidance provides information on aspects of trade covered by the UK-Ukraine agreement. It is for UK businesses trading with Ukraine.

What the agreement includes 

This agreement includes provisions on: 

trade in goods – including provisions on preferential tariffs, tariff rate quotas, rules of origin and sanitary and phytosanitary measurestrade in servicesintellectual property, including geographical indicationsgovernment procurement

Tariff rates on goods 

Tariff rates for bilateral

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Your new WebFiling account will include improved security features and will give you more freedom to self-manage your account. This is the first step in creating a single sign-in across all Companies House services.

Companies House will soon be introducing a new WebFiling account – GOV.UK

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Fancy
a challenge and a boost to your business? The Adam Corbally
Enterprise Challenge for 16 to 29 year olds in Hull, the East Riding and
Ryedale is back, supported by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank and Hull
City Council. 

 Check
out Adam’s promotional video for the competition here: 

 youtube.com/shorts/r63IhE2_rSI

It’s
a great opportunity for you as a young entrepreneur, setting up in business. The
prize for the winner is up to £1000 in cash and access to Adam as a mentor for
up to a year. All you need

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The HEY LEP Skills Network is now established and aims to build upon the excellent work done through the previous Humber LEP Skills Network on behalf of the Hull and East Yorkshire area.

It brings together key agencies, stakeholders and delivery partners that will provide leadership to the employment and skills agenda in Hull & East Yorkshire.

It will be used to cascade information about the LEP’s activity, act as a consultation body on future plans and will influence employment and skills

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The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) are undertaking some research into the business support and financial support needs of creative businesses in the region. This work will inform our business support offer for the “creative industries” where we lack up to date insights, and will also help us to develop bids and secure future funding.

By “creative industries”, we specifically mean businesses that operate – either in full or in part – in the following sub-sectors:

Advertising &

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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published new guidance on employment status to support HR advisers, individuals and businesses to gain a better understanding of which employment rights apply to them.

This new guidance brings together employment laws into one place for businesses and individuals to access – including advice for micro businesses, start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have less capacity and legal expertise to understand the law. The government release also clarifies

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We have access to lots of business tool kits to help your business. The business toolkits are very helpful in promoting your business.The HEY Workforce website is for Effective recruitment, people management and support helps your business to thrive. Thinking about how you can best build and support your workforce is time well spent and provides access to a range of tool kits to help. They are here

The Hey Star-ups website has access to lots of toolkits to

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The clarity is over employment status and the rights and employment protections people are entitled to at work.

Featuring real world examples of what an individual’s working day or contract may involve – and how that translates into their employment status – the guidance will help smaller businesses that have less capacity and legal expertise to understand the law and reduce the risk of companies being fined for unknowingly breaking the rules.

At the same time, workers can see what rights they

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The HEY LEP’s Economic Growth and Workplace Wellbeing Strategy PDF file was published earlier this year and one of our priorities is to lead the transformation of the HEY LEP area skills profile, to deliver a highly skilled, healthy, and productive workforce, reducing inequality and increasing life chances for our communities and one of the key objectives is a healthy workplace. 

To help achieve this priority we have worked with
partners to create  HEY Workforce, a new digital resource containing a wealth

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Please complete the attached form below to answer the following questions:

Q1 General business and economic headlines – Any useful intelligence/news gathered in the HEY region this month? This can be positive or negative and relates to any issue affecting business performance, productivity, investment etc. Includes intelligence on general business confidence and attitudes

Q2 Hot topics this week? Any factors businesses are talking about this month? Can include any matter related to “doing business”

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You
are invited to submit a quotation to support the work of our advisers through
the delivery of sector specific workshops.

Background

The Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) Growth Hub is part of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) and provides quick and easy access to local and national resources along with information to support businesses to start and grow. The HEY Growth Hub supports businesses, from pre-start to established businesses, to access help with grants, funding, innovation, exporting, growth

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The government has announced a range of changes to make it simpler for businesses to apply new product conformity markings for most products placed on the market in England, Scotland and Wales. 

The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark is a mandatory mark on certain products, such as mobile phones, to indicate that they conform to Great Britain legislation. Businesses have until 1 January 2023 to start using UKCA marking which replaces the Conformitè Europëenne (CE). 

To make it simpler for businesses to

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The Humber Industrial Cluster Plan (HICP) is currently in development and the HICP Team want to hear opinions from local people in the Humber Region. The team are looking for a range of people to volunteer as participants in focus groups to discuss the social and cultural dimensions of the industrial low carbon energy transition in the Humber. There are three possible focus groups to take part in:

The local community / natural environment perspective
• 12:00-14:00,

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It
is that time of the year as Hull City Council and the John Cracknell Youth
Enterprise Bank are seeking nominations for the Annual Hull Youth
Enterprise Awards 2022.

The
awards up for nomination are

1.
Young Entrepreneur of the Year

2.
Most Enterprising School of the Year

3.
Most Enterprising Teacher of the Year

4.
Most Enterprising project of the Year

5.
MC4C Student of the Year

6.
Mentor of the Year

7.
Organisation or individual who has done the most to promote enterprise in Hull.

8.
Best Newcomer to Enterprise Education

There
are a number of special awards that will be decided

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The Humber Industrial Cluster Plan (HICP) is currently in development. The HICP Team want to hear opinions from local people in the Humber Region and are looking for a range of people to volunteer as participants in focus groups, to discuss the social and cultural dimensions of the industrial low carbon energy transition in the Humber.

If you would be interested in participating, please fill out this form https://forms.gle/3Z25A5uqoE4dcnbf7 and you forwarded an invitation, subject to availability. Some more information

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Here is our latest news, insights and funding opportunities that may be of interest to you.

New £30 million Fast Start boost for cutting-edge start-ups   Innovate UK’s Fast Start: Innovation grants will give hundreds of UK small and micro-businesses the opportunity to grow and realise their ideas fast, by providing a quick way to boost cash flow and propel their innovative ideas to commercialisation.   READ MORE

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A Start Up Loan is a government-backed personal loan available to individuals looking to start or grow a business in the UK.

In addition to finance, successful applicants receive 12 months of free mentoring and exclusive business offers to help them succeed.

The loan is unsecured, so there’s no need to put forward any assets or guarantors to support an application.

All owners or partners in a business can individually apply for up to £25,000 each, with a maximum of £100,000 available per

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Businesses are wanting to become more sustainable for a variety of reasons, from wanting to make a positive impact on the environment to using it as a way of driving business growth and their bottom-line. However, for many business owners, it can be difficult to know where to start. This is where fully-funded skills training, such as that offered by the Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) programme, can help.

Some benefits of being a more sustainable business

Cost savings: By using less

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The Hull and East Yorkshire LEP (HEY LEP) is eagerly looking forward to attending its first in-person Business Day event since its launch in April 2021.

This year, the Business Day 2022 is back with a bang at the prestigious Bridlington Spa, a tailor-made venue much appreciated by  delegates.  Sponsored by the LEP Growth Hub’s ‘Made Smarter: Yorkshire’ programme, the event provides an excellent opportunity to promote the programme and engage directly with manufacturing SMEs who are looking to drive productivity

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An award-winning proptech business, whose software could help improve building safety, has raised £250,000 from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

The funding will enable Hull-based Bimsense to further enhance its platform before the introduction of new rules to improve the safety of high-rise buildings. The Building Safety Bill, which is expected to become law within the next few months, will oblige building owners to ensure that safety

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Please see below a list of all the new and current funding opportunities available to you on behalf of Innovate UK. Please check individual competition dates as they may have been extended.

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As part of the Hull & East Yorkshire Growth Hub’s annual review, we are undertaking this client feedback survey to understand and evaluate the level and quality of service provided to clients over the course of the 2021/22 year. We also use this survey to measure the impacts of the Growth Hub on businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire and the value that the service adds to the regional economy. All survey results are received anonymously and we are not

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Ricardo Energy & Environment are working with UK Power Networks, an electricity distribution network operator, running a consultation open to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK for the next 2 weeks.

With SMEs playing a huge part in reaching the Government’s net zero carbon emissions targets by 2050, with fuel prices continuing to rise and corporate social responsibility increasingly becoming a consideration for businesses, Ricardo Energy & Environment is carrying out the ‘White Van Plan’ research study.

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Horizon Europe: Civil Security for Society programme – UKRI

Horizon Europe is the most ambitious research and innovation programme in the history of the EU, and you could be part of it!

Are you a UK civil security organisation interested in developing new security-related:

technologiesmethodologiesproductsprocessesservices?

If yes,

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A consortium of business leaders from across the North have joined forces to provide employment opportunities and support to Ukrainians impacted by the invasion of their country.

United For Ukraine is a coalition brought together at the request of leaders from across the North, including the Northern Powerhouse Partnership with support from the NP11 group of Local Enterprise Partnerships which includes HEY LEP. The initiative is focused around a digital platform www.unitedforukraine.org.uk which connects employers with evacuees.

For Ukrainian nationals, and other refugees who are

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The HEY Growth Hub’s ERDF funded #GrowMySME – Business Growth Scheme is seeking the delivery of a programme of workshops, webinars and 1-2-1 masterclasses across 4 Lots.  To be delivered to, SME businesses in the Humber region, encompassing Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire & North East Lincolnshire.

1

Sales and Marketing

2

Business Productivity and Business Improvement
Processes

3

Business

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Calling all ambitious start-ups in Hull & East Yorkshire

Budding entrepreneurs looking to start their own business
will be able to learn from some of the region’s successful entrepreneurs when
the popular FEOIgnition programme starts again in April.

FEO’s (For Entrepreneurs Only) popular Ignition programme
encourages new business owners to confidently get their business off the ground
with help and guidance of successful peers. And it’s free to attend.

Hosted at the MKM Stadium in Hull over seven Wednesday evening sessions, the programme will be hosted and

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Visitor Economy Sector Development Workshops

You are invited to submit a quotation to support the work of our Visitor Economy business advisers through the delivery of sector specific workshops.

Hull City Council, on behalf of the HEY Growth Hub, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Business Growth Scheme requires the provision of a series of workshops, covering key requirements identified by our sector businesses, to be delivered across both the North and South Bank of the Humber the w/c Monday 18th April 2022 to end of

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The Coders Guild is proud to be working with the Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership to deliver the Department for Education’s Skills Bootcamps across Hull & East Yorkshire.

YOU CAN SWITCH CAREERS & GET AHEAD IN DIGITAL. SIGN UP FOR OUR SKILLS BOOTCAMPS, TODAY!

GET HIRED AS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPERGET HIRED AS A SOFTWARE TESTER GET HIRED AS A UX PROFESSIONAL

The Coders Guild is proud to be working with the Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership to

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In light of the current situation, businesses are advised to contact the government’s Export Support Service helpline with any questions about trade with Russia or Ukraine. Questions can be submitted either online via https://lnkd.in/dv-WscJW  or by telephone on  0300 303 8955. Calls are being answered daily between 08:00-22:00

All the latest information relating to the situation is being published on gov.uk, and major changes will be tweeted out via the usual HMG feeds.  

The following links are to the FCO travel

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Would-be exporters are invited to attend a forthcoming roundtable event ‘Navigating international trade services across Hull and East Yorkshire’

Hosted by the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), in partnership with the Department for International Trade (DIT), the virtual event takes place on Thursday 3rd March between 12-1pm, with representation from Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce, DIT, the Freight & Logistics sector and HEY LEP. The event will look to provide a comprehensive overview of the

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Virgin Money Levelling
Upstarts Programme

Virgin Money
are delighted to launch Levelling Upstarts, an innovative new programme which
gives SMEs the opportunity to partner directly with MBA and master’s students
from leading universities through digital workshops to help them solve specific
business challenges.  

They have partnered with the University of Leeds, Sheffield Hallam University and Aston University to deliver digital workshops for 40 SMEs from across the UK between March and June 2022. There goal is for the programme to provide invaluable insights from the business leaders

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Join
30,000 senior leaders taking part in a practical management training programme,
developed in collaboration with industry and delivered by world-class business
schools, accredited by the Small Business Charter.

Designed to be manageable alongside full-time work, this programme will support you to develop your strategic skills with key modules covering financial management, innovation and digital adoption. By the end of the programme, you will develop a tailored business growth plan to lead your business to its full potential.Find out More

The
Programme

The
12-week programme is designed to

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Besides sunbathing, letting the sand run through your toes and
enjoying a BBQ with your friends, summer also brings the perfect time to
recruit an intern into your business.

University students and graduates will be looking for meaningful summer workto build upon the skills learnt from their degree and apply them in a real working environment. For you, this means there is a lot of talent available. An abundance of skills and knowledge across a wide range of areas. Engineers, data analysts,

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Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)£20493 – £22627Closing Date13 February Interview Date23 February 2022

Hull City Council is the lead partner and accountable body in a Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub programme, delivering an exciting ERDF funded extension to the Growth Hub service. 

We are looking to

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The Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy (BEIS) recently launched the next opportunity to bid for
funding from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) and would like to
invite you to join the IETF Phase 2: Spring 2022 competition briefing webinar
on Tuesday 1 February.

Businesses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will now have the opportunity to bid for a share of up to £60 million in grant funding through the Phase 2: Spring 2022 competition window. To view the applicant guidance and

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Fast Track your way to Business Success Have you an idea for a business that you would love to run someday or just want to become your own boss, but are not sure where to start. Then this programme is for you. With all of the support available from the HEY Start-Ups team, there is no time like the present to discover more about what’s involved in starting and running a business and to make your start-up dream a reality

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Web site https://www.heymind.org.uk/workwell/

Outline
of service

The service will deliver a flexible and person-centred model that works towards improving mental health outcomes for service users in workplaces and community settings. The service will be available to Hull residents aged 16 years and over with mental health and emotional wellbeing concerns including, but not limited to, anxiety, stress and uncertainty in work and unemployment. The service will provide mental health prevention and promotion interventions to help service users to:

Start in Work (16-24 years)Stay in

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Fishing communities across the UK will benefit from better
infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and an investment in
skills thanks to a £75
million boost for the sector announced by UK Government.

The
‘Infrastructure’ and ‘Skills and Training’ schemes are the second and third
parts of the £100 million UK Seafood Fund designed to level up coastal
communities across the UK.

Defra will be holding two webinars in January to explain how the funding works
and how to navigate the application process:

Infrastructure fund webinar, Wednesday 12 January, 10.30am-12pmSkills

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21 December the Chancellor, announced additional support will be available for businesses who have been impacted by the Omicron variant.

Some
of the support available includes: 

Businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors in
England will be eligible for one-off grants of up to £6,000 per premises,
plus more than £100 million discretionary funding will be made available
for local authorities to support other businesses.Government will also cover the cost of

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The University of Hull Hedgerows: Mapping the Gaps project seeks to identify suitable spaces, within existing hedgerows, for trees to be planted. This could help towards meeting government targets for afforestation, without the need for large, mono-crop plantations. The project team are holding a number of online discussion sessions with businesses, environmental organisations and individuals, in order to gather views and opinions about hedgerows

The Mapping the Gaps project will be running online discussion sessions for you to

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Hull Culture & Leisure Innovate Humber Project have these job opportunities.

INNOVATION AND RESEARCH FACILITATOR

INNOVATION AND RESEARCH FACILITATORSalary details: £25991 – £28672

Ref:HCAL/21/0823Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week):£25991 – £28672Hours:37Location:Central Library, Hull HU1 3TFContract Type:Fixed TermOrganisation:Hull Culture & LeisureClosing date:04

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KEyFund are a social investor based in Sheffield that provide blended finance (a mix of loans and grants) to enterprises that make a positive social impact.

Funds available

Through the Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund, they are providing access to investments of up to £150,000 where up to a third may be provided as a grant.

Loans can be used for capital or working capital, but,
grant funding can only be used for capital expenditure (equipment,

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Businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire can
now benefit from £1.5m BEIS funding towards industrial digitalisation under the
Made Smarter programme.

The programme is designed to improve
digital adoption amongst SMEs and includes intensive one-to-one advice and
support delivered through the Growth Hub network and specialist Made Smarter
advisors.

Funding for the project was announced by
the Government in February, and manufacturers in the HEY region are now able to
take full advantage of these services.

Small or medium-sized manufacturers based in the region can
access: 

Impartial

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On 1 January 2022, there will be changes for businesses in Great Britain who import from the EU. There will also be changes for UK businesses who sell goods in the EU.

Businesses moving goods from the EU to Great Britain need to prepare for import control changes which will take effect from 1 January 2022.

Customs declarations on imports from the EU to Great Britain must be completed at the time you or your courier/freight forwarder bring them into GB. Pre-notification

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The Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP) supports SME Manufacturers to make improvements by identifying, understanding and removing their barriers to growth • Support tailored to your business• A dedicated, experienced, Manufacturing Growth Manager to provide on-going support A comprehensive business diagnostic tool, GROWTH mapper for manufacturer so Identify opportunities and create plans for growth and improvemento Work with the best external experts to implement those planso Using approximately 1/3 of the cost of implementing an improvement project• Connect to wider support

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Sport England Survey – helping businesses to move more
(£50 prize draw)

ukactive and Sport England have
launched a major consultation to uncover existing and new opportunities to get
workforces moving more. The survey is live now, so if you are an employer, HR
or senior manager of a business have your say now! The findings, including
recommendations for businesses, will be available to all employers in Spring
2022, so please make your voice heard!

As a thank you for completing this survey, you have the
chance to

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WHAT IS SOLID EDGE?

Solid Edge by Siemens is an easy-to-learn,easy-to-use software
that addresses all aspectsof the product development process – designand
rendering, simulation, electrical design,manufacturing, data management, and
more.

WHY SHOULD I JOIN?

12-month freeSolid Edge licence

Access to training materials and certification

Tech support & guidance from Siemens experts

Library of Siemens resources (white papers,

Co-marketing opportunities

REQUIREMENTS

Open to design firms & product manufacturers

Open to legal entities in business for < 3 years

Less than £1 million in funding/annual revenue

Click here to sign

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The event will be hosted by one of our team of membership advisors  Andrew Finch from the Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) LEP 

Andrew will present an overview of current regional export support services, including how companies can access grants from the Internationalisation Fund to support activities such as website internationalisation. Working on secondment from the Department for International Trade, Andrew is developing an export plan for the Hull and East Yorkshire region, which will look to position

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Watch the HEY on the Road to Net Zero event live from Hull City Hall here, beginning at 8.30am with the Waterline Summit’s flagship opening event, with Planet Mark’s Net Zero Carbon Tour beginning at 11am. 

Please download the event programme here: HEY on the Road to Net Zero Event Programme

Please watch the event live 

The newly formed Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has today unveiled its first ever strategy for the region – the Economic Growth and Workforce Wellbeing Strategy – outlining a clear mission and vision for the economic future of the region up to the end of 2026.

The strategy sets out four key priorities the LEP believes will provide the drivers for growth and will ensure it is successful in its key mission of being a catalyst for

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There are lots of perks to being self-employed, like choosing your own hours, increased freedom and greater job satisfaction, but there are downsides, too.

GoCompare has put together a guide to self-employment to help you understand what you need to do to make it official and give yourself the best chance of success.this information would be useful for your readers and wonder if you would consider linking to their page: https://www.gocompare.com/business-insurance/self-employment-guide/ with the anchor text “GoCompare”.

Overview the programme.

•Help to Grow: Digital is a new UK-wide scheme to help up to 100,000 UK SMEs over three years to adopt digital technologies that are proven to increase firm-level productivity.   ​​ •The Chancellor announced Help to Grow: Digital at Budget 2021 on 3 March and the scheme will be launched in autumn 2021.​​ •Help to Grow: Digital will offer free impartial advice and guidance via an online platform to help SMEs identify their digital technology needs, assess technology purchasing options and

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Who can receive funding? SMEs in England1 with the following characteristics: • International High Growth Potential with prospects of employment growth or productivity improvement. • A product or service suitable for international trade, or which could be developed for international trade and see international trade as a path for growth • £500k+ sales/turnover (our target, but those with lower sales/turnover are eligible)

What funding is available? • Co-investment funding between £1k and £9k – total amount of funding available varies in

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Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)£32910 – £35745. closing Date06 October 2021.

MADE SMARTER DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST – FIXED TERM

The Made Smarter programme was created following an industry-led government review of how UK manufacturing industries can

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GROWTH HUB TRIAGE BUSINESS ADVISOR – FIXED TERM ReferenceHUL/21/00050Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)£29577 – £32234Occupational groupAdministration/ClericalJob termFull TimeAppointment typeFixed TermHours37DivisionClosing Date26 September 2021Proposed Shortlisting Date29 September 2021Proposed

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Over the last few weeks, the HEY LEP has engaged with a range of partners and businesses, in order to highlight the benefits of international trade through export to the Hull and East Yorkshire and wider pan-Humber region.

We end the current series with an export compilation video which we hope will encourage more SMEs to engage in export.

The HEY LEP wishes to extend its thanks to all contributors and to the production team at JayJayMedia.

This video features: Helen Gibson of

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Hull City Council has launched a new grant scheme which will
deliver up to £5,000 for start-up businesses in the city.

The scheme, through
Government funding, will allow the council to help the local economy’s recovery
from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic while supporting business formation
and growth.

It is aimed at new
Hull businesses formed or registered on or after March 11 2020. Most businesses
eligible for support are expected to receive grants of around £2,000, with a
maximum award of £5,000.

The funding can be
used for business

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Are you an SME based in Hull & East Yorkshire? Find out more about our regional Peer Networks programme at a free one-hour taster session running on Wednesday 11th & 18th August 2021 at 9.30am and 4pm.

Peer Networks is a nationwide scheme established to support, educate and connect SME leaders through free peer-to-peer online networking. Meeting in small groups once a fortnight for twelve weeks, these practical and high-impact sessions will enable you to develop your business skills, put forward your

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ADVISOR – FIXED TERM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ADVISOR – FIXED TERM Salary £29577 – £32234

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Over the last few weeks, the HEY LEP has engaged with a range of partners and businesses, in order to highlight the benefits of international trade through export to the Hull and East Yorkshire and wider pan-Humber region.

We end the current series with an export compilation video which we hope will encourage more SMEs to engage in export.

The HEY LEP wishes to extend its thanks to all contributors and to the production team at JayJayMedia.

This video features: Helen Gibson of

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Welcome to your latest international opportunities bulletin on the products, technologies and services that you specified in your tailored alert service. Innovate UK EDGE is here to help you with your innovation and internationalisation challenges so click on opportunities below to start your journey, and if you need us, email us on contact@innovateukedge.ukri.org. You can adjust your alert via the links at the bottom of this email.

Bulgarian producer of
thermoplastic and thermoset parts and tools is offering subcontracting and
manufacturing agreement

BOBG20210427003 |

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Those
businesses who registered by the 12 April have until 30 June to order free test kits. With this date fast approaching it
is important to get kits ordered while you still can and businesses are being
encouraged to do so as soon as possible.

Before
placing an order, you must have:

Completed
and signed the legal termsCompleted
the on-boarding form

Deliveries
can take up to 14 days after the order is placed so make sure you place your
order as soon as possible.

If you have
not received correspondence you were

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Following the successful recruitment of our new HEY LEP Board we are now in the process of recruiting members for three of our HEY LEP sub-Boards:

Employment and Skills BoardBusiness Support BoardInvestment Board

Applying for a place on one of our sub-Boards is an opportunity for you to bring your valuable lived experience within the region’s business community to help us shape the economic direction of Hull and East Yorkshire.

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 20th June.

To find out more, read a

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The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is carrying out research with employers that implement deduction of earnings orders (DEOs) for child maintenance on behalf of DWP.

They are looking for employers, payroll providers or accountants that deal with the Child Maintenance Service and would be happy to take part in research.

What
is the benefit of taking part?

The research is focused around identifying the problems that employers or payroll providers are currently facing when they deal with the Child Maintenance Service and what

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Today we launch our HEY Export! campaign, encouraging businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire of all different types and sizes to find out how exporting could benefit them.

In the first of our export video case studies, we meet DIT Export Champion Helen Gibson, Managing Director of Agencia.

Located in Hessle, East Yorkshire, Agencia delivers transformation and change in areas such as health and social care, justice, policing and security, Agencia works with a range of clients including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office,

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The government’s new Help to Grow: Management programme offers the chance to take your business to the next level.

Join other senior business leaders in a practical management training programme, with 1-1 mentorship, delivered across the UK by leading business schools accredited by the Small Business Charter.

The 12-week programme costs just £750 and is 90% subsidised by the government as part of its Plan for Jobs to help

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The mission is ideal for businesses working in the offshore energy sector who are wanting to explore opportunities in Europe. The demand for offshore energy expertise is growing and there are vast opportunities for Northern Powerhouse companies to meet the requirements for cleaner energy solutions with innovative products and services.

The mission will be an unmissable chance for businesses to find out more about the demand from major European economies with valuable market insight and valuable meet-the-buyer sessions.

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave the Government’s 2021 budget statement on Wednesday 3rd March.

The budget statement contained many new business support schemes and measures, and extended or made changes to existing ones. The Growth Hub has therefore created this “at a glance” article to help you understand what the 2021 budget statement means for your business. Where the measure is a new one, it has been indicated as “(NEW)”.

If you wish to learn more about the business

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The Growth Hub is making a final call for SME businesses in the Humber to apply to a 100% funded grant scheme to support with Covid-19 business recovery.

First launched in September 2020, the “SME Restart & Recovery” grant scheme has awarded grants to more than 100 businesses to date, and with limited funding remaining, the Growth Hub is encouraging eligible businesses to register and then apply for the grant scheme.

Due to a recent extension of

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The region’s manufacturers are set to benefit from a share of a £1.5m fund to support digital improvements in industry throughout the Humber.

The funding, part of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Made Smarter Adoption programme, will support businesses across the North of England and the West Midlands to adopt more digital technology – helping businesses to modernise, to make improvements to their operations, and to create more high-skilled jobs.

The Government hopes that by supporting adoption of industrial digital

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The LEP has a tender opportunity available for an organisation to carry out research into the LEP Region’s Post EU Exit Business Engagement Research.

Enterprise Growth Solutions Limited (EGSL) is part of the Exemplas Group, and the Department for International Trade (DIT) Delivery Partner for the Yorkshire and Humber region. The March 2020 Budget saw DIT secure budget under the Levelling Up agenda to increase capacity to support exporters across the NP11, including the Humber. EGSL is now seeking suitably experienced

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Aura have created a survey to see how SME businesses in the Humber region are going to deal with the UK’s Net Zero Emissions and Green recovery plans. If you would like to add your views on to their survey then you can do it here:https://aura-innovation.co.uk/aic/speak-up/

You can find more information about Aura by viewing or downloading the Aura Humber Energy Skills Campus- Jan 270121 update slides PDF File here.

The Employment and Skill Funding Agency (ESFA) is keen to make sure the Government’s wider skills offers continue to meet the needs of employers looking to develop their future talent; as well as individuals looking to progress in their careers and apprenticeship and traineeship subsidies, Kickstart and also the Redundancy Support Services for Apprentices, T-Levels, functional skills and the impact of Lockdown 3 on apprenticeships

They have a series of questions seeking your insight and observations.

Your responses will help the

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We acknowledge that this a very challenging time for most businesses, and the ongoing pandemic situation, coupled to the turbulence of Brexit, have made the lives of business owners very difficult. However, the Peer Networks Programme can support with these issues, as the cohort groups are built around businesses with “issues in common”, and so business owners can talk through their Covid and Brexit difficulties in a mutually supportive group chaired by an experienced facilitator

Register here: Peernetwork@hhChamber.co.ukFind out more at:https://heygrowthhub.com/business-support/peer-networks/?platform=hootsuite

Hull City Council is to distribute thousands of pounds in extra
grant provision for pubs, cafes and restaurants after it was announced the city
will remain under Tier 3 Covid-19 restrictions.

The support will see
grants of £3,000 made available for hospitality venues required to close under
the Government measures.

Councillor Daren Hale,
Deputy Leader of Hull City Council, said: “We are well aware of the financial
strain put on places within our hospitality sector. In response to this, given
the importance of the hospitality sector within Hull, decisive

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BEIS has granted funded Evolution Invoice to offer 1,000 SMEs in England free invoice processing software until December 2021. Any company with less than 250 employees based in England is eligible. There is no limit on the amount of invoices they can process and the software integrates with all major accountancy software (such as Xero, Quickbooks and Sage) to make adoption seamless. After the initial trial period, the first 1,000 SMEs to join the program will be able to continue

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Hull City Council, on behalf of the Humber Business Growth Hub’s Business Growth Scheme, wishes to commission the development of a digital tool that will help SMEs to self-diagnose their current status in relation to digital skills, technology and solution adoption.

The tool will be available to all SMEs in the Humber region at no cost, and will be hosted on both the Growth Hub website and the #GrowMySME website.

The timetable for this procurement is as follows:

EventDateIssue RFQ26 November 2020Deadline for receipt

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From 00:01am on Thursday 5th November until at least 11:59pm on Wednesday 2nd December, there will be a second national lockdown in England. This will require the majority of businesses in the Humber region to take action. 

New Measures & Restrictions 

To reduce social contact, the Government has ordered certain businesses and venues to close, and only food shops, supermarkets, garden centres and certain other retailers providing essential goods and services can remain open. Essential retail businesses that remain open should

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Business Enterprise Fund (BEF), the Yorkshire-based responsible finance provider has received an increased allocation of CBILS guarantee to help SMEs deal with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. BEF welcomes applications from £50,001 to £150,000 from businesses that have been affected by Covid-19.

Simon Jackson, Head of Lending at BEF said: “We have delivered a record-breaking £11m in support to businesses across the North and beyond during lockdown. This additional allocation enables us to support more businesses who are struggling to

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Job Retention: Updated guidance

On 2 October HMRC published guidance on the Job
Retention Bonus and what needs to be done to claim it. Further information is
available at: https://bit.ly/3iEtzDO
HMRC also published updated guidance on 2 October on wages claims through
the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The guidance can be found at: https://bit.ly/2zdheFnSmall Business
Leadership Programme and Peer Network Scheme
You may also be interested to see information published in early August
about The Small Business Leadership Programme and Peer Network Scheme that aims
to enhance resilience and recovery from COVID-19.
This information

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We have now closed our Covid-19 Recovery Grant Schemes to new Expressions of Interest (EOIs). This is because we have received more grant applications than we are able to offer grants to, since opening to applications at 11am on Tuesday 15th September. Demand has therefore been unprecedented.

We realise that this will be disappointing to you, however
the Humber Business Growth Hub was allocated a fixed budget from Government to
operate this grant scheme, and demand for these grants has proven to

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Hull businesses are being
offered an exciting opportunity to become more energy efficient, thanks to a
new council-led scheme that launches today.
The Hull Business Energy Efficiency Scheme (HBEES) is a new project led by Hull
City Council and part-funded by the 2014 – 2020 European Regional Development
Fund Programme.
The scheme offers a whole host of measures that will assist businesses in
reducing their contribution to greenhouses gases, including the installation of
new technology, access to expertise and advice, as well as access to grant
funding to invest

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TPR have been keeping a close eye on pensions throughout the COVID crisis, making sure that we support both employers and savers during this time.

You may have noticed that they have recently launched two campaigns with important messages about automatic enrolment and pension scams.

Here is the link to the tool kit

The aim of this new University of Hull project is to increase Graduate employment for Physics students from 55% to 85% over a course of 3 years by sourcing opportunities such as internships and Industry placements around the local Humber area.

The project which is funded by office for students predominantly focuses on skills gaps and using the funding pot to increase the skills of Physics students to make them more attractive to employers in the current job market. The

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The Humber LEP Business Growth Hub is seeking to commission suppliers to undertake Covid-19 and EU-Exit Business Needs & Opportunities Analyses and Action Plans with medium and large sized businesses.

Given that the global pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the business community and the impending EU Exit on 01 January 2021 will impact further on businesses, the Growth Hub seeks to undertake reviews with medium and large companies in the Humber, to understand the business needs and opportunities

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The scheme has now closed details here

As announced by the government on Thursday 30 July 2020, the Humber Business Growth Hub will be taking receipt of a share of the £20 million fund for grants, to boost the recovery of small businesses. This funding will be available to help support small and medium businesses (SMEs) that operate in any ERDF-eligible sector in the Humber region; that is the City of Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North

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Supporting careers in construction, engineering and building services

The Construction Leadership Council’s Talent Retention Scheme (CLC TRS) was conceived to help talented individuals showcase their experience and expertise and help businesses find the skills they need. The CLC’s TRS is a not for profit programme, supported by business associations, member companies, professional institutions, unions and other stakeholder organisations.Following support from the Government announced in July 2020,

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The Scheme has now closed details here

As announced
by the government on Friday 03 July 2020, the Humber Business Growth Hub will
be taking receipt of a share of the £10 million Kick-starting Tourism Package.
This funding will be available to help support small and medium businesses
(SMEs) that operate in the tourism industry in the Humber region; that is the
City of Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East
Lincolnshire.

The Growth
Hub is working with its accountable body Hull City Council

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Small
to Medium-sized (SME) manufacturers across England have been given a £6.5m
funding boost to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and address key barriers
to growth.

The
Manufacturing Growth Programme, which is funded by ERDF and delivered by Oxford
Innovation Services, has been extended until December 2022 and will give a
further 2800 companies access to industry experts and grants to tackle
immediate business issues and support improvement plans.

This
additional backing will safeguard/create 3500 new jobs and takes the total
package of support the initiative is able to

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The Humber Business Growth Hub is hosting a number of fully-funded, free to access online webinars offering businesses expert advice about reopening after Covid-19 and the steps to take to ensure their staff and customers stay safe.

As part of the #GrowMySME scheme, the webinars will focus on businesses across; factories and warehouses, offices, remote working environments such as construction sites, and retail, leisure and hospitality.

Led by specialists in each area, SMEs will get valuable advice and guidance on what they

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Humber LEP’s Business Champion discusses how her business diversified to not only meet challenges of the coronavirus lockdown – but to thrive.

Jo Smedley is the Humber LEP’s Small Business Champion and sits on both our Board and Business Development Board.

Her company, Red Herring Games, is an events business focusing on murder mystery events. Before the lockdown, the business provided DIY kits for groups of six or more people to enjoy at home, as well as mail order games for people who enjoyed

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The new Bounce Back Loans scheme, recently announced by the Chancellor, will allow businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000 and access the cash within days. Loans will be interest free for the first 12 months, and from Monday 4 May, businesses can apply online through a short and simple form (which can be found here).

The Government, which has been consulting extensively with business representatives about the design of the new scheme, will provide lenders with a 100% guarantee for the loan and pay any fees and interest

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UK businesses driving innovation and development will be helped through the coronavirus outbreak with a £1.25 billion government support package.

The targeted and tailored help would ensure firms in some of the most dynamic sectors of the UK economy – ranging from tech to life sciences – are protected through the crisis so they can continue to develop innovative new products and help power UK growth.

The comprehensive package includes a new £500 million loan scheme for high-growth firms, called the Future

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The Growth Hub Would like to know what impact the coronavirus is having on your business. Please complete our survey below and we will pass the impact details on to the Government (BEIS), the Northern Powerhouse (NP11) and other Growth Hubs.

Business DetailsBusiness Name Business Location Business Sector Business Type Sole traderMicro BusinessSMELarge Enterprise QuestionsImpact on your business What impact is the coronavirus having on your business.Business Recovery Do you have any plans to recover your business from

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Businesses across the globe are putting new policies and approaches in place to continue operating and to keep people safe amidst the Covid19 pandemic. This article provides a few pointers on how businesses can use digital technology to deal with Covid19.

Homeworking:

Chances are that most businesses will require more people to
work from home. This presents four immediate challenges:

Do employees and partners have access to the relevant hardware? This includes, laptops, and smart phones. If not, you will need to

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Eleven business leaders representing six SMEs attended the first ‘onboarding’ session of the #GrowMySME ScaleUp Business Development Programme on Wednesday, January 29. Focusing on ‘Developing a Visionary Strategy’, the session saw businesses from the Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Digital Technology, Telecommunications, Engineering, and Fabrication sectors develop their three-year ‘orbit’ diagrams, which will help them to articulate what their plans are, and how they are going to implement them, in order to create a game-changing strategy to scale-up their business.

Karen Eddy, Director of

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Petit Delight, located in Cleethorpes’ popular Sea View Street, has been a much-loved brasserie and café in the resort for many years. In June 2019, it was taken over by James and Elena Robinson, who have firm ideas for the direction of the business and future of the venue.

Before buying the business, James was the Head Chef at Petit Delight and fully understands not only the ins-and-outs of the business, but the resort’s hospitality sector too. He had a vision

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START YOUR JOURNEY TOWARDS HIGHER REVENUE AND LOWER COSTS with the #GrowMySME ICT for Growth Digital Catalyst scheme. The scheme has three powerful value adding elements: DIGITAL MATURITY ASSESSMENT, DIGITAL STRATEGY WORKSHOPS and TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLIER SELECTION

Register here

A fast-growing Hull tech company is set to create 25 new jobs after securing a £350,000 loan to support its growth from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Tevalis supplies electronic point of sale systems to the hospitality, leisure and gaming sectors including some of Britain’s best known venues such as Kew Gardens and the Tower of London.

The latest funding will support its expansion following a number of new

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The Rural Community Energy Fund is being delivered by Tees Valley Combined Authority across the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber*.

Tees Valley Combined Authority has £1.35 million available to support community groups in rural areas across the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber region develop renewable energy projects.

The purpose of the Rural Community Energy Fund is to provide feasibility and project development grant funding to rural community groups that want to develop their own renewable energy projects.

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The programme is delivered on behalf of the Growth Hub by Winning Pitch.

This programme is targeted at senior leaders of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to develop their skills, knowledge and expertise to enable growth within their business. This programme offers support to businesses in the Humber LEP area focusing on 1-2-1 coaching, workshop and peer support to develop their leadership and management skills.

The support that the programme offers include:

Scale-Up Leadership Assessment Tool – A thoroughly tested leadership needs analysis

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L-R Dan Haley, CEO at GW Power-Safe, Paul Arthur, Mercia, Mark Wilcockson, British Business Bank, Phil Glover, Humber LEP

A fast-growing Hull contractor is set to double its turnover and create 10 new jobs after securing a £100,000 loan from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

It is the second round of NPIF funding for GW Power-Safe, which is led by 31-year-old entrepreneur Dan Haley and which provides mechanical and

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(L-R) Gareth Alexander, LiveLead, Jason Kay, LiveLead, Diane Cheesebrough, Non Exec LiveLead, Sarah Newbould, British Business Bank, Simon Crabtree, Mercia, Phil Glover, Humber LEP (credit: Shaun Flannery)

A Humber business which has developed an online lead generation system to help SMEs access new business opportunities has secured a £250,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

LiveLead lists tenders of all types from over 500 different portals as

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The APC Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) supports micro, small and medium- sized companies* who are developing cutting-edge automotive technology, products and services.
The programme is publicly funded by the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and targets early stage innovations that are aligned to the Automotive Council’s strategic technologies.
These need to have the potential to ultimately reduce vehicle emissions and create value for the UK.
Since its launch in 2017, TDAP has helped over 30 companies increase

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The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has invested £150,000 to support ProGen Services Limited as it seeks to recruit new staff.

Founded in 2014, the Grimsby-based company is an industrial and commercial electrical and mechanical contractor. Progen provides fully integrated mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (MEICA) turnkey operations across the UK.

The £150,000 funding will enable the creation of at least 10 new jobs, including a new apprenticeship programme. The investment will also be used to scale up the business by acquiring

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More than 2,800 businesses across the region received support to help them develop from the Humber Business Growth Hub last year.

This brings the total number of businesses supported by the scheme to 9,342 since the Growth Hub was established by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in 2014.

This business support comes in ‘light’, ‘medium’ and ‘high’ intensity assistance, with some businesses receiving over 12 hours of dedicated one-to-one advisor support to help with their growth plans. Delivered through a network

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Almost 6,000 new jobs have now been created through the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership’s joint investment schemes with partner organisations – with almost 3,000 new jobs to follow.

These figures have been released through the Humber LEP’s annual review, which was unveiled today at its Annual Business Summit at DoubleTree by Hilton Forest Pines Hotel in Broughton, Scunthorpe.

A total of 5,811 new direct jobs have been created, with 2,879 new direct jobs to come in the near future. When combined with

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In the coming weeks, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will be
targeting their new wave of compliance checks at employers across the UK who
are suspected to be non-compliant with their automatic enrolment duties.

Employers are being warned that if they are breaking the
law, they may be inspected which could lead to financial penalty or court
action. TPR’s Director of Automatic Enrolment, Darren Ryder, said: “We know
that most employers are doing the right thing for their staff, however, there
are a small minority who persistently

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The University of Hull has been
awarded £490,000 for a project that will create 300 internship and work
experience opportunities for physics students across the region while also
allowing hi-tech businesses to access a pool of new talent.

The money is part of a £5.6m funding pot
from the Office for Students that aims to boost opportunities for graduates who seek work
close to home.

The University of Hull’s Department of Physics
is leading the universities of Leeds, Nottingham, Sheffield and York under the White Rose
Industrial

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If you employ EU, EEA or Swiss citizens (hereafter referred to as EU citizens) and want to understand how leaving the EU will affect your business and what you can to do to get ready, this information from DEFRA will signpost you to the most up-to-date information.

What you need
to know:

EU
citizens can continue to come to the UK for work in 2019 and 2020, after the UK
leaves the EU.

If
the UK does not reach a deal with the EU before withdrawing from

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The number of fast-growing ambitious businesses with leaders hungry for success is increasing across Humber – new insights from the ScaleUp Institute reveal.

There are now 425 companies in the region that meet the definition of scaleup because they have increased turnover or employment by more than 20% annually. Humber scaleups are employing a total of 31,000 staff and their turnover is worth £3.5 billion. This is according to new research by the ScaleUp Institute based on the latest 2017 ONS data.

In the

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The ICT For Growth Scheme is part of the Humber Business Growth Hubs #GrowMySME Programme designed to enable small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow.

Globally, information communication technology (ICT) is without doubt the fastest changing aspect and challenge of the business world.

It is hard to keep up with these changes whilst at the same time managing the day-to-day running of your business. ICT can be a key aspect in enhancing business growth and increasing your company’s competitive edge.

Running until

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The Business Growth Scheme is part of the Humber Business Growth Hubs #GrowMySME Programme designed to enable small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow.

The Business Growth Scheme is a comprehensive package of business support is aimed at enabling small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the Humber to grow and become more productive. Whichever stage your business is at, we’ll support you every step of the way.

Running until September 2021, the Business Growth Scheme will give you access to

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Manufacturing businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) wishing to be a part of Make UK’s National Manufacturing Day are being urged to sign up quickly to a full day of events, with limited places still available.

HEY Business, Growth & Skills Hub’s (HEY BGSH) Made Smarter programme is working with University of Hull and the Humber Innovation Support Programme team to provide a day of free activities in conjunction with National Manufacturing Day on Thursday 26 September.

It is part of

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The Hull and East Yorkshire Business, Growth and Skills Hub is encouraging manufacturers from across the region to take part in a series of events aimed at supporting the growth and development of the manufacturing sector this autumn.

Delivered by HEY Growth Hub in partnership with the Made Smarter Programme, Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, all but one of these events are free to attend, with places filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

A number of these events

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Christina Colmer McHugh (left), Entrepreneur in Residence and Course Facilitator at the University of Hull, with members of the first Creative Growth cohort at one of the workshops.

Businesses operating in creative industries across Hull and East Yorkshire are signing up for free guidance and support to help them increase their commercial clout.

Creo Plan, which has been conducting high-tech desktop and ground surveys for utilities and service networks over more than 20 years, says the Creative Growth initiative has generated the

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AcceleratinggreenmanufacturingHarnessing a powerful partnershipfor the North, driving innovation,skills and economic growthAdvancing our regional composites cluster

The compositessupply chain is key tothe economic growthof the Yorkshire andHumber region. Our£5m funding bid to theEPSRC Place-BasedImpact AccelerationAccount supports thesustainable growthof regional industry,bringing multiplebenefits.M62West /ManchesterM62 M62A1(M)South /M1

Why composites are key to regional economic prioritiesComposites – the building block for green innovationAerospaceAutomotiveFlood protectionHoliday homesHydrogen pipeline& storageMedicalModular buildingsRailSatellite componentsTextilesWind turbinesUK – compositesworld leaderValue of the UK industryprojected to grow from£2.3Bn to £12Bnby 2030The UK is a world

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James Newman OBE, the Chair of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), has written to the owners and leaders of businesses that have worked with the HEY Growth Hub, to inform them about the proposed devolution deal for Hull and East Yorkshire.

In the letter that can be seen below, the LEP Chair outlines the significant benefits that would arise from the devolution proposals, for the benefit of the regional economy.

The letter also encourages regional

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Defence spending with UK industry by the Ministry of Defence has topped £25 billion for the first time, official statistics have revealed.

Official breakdowns show increases in almost all areas and nations

Notable increases in spending recorded in Northern Ireland and Wales

Figures show more than 200,000 jobs are supported through the UK’s defence industry

The 2022/23 statistics, published today, detail the money spent by the MOD with UK defence companies. The breadth of spending highlights the government’s commitment to continually improving the defence

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Whoopie Bakery is just one of lots of businesses in Hull receiving grants and support from Hull City Council.

Kate Cunnah, from Whoopie Bakery, spoke about how they have used grants to develop and grow their business:

“We sell cakes that are made of sponge. They’re a 100 year old dessert tradition from the US and have either a cheesecake or marshmallow filling and we’ve been running for a year now.

“We use the skills funding to fund a professional food photography course in London

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UK Government has now signed £1 billion in contracts to upgrade broadband infrastructure in rural communities through its Project Gigabit programme

Milestone means suppliers are working to connect around 677,000 rural homes and businesses to lightning-fast full fibre across England

Comes as six new contracts are signed to connect hundreds of thousands of hard-to-reach premises

The government’s rollout of next-generation broadband is steaming ahead with around £1.1 billion in contracts now signed to connect 677,000 rural homes and businesses across England.

Project Gigabit is

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HEY LEP Business Growth Hub 

The Growth Hub provides quick and easy access to local and national resources along with information to support businesses in the Hull and East Riding region. Find organisations and services to help with grants, funding, finance, loans and support for whatever stage your business is at from pre start up to established. Get FREE help and advice from our Business Advisers who provide specialised one to one support across our region.

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This was submitted by David Holland d.holland@exela.co.uk

At EXELA, we believe that a lapsed customer is merely a future opportunity waiting to be seized. With our ‘Winback as a Service’, we’ve perfected the art of customer re-engagement, using strategies that have been crafted through successful campaigns and real-world results.

Our unique approach doesn’t just aim to win them back, but to understand their evolving needs and align your offerings to exceed their expectations. Embrace the opportunity to learn, adapt, and grow your

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Please find attached a flyer for your information as well as the social media toolkit and an image. I would be grateful if you could circulate the information to your team(s) as well as to any relevant companies and local stakeholders, please.

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Applicant briefing13 Feb 2024Closing date for applications11 March 2024Shortlist interviews20 – 22 March 2024Market visit immersion13 – 17 May 2024Incubation ProgrammeMay – Nov 2024Market visit showcase  21 – 31 Oct 2024 (exact dates TBC)

Applicant Briefing 13

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This was submitted by David Holland d.holland@exela.co.uk

Have you ever considered the untapped potential lying dormant in your list of past customers and prospects? It’s time to unlock the power of those connections with EXELA’s ‘Winback as a Service’.

Our bespoke re-engagement campaigns have breathed new life into our clients’ customer lists, rekindling relationships that seemed lost. With our proven secret sauce, we can do the same for you. Reconnecting with lost customers isn’t just about making another sale – it’s about

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The UK Export Academy have a lot of free online events to help your business to start exporting or increase your exporting. Each event is 1 hour long and will be a lot of help for your Business if you are looking to start exporting goods or have been exporting things but would like some advice to improve things for you. so take a look on our events page to see all there events here: Events » HEY Growth Hub

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This was submitted by David Holland d.holland@exela.co.uk

Email marketing plays a crucial and pivotal role in the digital strategy of small businesses. It is a powerful and effective tool to connect with your customers, allowing you to build strong relationships and foster brand loyalty. Email marketing can significantly boost lead generation, customer retention, and conversion rates when executed properly, increasing sales and business growth. By leveraging the potential of personalized and targeted email campaigns, businesses can tailor their messages to resonate

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This was submitted by David Holland d.holland@exela.co.uk

With the rise of digital technology and a shift towards mobile-first browsing, mobile marketing has become a powerful tool for small businesses. It offers a suite of strategies, including SMS Marketing, Mobile Apps, and Location-Based Services, which can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of your customer base. By ensuring that your online content is mobile-friendly, you can reach a wider audience, engage your customers more effectively, and drive sustainable growth for your

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Harnessing Social Media for Geo-targeted Ads: A Game-changer in Local Marketing

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In the increasingly competitive business landscape, small businesses must leverage every tool at their disposal to stand out, especially within their local markets. Local marketing is one of the most potent and often underutilised tools in this regard.

This section explores practical local marketing strategies that small businesses can use to bolster their local presence, drive foot traffic, and increase sales. We

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This was submitted by Joshua Pearson josh@peacomarketing.com

In the bustling economic landscape of Hull & East Yorkshire, where opportunity meets innovation, businesses are really thriving like never before for many, and on a national if not international level.

For both those successful and struggling businesses, however, navigating the diverse avenues of marketing can be the key to unlocking your business’s true potential. Whether you’re a startup or an established enterprise, understanding how to identify and seize the best marketing opportunities is crucial

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Dear ,    Please see a list of new funding opportunities available to you on behalf of Innovate UK. Please check individual competition dates as they may have been extended.Creative Catalyst 2024UK registered micro or small businesses in the creative industries sector can apply for funding of up to £50,000 with a package of tailored support to grow their business.FIND OUT MORE AND APPLY >UKBIC SME Credit Round 2 – digital or softwareUK registered micro, small and medium enterprises can

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Highlights from the past year and a look forward to the exciting and challenging year ahead.

A new year and a new challenge for Companies House 

2023 was a turning point in the history of Companies House with the introduction of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.  

Our Chief Executive, Louise Smyth, reflects on her highlights from 2023 and shares more information about what 2024 will look like for Companies House.

Find out what 2024 will bring for Companies House. 

Changes to UK company

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In this news letter we have Posting documents to Companies House, New Business Guidance to Boost Skills and Unlock Benefits of AI, Find out how the Levelling Up Home Building Fund can support you, stress-free accounting and financial management software , A smart meter can help you focus on your customers. and some Business events. Read the December news leter

On December 20th its The HEY LEPS workshop.

Join the HEY Manufacturers network for a free and informal lunch, learn and networking session just before Christmas at the Aura Innovation Centre.

Learn about the upcoming events and activities of the manufacturers network in 2024, as well as the current business support and funding available for manufacturers from the two HEY local authorities.

Hear and learn from Goole-based network member Grotech Production Ltd, an award winning contract manufacturer and packer of blended liquids, powders and granules,

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This was submitted by Boris Mackey from Rehab 4 Addiction email info@rehab4addiction.co.uk

Many people feel more vulnerable during this period and may be in desperate need of the resources and support that Rehab 4 Addiction can provide. We are providing a lifeline to these individuals, offering them easy access to the help they need during a critical time.

Rehab 4 Addiction was founded to assist those affected by substance misuse and their loved ones. We offer a range of services, and help

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From Companies House

From 4 March 2024, all companies who want to file paper documents will need to post them to there Cardiff office:

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They will not accept post or hand deliveries at there Belfast office from 4 March 2024. Companies registered in Scotland already post their documents to our Cardiff office since September 2023.

Most companies can file online instead of posting paper documents to us. 

By filing online, you’ll: 

save your company time and money 

get confirmation that we’ve received your submission 

avoid rejects and

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In hazardous work environments, where the risk of explosions is a constant concern, ensuring safety is paramount. This is where SharpEagle’s ATEX-certified explosion-proof CCTV solutions come into play, offering an advanced means of surveillance and safety in such high-risk areas.

Understanding the Need for Explosion-Proof CCTV Systems

Explosion-proof CCTV systems are essential in environments like chemical manufacturing sites, oil and gas facilities, and transportation terminals. These areas are prone to hazardous conditions that could

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In a strategic move to propel the United Kingdom into the forefront of AI innovation, the government has released draft guidance aimed at assisting businesses in upskilling their workforce to harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Published on November 30, the guidance outlines key knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to effectively integrate AI tools, such as Large Language Models, into the workplace.

The primary focus of the guidance revolves around five key areas, encompassing the evaluation of project performance using

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Homes England is helping hundreds of small and medium sized housebuilders to kickstart projects by providing development loans from £250,000 to £10 million+.

Homes England

The Levelling Up Home Building Fund is designed for housebuilders based in England, that are struggling to access finance from traditional lenders. Loans can be tailored to your individual circumstances and can be used to meet the development costs of building homes for sale or rent. Financing is also available to support community-led housing projects, serviced plots

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Say hello to stress-free accounting and financial management software   Wherever you are on your business journey, Sage has the solution to support your accounting needs and help you thrive. Accounting and financial management software is a powerful business tool, helping businesses of all sizes to simplify and streamline their financial admin. Sage Intacct, Sage 50, and Sage Accounting are our solutions that help you manage your business and deliver strategic, profitable decisions on the go without missing a beat.  Sage

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Scheduling a meter reading is a small job, but it can be a pain on top of everything elsethat fill your day. Then there’s waiting for an engineer and waiting until they’re finished.

A smart meter eliminates the need for any of this, as gas and electricity readings are sentautomatically to your supplier. This means you can devote more time to impressing yourcustomers with top-notch products and services.

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This e-survey is part of a project looking at the support needs high growth and scale-up businesses in Yorkshire.

The four Yorkshire Growth Hubs have commissioned Steer Economic Development (Steer-ED), an independent economic development consultancy, to undertake this project.  The project is looking at the current support relevant to high growth businesses, their particular needs, and providing recommendations on future support. 

The focus of this survey is to capture the views of high growth and scale-up businesses on the visibility and effectiveness of current

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In this newsletter we have What are the new Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards, HEY LEP to Launch create growth programme. UK dairy industry to be boosted by new export programme,Government Support for TV production firms to accompany Channel 4 reforms, UK Biosecutery.And sum business events. Read the November newsletter

In today’s digital age, small businesses have many paid advertising options at their disposal. From Google Ads to social media promotions, these platforms, when utilised optimally, can significantly amplify reach and engagement rates. However, with the vast amount of information and features available, it can be overwhelming for small businesses to navigate through the world of paid advertising. This guide provides an overview of paid advertising mechanisms and how small businesses can effectively use them.

One of the prime aspects of

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Scaling the SEO Ladder: A Guide to Small Business SEO Strategies

n the dynamic digital landscape, small businesses face the challenge of making their mark amidst a sea of competitors. One of the most effective ways to stand out is through strategic Search Engine Optimization (SEO). For small businesses, particularly those serving a local market, mastering the nuances of SEO can significantly amplify their online presence, attract more organic traffic, and ultimately drive

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Lead generation is a crucial part of growth and success for businesses and organisations. And advertising plays a crucial role in attracting and converting leads. Effective advertising techniques are those that appeal to the target audience, build brand recognition, and ultimately drive conversions. In this blog post, we will explore the world of advertising, how it contributes to lead generation, and several effective techniques businesses can use to attract more leads.

Understand Your Target Audience

The first step to

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In this news letter we have The Student Voice launched following pilot success, The UK Space Agency is Unlocking Space for Business, Inflation bites as Humber firms feel pressure, quarterly survey reveals, New life for city centre office building thanks to funding boost, VIP – Meet the Cornerstones Employers a success, and sum business events. Read the October Newsleter

MOST of the key economic indicators took a tumble in Quarter 3 according to the latest Quarterly Economic Survey research

The fieldwork for the Quarter 3 survey was conducted before the Bank of England decided to hold interest rates in a split decision by the Monetary Policy Committee, with the Governor of the Bank,

The cautious tone struck by Humber businesses in Quarter 2, followed by a further interest rate rise, has had a visible impact on business confidence among

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This was written for us by: Jacob Robinson <jacob.robinson@uklinkology.co.uk>

Climate change is no longer a distant concern confined to scientific discussions; it’s a tangible reality that affects various aspects of our lives, including the buildings we inhabit. As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, architects, builders, and homeowners are grappling with the impact of climate change on their choices of online building supplies. The quest for sustainable, resilient, and climate-responsive structures has led to a paradigm shift in the

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In this news letter we have Export Growth Grant , Driving forward your interest in export? Discover more at the Export 4 Manufacturing Businesses event , Grow your international digital and E-commerce sales, 2023 ScaleUp Business Survey, Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Insights from a National Startup Study, And sum business events.Read the September Newsletter

This was provided by David Holland EXELA Limited d.holland@exela.co.uk Phone 01242 375000

As summer ends, both children and business owners face a daunting challenge: returning to school and restarting their task of growing their business. Though they may seem like vastly different experiences, there are striking similarities between the two groups. Both can face uncertainty, social awkwardness, and fear of failure. But with the right mindset and strategies, these obstacles can be conquered. 

Why Planning is Crucial for Your Business

Running a business

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This was written for us by: Jacob Robinson <jacob.robinson@uklinkology.co.uk>

In an ever-evolving world driven by technology, industries across the globe are reimagining their practices to embrace the benefits of digitalization. Among these transformative sectors, the financial industry stands at the forefront. As financial businesses adapt to the digital age, they are not only revolutionizing their operational efficiency but also making significant strides towards reducing their environmental impact. That means not only is it embracing emerging technologies like AI, but also spearheading

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New research has revealed where in the country is best for women-led startups, exploring how prepared women entrepreneurs felt when starting their businesses, how supported they were, and if they knew where to turn for help.

A survey from Sage of 500 small business leaders found that 32% of women entrepreneurs felt they didn’t have the required support when starting up, compared to 29% of men, whether that be financial, governmental, support from trade organisations, or support from within industry networks.

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In this news letter we have Made Smarter programme recommences this autumn, New Trade Mission: Offshore Energy Trade Mission to the Netherlands, One-stop-shop to help businesses save money and go green, Employers invited to Cornerstone Group introductory breakfast, HEY LEP celebrates successful year. and sum business events.Read the August newsletter

This was written for us by : Vicky Cropper-Clarke Vicky.Cropper-Clarke@tpexpress.co.uk

I am writing regarding the planned industrial action set to be taken by employees who are members of the RMT and ASLEF trade unions.  The action being taken will severely limit the number of rail services we are able to operate across the network. The trade unions have announced industrial action affecting services on the following dates:

Saturday 26 August – action by RMT

Friday 1 September – action by ASLEF

Saturday 2 September

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This was written for us by Jacob Robinson jacob.robinson@uklinkology.co.ukIn the dynamic world of online business, capturing a visitor’s attention is just the first step towards success. From the moment a potential customer lands on your website to the final checkout process, every step matters in shaping their experience and influencing their decision to make a purchase. Streamlining these processes is crucial for improving conversions and boosting your bottom line and is best carried out via a conversion rate optimisation agency,

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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) are pleased to bring back our popular trade mission to the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC), taking place in The Netherlands, Amsterdam between 27 and 29 November 2023.

The programme offers an exclusive opportunity to explore the Dutch and international marketplace and look at the possibilities for UK businesses within the offshore energy sector.

By joining this mission, delegates will*:

Learn about the Dutch and international marketplace and connect with international buyers, decision makers and leading personnel from the industry.

Have the

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British businesses will be able to access new advice and support to reduce their energy bills and cut their carbon emissions from the UK Business Climate Hub.

British businesses will be able to access brand new advice and support to reduce their energy bills while cutting their carbon emissions.

The UK Business Climate Hub launched today (14 August 2023) includes a free carbon calculator and a suite of new tools to help businesses measure, track and report on their emissions and save money by

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Small businesses won a record-breaking amount of government work, new figures released by the Cabinet Office reveal today (Tuesday 15 August).

The new figures, which underline the government’s commitment to helping SMEs benefit from government contracts show that UK small businesses received £21 billion worth of work in 2021/22. This equates to around £3.8k per British small business.

Government work won by small businesses range across all sectors, including public infrastructure – supporting building schools and hospitals, defence – developing high end

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In this news letter we have DBT Trade Mission to Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OECC) – The Netherlands – November. Shinning a light on green skills Hull City Council Job vacancy. Hey Grow hub monthly business intelligence reporting for the government. Strategic skills hub plans to go to cabinet and sum business events. Reed the July Newsletter

That the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is again taking a trade mission to Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC) in The Netherlands in November this year. 

(OEEC) https://www.offshore-energy.biz/oeec2023/ is Europe’s leading event for the entire offshore energy industry and an opportunity to reach business leaders, highly qualified experts and professionals across global markets. Around 400 exhibitors will gather in Amsterdam from the 28 to 29 November 2023, showcasing their experience and expertise in the offshore wind, marine energy,

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This news letter shows details of a free Webinar from DBT about exporting

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This was written for us by Jacob Robinson jacob.robinson@uklinkology.co.uk

Introduction

Football is more than just a game—it’s a strategic battlefield where matches are won or lost even before the whistle blows. The sport is a melting pot of strategic planning, adaptability, teamwork, leadership, and continuous learning. These elements mirror the necessary ingredients for success in the corporate world. This article aims to unveil the parallels between football strategies and business success, offering a fresh perspective on achieving corporate excellence.

Strategy and Planning

In football,

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This was written for us by Jacob Robinson jacob.robinson@uklinkology.co.uk

As an entrepreneur, growth is a paramount ambition, yet, achieving it often proves to be a challenging endeavour. Outsmarting your competition may seem like a Herculean task, but it is by no means an insurmountable one. With a strategically-driven plan, navigating your small business towards unprecedented growth becomes a distinct possibility. Unearth your hidden competitive prowess and guide your enterprise on a journey of expansion and success. It’s all about decoding your

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This was provided by David Holland EXELA Limited d.holland@exela.co.uk Phone 01242 375000The Power of Networking: Why It’s Crucial for Success in Business

Running a business isn’t an easy feat, especially when you’re just starting out. One of the most important things to consider is networking. It’s not just about meeting new people and exchanging business cards.

Networking is about building meaningful relationships that could potentially lead to partnerships, referrals, and even mentorship. 

We’ll be discussing why networking is crucial for success in various

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This was written for us by Jacob Robinson jacob.robinson@uklinkology.co.uk

Starting your own business is not always a walk in the park. However, there are a range of different ways you can help to make sure your business gets off to the best start. From building your business plan to conducting market research.  To help you navigate your way around starting a new business, look at our five top tips.

Create A Business Plan

Creating a business plan involves several key components. Start with

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This was provided by Lucy Reed <lucy_reed@gigmine.co

Being a digital nomad entrepreneur means you
have the freedom to work anywhere you want, as long as there’s an Internet
connection. That said, it can be hard to spot the perfect city that meets your
unique professional and personal needs.

Fortunately, the United States is home to a wealth of cities that offer ideal living conditions, reasonable living costs, and entrepreneurial-friendly cultures. SERP shares our favorite four US cities to reside in as a digital

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In this newsletter we have what your business can get for free than many businesses pay for, Freelancers mental health uk Infographic Tips for streamlining your daily business management tasks 7 tips for refreshing your company’s brand and staying information. Free and Paid services for building a better small business. And some Business events. Reed the June news letter

This was written for us by Jacob Robinson jacob.robinson@uklinkology.co.uk

Starting your own business is not always a walk in the park. However, there are a range of different ways you can help to make sure your business gets off to the best start. From building your business plan to conducting market research.  To help you navigate your way around starting a new business, look at our five top tips.

Create A Business Plan

Creating a business plan involves several key components. Start with

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Find out
what many smart employers get for free that helps them recruit and retain
employees.

The cost
of recruiting, selecting and retaining staff is significant time and resource
for businesses like yours.

You can
use the service of trained professional recruiters at the Department of Work
and Pensions (DWP) to help you do the heavy lifting. After all, you pay for
this service.

If you
would like to hear more, invest an hour of your time to listen to the many ways
we can help you in the recruitment and

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This was provided by Keith Prance email keith@outreach.rehab-recovery.co.uk

Are you a freelancer, or thinking about making the move to become one?

There are many reasons people are attracted to this way of working.

There’s often the dream of freedom from choosing your own hours, making more money, and only taking on interesting work.

Tell someone you’re a freelancer or self-employed and people think you have it easy.

Friends and family call during your working day assuming you have time to chat (if only)!

Gig economy, as freelancing is

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This was provided by Jason Kenner jkenner@onparparent.com

Managing a business isn’t always easy. With so
much to do every day, it’s easy to get bogged down with daily management tasks
that take up valuable time and drain your energy. But if you want to move your
business forward, you must find ways to spend your time more efficiently.
Streamlining daily business management should be your top priority!
Fortunately, there are several ways to make your day-to-day routine more
productive. HEY Growth Hub is here to share some
tools,

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This was provided by David Holland david@exela.co.uk

Generating leads is one of the most important factors for any small business owner – especially if you’re looking to grow your business.

However, what many small business owners overlook is the importance of following up with those leads. Following up with leads is crucial because it can be the difference between a conversion or losing a potential customer. 

In this blog, we’ll explore why following up with leads is so important and provide some key

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The Department for International Trade (DIT) produce lots of use information for businesses that export and import from lots of location to help businesses so on our Growth Hub Website we publish the DITs news items to help our businesses so take a look at it here: Department for International Trade » HEY Growth Hub You can also get to it by going on to our Exporting page and go down to the Department for International Trade

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This was provided by Lucy Reed <lucy_reed@gigmine.co As a business owner, you know that your brand is the face of your company. It is how you communicate with your customers and convey your values, products, and services. Refreshing your brand is necessary every so often to update your image and stay relevant in an ever-changing market. However, it can also be a daunting task. In this article, SERP goes over seven tips for refreshing your company’s brand and staying

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This was provided by Lucy Reed <lucy_reed@gigmine.co Running a small business can be incredibly challenging, whether you’re the owner or a manager. You need to know many things about many things, manage complex business processes, and frequently go above and beyond keep your various stakeholders happy.

Fortunately, you don’t necessarily need to do it all alone. There are services out there that can shoulder some of your burdens, add value to your business in various ways, and, ultimately, benefit

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In This news letter we have BIPC Humber Partnerships innovate Humber latest events, Guidance for small businesses in the food sector, Trade Show exhibitor grants to help Hull enterprises grow there business throw export, Spencer Group using innovative Hapstar app to support employee wellbeing, HEY Growth Hub makes small calls for social enterprise Accelerator. Reed the May Newsletter

BUSINESS & IP CENTRE HUMBER PARTNERSHIPMay 2023

NEWS / EVENTS / SUPPORT / LINKS / CONTACT

LATEST NEWS 

Welcome toour updatedspecial Innovate Humber newsletter. This edition includes new events for you to explore and experience. The Innovate Humber project is designed to help businesses in the Humber Region registered with HMRC to develop a new product, process or service.Innovate Humber 

Most businesses, whether sole trader, company, start-up or established enterprise, innovate every day… often without even realising it. Businesses thrive and develop by adapting and thinking on their feet

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Background info

What is the Here to Help campaign?

Here to Help aims to encourage micro and small food business
owners to find out about food regulations and get the support they need to
follow them. The campaign also aims to raise awareness amongst food businesses
that the FSA and their local authority are there to help them along their
business journey, with lots of advice and guidance available.

What is the new guidance?

The FSA’s food business guidance hub on food.gov, makes it easier than ever to find

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This was provided by Lucy Reed <lucy_reed@gigmine.co

Aspiring entrepreneurs can stay ahead of the
game in the rapidly changing digital world by embracing innovation and
competition. By investing in intelligent automation apps and tools, creating
mobile apps, exploring emerging technologies, developing a strong online
presence, using data analytics, working with IT specialists, and learning
coding skills, you can leverage digital innovation to drive business growth.
Here we will delve into these strategies and explain how you can harness the
power of digital innovation to grow your business.

Maximize

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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is a proud sponsor of the prestigious Business Day 2023.

Held at Bridlington Spa on Friday 9 June, the event is an inspirational day with guest speakers, breakout sessions and networking targeting businesses in the Humber region.

HEY LEP’s exhibition stand at Business Day 2023 will be sponsored by Made Smarter, a new business support programme for manufacturers which helps them to become more productive, competitive and innovative via the adoption of advanced

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Leading engineering company Spencer Group is using an innovative new app to help support its employees’ wellbeing.

Hull-based Spencer Group is using the Hapstar app to enable employees to track their mental and physical health, set happiness actions, access support and resources and provide anonymous feedback.

The app does not hold any identifying information about the user and Spencer Group can use the data to gain a clearer understanding of its workforce’s wellbeing, identify and respond to trends.

Every employee has a Hapstar

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Following on from the successful Community Strategy survey for local residents, the council has now launched a questionnaire for local businesses to share their views.

This second survey, specifically created for business owners and entrepreneurs, asks what it’s like to run a business in the city, both the positive aspects and barriers, and how the city could better support local ventures.

Business and residents have just two weeks left to take part, before both surveys close on May 22.

Cllr Mike Ross, leader

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This was provided by Marcus Lansky information@abilitator.biz 

Every day, businesses are faced with supply chain slowdowns. Whether it is a factory that needs to produce more products or a retail store that needs to ship more goods each day, the supply chain is constantly in flux. In fact, 75% of companies have had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses.

Morgan Stanley explains what happened as “a sharp but short-lived decline in demand early in the pandemic prompted many firms

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April Schedule: Level 2 Certificate in Data Protection & GDPR practices •11th and 12th April•13th and 14th April•18th and 19th April•27th and 28th April

Cyber Security workshop: • 6th April • 17th April

Photoshop workshop: • 5th April • 19th April

Excel Basics 2-day workshop: •3rd and 4th April•20th and 21st April•27th and 28th April Excel Intermediate/Advanced 2-day workshop:•13th and 14th April•24th and 25th April

Social Media Marketing for Business 2- day workshop: •3rd and 4th April•11th and 12th April20th and 21st April•24th and

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Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, has today announced its new Business Support Partners (BSPs) – three national partners and a number of regional support partners. The new appointments will work with the Start Up Loans programme to deliver funding and support for small businesses across the UK over the next two years.

The Start Up Loans Company provides personal fixed-interest loans and support to aspiring and early-stage business owners from across the UK

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Lord Mayor of Hull, Cllr Christine Randall, hosted a civic dinner at the Guildhall on Thursday 16 March, where guests included State Senators and representatives from the USA.

The officials had visited Hull and the wider Humber area on a fact-finding mission to understand more about the UK’s clean energy sector.

Delegates learnt about how this transition is taking place in the Humber region, heard about its decarbonisation and net zero projects and how it is a world leader in offshore wind

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In this news letter we have National Cyber Security Centre Campaign , SMEs to lead the country out of the economic downturn , The Small Business Organisations essential guide to hitting your 2023 sales targets. ,Humber Industrial Cluster Plan launches with seven powerful mandates , Introducing a new resource from the British Business Bank: The guide to building business resilience . Read the March Newsletter

Chocolate is like digital inclusion It’s the time of year when many of us eat chocolate. Did you know that digital inclusion is like chocolate? Will you eat a tiny bit of chocolate, indulge a lot or leave it alone entirely. You might go online loads whereas your relative might just use the Internet a little or not at all. You can break down online learning into manageable chunks. Different types of chocolate appeal to different people. It’s the same with digital inclusion. A

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This was provided by the The Future Skills team 

Subject: Grow your Future Workforce

Good morning/Good afternoon,

We’re writing to let you know that the Invitation to Tender for
Future Skills Programme Funding is now LIVE!
Organisations have until 10am on 24 April 2023 to submit their bid for
Future Skills Programme funding.

Future Skills Programme – Contracts FinderFuture Skills Programme – Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)

What is the Future Skills Programme?

The Future Skills Programme is an HMPPS-funded initiative designed to help businesses grow their future workforce, while

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If
you’re a small business selling online, you’ll know just how important it is to
use a wide variety of marketing channels and tactics to maximise your online
sales. 

You
will also know how vital it is to be able to measure results and assess where
budget is spent. 

The
great news is there are some nifty shortcuts that you can take to supercharge
your sales, find customers through brand new channels, and breathe life into
your business in 2023.

This essential guide from Awin Access, the leading affiliate platform

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The Humber Industrial Cluster Plan was first proposed in 2019 with the aim to drive sustainable growth and reduce carbon emissions in the Humber region, which is the largest industrial emitting cluster in the UK.

After 24 months of detailed analysis, modelling and interviews, the plan was launched on the 9th March 2023, by an influential consortium of companies and organisations, including the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, CATCH, Drax Group, Equinor, National Grid Ventures, Centrica Storage, British Steel, VPI,

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In this news letter we have HEY Growth Hub to launch new Hull and East Yorkshire Manufacturers Network. Support From HMRC. Seven Tips for starting a business when you work full time. Marketing tips worth implementing by companies to help expand there business. New funding opportunities from Innovateuk . And some events .

Read the February News letter

HEY Growth Hub is calling on manufacturers from across the region to join them for the launch of a new manufacturers network on Thursday 2 March.

Whilst the economy has been turbulent of late, “doing business” for manufacturers has been particularly challenging.

Faced with supply chain disruption, skills shortages, rising energy costs, and the implications of Net Zero, running a manufacturing business in 2023 is a challenging proposition.

With the launch of the HEY Manufacturers Network, the HEY Growth Hub is here to

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Starting your own business takes a lot of hard work. You’re effectively building a company from nothing: finding clients, securing funding, and promoting your services. You’ll have to learn a variety of new skills along the way, such as marketing, bookkeeping, and technical support, and you will have to get used to working long hours.

t may be some time before your business is profitable. You can’t expect to set up a website and start raking in customers overnight. You

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This Blog was written for us by Jacob Robinson

Marketing is a
powerful tool used by companies for a plethora of reasons. For the majority, it
is a tool used to help create a positive brand image that potential consumers
will find appealing and reach out to learn more about. This increase in
interest can generate leads, which hopefully later become sales.

Companies will set a marketing budget for their team, which they can use to create and implement the campaigns for each business quarter. Each year,

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In this news letter we have , our business events, Employers invited to share ideas and influence the skills systems for Hull & East Yorkshire, Over £19 million to regenerate Hull city centre, The government’s Help to Grow: Digital scheme – closes soon, Humber Internships Programme, HEY LEP Skills Advisory Panel and Local Skills Improvement Plan – Employer Skills Survey.~Read the January Newsletter

As part of ongoing activities to inform strategic skills planning by the Hull & East Yorkshire LEP and in support of the development of the Hull & East Yorkshire Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), HEY LEP and the Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce are hosting a series of sector focus groups to gauge views and opinions on skills within the workforce and future needs.

The on-line sector focus groups will be held on:

Monday 30 January (11am – 12 noon) –

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In this news letter we have Employer Skills Survey for the Local Skills Improvement Plan, Job Opportunity – Made Smarter: Digital Transformation Specialist, funding opportunities from Innovate UK, Growth Hub Business Events, Smart meters for your business. And business events.Read the December Newsletter

In this news letter the Careers hub has 2 job opportunities.Read the Job Opportunities Newsletter here

Exporters will have more time to move across to the Customs Declaration Service, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced.

Following consultation with the border industry, exporters will now have until 30 November 2023 to move across to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), 8 months later than previously announced.

After 30 November 2023, businesses will need to use CDS to make export declarations for goods they send out of the UK, as they already do for import declarations.

Sarah Hartley, Director of Border

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£500m for energy efficiency upgrades in schools and colleges, and extra £2bn for schools next year to be split between mainstream schools and high needs .

Schools and colleges in England will be allocated a share of £500 million to spend on energy efficiency upgrades, helping to save on bills during the winter months and manage energy consumption.

This will not only help them save money, but it will make them more energy efficient during the cold period and increase winter

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A smart meter may help your business save money and time

What is a smart meter? Put simply, your business’ smart meter automatically sends gas and electricity readings to your business energy supplier. By reducing the need for manual readings, your life is easier and your bills are more accurate, as you’re only charged for the energy you use.

How does a smart meter for your business work? In order to submit your readings, a smart meter for business uses similar

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In this news letter we have Businesses to be given UK product marking flexibility, Energy Bill Relief Scheme: help for businesses and other non-domestic customers, Advanced Propulsion Centre – TDAP Accelerator Programme Wave 7 Grant Funding, HEY Growth Hub to showcase four local digital SMEs at Tech Week Humber Expo 2022, Squadhelp. And Business events. Reed the November Newsletter

Businesses given 2 additional years to apply new product safety marking.

Government to continue to recognise the CE product marking in Great Britain for a further 2 years, allowing business to use either UKCA or CE markingsmove will cut costs for businesses and remove potential disruptionfuture product marking plans to be reviewed to minimise costs and burdens for business in the longer term

The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking has been introduced as part of the UK’s own robust regulatory framework. It

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This blog is from Chris Harris Chris.Harris@apcuk.co.uk

I’m
delighted to announce that the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s next wave of its
Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) is now open for Expressions
of Interest (EOI).

You’ve
very kindly supported us in promoting our TDAP competitions across your network
in the past. If you have time, I’d be very grateful if you could help us spread
the word that funding and support via TDAP is open again and we’re looking for
applicants. 

If there
are specific SMEs that you’re aware of in

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In this news letter we have How Can the British Business Bank and Hull & East Yorkshire Growth Hub Support My Business?, £6.4 million boost for employers to support disabled people, What’s in A Brand Name? Everything., EMMA HARDY MP INVITES BUSINESSES TO AIR THEIR VIEWS WITH BIG CONVERSATION, New fund helps local bio-tech solutions company to grow, Read the October Newsletter

This was provided by

Grant Polachek Head of B randing | Squadhelp.com

Squadhelp has amassed unique insights about naming a business while working with thousands of brands, from seed stages startups to some of the largest companies in the world (Nestle, Dell, AutoNation, and more) Click on the following links:

How to Choose the Best Name for Your Brand

What First-Time Founders Should Know About Naming a Company

4 Tips for Launching a Successful Rebrand

The 4 Reasons You Chose a

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New online service will give employers the tools they need to empower and encourage disabled employees and those with health conditions.

Thousands of businesses across the UK will benefit from a new £6.4 million online service to help employers better support disabled people and those with health conditions in the workplace.

The early test version of the Support with Employee Health and Disability service provides essential information about supporting and managing employees with disabilities or health conditions at

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Left to Right; Stephen Savage (Deputy Chair of the HEY LEP Investment Panel), Tim Davies (Chief Executive Officer, HiiROC), Richard Scott (Operations Director, HiiROC) and James Newman OBE (Chair of the HEY LEP)

Local technology company HiiROC have successfully secured grant funding from the Growing Hull and East Yorkshire funding scheme, run by the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

The grant has been used to help the fit out of a new facility in Hull to produce and test the

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This Blog was provided by Grant Polachek email grant.p@squadhelp.co

How To Create A Business Name That Perfectly Reflects Your Brand

Any person that spends an hour on the internet will be bombarded by ad after ad for businesses. As an entrepreneur, you’ll quickly discover the lack of potential in a company that doesn’t have great branding. 

A business name is the first step in creating an effective brand online that customers will catch onto and remember. 

If you want your brand to thrive

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New Government funding will assess cyber security of office products connected to the internet such as smart printers and room booking systems.

Organisations can now apply for funding to support research into the cyber security of office devices which can connect to the internet, such as printers, cameras, and room booking systems, to ensure they are properly protected against hackers.

Thousands of UK businesses rely on these products, known as enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to increase productivity and

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In this news letter we have HEY Growth Hub Business Events , HEY LEP strengthens its relationship with the Department for International Trade , Homes England launches new development finance fund, Government announces Energy Price Guarantee for families and businesses , Trade with Ukraine , Companies House will soon be introducing a new WebFiling account. Read the September Newsletter

A list of HEY Growth Hub Business events

Read the Business Events News letter

In this news letter we show details of the event.

Read the Employer event Newsletter

In this news letter we have HEY LEP Skills Network – Chair and Vice Chair Recruitment, The future of maritime has been given a massive funding boost by the UK Government with an increase in training subsidies for cadets and ratings. New guidance brings clarity on employment status for workers and businesses, Business Toolkits, The government aims to provide businesses and workers with greater clarity, and some eventsRead the August News letter

Funding for cadets boosted to £43 million pounds over next two years to help build the maritime sector.

Eligible seafarers will now get half of their training paid – providing a real investment in the future of maritime and securing future growth. Previously, the subsidy was 30% but increases to 50% for all new and existing tonnage tax groups and Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) funding. This now means that maritime companies can take advantage of an extra £13m of funding

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Read the news letter here

In this news letter we have , HEY Workforce , £4.8m Beverley Enterprise Centre officially open for business , Procurement Opportunity – #GrowMySME Business Growth Scheme Humber Social Enterprise Accelerator (Humber SEA 2) RFQ, The Governments new product safety marking for businesses ,Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Remote Teams, and some events.Read the July Newsletter

29-unit development features offices and workshops following demolition site regeneration

The £4.8 million Beverley Enterprise Centre has been officially opened. The project secured £1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund and £500,000 from the Getting Building Fund, secured by the Hull and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership, as part of the Government’s commitment to the Northern Powerhouse

Boasting 29 units for businesses, it sits on the Grovehill Industrial Estate, and was brought forward by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Described as a landmark

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Read the news letter here

This Blog was written by Lucy Reed – lucy_reed@gigmine.co

Hiring is a complex
process that includes finding an individual with the right skills to fulfill a
business need. Even though most businesses have comprehensive hiring processes
which involve resume screening, numerous interviews, assignments, and more, one
cannot be 100% sure that the candidate will be a good fit. It is only in the
days and weeks ahead where an employee either makes or misses the mark.

With the rise in remote
working, the hiring process has been made harder as

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In this news letter we have Humber Industrial Cluster Plan (HICP) Focus Group Rescheduling , Annual Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2022 , Innovate UK funding opportunities , British Business Bank Personal loan for business purposes, Skills Support for the Workforce can help businesses become sustainable, and some events.Read the June News letter

This Blog was written by Mary Jenkins from iReviews

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that depression and anxiety in children and teens have increased over time, and more than 5 out of 10 children between the ages of 3 and 17 with behavior disorders have needed treatment.

Adults aren’t without risk, though. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that around 7.8% of all adults have dealt with at least one major episode of depression (in 2019). Episodes

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In this news letter we have Annual Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2022, The latest government guidance for businesses employing people from Ukraine,Hull and East Yorkshire LEP’s Countdown to the Business Day 2022, The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund continues to support business to grow in the HEY LEP area., Innovate UK New and current funding opportunities. And some events.Read the May Newsletter

This Blog was written by Lucy Reed – lucy_reed@gigmine.co

Small business
owners often overlook the importance of their website and its ability to
generate more sales. Pasadena is a competitive market, and if your website
isn’t up to par, you may be missing out on potential customers. A poorly
designed site can lead customers away from your business and into a
competitor’s door. This guide shows you the most common website mistakes made
by small businesses and how to fix them.

Not Using Relevant Keywords

One of the most common mistakes

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The HEY LEP and Growth Hub have 2 events as part of the Humber Business Week Programme. The programme runs from 6th June to the 10th June. The HEY LEp Growth Hub events are:

On Tuesday 7th June – Humber Business Week – HEY Workforce! At 1904 Lounge, MKM Stadium, Walton Street . See details of this event here

On Thursday 9th June – Humber Business Week – Digital Horizons. AT University of Hull Cottingham Road Hull See details of

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A new £8.8 million fund to support domestic tree production in England has been opened by the Forestry Commission on Thursday 19 May, in partnership with Defra.  The funding will help tree nurseries and suppliers invest in projects which improve, expand, automate or mechanise their operations. This will support efforts to build nursery capacity and grow long-term tree seed and sapling supply – delivering on a commitment within the the England Trees Action Plan, Government’s long-term plan

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The Humber Business Week is 6th June to 10th June and we have an event for the programme on Thursday 9th June Read the Newsletter

New government guidance has been published for businesses considering making offers of employment to people coming to the UK from Ukraine.

Businesses who are interested in supporting somebody from Ukraine, should fill out a vacancy information questionnaire. Job opportunities will then be shared across the DWP Jobcentre Plus network and with the Refugee Employment Network (REN), a charity which works with organisations across the UK to support refugees into work.

For more information, click here.

In this news letter we have  Hull & East Yorkshire Growth Hub 2021/22 – Client Feedback Survey, Horizon Europe: Civil Security for Society programme, NORTHERN LEADERS UNITE FOR UKRAINE, Agril Food funding, Procurement Opportunity Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub (HEY Growth Hub).Read the April News letter

In this news letter we have the Job Vacancy INNOVATION AND RESEARCH FACILITATOR at Hull Culture and Leisure Library Service  Read the Job Opportunity Newsletter

Government encourages organisations to be vigilant of cyber threats and follow its guidance.

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Two new
funding competitions for England’s farmers and growers

Funding from across the Farming Innovation Programme will help England’s farmers and growers to use new, innovative methods and technologies to become more productive, environmentally sustainable, and more resilient to the global food security challenges of the future.   You can apply for a share of £20.5 million funding

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Hull Culture and Leisure Library Service are seeking to
appoint three dynamic and inspirational individuals to support enterprise
across the Humber. Helping businesses to research, innovate and develop new
products and services.

Do you have a passion to deliver high quality research and
information services to small and medium sized businesses in the Humber region?

Do you enjoy helping others; are you enthusiastic about
learning new skills and able to develop good professional relationships?

Would you like to work within a new team to create a new and
responsive

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Photo by RODNAE Productions via PexelsThis Blog was written by Lucy Reed – lucy_reed@gigmine.co

Even if you already have a strong team, bringing in a human resources consultant or coach has many benefits. Among these are an improved recruitment process, the potential to write clearer and more relevant disciplinary policies, and to help you make sure that you are providing the right benefits. SERP presents the following guide to help you get started.

What Is
HR Consulting?

HR consulting is the process of bringing

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In this news letter we have Igniting confidence to fuel start-up success , Job Vacancy – INNOVATION AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Procurement Opportunity – #GrowthmySME, Business Growth Scheme , FUNDED DIGITAL SKILLS BOOTCAMPS FOR PEOPLE IN HULL & EAST YORKSHIRE, International Trade and Russia / Ukraine.Read the March Newsletter

INNOVATION AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week):£19312 – £20092

Hull Culture and Leisure Library Service are seeking to appoint a dynamic individual to support entrepreneurs and help promote research & development.

Can you keep accurate

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In this news letter we have The New Prison at Full Sutton – Meet the Buyer Event and FREE Recruitment Event – The Guildhall Hull.

Read the New Information Newsletter

The ERYC are
supporting the Ministry of Justice and Kier on the construction of the category
C new prison at Full Sutton. They are arranging two ‘meet the buyer events’
planned for Wednesday 30th March 2022 for all interested SME
construction traders, supply chains,  colleges and training providers to
learn more about the opportunities that will become available throughout the
build. The event will cover; the programme, design standards and any
prequalification’s for potential suppliers.

Come and hear from representatives from The Supply Chain Network,
Ministry of Justice and Tier 1

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HullCC Employment hub are taking expressions of interest for their recruitment event on the 20th April 2022, 9.30am to 2.00pm.  If you are struggling to recruit and you are interested in attending then please call them on (01482) 616623 or email employmenthub@hullcc.gov.uk to add your name onto the list

This Blog was written by Jason Kenner Onparparent.com  jkenner@onparparent.com

Home-based businesses have become a popular trend in recent years, especially during the pandemic. Numerous business models, from consulting to dog grooming, are great candidates for home-based businesses. Some home businesses involve in-person meetings with clients while others can operate entirely remotely. Regardless, it’s important to stage and decorate your home workspace to showcase your professionalism and make clients feel comfortable. Here are some tips from the Hull and East

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(L-R) Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council Jonathan Owen, Deputy Leader of Hull City Council Hester Bridges, Digital Minister Chris Philp MP, Professor Rebecca Huxley-Binns, Chair of the Humber Local Digital Skills Partnership, James Newman OBE, Chair of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

A drive to improve the digital skills of thousands of people across the Humber is being launched today following match-funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

It comes as new figures

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In this news letter we have HEY LEP sets out key priorities in a bid to drive area economy, Stakeholder Summary Content Virgin Money Levelling Upstarts Programme , Hull Funded Help to Grow Management Programme , HEY LEP shares start-up stories to inspire new entrepreneurs , HIP Summer Intern. And some events.Read the February Newsletter

Want to
find out more about how
Property Flood
Resilience reduces flood risk?

Find
out more through this video
from Yorkshire Flood
Resilience.

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Innovation Support for SMEs As well as working to improve your business’ flood resilience, we can also help you develop innovative services, processes and products to support your business move

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The LEP has set targets for the green economy, where it has taken a national lead in recent years

The HEY LEP has launched an economic growth and workforce wellbeing strategy following its formation last year at a time of major challenges for businesses in the area.

The LEP says it wants to build the area’s economy back better by focussing on the productive and innovative economy; the clean growth economy; the skilled and inclusive economy; and the

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Stories of start-up firms have been compiled by Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) to help inform and inspire people tempted to take their first steps in business.

The case studies feature ventures ranging from the launch of a brewery in a converted dairy to the journey of one man and his van growing a building services company with more than 200 staff.

A chef who owns one of Hull’s most popular restaurants tells of his escape from the

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The future’s looking bright with a HIP Summer Intern.

Read the newsletter

In this news letter we have Growth Hub Job EVENTS AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) holding business briefing event for new £60 million competition, Have your say on the future of business support, Export Academy 2022, Innovate UK New international partnering opportunities, and some Events.

Read the January Newsletter

The Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub want to gain further
insight into the challenges faced by businesses locally and to understand more
about business support and advice needs through an online survey.

The Growth Hub provides a one-stop-shop for business,
offering support on funding, apprenticeship recruitment, exporting, innovating
and more. It forms an integral part of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local
Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP). The LEP itself is a business-led partnership
that provides the strategic leadership to drive the growth of the Hull and

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The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is working closely with the Department for International Trade (DIT) to deliver the best possible export support service to businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire.

The Export Academy returns in 2022, offering tailored export support to small businesses across the region that are new to exporting, thus maximising their export growth potential and ambitions. This free course is delivered by experts, giving businesses the know-how and confidence to grow their sales

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Innovate UK EDGE is here to help you with your innovation and internationalisation challenges so click on opportunities below to start your journey, and if you need them, email them on contact@innovateukedge.ukri.org.

Polish company specialized in precision mechanical CNC machining, offers its high quality services as a subconstructor or manufacturer BOPL20211216004 | POLAND https://www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/opportunities/BOPL20211216004?utm_source=podalert A Polish company specialized

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Hull Culture and Leisure Library Service have extended the deadline for the 3 x Innovation & Research Facilitators.

Please click on the link to apply : INNOVATION
AND RESEARCH FACILITATOR (hcandl.co.uk)

Hull Culture and Leisure Library Service are seeking to
appoint three dynamic and inspirational individuals to support enterprise
across the Humber. Helping businesses to research, innovate and develop new
products and services.

Do you have a passion to deliver high quality research and
information services to small and medium sized businesses in the Humber region?

Do

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In this news letter we have Innovation & Research Facilitator Job Vacancies, Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund ,KeyFund Funding for cultural organisations (grant and loan), HEY LEP Investment Programme Manager takes part in Carbon Trust innovation event, The APC Technology Developer Accelerator Grant Programme (TDAP)Read the December Newsletter

This Blog is from Rehab 4 Addiction, a UK-based addiction helpline

Mental Health at Christmas: Some Tips for Coping – Rehab 4 Addiction

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The Government has announced that organisations seeking
investment for nature projects to tackle climate change, create and restore
habitats, or improve water quality should apply for the second and final round
of the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund.

The fund will provide grants of up to £100,000 to
environmental groups, local authorities, businesses and other organisations to
help them develop nature projects in England to a point where they can attract
private investment.

Projects will be designed to provide a return on investment
by capturing the value of the

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The HEY LEP Investment Programmes Manager, Karen Oliver-Spry, took part in a panel discussion as part of the Carbon Trust‘s ‘Meeting the Net Zero challenge: bringing innovation to industry’ virtual event.

The discussion, which took place on Wednesday, 1st December was entitled ‘How to bring innovation to industry’ and also featured: 

• Alexandra Brennan, Head of Sustainability, Johnson Service Group Plc• David Jukes, Project Lead for the South Wales Industrial Cluster• Dr Richard Leese, Industrial Policy, Energy and Climate Change Director at Mineral

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Innovate UK EDGE is here to help you with your innovation and internationalisation challenges so click on opportunities below to start your journey, and if you need them, email them on contact@innovateukedge.ukri.org.

Ukrainian manufacturer
of bricks is looking for investors under financial agreement

BOUA20210223001 | UKRAINE https://www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/opportunities/BOUA20210223001?utm_source=podalert The brick plant is located in the Southern part of Ukraine, 45 km from the city of Odessa, which serves as the main seaport of Ukraine. The M-15 International Highway (part of the European E-87)

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Recently launched is the next Wave of the SME Accelerator Programme for Expressions of Interest and Applications – TDAP Wave 6.

Just to recap what the programme is / does and some blurb
that you may wish to use:-

Open for Expressions of Interest now: the APC’s SME Technology Developer Accelerator ProgrammeApply for up to £135,000 of grant matched funding, backed by the Department for Business Energy &

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In this news letter we have Keep your business moving. Get ahead of new rules for doing business with the EU, Manufacturing Growth Programme, HEY LEP Welcomes UAE Delegates to Tech Week Humber to discuss collaboration between the region and Dubai , Sport England & UK Active consultation on workplace health, SIEMENS SOLID EDGE FOR STARTUPSRead the November Newsletter

Certificates and certified document copies from Companies House – Companies House

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In the week preceding International Trade Week, Tech Week Humber 2021 recently welcomed headline partners Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) to Hull.

DMCC is a government entity established in 2002 to enhance commodity trade flows through Dubai, performing a range of roles which continue to position Dubai as the preferred destination for global commodities trade and DMCC as the world’s No.1 Free Zone.

As an active partner of Tech Week Humber, Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) convened a roundtable

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Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) are reminding businesses and residents to have their say on the organisation’s ambitious five-year economic strategy for the Hull and East Yorkshire economy.

The LEP, which was formed in April, unveiled its first ever strategy for the region – the Economic Growth and Workforce Wellbeing Strategy in October – outlining a clear mission and vision for the economic future of the region up to the end of 2026.

The strategy sets out four

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Hear from Equinor about their Hydrogen -to-Humber (H2H) project, the world’s largest hydrogen production plant and the role they are playing in supporting the UK Energy Transition. Make contact with the 3 pre-FEED contractors and hear about the potential supply chain opportunities Learn about Zero Carbon Humber and from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre(AMRC) about the role they play in facilitating UK supply chain development. Have the opportunity to network with the key players for this exciting project and learn

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In this news letter we have Innovate UK New international partnering opportunities, HEY on the Road to Net Zero event video, HEY LEP Opens Consultation on Ambitious Five-Year Strategy for the Hull and East Yorkshire Economy, GoCompare has put together a guide to self-employment, and How to Grow Digital.Read the October newsletter

Innovate UK EDGE is here to help you with your innovation and internationalisation challenges so click on opportunities below to start your journey, and if you need them, email them on contact@innovateukedge.ukri.org.

Spanish outdoor
footwear manufacturer looking for worldwide retail chains.

BOES20200729001 | SPAIN
https://www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/opportunities/BOES20200729001?utm_source=podalert
Spanish family owned company founded in 1940 which manufacturers high quality,
technical footwear for adventure-, outdoor, leisure activities and professional
use.

They have a wide catalog of products such as
Mountaineering/Trekking (High…

Majorcan charcuisine
“sobrasada” producer is looking for distributors of meat specialities to sign
distribution services

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See that the event booking ends on Friday 15th October.

Read the news letter

Booking for the event closes on Friday the 15th of October so BOOK YOUR PLACE AT HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE’S FLAGSHIP COP26 AFFILIATED EVENT. We welcome you to this fabulous event.

Planet Mark’s Zero Carbon Battle Bus Tour is headed to Hull City Centre on Monday 18th October as it makes it way to the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November, sharing the UN-backed Race to Zero message in support of the UK’s #TogetherForOurPlanet campaign.

The Hull and East Yorkshire LEP and its

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See the next GROWMYSME business events that we have establishedRead the GROWMYSME Newsletter

BOOK YOUR PLACE AT HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE’S FLAGSHIP COP26 AFFILIATED EVENT

Planet Mark’s Zero Carbon Battle Bus Tour is headed to Hull City Centre on Monday 18th October as it makes it way to the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November, sharing the UN-backed Race to Zero message in support of the UK’s #TogetherForOurPlanet campaign.

The Hull and East Yorkshire LEP and its Growth Hub are proud to be hosting this flagship event as part of the Zero Carbon Tour and businesses and residents

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In this news letter we have Innovate UK new and current funding opportunities, Internationalisation Fund – Overview, Video Case Study: Peer Networks, 2nd Growth Hub Job opportunity MADE SMARTER DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST – FIXED, Book your tickets here: Road to Net-Zero – Hull COP 26 Flagship EventRead the September Newsletter

Please see below a list of all the new and current funding opportunities available to you on behalf of Innovate UK. Please check individual competition dates as they may have been extended.

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Richard Marshall of Grayton Limited – a structural and mechanical engineering company – talks about how the #GrowMySME Digital Catalyst scheme has helped the business to explore digital solutions to traditional business issues.

‘Technology and digital’ did not use to be a key focus for Grayton. Working in the perceived “old fashioned” industries of steel and cement meant that the business had not changed how they dealt with business processes for twenty years.

After enrolling on the Digital Catalyst scheme, the company found the

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Brian Pope of Lincs Therapy – a provider of mental health & psychological support services – talks about how the #GrowMySME Digital Catalyst scheme has helped the business to diversify the business’s services via virtual delivery.

Traditionally, psychotherapy is carried out face to face, and yet since the onset of Covid-19, all of Lincs Therapy’s services have had to be delivered virtually. In light of this, Brian advises that in hindsight, many clients prefer to attend an appointment via virtual delivery for reasons

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The Economy and Growth team is the council’s front line service supporting growth across our housing, business and visitor sectors. The team’s aim is to make North Lincolnshire the best place to live, work, visit and invest.

To help us achieve this aim, we are looking for an experienced Business Advisor to proactively engage Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Humber LEP Growth Hub Programme, providing high quality business advice and effective signposting, ensuring that the programme achieves its

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Peer Networks is a new programme delivered by Growth Hubs across England.

Led by business experts, this FREE fortnightly programme brings together small groups of fellow business owners and managers to deal with problems in common, and to tackle business issues together.

In this video case study Rod Walker, Managing Director of Hull-based Kingston Technologies Group, talks about his experiences of the Peer Networks Programme, and discusses some of the benefits his business gained by taking part.

For more information and details on

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In the latest fightback against the impact of Coronavirus on business, Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) are delivering the second series of Peer Network groups, aimed at helping SMEs in the Hull and East Yorkshire region tackle problems, identify opportunities and grow.

From L-R: Laura Barley, Business Programme Manager, HEY LEP. Jon Brunton, Growth Hub Manager, HEY LEP, Edward Ryder, Managing Director Biskit Ltd

Peer Networks is a free national initiative, created by the Department for Business, Energy

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The region’s business community, together with interested residents, are invited to take part in a flagship COP 26 event as the Carbon Battle Bus visits Hull city centre.

The battle bus, which is travelling the whole of the UK as part of Planet Mark’s Zero Carbon Tour, is being brought to the region by the HEY LEP.

This whole day event, taking place on Monday 18 October at the Hull City Hall, will explore many of the topical and practical aspects of net-zero, decarbonisation

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The region’s business community, together with interested residents, are invited to take part in a flagship COP 26 event as the Carbon Battle Bus visits Hull city centre.

The battle bus, which is travelling the whole of the UK as part of Planet Mark’s Zero Carbon Tour, is being brought to the region by the HEY LEP.

This whole day event, taking place on Monday 18 October at the Hull City Hall, will explore many of the topical and practical aspects of

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In this newsletter we have HEY LEP appoints members with a wealth of knowledge and experience to three key sub-Boards . HEY Export Campaign .UKAuthority – Inform . New international partnering opportunities .Business start-ups in Hull can now apply for up to £5,000 grants .

Read the August News letter

The Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has made a number of appointments to its newly formed Business Support, Employment and Skills and Infrastructure sub-Boards.

The LEP announced the appointments following a successful recruitment campaign, where the LEP was overwhelmed by both the number and quality of applications received from individuals from a diverse field of sectors and organisations across the region.

All the Boards will first meet in October and thereafter on a bi-monthly basis and will start

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Catch up with the latest Inform reports from the UKAuthority research and editorial team exploring how digital transformation can improve public services. We’ve also got some events coming up soon – notably Resilience and Cyber4Good in September, Innovation and Data4Good in October and AI & Bots4Good in November – so, don’t forget to book your place!   

hat are the opportunities and challenges ahead for digital leaders? Things might be returning to

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Hello Welcome to your latest international opportunities bulletin on the products, technologies and services that you specified in your tailored alert service. Innovate UK EDGE is here to help you with your innovation and internationalisation challenges so click on opportunities

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In this newsletter we have Hull and East Yorkshire Peer Networks – Free Taster Session What will life after ‘Freedom Day’ look like for employers?National Minimum Wage (apprentices and their employers) – stakeholder toolkit WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ADVISOR – FIXED TERM Job OpportunityMore Innovate UK New international partnering opportunities again.

Read the July News letter

Subject to a final review,
from 19 July 2021, the following changes will take place in England:

there
will be no requirement to socially distance; face
masks will no longer be mandatory in public places; all
businesses that have been shut will be allowed to open; there
will be no limit on the number of people you can meet; and people

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All apprentices in the UK are entitled to be paid at least the National Minimum Wage. However, it is estimated that as many as a quarter of apprentices are underpaid. HMRC is currently carrying out communications activities to ensure apprentices know what they’re entitled to and what they can do if they think they’re not paid correctly. We also want to help employers get the minimum wage right

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Welcome to their latest international opportunities bulletin on the products, technologies and services that you specified in your tailored alert service.

Innovate UK EDGE is here to help you with your innovation and
internationalisation challenges so click on opportunities below to start your
journey, and if you need us, email us on contact@innovateukedge.ukri.org.

You can adjust your alert via the links at the bottom of this email.

A Polish manufacturer
of exclusive handmade wooden bow ties, cufflinks and clutch bags is looking for
partners under commercial agency

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Humber Learning Consortium are pleased to announce the launch of the 6th round of their ESF Community Grants 5 project.

ESF Community Grants are part of the European Social Fund (ESF) program which is distributing small grants in the Humber, York and North Yorkshire region. The aim of the fund is to help unemployed people progress towards employment through access to learning and training opportunities.

Grants of between £5,000 and up to £20,000 are available. For further details go to www.hlc-vol.org – contact details community-grants@hlc-vol.org.

Deadline for application receipt is Friday 13th August 2021 – 16:00.

All

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From 1 July 2021, the amount the Government contributes towards unworked
hours for workers on furlough has changed.
Between 1 November 2020 and 30 June 2021, the Government contributed 80% for
unworked hours (up to a maximum of £2,500 per month).
From 1 July 2021, the Government’s contribution reduced from 80% to 70% and it
will reduce again in August to 60%. Employers will need to top up the 10% and
20% respectively to ensure any workers who are furloughed receive at least 80%
of

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In this news letter we have the INNOVATE HUMBER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Job Opportunity , Businesses Urged to Order Free Covid-19 Test Kits , Innovate UK New international partnering opportunities , New international partnering opportunities

Read the June newsletter

INNOVATE HUMBER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Salary details: £32910 – £35745

Do you have a passion to deliver high quality services that will stimulate innovation and investment in research and development by SMEs in the Humber region? Do you have experience of managing ERDF or similar European funded projects? Are

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Here are the latest international opportunities bulletin on the products, technologies and services that you specified in your tailored alert service.

Romanian company specialized in design and manufacture of equipment for the offshore renewable energy, oceanographic research vessel is open to manufacturing or subcontracting agreements. BORO20200430002 | ROMANIA https://www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/opportunities/BORO20200430002?utm_source=podalert The Romanian company, based in Northern Transylvania, started its

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Innovate UK have produced the latest international opportunities bulletin on the products, technologies and services.

Russian engineering
and manufacturing company offers services for the construction of various
industrial facilities

BORU20210511004 | RUSSIA https://www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/opportunities/BORU20210511004?utm_source=podalert The Russian company is located in the city of Moscow. At the moment, the engineering and production company is engaged in construction with its many areas, modern technologies and the ability to implement the most complex and large-scale pr…

Bulgarian manufacturer
of PVC and aluminium products is looking for distribution and

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In this newsletter we find out about the INNOVATE HUMBER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER VACANCY, The Child Maintenance Service (CMS), HEY Export! Case Study: Agencia, The government’s new Help to Grow: Management programme, and DIT Virtual – Northern Powerhouse Offshore Energy Mission to Europe June-July

Read the May Newsletter

Hull Culture & Leisure are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic, can make things happen and has previous experience of work in a relevant field, with a passion to deliver high quality services that will stimulate innovation and investment in research and development by SMEs in the Humber region.

Salary details: £32910 – £35745Hours: 37Location: Hull Central Library, Hull HU1 3TFContract Type: Fixed Term to June 2023.Organisation: Hull Culture & LeisureClosing date: 31 May 2021Short listing Date: 01

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The Humber Business Week Steering Group is delighted to present a full programme of events for 2021 as Biz Week returns.

With more than 30 events being staged across the week from June 7-11, The Programme offers something for everyone in business.

Booking is now open so please be part of it…get connected and be inspired!

Humber Business Week (Biz Week) showcases the wealth of talent, entrepreneurship, vision and future potential of our region through a diverse programme of events which both inspire

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Calling all tech start-ups across the Hull and East Yorkshire area Looking to Grow your Tech Business in the Middle East?

GITEX Future Stars (GFS), along with co-located events AI Everything, Fintech Surge, Future Blockchain Summit and Marketing Mania are offering a platform for UK tech start-ups to accelerate their business. Startups participating in GFS get a physical presence at the event throughout the full four days along with other benefits. 

Click here to view and download the PDF File for more information

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Procurement Opportunity – HEY Start-Ups – Workshop & Masterclass Programme 2021/2022 » HEY LEP – Hull and East Yorkshire

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April 2021 has seen
several material changes in employment law rates and rules.

Increase in National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW)

The NLW minimum age has been reduced from 25 to 23, meaning that those in the
23-24 age bracket will see an increase in their wages of approximately 9%.
Whilst this may be significant for those in this small age bracket, for the
majority the increase is much more modest. As of 6 April 2021, the NLW is £8.91
per hour, an increase

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Hull City Council, on behalf of the HEY Growth Hub, wishes to commission the delivery of a series of the Peer Networks (cohorts) delivery in Hull and East Yorkshire, with each cohort consisting of 11 owners or managers from the SME business community participating in each network.  Additional individual 1-2-1 support (coaching, mentoring, or advice) will also be provided.

The timetable for this procurement is as follows:

EventDateIssue ITT via YorTender22 April 2021Deadline for receipt of clarificaitons13 May 2021Target date

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The Humber LEP and Humber Growth Hub no longer exist. The Government stopped 2 LEPS covering the same areas. The Humber region was covered by both the Humber LEP and the Greater Lincolnshire LEP. North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire councils decided that Their location should be part of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP.

So the Humber LEP and Humber Growth Hub have been changed to cover just Hull and East Yorkshire so the name has changed to Hull and East

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This Blog was written by Assured Marketing.

A Shot In The Arm For All Business Owners: How Small Local Businesses Can Expand Rapidly Online.

Here’s the thing, if you were to ask small business owners 18 months ago “Do you feel that improving your online presence is the number one priority in moving your business forward” only a handful would answer yes. But absolutely no-one saw the Coronavirus Pandemic coming and nearly all small businesses were ill-prepared to deal with transitioning their

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In this newsletter we find out about the Made Smarter: Funding set to boost ‘smart’ manufacturing across the Humber,Growth Hub Cluster Workshops, and Humber businesses urged to get their Brexit questions answered by a free service offered by the Growth HubRead the February news letter

Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership are the Humber Growth Hubs cluster partners they In partnership with Biskit Ltd,  are delivering free 90-minute online workshops looking at how you can maximise potential and achieve better outcomes for your business. The sessions run across various date in February and March, and cover areas such as: strategy and marketing; branding and website; identifying new markets and opportunities; barriers to growth; and customer relationships.

You can find out more about the sessions available and book your place

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The Growth Hub is recruiting! As part of our #GrowMySME – Business Growth Scheme, we are looking for an experienced business advisor to work with SME businesses in North Lincolnshire. Working with businesses across all sectors, the post holder will work with SMEs in the North Lincolnshire area to help them develop and grow by providing expert 1-1 advice & guidance, as well as referring them to other sources of business support, advice and funding.

Working for North Lincolnshire Council,

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The Growth Hub is recruiting! As part of our #GrowMySME –
Business Growth Scheme, we are looking for an experienced and dynamic business
advisor to work with SME businesses in the region’s Visitor Economy. Working
with businesses in the hospitality, leisure, accommodation, arts, cultural and
heritage industries, the post holder will work with SMEs across North and North
East Lincolnshire who are reliant on visitors for income, and help them to
recover from the adverse impacts of Covid-19.

Working for North Lincolnshire Council, the post holder

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John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank (JCYEB) has decided to create a funding opportunity for young entrepreneurs . Young people aged 16 – 29 that live in Hull can apply for funding of up to £250 or up to £400. The application must reflect what the funding will be used for.Applicants must already have a mentor who is currently supporting them.

You can view and download the application form here (Word Document)

Once completed the application should be emailed to

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The Growth Hub is inviting businesses in the Humber’s visitor economy to apply to a 100% funded grant scheme to support with Covid-19 business recovery

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Friday 8th January it is Micro Biz Matters Day and we would urge you to follow this largest on line support from Microbusiness in the world via  https://microbizmatters.co.uk

Micro Biz Matters Day is run by two people with a real commitment to
Hull and our enterprising young people Tina Boden and Tony Robinson.  As
part of our commitment to the day which is hosted by Yorkshire in Business we
have interviewed Tony as he is a Hull lad and still supports Hull Kingston
Rovers.

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The Grant scheme is now open for applications If you have not already submitted an Expression of Interest do so, hundreds already have! Match-funded grants of between £1,000 and £9,000 will be available (subject to eligibility and availability).The funding can be used to support a number of activities, including market research, translation services, international social media and SEO, market visits and more.

For more information, including the eligibility criteria for businesses and to submit your EOI please click here.

The Growth Hub will be closed for the Christmas and New Year break, and support requests will not be monitored. However, depending on the nature of your enquiry, you will be able to contact the following organisations for help and advice over the Christmas break.

General Business Help, Advice and Guidance

The Business Support Helpline is a government funded provider of basic business information, advice and guidance, which will be open over the Christmas and New Year period. The helpline can

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The Humber LEP’s Business Growth Hub is inviting businesses
in the Humber’s Visitor Economy to register for pre-application to a 100%
funded grant scheme to support with Covid-19 business recovery activity.

First launched in September 2020, the scheme has awarded grants
to more than 75 businesses to date, and with limited funding remaining, the
Growth Hub is encouraging eligible businesses to register for the scheme once
the online portal re-opens in January.

Grants of up to £3,000 are available, and can be used to
cover costs

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Topic-Specific Advice For Businesses

Businesses in different industries and with different business operations will have different steps they will need to take. The best way to learn which changes will affect your business is by using the transition checker tool on GOV.UK to obtain a bespoke list of steps that you need to take now.

On Friday 4th December we set up a EU Transition Helpdesk in partnership with the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce. Businesses that have a specific or technical EU

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The manufacturing Growth Programme’s Manufacturing Barometer survey is now LIVE for SME Manufacturers across the country to have their say on their confidence levels within the industry, and this quarter – to call for the support they require the most to support their recovery and growth ambitions. They are asking those important SME manufacturers, who account for over 98% of UK manufacturing, to tell us how current economic conditions are continuing to impact their business, how they expect the end

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The UK has left the EU and is leaving the EU single market and customs union. The end of the transition period will affect businesses and you should take action now to prepare for guaranteed changes and new rules from January 2021.

To support business preparations the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is hosting free webinars to help you check the new rules and understand the actions to take. Click on your sector below to register to attend a

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The Humber LEP Business Growth Hub is seeking to commission a supplier to provide additional resources to add value to the Growth Hub’s existing start-up support capacity through provision of a Start-up Support Service – Workshops, Masterclasses and a Peer-to-Peer Development Programme.

This will consist of a range of online sessions as follows:

a set of core pre-start workshop topics delivered on a regular basisless frequent masterclasses on particular start up topics to cover sector-based,
business model or trend-based contentfacilitated peer-to-peer
sessions to

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The Prime Minister has set out plans to transform the training and skills system to help the country recover from coronavirus. The plans include a Lifetime Skills Guarantee to give adults the chance to take free college courses valued by employers and new entitlement to flexible loans to allow courses to be taken in segments, boosting opportunities to retrain. A press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office is available at: https://bit.ly/2S7DCWO. The PM’s speech can be read at: https://bit.ly/3n4AjxV. This included an expansion

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In this newsletter find out about the Governments Winter Economy Plan, New procurement opportunities via the Humber Peer networks programme, how Hull businesses arebeing offered new support to go green and how Humber Social Enterprises are wanted.

Read the September e-newsletter

The Chancellor outlined additional government support for businesses and workers impacted by coronavirus across the UK. Key features include:

• A Job Support Scheme: introduced from 1 November to protect viable jobs in businesses who are facing lower demand over the winter months due to coronavirus. The scheme will run for six months and will be open to businesses across the UK even if they have not previously used the furlough scheme. It is designed to sit alongside

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The Humber LEP Business Growth Hub is seeking
to commission suppliers to deliver a Humber Peer Networks Programme.

Peer Networks is a national initiative funded by
the Department for Business, Environment and Industrial Strategy that is being
delivered locally through the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) network and
their respective Growth Hubs.  The
programme’s longer-term aims are focused on reducing the UK productivity gap by
helping business leaders find practical solutions to strategic and operational
challenges. 

The Invitation to Tender is available on
Yortender and requires the delivery of a

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The Prime Minister has this afternoon made a statement to the House of Commons outlining further measures in England to tackle the spread of coronavirus. The PM’s statement can be found at: https://bit.ly/3hUilKI

From tomorrow, Wednesday 23 September, office workers who are able to work from home should do so and the requirement for customers to wear face coverings will be extended to all users of taxis and private hire vehicles.

From Thursday 24 September measures including the following will be introduced:

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The Humber LEP Business Growth Hub is looking for more of the region’s Social Enterprise to come forward and enrol onto its new pilot scheme of support designed specifically for the growth of not-for-profit organisations in the Humber region.

The Humber Social Enterprise Accelerator pilot (Humber SEA pilot) is currently supporting a number of social enterprises which have the potential to grow, create jobs and scale-up their work with their communities and groups of interest.

Delivered in partnership with Northbank Forum, the

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The Humber LEP is looking for a Workforce Development Business Advisor to join our existing team of Growth Hub Business Advisors; to work with employers across the Humber region to support them in developing their workforce.

The post holder will sit within the central Humber LEP Growth Hub team, and will provide specific advice to businesses in relation to workforce development, apprenticeship recruitment and industrial placements. You will also enhance the Growth Hub’s capacity by providing professional advice to the Growth

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The scheme has now closed – details here

 The Humber LEP’s Business Growth Hub has been allocated almost £850,000 of new funding to help support the economic recovery of businesses in the Humber.

This funding forms part of the Humber LEP’s updated Coronavirus delivery plan – which sets out how the LEP will prioritise existing resources to work with our partners to help the Humber’s businesses and people through the next phase of the COVID-19 economic impact.

Split across three new support

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Available throughout 2020

Selling your products or services online can rapidly grow your international sales. Effectively setting up your business and marketing your offer on some of the platforms available can propel your brand, expand your reach and tap into new markets.

To help you accelerate your international business growth, the Department for International Trade (DIT) is offering a free six week programme for eligible* businesses in Yorkshire who are looking to take advantage of the huge potential that selling online presents.

Choose

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DIT will be launching its new European Structural and Investment Fund
(ESIF) for eligible Yorkshire and the Humber businesses later this
year.   

They recommend submitting an EOI sooner rather than later so that they can plan and be able to expedite subject to eligibility etc.

Match-funded grants of between £1,000 and £9,000 will be available
(subject to eligibility and availability).The funding can be used to support a
number of activities, including market research, translation services,
international social media and SEO, market visits and more.

While

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In this newsletter find out about how NPIF has facilitated over £21m of investment across more than 54 transactions in the Humber region.The Construction Leadership Council’s Talent Retention Scheme, The new Kick-starting Tourism Package, and The Humber Growth Hub has supported thousands of businesses in the past year.

Read July E-newsletter

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund  delivered by British Business Bank, has facilitated over £21m of investment across more than 54 transactions in the Humber region.

NPIF which has been investing since 2017, delivering equity finance, debt finance, and microfinance solutions ranging in size from £25,000 to £2m to businesses in the region is working closely with the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership and Growth Hub.

The total £21m invested includes £8m directly from the Fund itself, along with a further £13m leveraged from

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Hull-based creative agency and #GrowMySME client INIT Creative have been appointed to take charge of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) new website builds. The WPBSA is the world governing body for the sports of snooker and billiards and owns and publishes the official rules of the two sports.

INIT Creative Director Adam Storch said, “We’re delighted to be working with the WPBSA on this exciting new project. Sport is a fundamental part of many people’s lives and has a magical

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Almost 3,000 businesses from across the Humber region were supported by the Humber LEP’s Business Growth Hub in the last year.

Overall, 2,972 businesses received either light, medium or high intensity support from the Hub from April 2019 – March 2020, which was an increase of 149 businesses from the year before. In addition, businesses that worked with the Growth Hub in 2019-20 were able to go on to secure £7.1M of private sector investment to enable their growth plans.

Throughout the

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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today set out a ‘Plan for Jobs’ that will spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak.

Delivering his Summer Economic Update in Parliament, the Chancellor announced a package of measures to support jobs in every part of the country, give businesses the confidence to retain and hire, and provide people with the tools they need to get better jobs.

The plan for jobs is the second part of a three-phase plan to secure the UK’s economic

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Arcteq Limited, a respected engineering company in Grimsby, is experiencing a surge in job applications after investing more than £70,000 into its facilities. Directors Rob Stratford and Steve Wrightham recognised a hurdle that could potentially slow the growth of the business, and so they began working with the Humber Business Growth Hub’s #GrowMySME Programme.

In 2018, Arcteq had relocated to its own large facility on a prime Grimsby industrial estate, a site with huge potential and plentiful space for the business to develop.

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Watch
COVID-19 virtual events you may have missed

The Department for International Trade
Yorkshire and the Humber (DIT) remain committed to supporting you and your
company during these unprecedented times.

They have developed a programme of virtual events which aim to help you and your business face the challenges the COVID-19 outbreak may have brought with tailored, specialist support on a range of topics. Below you can view recordings of virtual events that have taken place since April 2020.

Please note the information in these

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In this newsletter find out about New Reopening Timeline Issued By The Government, Growth Hub Webinar Catch-ups, and the Online event week ‘oneHumber: Rethinking and rebuilding together’ to provide support for businesses this June

Government sets reopening timeline for high street shops, department stores and shopping centres.

In the announcement the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, stated the following plans:

From 1 June 2020 all outdoor markets and car showrooms will be able to reopen, as soon as businesses are able to meet COVID-19 secure guidelines to protect shoppers and workers. As with garden centres, the risk of transmission of the virus is lower in these outdoor and more open spaces. Car showrooms often have significant outdoor space and

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The Humber Growth Hub has been running a series of Webinars to help business deal with the impact that the Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic is having on their business and their employees. These webinars were delivered by a number of experts. Some of these webinars can be viewed here:

Covid-19 & My Business – What Do I Need to Do?! Week 3 webinar that took place on Wednesday 22nd April 2020 View Here

Managing Mental Health for Your Employees

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Essential workers now have access to 1,000 face shields, which have been made available across the Humber community thanks to Ron Dearing UTC, the Humber LEP and the Humber Local Resilience Forum.

Ron Dearing UTC, Hull’s employer-led school, has been working with the local business community and education establishments to design and manufacture the protective equipment.
The school has worked in partnership with local companies including G.F Smith, Ideal Boilers, Luxinar Lasers and the University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre to produce

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The Humber’s business community has joined forces to create a week of online events to support businesses to strengthen and succeed through the coronavirus crisis.

The ‘oneHumber online events: Rethinking and rebuilding together’ week will see organisations present virtual events for businesses affected by the ongoing lockdown during the week of June 1st- 5th.

The Humber LEP, the four Humber Local Authorities and membership and business support organisations from across the Humber have already joined forces to co-ordinate the local response to

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Business – Smart Technology AdvisersPost – Technology Consultant Location – Hessle Job Summary This is a specialist position in a fast-moving niche sector. The job of a Technology Consultant requires an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology, preferable with experience in AV/IT as a core skill foundation from a design or install background. The role of a Technology Consultant will encompass a broad array of disciplines within the technology sector, such as, but not limited to, AV,

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In this newsletter find out about Small Businesses boosted by bounce back loans, the business scale-up scheme for businesses despite coronavirus challenges, the new £1.25 Billion coronavirus package to protect firms driving innovation , LiveLead offering free services and Growth Hub Covid-19 webinar screen print.

Humber Businesses who were in a position to ‘scale up’ before the coronavirus hit could become more resilient, access new markets, and set new targets for their businesses with the support of the Scale-Up Business Development Programme.

The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Business Growth Hub’s Scale Up programme has supported several cohorts of Humber businesses who needed support to grow their operations since launching in October 2019.

The Scale-Up Business Development Programme had initially been designed to support established businesses that

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Livelead which is based in Barton upon Humber  lists tenders of all types from over 500 different portals as well as details of planning applications from almost every local authority in the UK. It recently secured £250,000 funding from the Northern Powerhouse Investment fund with help from the Humber LEP.details here.

In reaction to its funding it is now offering free use of its Sales Generation System to all UK Businesses to help them fill their pipeline whilst the country

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There has been an an important change to the scheme relating to employee eligibility:

you can now claim for employees that were employed as of 19 March 2020 and were on your PAYE payroll on or before that date; this means that you will have made an RTI submission notifying HMRC of payment of that employee on or before 19 March 2020 employees that were employed as of 28 February 2020 and on payroll (i.e. notified to HMRC on an RTI submission

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If you missed our first Covid-19 & My Business What Do I need to do webinar then you can now view the slides.

You can see what the following business experts had to say about how to deal with the that impact Covid-19 has on your business. Our speakers were:

Peter Daniel – Blue Senior Orchid Business AdvisorMike Byrne – Blur Orchid Business Advisor and AccountantSteve Page – Director of Page ConsultingKellie Calvert – Director of Humber HR PeopleChris Halliwell – Blue

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Three Humber Business Growth Hub schemes are helping firms deal with challenges brought on by Covid-19.

Businesses in Hull and the Humber are being urged to take advantage of support during the coronavirus outbreak.

Three Humber Business Growth Hub schemes are already helping firms deal with challenges brought on by Covid-19.

The ICT for Growth scheme has received more than 250 enquiries since Friday 13 March, the majority of which coming from companies looking for support to enable staff to work from home

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Our forthcoming Covid-19 webinar will now be repeated at the same time every Wednesday for the rest of the month. Each week will see changes, updates and the latest advice discussed, so it will be well worth businesses joining each webinar as the weeks progress, as there will no doubt be something new to learn. We’ve also added Mike Byrne, a Chartered Accountant, to give a flavour of the key financial considering to make in light of Covid-19. It’s a

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In this newsletter find out about a how the growth hub is supporting businesses with help regarding Coronavirus and what actions businesses can take.

At the Growth we have put together information to help businesses with Financial Support for coronavirus. The topics which we cover and signpost you to resources are:1) ICT Grant To Help with Working From Home from the Humber LEP Growth Hub2) Contingency Planning & Crisis Management Advice and Consultancy Grant from the Humber LEP Growth Hub3) Finance for Growth Grant – Supporting access to Financial Advice & Consultancy From the Humber LEP Growth hub4) The Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)

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The Growth Hub is recruiting! Are you someone who enjoys working with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to support them in their growth? Our delivery partner North Lincolnshire Council are looking for a candidate with experience of assisting business of all sectors and maturity to achieve growth and create new employment opportunities via the provision of 1-2-1 advice, support and guidance. You must be well versed in analysing business plans, identifying barriers to a business’s growth, working with business owners

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Innovate UK has announced a new wave of Women in Innovation Awards to find and support the UK’s most promising female innovators.

Innovate UK has announced a new wave of Women in Innovation Awards to find and support the UK’s most promising female innovators to develop their ideas and scale up their businesses.

Up to 10 women will secure £50,000 each as well as a bespoke programme of coaching, mentoring and innovation growth support. The priority will be engaging women

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The Humber Growth Hub has put together a number of 1-2-1 clinics across the Humber region to help businesses prepare for leaving the EU. The 1-2-1 sessions will last for 1 hour. The Clinics are being delivered by Brexit Strategist, Katrina McWhinnie of Mcwhinnie Consultancy Ltd. The clinics cover four different topics, you can find more details of each clinic by clicking on register here below. When registering for the clinic you can indicate on the booking form

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In this newsletter find out about a tendering opportunity for a business to host EU-exit business preparedness clinics . Cohort 1 of the Growth Hubs Business scale up programme. How the Growth Hub Advisors helped a business in Cleethorpes and take part in 2 surveys one for the National Skills academy and the other for us to catch your business intelligence information.

We are seeking a supplier to host EU-exit business preparedness clinics covering four key topic areas, in which known changes to business regulation are communicated to businesses, and also in which possible future scenarios are discussed, and businesses are given advice on what to start preparing for; and by doing so focusing on some of the ‘known unknowns’ that face them.

The one-to-one clinics must be facilitated by subject matter experts and must provide delegate businesses with actions to take now,

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To inform the development of the UK Global Tariff, the Government has launched a four-week public consultation on the UK Global Tariff policy, beginning on 6 February 2020 and closing on 5 March 2020. The Government encourages everyone with an interest to take part and provide their views.

This is the first time in almost fifty years that the UK will be free to set its tariff rates on all imported goods. This consultation represents a unique and historic opportunity for

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In this newsletter find out about the Gowth Hub Supply chain Network, Funding opportunities available for renewable energy generation projects in rural communities, The SJL National Start-Up Business Grant Awards 2020, and the GrowMySME ICT for Growth Digital Catalyst scheme.

The National Skills Academy want to hear directly from you regarding your experiences, views and current understanding of apprenticeships, and the impact of the recent changes. They urge you to take part in this short Employer Survey as they value your views and feedback.

TAKE SURVEY

If you have any questions or queries please contact:

Sara O’BrienProject ManagerApprenticeship Intermediary Serviceapprenticeships@nsar.co.uk

The Yorkshire and Humber region has seen significant economic growth thanks to continued investment from throughout the UK and beyond.

The Supply Chain Network has been created to help share intelligence regarding developments and assist in making business opportunities visible. It is delivered in partnership with the Humber LEP Growth Hub.

The Supplier DirectoryIs a free to access, central hub for the region’s suppliers.It has been developed to allow suppliers, investors and developers to identify and pursue strong commercial partnerships.

Register your

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Rural groups in the Humber who are looking to develop greener ways to provide energy for their communities could benefit from thousands of pounds of funding to help develop their projects.

The Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) is a Government initiative to support rural communities seeking to develop feasibility work for renewable energy projects. Across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, around £1.46m is available for suitable projects in total.

The funding is available to community groups such as parish councils, charities or

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About Prosper North

Prosper North is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and will be providing free business support for cultural heritage organisations until February 2021. More information about the programme can be found on their website.

The aims of the programme are:

1.      
Increase growth and resilience of organisations

2.      
Improve their impacts in the community

3.      
Enable organisations to access investment from the Northern Cultural
Regeneration Fund and attract funds from other sources

Prosper North welcome applications from a range of enterprises and organisations, which could be,

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Houses
of Parliament confirmed as the venue for the

SJL
National Start-Up Business Awards 2020

Entries
are open. The winner will receive a £2,000 business grant and mentorship, plus the
opportunity to present their new business idea in the House of Parliament

Closing date for entries is Monday 2 March 2020The final will be on Wednesday 3 June 2020 in the
House of Commons

Monday 13
January 2020, UK:
The SJL Foundation charity is today launching its 2020 initiative to help
people across the UK set up their own business.

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The Innovate Humber Project run by Hull Central Library aims to drive growth among SMEs in the Humber Region by encouraging and supporting the use of R&D to develop new products and processes. 

Would you like to help us stimulate innovation and investment
in research and development by SMEs in the Humber region?

Please find further details of the roles that are currently
available here.

INNOVATION AND RESEARCH FACILITATOR – https://www.hcandl.co.uk/jobs/libraries-innovation-and-research-facilitator/23075.job

INNOVATION AND RESEARCH COMPLIANCE MANAGER – https://www.hcandl.co.uk/jobs/libraries-innovation-and-research-compliance-manager/23076.job

INNOVATION AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT – https://www.hcandl.co.uk/jobs/libraries-innovation-and-research-assistant/23077.job

The Hull Business Improvement District (BID) Awards celebrate and reward the very best the city centre has to offer. Now in their sixth year, the HullBID Awards aim to shine the spotlight on not only the bigger, more familiar high-street names but also on the little, more out-of-the-way businesses that are striving to help Hull shine, all of which are particularly deserving of recognition.

An independent panel of judges who have great experience of business in Hull city centre will scrutinise

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The provision of wrap around consultancy consultancy support to SME’s

The University of Hull Sparkfund Programme & Flood Resilience Innovation Centre (FLIC) are looking to appoint a team of consultants to provide services across two externally funded projects.

They are seeking responses to this tender which provide costs for short term interventions with SparkFund or FLIC Beneficiary SMEs in units of whole days on a pro-rata basis. Services will be called off in whole or part days, specifically quarter and half

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This event by the Humber and York, North Yorkshire & East Riding LEPs showcased the range of grant funding that is available to rural Small and Medium sized businesses in the Humber and York, North Yorkshire and East Riding.

You can download the Events slideshow pages here:

Funding for rural business slideshow down load (PDF)

Watch this video with Andy Lampard the owner of Highfield House to see how the Growth Hub #Growmysme advisors helped the business.

Watch this video with Shaun Nicholson form Matt Vinyl Graphics to see how the Growth Hub #Growmysme advisors helped the business.

Watch this video with Laura Matic director of North Lincs Structures Ltd to see how the Growth Hub #Growmysme advisors helped the business.

Watch this video with James Cody the Sales and operations director of Total Signs & Graphics to see how the Growth Hub #Growmysme advisors helped the business.

Nominations are now open for the PD Ports Northern Powerhouse Export Awards, in association with HSBC.

The PD Ports Northern Powerhouse Export Awards and International Trade Campaign seek to recognise the most entrepreneurial exporters from across the Northern Powerhouse.

Businesses of all shapes and sizes are being encouraged to enter with a host of awards on offer – from micro exporter to e-commerce and most entrepreneurial exporter of the year.

Last year over 350 exporters, partners and intermediaries came together to see West

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A new tendering opportunity is open to businesses that can deliver a workshop programme for the Growth Hub.

The Humber Business Growth Hub (HBGH) #GrowMySME programme is seeking the delivery of a Workshop programme to SME owners and employees across the Humber LEP Region. The workshop programme will involve the provision of a series of one day (8 hours), half day (4 hours) face-to-face workshops plus One to One and One to Many Masterclasses (2 hours). The #GrowMySME workshop programme is

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By Sean Farrell Ghergich & Co.Sean.F@Ghergich.comWorking with Salesforce

When it comes to sales analytics, what figures do you analyze? Do you just look at sales totals and call it good? Or do you dive deeper into what’s behind those figures and try to get to the bottom of what’s really influencing changes, either those that are positive or those that are negative?     Well, you can start by making your sales analysis a little bit more complex. For example,

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Cool Energy Holding Ltd, founded in 2017, manufacture and supply renewable energy heat pumps for the domestic, commercial and industrial markets. Business partners Chris Gray and John Fenty recognised the manufacturing opportunities for state-of-the-art heat pumps that can be easily and efficiently installed, and combined their resources to found the business in 2017.

Business needs at initial contact The company was looking to innovate their manufacturing process to take advantage of the rapidly developing emerging technology of state-of-the-art air sourced

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North Lincs Structures Ltd was established in 1993 and erects steel structures such as factories and farm outbuildings, amongst others. The company is a family run firm and offers a design and build service for the erection of steel structures and this also includes dealing with planning applications. The business has 17.5 FTE staff and has been looking to grow over the last year.

Business needs at initial contact The business had never accessed business support before, and was unaware of

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Purex International Ltd are a Thorne (South Yorkshire) based SME.

“Purex have over 30 years of supplying fume extraction solutions. A world expert in its field, Purex is renowned for the quality and reliability of its technology and unrivalled customer support.”
https://www.purex.co.uk/about

Business was established in 1985 and has enjoyed steady growth and expansion during this time. Incorporated 2004.

Business needs at initial contact Initial enquiry into the Humber LEP (Business Development Manager Phil Glover) and referred to East Riding Growth Hub Business

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The grant is available
to all ERDF eligible SMEs (less than 12 months old) to help towards ICT related
business start-up costs, for example getting connected to superfast broadband
services (minimum of 30mbps). £1,000 grants available for projects totalling
£2,000 – £2,500 (for larger projects the general ICT for Growth Grants may be
more appropriate).

Grant Support
available includes:

New or
upgraded connectivity (30mbps+) including purchase of associated IT
equipment e.g. routers, Wi-Fi boosters etc. initial 12 months contract costsICT Back- Up SystemSpecialist Software e.g. Microsoft Office,
Accounting etcPurchase of 1

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A brand new programme designed to help ambitious businesses take their next steps to scale and grow at pace will be launched in the Humber in October.

The Humber Business Growth Hub’s new Scale-Up Business Development Programme has been designed to support established businesses that are ready to scale up their operations.

This exciting new programme – a specialist strand of the Growth Hub’s Business Growth Scheme – will provide tailored support to business owners, leaders and senior managers, that will include

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If you have any questions please email Catherine.Capone@raeng.org.uk

By Courtney Rosenfeld of http://www.gigspark.biz/

A successful small
business owner knows that investing in new tech trends is imperative to their
success. In the digital age, there are new programs, apps, and software being
developed constantly. If you have a hard time deciding what is worth investing in
and what is just a fad, you are not alone. Some tech options are expensive, and
small businesses rarely have the ability to try things out. However, there are
key trends that you have to

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The department of Computer
Science and Technology at the University of Hull is looking for software
projects for their Masters level students and would like to invite you to
submit your proposals for free software development.

As
part of the fourth year of study, our candidates are required to participate in
an in-house (at the University) placement where they work part-time to develop
real software for real clients in small teams. These are self-managing agile
teams but are supervised by a commercial manager and supported by a team

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The VAT rules
on construction services are changing from 1 October 2019 for contractors and
sub-contractors.  A VAT reverse charge is being introduced, which means
that VAT will need to be handled and paid in a different way.  The new
rules mean that the contractor (customer) will have to pay the VAT due instead
of the sub-contractor (supplier).  The changes are being implemented as a
response to missing trader fraud and will prevent losses estimated at around
£100m per year.

HMRC published guidance on 7 June 2019

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Smart Energy Greater Lincolnshire, a project led by North East Lincolnshire Council, plan to equip business with the energy efficiency knowledge that could help them to save money on their energy bills this winter. As temperatures start to plummet and heating dials get cranked up, it’s no surprise that energy bills start to drastically increase. Smart Energy will be holding workshops to offer free and easy advice that could help businesses to become more energy efficient. The workshops

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UK Fisheries Administrations (UKFAs) call on fishermen with vessels 12 metres and longer to register with the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Access for UK boats to fish in EU, Norwegian or Faroese waters after the UK leaves the EU will be a matter for negotiation. Should access to fishing be agreed, fishermen in the over 12m fleet will have to ensure their vessel has an IMO number to be licensed to fish outside UK waters when we leave the

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A Hull start-up which aims to revolutionise the haulage industry by finding a better way to match drivers and employers has completed a £350,000 funding round led by NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

The funding, which includes £300,000 from NPIF with the remaining £50,000 from Avail’s Chairman, Keverne Watt, will enable the company to further develop its platform and app to create more functionality for users.

Avail Technologies removes

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Here at the Humber growth Hub we have a team of qualified and experienced business advisers to help you grow your business.  We have 10 advisers based in and covering the four Humber regions, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. They have a wealth of experience in managing and running businesses.

The service is FREE of charge and they are able to help with
all aspects of business support no matter what stage your business is

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The deadline for submitting your first VAT return under Making Tax
Digital for VAT will soon be here.

Make sure you have the right software and signed up for Making Tax
Digital for VAT. Remember to allow at least 72 hours before your VAT return is
due or 7 days if you pay by direct debit.

The webinar, video and HMRC’s Online Customer Forum will give you more help. (details below).

Making Tax Digital for VAT: This
webinar covers digital record keeping, signing up for Making Tax Digital

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My journey started after meeting Jon Brunton at Humber Business Growth Hub in early 2017. He pointed me in the right direction to obtain support with my business. Jon has been an excellent support with his knowledge and contacts, as I produce a unique product in a very niche market.
Jon pointed me to a seminar ‘The Humber SME Manufacturing Growth Hub’. The speakers gave a great insight into the support and grants available and told the audience to tap into

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Young entrepreneurs are being challenged to develop the technology of the future – from measuring air pollution to helping everyone stay healthy as they get older.

£1 million competition urges entrepreneurs to create apps to seize business opportunities of becoming greener, ageing populations, cleaning up transport and the data revolutionprototypes to undergo Dragon’s Den-style scrutiny for chance to win £10,000 prize for their schoolstudents to get chance to work with industry mentors to develop their products

Young entrepreneurs are being

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Skills For Growth is a Hull City Council initiative which aims to help local businesses use workforce skills interventions to raise their productivity and profitability via a grant of 50% of the cost of trainingup to a maximum of £1,000

Training subsidies are available for upskilling staff to a maximum of £1000 or 50%of the cost of training whichever is the lower

Eligibility will be based on a skills needs assessment which will identify elements of training which have the potential to raise

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Would you like to be part of the next cohort of promising
leaders of high growth engineering and technology companies run by the Royal
Academy of Engineering?

This six-month programme is designed to support you to
develop the leadership skills needed to scale your business.

Applications close Monday 3 June 2019.

What is on offer:

Grant of up to £10,000 to fund leadership
training courses of your choiceMasterclasses and workshops delivered by senior
business leadersProvision of an experienced business mentorOne-to-one personal leadership coachingAccess to the Taylor Centre, our Central

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Humber Business Week is back for 2019 and boasts an exciting calendar of events across the Humber region, of which Humber LEP is proud to be an official partner.

Taking place this year between Monday, 3rd June and Friday, 7th June, it includes high-profile keynote speakers, expos, conferences, workshops, tours, celebration receptions – and of course the odd networking breakfast and lunch – providing an opportunity for companies of all sizes to acquire new knowledge, gain a better understanding and insights into

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Deciding how much to pay staff and the best way of paying
their salary is one of the first decisions a small business owner must make
when hiring employees. Getting this right is important as the different ways to
pay staff can affect employee performance and loyalty.

What are the different ways to pay staff?

A weekly or monthly pay cheque might be the most obvious way
to pay staff, but there are alternatives. Salaries and payments can be made in
a number of ways, and employers

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IPPR North is a charity, and a think tank, with offices in Manchester and Newcastle. They carry out research on a wide range of issues relevant to the north of England and convene national and local decision-makers to discuss public policy. Further information about IPPR North is available at ippr.org/north.

There current research project focuses on the support for small and medium-sized businesses (0-249 employees) in the North. They want to understand the barriers SMEs currently face and how policy at

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The Green Alley Award is entering the next round: Right now, circular economy entrepreneurs and start-ups have the opportunity to present their business ideas. Landbell Group, originator of the Founder’s Award, encourages young companies to compete with their technology, service or product.

With the Green Alley Award, Landbell Group created the first European start-up award for the circular economy in 2014. Now founders and start-ups have a chance to present their innovative projects. No later than 25th June, 2019, they can

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In this newsletter find out about the Growth Hubs #GrowMySME programme schemes: Finance For Growth, ICT For Growth and Business Growth Scheme, also also how the Humber LEP Skills Network is driving the Skills agenda in the Humber region. You can also find out how the Growth Hub is helping businesses prepare for leaving the EU.

This company accessed Growth Hub support via its local Growth Hub advisor between December 2017 and August 2018. Hull Blast is the Humber region’s only indoor ‘Nerf Gun’ activity centre, which is primarily aimed at children, teenagers, and NERF enthusiasts. The MD, Kris Guy, contacted the Growth Hub Advisor for Hull in December 2017 to request information about sources of start-up funding, that could be used to ‘top-up’ the company’s existing debt finance to help complete the build of the

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This company accessed Growth Hub support via its local Growth Hub advisor between June and August 2018. Reflex Data design and install Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) software for the textiles industry and are currently the UK Market leader for this product. The company has undergone steady growth since they moved into a purpose built office premises in 2015 and they are now exploring ways to grow overseas sales; with a view to penetrating the USA market. Managing Director Jeremy Alcock

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The Finance For Growth Scheme is part of the Humber Business Growth Hubs #GrowMySME Programme designed to enable small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow.

The business world continually changes and, whilst business owners work hard on daily management, they don’t always have the time to address the key essentials of growth such as business planning, developing strategy or even getting to grips with basic accounts and forecasting. We recognise the barriers our local SMEs face around finance, and we

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This company accessed
Growth Hub support via its local Growth Hub advisor between September 2017 and February
2018. The company is an ambitious ‘scale-up’ potential business and specialises
in the creation and wholesale of orthotics (abdominal support and joint-braces)
equipment for the healthcare sector. The MD, Rebecca Smith, contacted the
Growth Hub advisor for Hull in September 2017 to request information about any
grant funding that would be available to help renovate the existing factory
premises to achieve greater efficiencies and to implement LEAN processes. The
advisor subsequently

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The Humber Skills Support for the Workforce team are hosting  business engagement events at Hull College and Grimsby Institute . As providers of fully funded training it is an opportunity for SMEs to meet the SSW team and other key funding providers in your local area to aid the enhancement and growth of your business.

This event allows networking with fellow regional SMEs and opportunities to talk to advisers from the local Growth Hub and other key funding providers and organisations looking

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If you run a VAT-registered business with a taxable turnover above the VAT registration threshold (currently £85,000) you are required to keep digital VAT business records and send returns using Making Tax Digital (MTD)-compatible software. The vast majority of businesses will need to do this for VAT periods starting on or after 1 April 2019. Businesses with a taxable turnover below the VAT threshold can also sign up for MTD for VAT voluntarily.

If you are registered for VAT and your taxable turnover is above the VAT registration threshold (currently £85,000), you must keep digital business records and

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Breaking down the barriers preventing young people from starting up a business to be the focus of a new government review backed by The Prince’s Trust.

New review aims to investigate obstacles and propose solutions to support enterprising young people from all backgrounds
review forms part of government’s modern Industrial Strategy to ensure the UK remains one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business

Young people looking to start or grow a business are set to receive

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Businesses wanting to export fish to the EU after 29 March 2019 should sign up to the new digital services to make sure they are able to continue trading fish with the EU in the event of no deal.

Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. However, should the UK leave the EU without a deal, UK exporters will be required to obtain a validated catch certificate for most fish and fish products exported to

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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership works with a range of partners to maximise local opportunities to help raise the skills profile of Humber residents. This work is designed to support more people to access better jobs, make informed personal choices on skills and education pathways and assist employers to improve the skills of their employees, (see  https://www.humberlep.org/skills/employment-and-skills-strategy/).

To deliver these outcomes the LEP has developed an innovative Skills Network of over 400 partners who are consulted on key employment and skills issues

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In this newsletter find out about Skills Support For The Workforce – Redundancy Programme , How to Prepare your business for exiting the EU , A £2 million investment programme to help small businesses to grow , How the Growth Hub is Providing Professional & Meaningful Support to local Businesses  and the  Humber LEP launches ‘Apprenticeship Toolkit’ to support local employers. You can also complete a survey which we are running on behalf of BEIS on how prepared your business is for BREXIT

The Skills Support for the Workforce and Skills Support for Redundancy programmes are designed to  up-skill the workforce, the Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) and Skills Support for Redundancy (SSR) programmes aim to reduce the risk of long-term unemployment and enhance employee skills and career prospects. They have a number of programmes to help employers and employees.

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The uncertainty surrounding Brexit can be make it extremely difficult for businesses to plan for the future. The Growth Hub has collected a range of resources which can help businesses in the Humber region plan for the various Brexit scenarios they may face.

We have set up a web page which will link you to a variety of resources to help you understand and plan for the future. We have links to:

HM Government
The European Commission
The Federation of Small Businesses
The Information commissioner’s

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Calderdale College deliver Skills Support for the Workforce in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They have 2 new projects for East Riding Businesses:

Step Up to Leadership

Skills support for the workforce is keen to support local companies to develop their female executives into management roles to achieve better gender balance within the workplace and wider business society.
Through this fully-funded programme, facilitated by leading development coach, Anj Handa, we will develop and support three of your aspiring female leaders. She will equip

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Grants are available through the government’s Business Basics Fund to help SMEs adopt proven technologies, become more productive and successful.

Britain is one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business,  However, a productivity gap exists between the UK and international competitors, which means our businesses are not reaping all the benefits that they could be.

Adopting leading technologies, practices and support services – such as cloud computing, mobile technology and e-purchasing – can improve the productivity and

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The Growth Hub has organised a series of workshops under the #GrowMySME programme to help SME businesses in the Humber region with a variety of topics. You can find a summery of each event below, with a link to eventbrite where full details and booking arrangements can be found.

This half-day practical, interactive and outcome-focused, ‘Creating Content for Social Media’ workshop that is led by Jenni Harrison, Social Media Manager of Eskimo Soup and Finalist in the Young Digital Person of

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By Mark Webb, Steering Group Chair of the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Humber Business Growth Hub.

As with the personal goals and ambitions each of us commits to at the start of each new year, for business owners it certainly bodes well to be prepared for the year ahead. These are uncertain times and businesses are preparing for every eventuality. Whether it’s mitigating for new risk factors, or preparing to seek out every new opportunity, the simple fact is every

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Humber Local Enterprise Partnership has created and rolled-out a new Employers’ Apprenticeship Toolkit to help small and medium sized businesses in the area get to grips with the issues surrounding taking on and developing apprentices.

The toolkit supports businesses in navigating apprenticeship policy reforms and funding, including the apprenticeship levy. It also signposts towards local and national resources and demonstrates how apprenticeship training can help businesses of any size and sector to fill their skills gaps and meet their growth aspirations.

The toolkit

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The Innovation Growth Lab is offering research funding for randomised controlled trials (RCT’s) generating evidence on the most effective approaches to increasing innovation, supporting high-growth entrepreneurship and accelerating business growth.

The Innovation Growth Lab is a global collaboration of researchers, governments and foundations that aim to make innovation and entrepreneurship policy more experimental and evidence-based.

The IGL Grants programme aims to increase the use of RCTs in innovation and entrepreneurship research and evaluation by providing research funding and project management support to researchers and programme delivery organisations interested

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In this newsletter find out about an employer guide to apprenticeships, How the LEP and CEC partnership brings about once in a lifetime placement with HaaS F1 Team for a lucky student, Small Business Saturday is partnering with iDEA and the Humber LEP announces a new Small Business Champion.

An apprenticeship is a genuine job with an accompanying assessment and skills development programme. It is a way for individuals to earn while they learn gaining valuable skills and knowledge in specific job role. The apprentice gains through a wide mix of learning in the workplace, formal off-the-job training and the opportunity to practise new skills in a real work environment. Apprenticeships benefit employers and individuals, and by boosting the skills of the workforce they help to improve economic productivity.

Below

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Healing School, a Science Academy in North East Lincolnshire, contacted Careers and Enterprise, Humber LEP for assistance with a work placement for one of their students. This irregular placement would mean the student working in Oxfordshire for a week. This exciting opportunity was not one to be missed.

Charlotte from Healing Academy took the initiative to contact HAAS formula one for a work experience opportunity. As a successful formula one team HAAS agreed to take charlotte on for the week.

Whilst most

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Small Business Saturday is partnering with  iDEA , The Duke of York Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award to deliver free, expert online training to small businesses across the UK.

About iDEA

The Duke of York Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA) is an international programme aiming to help address the digital skills gap. The programme provides free digital skills education in the form of engaging online modules (badges). The iDEA curriculum has been curated to help inspire people all over the world to become Digital Citizens, Workers,

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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is appointing a new Small Business Champion to ensure that the needs and interests of small businesses are taken into account throughout the LEP’s decision-making.

Jo Smedley, Managing Director of Red Herring Games in Grimsby, will take up the role in September after being successful in an open recruitment process.

Jo has been an advocate of small businesses in Northern Lincolnshire and the Humber, since 2007 when she established her firm Red Herring Games, which supplies murder mystery

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This month read about the governments Fuller Working Lives programme, the funding that is available from the Knowledge Transfer Partnership scheme, funding for social enterprises from Sporting Capital, how the government is cutting red tape for SME when tendering for public contracts, the Scale Up Institute 2018 business survey and the Growth Hubs business productivity calculator.

It has been brought to our attention by BEIS that a fake grant email is making the rounds. The sender poses as an employee of Telereal Secured Finance PLC (which is a registered company) aka Easy Finance and seeks to elicit money from a business by setting up a prepaid MasterCard account as part of a receiving their funding.

The text of the email is below (minus the phishing link) so that you are aware and can ensure you remain vigilant

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For the past 12 months, in the run-up to new legislation, the gender pay gap has been at the forefront of discussions in business and of how organisations must work to close the gap as they scramble to report their figures.

Since April 2018, all employers with 250 employees or more are required to publish their gender pay gap data every year.

But, what actually is the gender pay gap, what can we do to address any imbalance and what does it

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17 July 2018

The Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee publishes report on older people and employment.

Discrimination, bias and outdated employment practices

The talents of more than a million people aged over 50 who want to work are being wasted because of discrimination, bias and outdated employment practices.

The report also concludes that Government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are failing to enforce the law on age discrimination and must be clearer that prejudice, unconscious bias and casual ageism in the

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Fuller Working Lives, is a government lead partnership approach which encourages businesses to retain, retrain and recruit older workers to help boost productivity.

People in the UK are living longer, and the proportion of older workers in the labour force is increasing. As the population and the workforce continue to age, to avoid a loss of labour, employers will need to increasingly draw on the skills of older workers. Employers will need to retain valuable skills of older workers, retrain them

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There is up to £40 million of funding available for businesses to collaborate with an academic or research organisation and a graduate on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

Translating academic thinking into business success

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership can focus on any technology or industry area and last between 12 and 36 months.

Funding can help UK businesses to bring in a graduate, who will work on an innovation project. This will enable organisations to turn academic thinking into business change, support growth and

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Sporting Capital is the first social investment fund in England that focuses specifically on Organisations and projects that help to develop communities through sport and physical activity.

What can be funded

The £3m Sporting Capital Fund provides loan funding of between £50,000 and £150,000 to eligible organisations. The loan funding will be used  to help organisations develop  new projects, operations and revenue streams. The goal is to help develop more sustainable community sports  organisations. Whilst every organisation’s needs will differ, we expect the funding

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The Government has launched a new, simplified Public Sector Contract designed to make it easier for businesses to apply for Government contracts.

This new contract removes duplication from the application process and streamlines procurement for companies that supply to government through Crown Commercial Service (CCS) procurement frameworks.

The move will make it easier than ever for smaller businesses, who may lack the resources to read and digest reams of complicated terms and conditions, to supply goods and services to government.

Emma Jones, Crown

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The ScaleUp Institute works to make the UK the best place in the world for a business to scaleup and grow. We want to help you to overcome the barriers that may be stopping your business from achieving even greater growth.

To do this the ScaleUp Institute want to understand what has been important to your growth journey to date as well as what barriers your business currently faces when you try to grow. They want to know what you think

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In this edition find out about £5K Grants available to businesses in Yorkshire and Humber looking to export, how NPIF funding helped in the creation of a new Moodbeam device, Prime Minister chairs first Council of Local Enterprise Partnership Leaders at Downing Street and the LEP’s blueprint for an Industrial Strategy.

The Department of International Trade in Yorkshire and Humber are looking to support SME export activity that would not have been possible without this support. The grant covers a wide range of activities and the scheme provides a max of £5000 on a 60:40 match basis.

A Hull healthtech start-up which has developed an award-winning device to enhance mental wellbeing has secured a £200,000 investment from NPIF-Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Moodbeam’s wearable device allows users to log their mood and monitor their emotional wellbeing – or that of their children, students, patients or employees. The device, which links to an online and mobile platform, gives insights into how moods change over time,

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The Prime Minister met with the leaders of England’s Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) today to celebrate their achievements to date and to map out key areas for cooperation under the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.

This marks the first meeting of the Prime Minister’s Council of LEP Chairs, made up of business leaders representing the 38 Partnerships.

Talks focused on where LEPs carry maximum impact: delivering the objectives of the Modern Industrial Strategy in local areas, and investing in the skills people and

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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) launched its Blueprint for a Humber Industrial Strategy at its Future Summit a major Business Week event attended by leaders from business, councils and education.

The document kicks off the region’s bid to build on the progress it has made as the Energy Estuary over recent years, as it seeks to attract new investment in low carbon industries and support existing industries to reduce their emissions and become more efficient.

“Clean growth” is one of the

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A long-standing Humberside manufacturing firm is moving into a new era with the backing of a six-figure investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

AFOS is a world leader in the development, supply and maintenance of high quality stainless steel equipment for the food and medical sectors, and has a range of customers in both markets right around the world which have helped it reach a £3m annual turnover.

The Hull-based business, which employs

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Award-winning Hull-based video advertising company Ash TV has secured an additional £200,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

The latest funding round will allow Ash TV to further develop its video advertising platform and recruit additional programmers. It follows an initial investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance last year.

Founded in 2016 by Ash Lewis, Ash TV has developed a novel in-browser video advertising platform

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This month find out about Business Enterprise Grants,How the Growth Hub funding partners are helping drive growth in the Humber, the 2019 Queens Awards for Enterprise, and Lord Haskins view on this years Humber Business Week.

By Gary Townley Senior communications manager at Companies House.

When you hear the word limited, what do you think? It sometimes brings up negative thoughts. For example, the project has met with limited success, he tried his best but the performance was limited, there was limited room for improvement.

On other occasions, it can mean the exact opposite. A limited edition can mean the product is exclusive, more valuable or have special features. A limited edition print, a collector’s edition of a book and

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Enterprise grants
Through the European Regional Development fund the East Riding of Yorkshire Council currently have a limited number of business development grants available to support eligible businesses looking to invest in growing and developing.

Am I eligible for an enterprise grant?
The grant is primarily aimed at engineering, manufacturing, business to business services and online businesses. Unfortunately if you are in the farming, retail or transport sectors or if you only serve a local customer base then you would not be eligible.

The

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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and its Growth Hub works with a number of partners to provide support for businesses in the region.

There are some excellent examples of how different types of funding and support have allowed businesses of different sizes and sector the opportunity to grow.

Recently, working with partners the Humber LEP has been able to guide and fund the growth of businesses in a number of sectors, with a particular focus on equity funding.

Words by Kishor Tailor,

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Applications are now invited for the 2019 Queens Award for Enterprise. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are free to enter. You must submit your application between 8th May and 12 September 2018. Previous winners of the award have reported benefiting from worldwide recognition, increased commercial value, greater press coverage and a boost to staff morale.

About the awards

The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are for outstanding achievement by UK businesses in the categories of:

innovation
international trade
sustainable development
promoting opportunity through social mobility

You can apply

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We are proud to once again support such a fantastic week of opportunity for the Humber, and I am sure that this year’s Business Week will be another great success.

Business Week brings to life the leadership, inspiration and collaboration which have helped businesses to significantly improve our region’s economic performance over the last few years.

We are now a more productive and prosperous place, but we still have much further to go.

It is these values which we will need if we

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A guest blog from Jason Lewis at StrongWell.org

For years, you’ve worked for the man in the corner office. This is the boss who tells you how much you’re costing the company or promises to put on track to be partner – just like he was saying 14 years ago. You’re sick of it, and you’ve mustered the courage to start your own business. You’re not alone: Around 550,000 Americans are becoming entrepreneurs every month. Yet, the rate of failure of startups

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This month find out about the 2018 National Apprenticeship Awards, this years Humber Business Week, the Green Alley Awards for circular economy entrepreneurs , and how the government are making it easier for smaller businesses to win government contracts.

The 15th National Apprenticeship Awards is now open for entries – with new categories opening up for 2018.

One of the new categories is the recruitment excellence award – and will recognise employers who have attracted a diverse and high-quality apprenticeship workforce through new and innovative approaches to recruitment. The National Apprenticeship Service will identify one individual winner to receive a recognition award, rewarding someone who has made a special contribution to the promotion and delivery of apprenticeships.

For the first time, a

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The Humber Business Week (Biz Week) is being held in the first week of June across the Humber region.

Biz Week showcases the wealth of talent, entrepreneurship, vision and future potential of our region through a diverse programme of events which both inspire and educate. Including high-profile keynote speakers, expos, conferences, workshops, tours, celebration receptions – and of course the odd networking breakfast and lunch – providing an opportunity for companies of all sizes to acquire new knowledge, gain a better

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The Green Alley Award is entering the next round: Right now, circular economy entrepreneurs and start-ups have the opportunity to present their business ideas. Landbell Group, originator of the Founder’s Award, encourages young companies to compete with their technology, service or product by July 1, 2018.

With the Green Alley Award, Landbell Group created the first European start-up award for the circular economy in 2014. Now founders and start-ups have a chance to present their innovative projects. No later than July

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The government has launched a package of tough new measures designed to level the playing field for smaller businesses bidding to win government contracts.

Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden has announced proposals to exclude suppliers from major government procurement’s if they cannot demonstrate fair and effective payment practices with their subcontractors. Other plans include allowing subcontractors to have greater access to buying authorities to report poor payment performance, signalling the government’s commitment to improving payment practice in the UK.

Further requirements mean

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Hull City Council is looking for high quality Community Led Local Development (CLLD) projects that support unemployed and economically inactive participants and enterprise development in 4 Hub Areas of Hull.

The Hull CLLD programme has received £4.79million of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) funding through the Humber ESIF Programme.

Hull City Council initially developed a CLLD Strategy using funding from the ESIF programme.  This stage of the programme is focused on seeking projects that will directly support

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In this newsletter find out about The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme, how the careers and Enterprise company are calling on businesses to make a difference to young peoples lives, Support for women in innovation and Siemens plans for a new factory on one of the Humber LEP Enterprise Zones at Goole.

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme is designed to provide high-quality, practical education and business support to leaders of high-growth small businesses and social enterprises across the country.

These small businesses play a vital role in creating jobs and driving economic growth in the UK through innovation and market expansion. Social enterprises are also increasingly contributing to UK economic and community development through sustainable business models that are less dependent on traditional grant funding.

After extensive research, Goldman Sachs launched

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The Careers & Enterprise Company and Humber LEP is calling out to employers across all sectors and industries in the Humber region to help make a real difference to the lives of young people.

By providing encounters with their work place, businesses and enterprises, both large and small, can bring the world of work to life for young people.

It is a critical aspect of the support young people need – by connecting them to employers and employees – they have the

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Government plans to improve the UK’s corporate governance framework to ensure the UK remains one of the best places to start and grow a business.

Directors selling companies recklessly to face tough new sanctions including fines and disqualification
Creditors could have money returned to them by reversing inappropriate asset stripping
Directors dissolving companies to dodge debts and avoid facing accusations of misconduct to face investigation for the first time
Strengthening corporate responsibility will enhance the UK’s business environment and ensure it remains one of the

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New funding and support will be made available to women through a second round of Innovate UK’s female-only competition.

Innovate UK has announced that it will run a second phase of its Women in Innovation awards.

The programme, which will launch later this year, will consist of a funding competition and support package to encourage more female-led innovation.

Alongside this, Innovate UK will start running quarterly innovation accelerator workshops to help get more women innovating in business nationwide. We will also review our

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Siemens have announced plans to establish a new state-of-the-art factory to manufacture and commission trains on one of the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Enterprise Zones at Junction 36, Goole.

These plans, which could mean an investment of up to £200m, could see an addition of 700 jobs for the Humber region, in skilled engineering and manufacturing roles.

A further 250 possible jobs could also come about during the construction phase of this development; with approximately 1,500 indirect jobs expected to be created throughout

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This month we find out how workers are to benefit from enhanced rights, How the Humber LEP sets the Gold standard for careers, new supply chain opportunities for local businesses, and the British Business Banks report on finance for SME’s

LATEST BRITISH BUSINESS BANK RESEARCH REVEALS EQUITY AND ALTERNATIVE FINANCE GROWING STRONGLY, BUT OVERALL DEMAND FOR FINANCE REMAINS WEAK AMONG SMALL BUSINESSES

Equity and alternative finance demonstrate strong growth while bank lending volumes remain relatively flat

UK is a world leader for start-ups and has its highest-ever population of small businesses, with a record number of start-ups
UK’s scale-up performance improves, but is behind US in part due to less later stage VC funding
Demand still a challenge, with businesses reluctant to take on

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The University of Hull SparkFund is s an innovation support and grants programme that  helps businesses to improve or develop exciting new products, services or processes, for small to medium sized business in the Humber, York, North Yorkshire region.

The SparkFund programme has been up and running for a while now and has been providing grants to a number of businesses. Sparkfund are now looking at supporting local businesses that have recently secured a SparkFund grant to procure a supplier to undertake

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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is the first Local Enterprise Partnership in the country to have achieved a national licence as a Licensed Awarding Body for the Quality in Careers Standard.

One of only twelve national holders, the Humber LEP is the only Local Enterprise Partnership out of 38 to have been awarded this status, after submitting an extremely strong application to the Quality and Careers Standard Consortium.

As a result of this licensing award, the 21 schools, colleges and training

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Millions to benefit from enhanced rights as government responds to Taylor review of modern working practices.

millions of workers to get new day-one rights with sick and holiday pay to be enforced for vulnerable workers for the first time
reforms will ensure employment law and practices keep pace with modern ways of working created by rapid technological change
for the first time the government will be accountable for good quality work as well as quantity of jobs – a key ambition of the

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In this edition find out about the Humber Enterprise Zones, the Humber LEPs Chief Executive Officers views about whats in store for 2018, new webinars from the to help businesses looking to supply to the public sector and details of workshops being run by East Riding council for start up businesses.

Hull City Council has developed an Enterprise Research Panel to collect the views of local organisations a few times a year. Each survey will only take around 10 minute to complete. Please take a moment to give us your views.

Access your Enterprise Panel survey here

In the latest survey we ask your views on:

A Digital Strategy for Hull
How improved connectivity might help your business
Whether you would upgrade, or get connected if financial help was available
Earning while Learning  – The death of

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Enterprise Zones are great places to do business for both new and expanding firms, benefiting from government backing and incentives for investment. Established in 2012, they are at the heart of the government’s long term economic plan, supporting businesses to grow.

At 1,238ha (3,059 acres), the Humber has the largest Enterprise Zone in the country, comprising a package of 30 sites to suit the needs of a wide range of businesses.

What do Enterprise Zones have to offer?

Business Rate Discount (BRD)

Up to

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It was announced on January 15th that Carillion have filed for compulsory liquidation, an Official Receiver has been appointed and contingency plans have been activated across Government.

The Cabinet Office has announced that the government will continue to deliver all public sector services following the insolvency. The Official Receiver who works for the Insolvency Service (one of BEIS’s partner organisations) has been appointed by the court as liquidator along with partners at PwC that have been appointed as Special Managers.

Workforce

The Government

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Now that the success of 2017 is behind us, the Humber region can expect further growth and commitment to increasing its positive contribution to the UK economy throughout the next twelve months.

There is little doubt that Hull’s reign as the UK City of Culture will leave a lasting impression on our region, with a legacy that promises continued optimism and potential success in a number of sectors.

For its legacy to be successful, we must all continue to communicate effectively, be

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Crown Commercial Services are planning some Webinars to help SME’s sell their products and services to the public sector.

Webinar – 14 March – Tips for selling to the public sector

Stephanie Staubach is Managing Director of TopMark Claims Management Ltd; a company that has successfully sold its claims solutions service into the public sector via contracts with national government and Local Authorities across the UK.

In this webinar, Stephanie will offer her secrets to success in selling to the public sector, including

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East Riding Council Business Services Team are running a series of workshops at various locations across the East Riding of Yorkshire. These workshops are for people who are looking to start a business or are already running a business in the area.

The following workshops will be taking place:

How to Write a Business Plan

A 3 hour workshop going through the basics of business planning and helping you start to develop some content for a plan for your business.

The workshop aims to

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The Small Business Commissioner will drive a culture change in payment practises to ensure small businesses are treated fairly.

The government has launched the complaint handling service of the Small Business Commissioner to ensure fair payment practices for small businesses. This follows the appointment of Paul Uppal to the role of Small Business Commissioner.

new Small Business Commissioner will support Britain’s 5.7 million small businesses to resolve payment disputes and tackle larger businesses unfair payment practices to drive culture change
new guidance website to

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In this edition we discover the help which is available from HMRC for business self assessment Tax, how the Department for International Trade is providing a boost to Humber Businesses, an overview of the Growing The Humber Business Grant scheme and a review of the year by the LEP’S CEO.

The deadline for filing your tax return is 31 January 2018 – file early to avoid the rush.

Do you Want to complete your 2016-17 tax return and don’t know where to start? Let HMRC help with a range of digital products to make it easier for you.

You can choose from a selection of live or recorded webinars, online guides and short YouTube videos to support you in completing the return.

Live webinars – no special equipment is needed, simply select the links provided

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An overview of the programme by Karen Oliver-Spry Investment Programme Manager at the Humber LEP.

What is the purpose of the programme?

Growing the Humber is a business investment scheme which aims to stimulate business growth, Investment and job creation around the Humber.

The £8m Local Growth Fund programme builds on the previous £30m Regional Growth Fund and £4m Local Growth Fund programmes to offer grants of between £5,000 and £500,000 to help businesses invest in equipment, machinery and other capital purchases that will

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A message from Kishor Tailor Chief Executive of the Humber LEP

We can certainly look back on 2017 with a sense of achievement. Despite the uncertainties over Brexit, the Humber economy has continued to perform well, as we end the year with highest levels of employment since 1975 and the lowest level of unemployment. Still, there remains a challenge with our productivity which continues to perform well below national and regional averages.

There is no doubt that the issue of Brexit has

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This month we look at the latest Manufacturing Growth Service business survey, how the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has reach some key milestones, How Skills Support For The Workforce Can Help Your Business And Employees Grow and new funding from Innovate UK.

Small to medium sized manufacturers are looking for productivity gains from their workforce and existing equipment ahead of investment in automation, according to the latest National Manufacturing Barometer.

The quarterly survey, which is conducted by SWMAS (part of Exelin Group) in partnership with Economic Growth Solutions (EGS), asked over 280 manufacturing industry leaders how they plan to increase their business’ productivity.

Just 43% of respondents said they are planning to invest in new equipment and only 40% are planning to recruit to

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The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund, has achieved a number of significant milestones over the last three months, owing to the strong momentum generated across the region. Having been a part of its development from the beginning, it has been exciting to see NPIF being effectively utilised to make a real difference to businesses in the North.

The achievements we’ve witnessed so far are testament to the entrepreneurial spirit found in the North. Our

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The Skills Support for the Workforce and Skills Support for Redundancy programmes are designed to deliver responsive workplace learning courses across the Humber region to meet individual, employer and regional economic needs.

By up-skilling the workforce, the Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) and Skills Support for Redundancy (SSR) programmes aim to reduce the risk of long-term unemployment and enhance employee skills and career prospects.

Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW)

The SSW programme provides fully funding workplace training to SME’s to meet

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Up to £10 million is available in loans to UK SMEs in a pilot programme offered by Innovate UK.

Small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working on late-stage infrastructure systems projects can apply for a share of £10 million in a pilot loans competition – the first opportunity to access Innovate UK’s new alternative financial support scheme.

This loans competition aims to help businesses overcome barriers to scaling up innovation in infrastructure systems. It will do this by enabling them to demonstrate their

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L-r: Ian Atkinson, Investment Manager at Mercia Fund Managers, Director of Westlinks Joiners and Locksmiths Brian Gilliland and Jon Brunton, Humber LEP Growth Hub Business Advisor

A Hull company which provides construction services to the social housing sector has secured £100,000 funding for expansion from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Westlinks Joiners and Locksmiths Ltd undertake major renovation, maintenance and adaptation work for a wide variety of commercial and public sector clients, housing associations

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This month find out about Business Prize Offer from Hull Business IP Centre, the new General Data Protection regulation, Scunthorpe Youth Market, Continued Growth in the Humber aided by NPIF and the FEO360 programme.

Business &IP Centre Hull are looking for entrepreneurs with innovative and creative business ideas which have the potential to make a big impact in their field. This is your chance to win cash and support to help get off the ground or expand your business.

Most Innovative Community Enterprise (all ages) – Funded by JRLT

Open to entrants of all ages who:
Have just started a community enterprise or have been operating within the last 12 months
Are a resident of Hull

We are looking

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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply in the UK from 25 May 2018. The government has confirmed that the UK’s decision to leave the EU will not affect the commencement of the GDPR.

With so many businesses and services operating across borders, international consistency around data protection laws and rights is crucial both to businesses and organisations, and to individuals.Having clear laws with safeguards in place is more important than ever given the growing digital economy.

Current research shows that the knowledge

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Try out your business idea at Scunthorpe Youth Market

The first ever Youth Market in Scunthorpe is taking place on Saturday 2 December for young entrepreneurs aged 16 to 30 to try out their own business idea. 

Have you a got a great business idea but not sure where to start? Do you want to run your own business? Are you aged between 16 and 30? Book your place on the Youth Market.

You can sell everything from t-shirts to bread and everything

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Never has the time been better to invest in the Humber. That’s the message being communicated to inward investors and local companies as the area rides on the back of significant investments made to benefit its key sectors.

The Humber is in the midst of an economic resurgence, with the estuary very much a key asset in driving that growth. Key sectors in energy and offshore wind have resulted in the region being recognised at the forefront of worldwide wind energy

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Applications are now open to Small Business owners for places on the 2018 FEO360 programme!

Calling all Small Business Owners in Hull and East Yorkshire! FEO360 is back! This FREE programme is designed and presented by some of the region’s leading successful entreprenuers, giving YOU the peer support you need to develop your business, and most importantly, yourself. The FEO360 programme offers you a fresh, full-360 perspective on your business, enhancing your attitudes and skills in key areas such as time

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In this month’s newsletter find out about the Northern powerhouse Trade Missions, latest Cyber scams, Humber EU Funding calls, and how the Norther Powerhouse Investment Fund helped a local engineering company.

Have you got a brilliant business idea and the ambition to run an outlet in a premier Shopping Centre?

Do you live in the Lincolnshire area?

Freshney Place Shopping Centre has teamed up with The Business Hive Club to launch a Dragon’s Den style competition to find a budding entrepreneur with a big future.

The prize for the winner will be a fantastic retail unit in the busy Freshney Place Shopping Centre, Grimsby, Lincolnshire’s Premier Shopping destination, entirely free for six months.

The City of Hull has been named the most Enterprising Place in Britain by the Enterprising Britain Awards.

Small Business Minister Margot James announces the winners of the fourteenth Enterprising Britain Awards

Winners celebrated for encouraging entrepreneurialism include Hull, North Tyneside Council, Business West and Hatch Enterprise Incubator in Brixton

Since 2013 the City Plan for Hull has resulted in 6,800 more people in employment.

The City of Hull has been named the most Enterprising Place in Britain by the Enterprising Britain Awards in recognition

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International visit programme to support Northern Companies in International Trade

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is running a programme of trade missions to help businesses explore opportunities in overseas markets. The DIT Northern Powerhouse team are now recruiting qualified delegates to join the missions. This is an ideal opportunity to explore export opportunities through a packaged programme of support that offers expert assistance and advice before, during and after the mission. So whether you are looking to make your first

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The Humber Business Resilience Forum, Humberside Police and KCOM have partnered to produce the helpful booklet ‘The Little Book of Cyber Scams’ which offers hints, tips and information on cybersecurity and how to protect your business against an attack.

It has been written to cater for everyone, so if whether you’re comfortable working with IT security or you feel you don’t know much about it there’s something in there for you.

Just by reading this we believe you will learn something which

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United Utilities has launched its new Innovation Lab and is looking for businesses to work with on key business challenges. This 10-week programme represents a unique opportunity to deliver innovative solutions in the water sector and impact more than 7 million customers. Successful applicants will have access to investment, mentorship and the opportunity to test and trial products with United Utilities.

United Utilities Innovation Lab is breaking new ground in the water sector by creating a window for innovative businesses to

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A further £4.1m of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) has now been made available for applications.  Organisations are invited to apply for ESIF funding by responding to a number of Calls for projects that will provide Innovation and business support infrastructure in the Humber.

Four calls for projects have been launched by the Department for Communities and Local Government utilising funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).  The Calls for projects are now open until 10 November for the following activities:

PA1 –

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Left to Right – Paul Wilson, Allied Protek, Mark Wilcockson, British Business Bank, Ian Atkinson, Enterprise Ventures

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has facilitated £250,000 worth of debt funding to Humber-based engineering firm Allied Protek Engineering Solutions.

Based in Grimsby, Allied Protek is an engineering specialist, providing a full project management package including design, engineering, installation and maintenance for clients in the food, drink, fine chemicals and pharma sectors.

The investment was made by NPIF – Enterprise Ventures Debt Finance, an NPIF

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Grants for equipment to enable innovation in small businesses in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding.

The grant is to help small businesses in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding ( Not including Hull) to improve their products and processes by providing grants for equipment which enables innovation

40% grant for equipment that enables innovation, up to a value of £20k.
Expert business development support to help develop funding proposals.
Guidance and advice available at every step of the application process from an experienced

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In this month’s newsletter find out why Hull is one of the top cities outside London to start a business. China’s trade mission to Hull with the chance for business across the Humber to meet delegates. How the Humber LEP has helped East Trans invest £1.6m in North East Lincolnshire. Find out how the Export for Growth Programme can provide funding for Humber businesses.

The annual Start-up Cities Index 2017 has been published, identifying the 25 best cities to start and grow a business outside of London, and Hull features in the list. The list is published by the business magazine startups.co.uk.

Running since 2014, the Start-up Cities Index is compiled by Startups.co.uk and uses official government data and industry statistics to create a picture of the thriving start-up hubs across the UK.

the index uses data including average commercial rents, the number of domicile and

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Chinese Business Officials visit UK : Great opportunity for local business to establish links with one of the biggest seaports, naval base, and marine industrial city of the world.

China – UK Marine Company mission provides the opportunity for UK businesses to meet with a Chinese Official delegation from Qingdao from the Shandong province of China.

The main purpose of their visit is to strengthen cooperation between the UK and China, as well as potential cooperation for the EU-China Fair taking place

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The ScaleUp Institute works to make the UK the best place in the world for a business to scaleup and grow.

The institute want to help you to overcome the barriers that may be stopping your business from achieving even greater growth. To do this they want to understand what has been important to your growth journey to date as well as what barriers your business currently faces when you try to grow.

The institute want to know what you think is

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Fast-growing logistics operator East Trans has made a £1.6m investment in a new, high-quality warehousing facility to capitalise on the rapid growth in online transactions.

The investment was supported by a £136,000 Local Growth Fund grant from the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), via North East Lincolnshire Council.

Maggie Campbell, Lead Investment Officer, Economy and Growth, at North East Lincolnshire Council, said:

“It’s always good to see a local company growing, taking advantage of available grant funding and creating jobs.”

East Trans has invested

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Exporting for Growth is aimed at companies wanting to develop their international business or get started with international trade. In addition to the funding, companies will receive impartial and tailored advice from one of our International Trade Advisers who will be happy to assist you throughout the process and project.

Eligible businesses can apply for grants of up to £5,000 as part of the Exporting for Growth programme which is match funded and can be used for various projects.

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In this month’s newsletter find out how the Northern powerhouse investment fund help a local video advertising agency, HM Treasury plans to make Tax digital, financial support for exporters and how it is becoming easier to be a government supplier.

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An award-winning Hull-based video advertising start-up has secured funding from NPIF – Enterprise Ventures Equity Finance.

Ash TV, a Tech North Northern Star 2016 award winner, will use the investment to hire additional staff to support its ambitious growth plans. It is the first investment in Humber by NPIF – Enterprise Ventures Equity Finance.

The company was founded in 2014 by Ash Lewis, who has a background in programming and over 10 years’ experience working in online

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Ministers confirm a new timetable for Making Tax Digital.

Three million of the smallest businesses and landlords will be able to move to the new digital system for keeping tax records at a pace that is right for them, Ministers announced today as they set out the next steps for the Finance Bill.

The government has listened to concerns raised by parliamentarians, in particular the Treasury Select Committee, businesses and professional bodies about the pace of change and is taking steps to ensure

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The UK’s Creative Industries Council is asking businesses in our area who work in the creative sector if they would take part in a survey to help policy makers better understand the finance issues faced by creative industry businesses. The results of the survey will directly inform proposals to Government for a creative industries ‘sector deal’ as part of the Industrial Strategy.

This is a unique opportunity to enrich the evidence base around the investment challenges and opportunities for creative businesses

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Horizontal Innovation™ is the effective transfer and application of pre-existing technologies and knowledge from one industrial sector, to help meet a challenge or challenges, in another.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC) cordially invite UK micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to submit ideas for such Horizontal Innovation™.

Applications are invited in seven sectors with up to £50,000 worth of research and development support from the HVMC for the selected bid in each sector – total funding in kind of £350,000 to accelerate innovation.

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Applications open for cyber security startups to join new nine-month programme

Programme will be an integral part of developing UK cyber security capability
UK cyber security sector is now worth more than £22bn

A groundbreaking initiative bringing together GCHQ and industry expertise to develop new cyber security technology is to be extended.

Cutting-edge cyber security entrepreneurs and start-up firms are now being invited to apply to join the second programme in the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator which will be extended from three to nine months.

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UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, will help many more businesses, both exporters and supply chain SMEs, access financial support through their banks.

Secretary of State for the Department for International Trade, Liam Fox, has announced that UKEF will partner with five of the UK’s biggest banks to deliver government-backed financial support to exporters more quickly and efficiently.

Partnering with Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, RBS/NatWest and Santander, UKEF will also be able to extend its support to supply chain companies of

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An upcoming workshop will help ensure local businesses don’t miss out on current EU funding opportunities.

On Tuesday 25th July, a workshop will take place at Forest Pines Hotel, Scunthorpe, showcasing EU funding opportunities for micro, small and medium-sized rural enterprises in the Northern Lincolnshire area.

Among the funding programmes to be discussed is the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, which is making £3.7 million available for projects focused on food processing, business development and tourism.

There will also be a chance

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Crown Commercial Service is making it easier than ever for companies to supply to government by launching a new, simplified tender pack.

CCS has been working with partners including the CBI, Federation of Small Businesses, techUK and the Association of Bid Managers to design the new pack, which cuts the amount of tender documentation that suppliers need to complete.

The pack consists of fewer, shorter tender documents and sets out all the information in one place and in Plain English. The new pack

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More than 105,000 businesses have been launched with the support from the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA), a fund available to jobseekers with a business idea.

Successful applicants get access to a business mentor, financial support for up to 6 months and may be able to apply for a loan of up to £25,000 to help with start-up costs.

The latest NEA figures show that the North West had the highest number of start-ups (16,090), followed by London (12,870) and Yorkshire and Humberside (11,590).

Minister for

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Find out about how micro businesses can combat energy overpricing, the pathway to work scheme from Greenport, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme, the launch of Hull Libraries Business and IP Centre and new business Grant funding competitions.

From today (26th June), measures introduced by the CMA could see microbusinesses make significant savings on their energy costs.

During its 2-year investigation into the energy market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that about 45% of microbusinesses across Great Britain were stuck on their supplier’s expensive ‘default’ tariffs. The study concluded that it was difficult for owners to shop around and switch to cheaper deals, as energy price information was not easily available. In some cases, microbusinesses also found themselves being

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Greenport Hull have a funded pathway to work scheme to help the longterm unemployed back into work. This is an opportuity for businesses to help people back into work at no cost to them. In return for offering a work placment they will get a motivated individual.

If the company employes the person after the work placement, Green Port funding offers the employer a 20% wage subsidy for the first year of the individual’s employment with them.

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Goldman Sachs are now accepting applications for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme which will commence in Jamuary 2018.

The programme is fully funded by the Goldman Sachs Charitable Foundation and is specifically designed to enable business owners to grow their businesses. The programme helps to review all aspects of the business such as the processes,  finances, sales and leadership  then develops a strategy to improve, develop and grow all of the areas.

The programme gives participants a fantastic opportunity to meet and

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On Wednesday 14th June the official launch of the BIPC took place at Hull Central Library.

The evening started with a “Top 3 tips for Business” panel and guest speaker session chaired by Isabel Oswel from British Library.

The formal opening had speeches from:
Michelle Alford – Library Services director
Mitch Upfold – Managing director of Hull Culture & Leisure
Roly Keating – Chief Executive of The British Library
Andrew Reith – Engagement Manager at the IPO
Phil Glover – Growth Hub Manger at the Humber LEP

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Businesses can apply for a share of £15 million to support disruptive innovation in any technology area with potential to generate growth.

Innovate UK is making funding available for game-changing, cutting-edge or disruptive innovation projects that leads to new products, processes or service with its Open Programme

Open Programme

Projects can come from any technology, science, engineering or industrial area. They can fit in with any of Innovate UK’s priority sectors – emerging and enabling technologies, health and life sciences, infrastructure systems, and

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Shop front investment in Kirton in Lindsey and Barrow upon Humber could see more visitors

North Lincolnshire Council is offering businesses in the conservation areas of Barrow and Kirton in Lindsey up to £7,500 to help improve their shop front to make them more attractive and appealing to visitors.

The money must be used to create a traditional shop front in line with the council’s Shop Front Design Guide – that offers helpful advice on how to create a traditional shop front.

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This month The Humber LEP Career & Enterprise Company’s first partnership, how funding competions can help your business, advice from the National Cyber Security Centre and the proeperations for the Growth Hub Live event.

St Hugh’s School is an outstanding special school for students between the ages of 11 and 19 years, who have a range of learning difficulties, including moderate and severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorders, profound and complex needs, in North Lincolnshire.

Principal Tracy Millard, has welcomed the support from The Careers and Enterprise Company, and wants to develop the support on offer with their new Enterprise Adviser partnered with the school.

Natalie Anfield, Make a Difference Associates, has a wealth of knowledge

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If you want to develop an innovative product, process or service, you may be able to apply for funding of between £25,000 and £10 million.

Innovate UK runs funding competitions which can help you develop your idea and make it successful. Competitions are open for projects led by a UK-based company. Funding is awarded to the winners of these competitions.

The organisations funded

You can apply for funding if you are a UK based business. All kinds of businesses can apply – from

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The cyber malware attack on the 12th May effected thousands of private and public sector organisations across the world. The governments National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has produced some guidance and help for organisations to combat cyber attacks. 

Companies can undertake three simple steps which are also set out on the NCSC website and can be summarised as follows:

Keep your organisation’s security software patches up to date
Use proper antivirus software services
Most importantly for ransomware, back up the data that matters to you, because you can’t

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Week beginning 15 May is the national awareness week for Business Continuity, where all organisations are encouraged to think about how they could continue to deliver their most important services if there was a disruption like a prolonged power cut or an ICT disruption.

Do you have business continuity arrangements in place?
Have you tested it recently?
Does everyone know what to do?

During this week, why not discuss with your team what you would do if:

Half of your team didn’t report to

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The Humber LEP Growth Hub has organised two events to run during Humber Business Week 2017.

‘Growth Hub Live’ will conveniently bring together a wide range of key organisations which can help support your business to expand and grow. In an exciting new format for Business Week, support organisations will freely donate their time to bring you a series of thought provoking speaker sessions and workshops addressing many of the issues facing modern day business. Running alongside the sessions will be

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This month you can read about the Growth Hub Live Biz Week events, the launch of the Growing the Humber Grant Scheme, the national manufacturing barometer, new Humber LEP board members and Hull city Council enterprise panel.

The first details have been released about two major new events for this year’s Humber Business Week.

Growth Hub Live will bring together dozens of organisations which can help SMEs grow.  In a new format for Business Week, the organisations will combine their efforts on two days at two “hub” venues – ensuring delegates can make the most of their time during the week and increasing the opportunities for networking.

The free events will include a packed programme of speakers and short

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£8m has been made available from the Local Growth Fund to support small and medium sized businesses in the Humber area to make capital investments and create jobs.

The funding was secured by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) as part of its recent Growth Deal. The funding will be used to extend the LEP’s successful Growing the Humber grant programme which has already supported more than 300 businesses with £25m in grants and levered in almost £120m private investment.

Growing the

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Small to Medium sized manufacturers (SMEs) in the UK are being urged to take part in the next National Manufacturing Barometer, in order to help shape future Government policy and highlight current trends and opportunities.

The rallying call, made by organisers SWMAS and Economic Growth Solutions, is designed to increase the number of respondents from 270 to over 500 firms, making it one of the largest industrial surveys in the country.

It gives management teams the opportunity to feed in recent/future sales

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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has recruited eight new private sector members to its Board.

After a high number of applications and a competitive interview process, the Humber LEP has chosen eight experienced directors; they will bring expertise in important areas of business and strategic management, to help drive forward the growth of the Humber economy.

The refresh of the Board will bring further representation from local businesses and education and training providers.

Lord Haskins, Chair of the Humber LEP said:

“I am

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Hull City Council are seeking the views of Hull based businesses and have set up the Enterprise Panel. If your business is based in Hull then you can register to join the panel and you will then have the opportunity to share your opinions with the coucil. It is your chance to help shape the future business landsacpe in the city.

The Enterprise Panel

Do you have an opinion about how things could be better or improved? Do you want your say

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Four projects across the Humber region have been awarded Money from the Coastal Communities Fund. The fund encourage economic growth and jobs in coastal towns and communities. 

All of the projects awarded funding in this latest round were submitted or supported by Coastal Community Teams. Set up by the government in 2015, each team receives £10,000 towards the development of a blueprint for economic growth.

There are now 146 teams – made up of volunteers, councils and local businesses – up and

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In this months edition you will find information relating to the National Apprenticeships Awards 2017, A new Open University Course for people who are starting a business, the new Manufacturing Growth Programme and Products, Process and Innovation Grants.

The National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 application site now opens for entries.
It’s time to nominate your Humber business and employees for these prestigious award.

In its fourteenth year, the National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 will search for England’s top apprenticeship employers and apprentices; whilst recognising those individuals that make a significant contribution to apprenticeships.

The awards are open for entries for apprentices and apprentice employers to be named ‘the best of the best’ on a regional and national level, in 10 categories:

Employer Categories

Small Employer

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Looking to fill skills shortages, diversify your workforce and boost productivity? A new official guide for employers has been launched by the Government in partnership with Business In The Community (BITC) to help you do just that – by focusing on increasing inclusion in your workplace.

“Strengthening your workforce with talent from disadvantaged groups” is a step-by-step guide to help you review your recruitment practices and broaden your talent streams, to include candidates that are long-term unemployed, homeless, single parents or

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Starting your small business is an online introductory course for anyone who has recently set up a small or micro-business (a business with fewer than ten employees), or for anyone who is considering setting up a small or micro-business, or is considering self-employment as a career option.

Starting your small business focuses primarily on very small business structures, where one to nine people are employed, but many of the ideas are applicable to larger businesses as well. This will develop your

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SME manufacturers have been given a major boost this week with news that a new £9.7m business support initiative is officially live and looking to support over 3000 companies.

The Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP), which is funded by ERDF and delivered by Economic Growth Solutions (EGS), is promising to fill the void left by MAS by providing access to specialist assistance to help firms grow and improve.

This will be achieved through a 19-strong network of experienced Manufacturing Growth Managers, access to

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Grants for equipment to enable innovation in small businesses in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding.

The grant is to help small businesses in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding ( Not including Hull) to improve their products and processes by providing grants for equipment which enables innovation

40% grant for equipment that enables innovation, up to a value of £20k.
Expert business development support to help develop funding proposals.
Guidance and advice available at every step of the application process from an experienced

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If you are interested in finding out more about Prosper or would like to apply, please visit

www.creativeunited.org.uk/programme/prosper/

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The £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund launch took place at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull on Wednesday 1st March.

Almost 200 Humber business people attended the event which was to launch the governments British Business Banks Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Ten Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) based in the Northern Powerhouse region have collaborated with the British Business Bank to provide a £400m loan fund for businesses across the region. The fund is a combination of UK government funding, European Regional Development

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Find out more about founded workplace training for your employees, stimulating innovation in the east riding Agri-food sector, the fuller working lives project to gain the most form the skills of older workers and the new business grants for rural areas.

Fully funded workplace training is available for staff at businesses in the Humber region from Skills Support in the Workplace. The training is aimed at developing your employees skills to meet your business needs.

About SIAFS

‘Stimulating Innovation in the Agri-Food Sector’ (or SIAFS for short), aims to help food & drink SMEs in North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding, who aspire to develop and grow their businesses. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the project combines Science City York’s (part of Make It York) business expertise with Fera’s research and facilities.

The project offers free access to our diagnostic tool, business workshops, masterclasses and networking events. Eligible businesses can also apply for the

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Businesses are being encouraged to retrain and recruit older workers and presents the benefits of a fuller working life.

‘Fuller Working Lives: a partnership approach’ explains how as the population ages, employers need to draw on the skills and experience of older workers to avoid loss of labour. It also explains how working longer can improve the health and well-being of individuals and bring the benefits of a multi-generational workforce to businesses. It sets out a number of new recommendations directly

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Funding available for projects which create jobs and growth in the rural economy.

In a major boost to jobs and growth in rural areas, businesses are being invited to submit expressions of interest for support under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). The RDPE Growth Programme supports projects that invest in building businesses, creating new jobs and growing the economy in rural areas.

You could be eligible for a Growth Programme grant if your business is carrying out a project to

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Read about the recent Funding Expo event at the Guildhall, the Governments new Industrial strategy, the Manufacturing Matters Survey and Googles Digital Garage.

Humber Business Funding Expo

Over 240 people attended the Humber Business Funding Expo at the Hull Guildhall on Wednesday 25th January. The event was organised by Technical Assistance Partnership and the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership. It brought together 20 different organisations who provide funding for business in the Humber region.

Delegates were able to talk to representatives from these organisations and seek advice on which funding streams were available to best suit their business requirements.

The organisations and grant schemes present were:

Humber Local

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The Government have released their green paper for building the UK’s Industrial Strategy.

The Government aim is to build an industrial strategy that will deliver a high-skilled, competitive economy that benefits people throughout the UK.

The green paper lays out its plans for developing a modern industrial strategy. They want to build on the UK’s strengths to enable all parts of the country to succeed: helping to deliver a high-skilled, competitive economy that benefits people throughout the UK.

Part of the 10 point

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Manufacturing Matters – Barometer offers firms the chance to have their say and ensure industry gets the support it deserves

The Manufacturing Barometer is being relaunched in your region, giving you – the senior decision makers of smaller manufacturers – the perfect opportunity to have your say on current issues, opportunities and future challenges.

As the largest survey of its kind in England, the Barometer will be a crucial tool in informing the Government’s industrial strategy and helping to shape future support

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The Digital Garage offers you the opportunity to boost your digital knowledge to help grow your business or career.

There are free tutorials from Google on everything from your website to online marketing and beyond. Choose the topics you want to learn, or complete the whole online course for a certification from Google and IAB Europe.

It provides you with a one-stop shop for mastering digital marketing. If you have what it takes to complete each of the 23 topics and unlock

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The Growth Hub has commissioned an economic review of the Humber Sub-region for 2016.

The report reflects the  business focused and economic-driven agenda of the LEP.

These comprise:

 Key performance benchmarks for the Humber versus the UK;
 Summary of the economic and political context policy environment;
 The Economic and Business Base;
 Population, Skills and Settlements;
 Resources and Infrastructure

The report has been produced during a period of political and economic uncertainty at the global and national level, following the UK referendum on EU membership, the appointment of a

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Learn about the The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme, The Governments Open For Business Programme, Up to 3000 Jobs to be created in the Humber Enterprise Zone and Free Travel Plans for North East Lincolnshire Businesses.

Business can apply for a share of £15 million to support development of new products and services in any technology or industrial area.

Innovate UK has up to £15 million to support the best business-led and innovative ideas for new products, processes and services.

Ideas can come from any technology, engineering or industrial area. They can fit in with Innovate UK’s 4 priority sectors for growth – emerging and enabling technologies, health and life sciences, infastructure systems, and manufacturing and materials –

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More than 95,000 businesses have been launched by entrepreneurial jobseekers in the past 5 years with the support of a scheme designed to boost innovation.

New ventures have been launched through the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) across a wide range of industries and sectors, including manufacturing, design, fashion and leisure.

Jobseekers who want to start their own firm can access government funding and on-going expertise from dedicated mentors through the scheme.

Employment Minister Damian Hinds said:

This year will be remembered as one in

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Do you run a successful business or social enterprise and are looking to grow?

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education and business support services. 10,000 Small Businesses is funded by Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation

The programme provides high-quality, practical education specifically tailored to the needs of UK small business leaders.  Participants will receive 100 hours of teaching designed by leading experts

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Businesses can apply for a share of £15 million to support projects to develop new integrated infrastructure solutions and business models.

Innovate UK has up to £15 million to fund innovative projects in:

smart infrastructure
energy systems
connected transport
urban living

The competition aims to stimulate innovation in the infrastructure that provides critical services for the economy, the environment and society.

Infrastructure systems are vital to continued economic growth, competitiveness, productivity, environmental sustainability and social wellbeing.

They also represent a huge market opportunity for UK businesses. There is

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The Government is Open for Business and wants to work with more small and medium businesses across the UK.

By 2020, the government plans to spend £1 in every £3 with small business in the UK, either directly or through the supply chain. That’s almost £3 billion of new business up for grabs every year, either directly or through the supply chain.

Increasing the proportion of government spend that reaches SMEs has been a key priority within the governments procurement policy over the

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Up to 3000 new jobs are to be created in one of the Humber Enterprise Zones.  Planning permission was granted by East Riding Council for a new distribution centre at Capitol Park on the Goole 36 Enterprise zone.

The development, which was put together by Capitol Park owners Sterling Capitol and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), will include a mix of warehouse units, retail and leisure facilities and car showrooms, along with a 100-bed hotel. A number of high profile

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A £2.5 million package of awards for companies, individuals and academics to make travelling safer, quicker and more reliable has been announced by the government.

Transport Technology Research Innovation Grant (T-TRIG)
The Transport Technology Research Innovation Grant (T-TRIG) funds early-stage research projects into innovative ideas or concepts to help create a better transport system.

It is part of the Department for Transport’s Innovation Grant funding.

The purpose of the scheme is to:

reduce barriers to innovation and advance technology in transport
enable a better transport system

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North East Lincolnshire Council and their partners ENGIE have introduced a new transport scheme, to help Businesses and other organisations lower their costs and reduce their impact on the environment by easing congestion.

The travel planning service is fully funded by North East Lincolnshire Council and is available to any business, voluntary or community organisation within North East Lincolnshire.

Any business that develops a Business Travel Plan is eligible to apply for a Sustainable Travel Grant of up to £5,000 to implement

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This month find out about the new Government Export Hub, the Manufacturing Growth Programme Grant Scheme, changes to the water Supply market and a new scheme for businesses who are seeking finance.

The Government has launched a new international trade hub for businesses.

The hub will help UK businesses access millions of pounds’ worth of potential overseas business. The hub gives practical advice, and signpost support to help them win lucrative contracts.

The site will act as a single digital destination for trade and investment, bringing together and connecting UK businesses, international buyers and international investors.

Whether businesses are new, occasional or frequent exporters, they will be able to take advantage of the new suite

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Innovate UK is investing up to £1.6 million for projects that use cutting-edge solutions to enhance healthcare, clean technology and infrastructure in India.

The aim of this competition is to encourage innovative partnerships between the UK and India. Innovate UK and the Indian government are funding this competition, administered by the Newton Fund.

Projects should address one or more of the following societal challenges:

clean technology
affordable healthcare
electronic system design and manufacture (ESDM) technology solutions for urban, energy, healthcare, infrastructure, disaster management and environmental challenges

We

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The Hull Daily Mail Humber Renewable Awards 2017 nominations are now open.

The awards are returning for their sixth year and are the regions flagship awards for the Renewables Sector. The awards sponsored by Siemens and supported by some of the regions largest companies celebrate companies working in the green energy sector.

The renewable sector offers opportunities for investment and jobs in our region/

There are 9 award categories:

Humber Renewables Small Business of the Year (under 50 employees)
Best Renewable Energy Project or Installation

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The Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP) is a £9.2m ERDF funded programme focused on providing support to manufacturing SMEs interested in growth. The programme is currently looking to work with businesses in the Yorkshire & Humber region. 

Specialist Manufacturing Growth Managers are in place to offer SMEs the opportunity to access grant funding of up to 35% towards the cost of support projects.

The Economic Growth Solutions company have been established to deliver the operational side of the contract and is a not

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Nominations are open until 30th November for the Goole and Howdenshire Business Awards.

Now in its seventh year, The Goole & Howdenshire Business Excellence Awards recognises and celebrates business excellence in Goole and the surrounding area.

The Goole & Howdenshire Business Excellence Awards – co-founded and chaired by Garrey Haase, Director of Yorkshire Eyewear, recognise and celebrate business excellence in Goole and the surrounding area. In just 6 years the Awards have become one of the region’s most prestigious events, continuing to

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From April 2017 businesses, charities and public sector organisations in England will be able to switch their supplier of water and sewerage retail services. By switching, or negotiating with the current supplier, customers could get a better price or a more tailored service. Retail services include meter reading, billing and handling customer queries and complaints.

The benefits include:

 Lower Prices
 Better customer service
 Tailored services
 Improved water efficiency
 Consolidate suppliers and bills

Currently, only very heavy water users (5 million litres per year in England or 50

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Small businesses struggling to access finance from big banks will be matched with alternative finance options, under a new government scheme.

From 1 November 2016, 9 of the UK’s biggest banks will pass on the details of small businesses they have rejected for finance to three finance platforms – Funding Xchange, Business Finance Compared and Funding Options.

These platforms will then share these details with alternative finance providers and go on to facilitate a conversation between the business and any provider who expresses an

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The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund is a competitive funding scheme to support the development of technologies, products and processes in energy efficiency, power generation and storage.

Phase 5 of the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, a competitive funding scheme to support the development and demonstration of state of the art technologies, products and processes in the areas of energy efficiency, power generation, and heat and electricity storage, is now open for applications.

The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund seeks the best ideas, irrespective of source, across these

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In this edition read about the Growth Hubs Enterprise Support Summit, the Northern lights Awards, Funding For Innovation with Horizon 2020 and the Humber Skills 100 Pledges in 100 days campaign.

Small and medium enterprises in the Humber stand to benefit from a united business support community aiming to help entrepreneurs to grow and prosper.

This was the message from the Enterprise Support Summit, an event held in Hull on 11th October which saw the launch of an Enterprise Alliance of leading public and private sector business support organisations coming together to promote entrepreneurial spirit in the Humber.

The event was organised through the Humber LEP’s Growth Hub and brought together businesses and

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Welcome to the Northern Lights Awards 2017.

The awards are designed to highlight collaboration between companies and within companies in the Northern Powerhouse geographical area, collaboration which ultimately leads to growing the Northern Powerhouse and helping to re balance the economy.

The awards winners will be announced at the Conference Dinner in Manchester on the evening of the 21st February 2017, the evening of the first day of the next UK Northern Powerhouse International Conference and Exhibition.

The Award categories are as follows:

Business

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Businesses can apply for funding for a range of business projects in areas from food security to smart cities and green vehicles.

A European funding programme is to invest more than €550 millon across 6 initiatives launched this month.

Business support is available for projects in a range of fields including sustainable food security, rural innovation and business, marine projects, the bioeconomy, smart cities and green vehicles.

The funding opportunities
Six new Horizon 2020 funding calls are now open.

Sustainable food security: €280.5 million is

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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) introduced The Skills Pledge in 2013, aiming to provide employers with a one stop shop when it comes to supporting their current and future workforce. Since its inception, a total of 373 organisations from across the Humber have supported the campaign which won national acclaim at last years Adult Learners Week awards.

Monday October 3rd marks the launch of a new campaign, with the aim of signing up 100 additional supporters to this already successful

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We want to hear your story!

UK City of Culture 2017 will impact on the local economy. Hull 2017 represents a huge opportunity for the region’s business community to make the most of the year ahead.

Please join Humber Local Enterprise in supporting the Culture Company by completing the survey below. The more information we can provide, the more they can ensure that Hull 2017 helps you boost your bottom line.

Please tell us how your business is gearing up for 2017 by

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Mariner Packaging Ltd has been trading in the manufacture and supply of packaging materials to the food, agricultural and construction industry for the last 12 years, seeing rapid growth in the last four years. Servicing markets in both the UK and in overseas sectors such as USA, Canada and Europe, it is currently operating from two locations in Grimsby consisting of warehousing/ office premises and a factory.

The key issues the company are looking to address in the short term are:

Lack

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Read how Mariner Packaging Ltd and Airialtrail Ltd received help from their local Growth Hub Business Advisors. New European funding for innovation and how the start-up load company has reached the £250m milestone.

Anthony and Denise Fowler have set up an exciting new leisure attraction in North Lincolnshire.

Arialtrail Ltd operates an outdoor climbing and high rope course covering 6000 square metres of woodland at the Pink Pig Farm in North Lincolnshire. The course consists of 16 elements approximately 5m from the ground ending with two 100m-zip lines.  The course has a safety system called a rope roller whereby once a person is connected on the ropes they cannot disconnect until they have finished

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Innovate UK have opened a new £15 million funding competition for innovation projects. There is £5 million available for projects lasting up to 1 year, £5 million for projects lasting up to 2 years and £5 million for projects up to 3 years. Project may focus on technical feasibility, industrial research or experimental development.

The aim of this competition is to stimulate innovation in Health and Life Sciences (H&LS). Projects must cover at least one of the following Innovate UK priority areas:

increase

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You can get small business rate relief if:

you only use one property
your property’s rateable value is less than £12,000

Contact your local council ( see below) to apply for small business rate relief.

What you get
You’ll get 100% relief (doubled from the usual rate of 50%) until 31 March 2017 for properties with a rateable value of £6,000 or less. This means you won’t pay business rates on properties with a rateable value of £6,000 or less.

The rate of relief will gradually

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A European funding programme for businesses and researchers is to invest more than €600 million across 7 new initiatives launched this month.

Businesses can apply for support for projects in a range of fields including smart transport, autonomous transport, factories of the future,digital health, the circular economy and energy efficient buildings.

The funding is part of the EU’s Horizon 2020 fund for researchers and business, which aims to ensure Europe produces world-class science and that barriers to innovation are removed.

The funding opportunities
Seven

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Since 2012, Start Up Loans worth a quarter of a billion pounds have been agreed with start-up businesses to support them in getting up and running with finance and support.

Funded by government through the British Business Bank, Start Up Loans generate a return on investment to the economy of £3 for every £1 spent. Businesses up and down the country from digital start-ups to recreational centres have benefited from the government scheme.

Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said:

Whether you live

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In this months edition young Hull entrepreneurs visit South Africa, how to win free places at Venturefest Yorkshire, Hulls Old town Grant Scheme, Tech North Northern Stars competition.

Businesses could win more than £100,000 to develop a new system to help staff maintain coded records of what happens to hospital patients.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is seeking businesses with innovative ideas on how to help staff record what happens to patients in hospital and meet government targets.

Administration staff are required to assign clinical codes to patient conditions and the treatments they receive in order to support the reporting of what happens in hospitals.

It is a significant manual burden

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The University of Hull has been invited by Government to submit full applications for European Regional Development Funding to support SMEs in the Humber, York and North Yorkshire to become more innovative.

The programmes have been developed in response to calls for projects through the Humber and York, North Yorkshire East Riding European Structural and Investment Funds that will provide innovation support, innovation vouchers and grants for research and development.

SMEs are invited to complete a short survey by 19th September 2016, to help shape proposals.  Those

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A delegation of Hull young entrepreneurs have been invited to take part in in South Africa’s largest entrepreneurial event #THUDfest taking place from Wednesday 31 August to Friday 2 September in Johannesburg.

Hull City Council and the Youth Enterprise Partnership have been sharing good practice with colleagues in South Africa for two years and now want to build on those relations to develop practical business and learning opportunities. With the support of KC, Hull’s young entrepreneurs have been communicating via online

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Venturefest Yorkshire is a one day festival with a clear remit to nurture business growth in the region, – by helping innovators develop their ideas and helping entrepreneurs get investment.It is intend to inspire, entertain and amaze our delegates with fantastic talks, workshops and exhibitions and a spectacular end-of-day show.The event will take place at York Racecourse on the 16th November.

Two competitions are available with the chance to win:

Free Showcase stand at the Venturefest event.
A £5000 cash prize.
A £1000 cash

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If you are a small or medium independent enterprise in Old Town and would like to start up or expand a business in Old Town, you may be eligible to apply for a grant.

The Old Town grant scheme is part of a programme to revitalise Hull’s historic heart by improving both the visual landscape and quality of commercial premises. It also aims to encourage small and medium sized enterprises to occupy vacant or underused premises.

The Old Town programme also plans

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Read about the New Driving Skills Programme, the British High street of the year awards, a new £57m Government Funding Scheme and The Humber Business Resilience Forum.

Northern Stars is a pitch competition that seeks to identify and showcase the best tech startups in the North of England. We do this through an online application process, supported by a series of Regional Pitch events, culminating in a Grand Final where 10 winning companies are chosen by a high-profile panel of judges.

We want to hear from early-stage tech and digital startups from across the tech sector and of all shapes and sizes, working on everything from AI, VR

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Are You Looking to recruit LGV Drivers?

Due to increased demand, changes in legislation, and lack of new entrants, LGV driver is the fourth biggest skills shortage nationally.

A new joint scheme by North East Lincolnshire Council, Jobcentre Plus and Scania can help fund the LGV driver training.

What’s on offer?

If you have LGV driver vacancies in the Humber they can provide:
•Hassle free help in recruiting potential drivers
•Candidates you can select for your business
•A work trial to ensure they fit your organisation
•Funded category

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Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) has devised “The Big Welcome”  for local businesses  – a two part visitor welcome training programme which shows how attention to the smallest of details can make a difference to customer care levels.

The visitor economy of Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire is worth over £750 million and next year, when Hull is UK City of Culture 2017, an extra million visitors are expected.

VHEY have come up with a professional training programme to help

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Businesses can apply for a share of £4 million to encourage the commercial use of compound semiconductors.

Scope

Innovate UK is to invest up to £4 million in innovative projects that help to speed up the use of compound semiconductors. This is in areas such as power electronics, RF/microwave, photonics and sensors.

Innovate UK are seeking proposals with large and scalable commercial potential. The aim of this competition is to ensure that UK businesses can respond to market opportunities in compound semiconductors. Projects

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The Cutting Red Tape review of Local Authorities is a government review led by the Cabinet Office, DCLG and BIS, working together with other government departments and regulators. 

The Cutting Red Tape Review of Local Authority Regulation and Enforcement aims to identify and remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to growth and associated costs placed on Local Authorities and businesses.

The review wants to identify and remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to growth and associated costs placed on businesses by local authorities, while ensuring necessary

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The Great British High Street Competition is a Government and business-led initiative which celebrates our nation’s much-loved high streets. Now in its third year, it showcases the people, businesses and partnerships that are putting their high street at the heart of their communities.

The 2015 Competition was a huge success. Over 230 high streets took part and the campaign to find the winners made a huge dent in the public consciousness, with over 200,000 votes cast for the finalists. This year,

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A new funding boost of £57.5 million has been announced for the UK’s energy and infrastructure, biomedical and quantum technology sectors.

The best ideas will compete for funding to develop new sustainable energy and transport solutions, bring new healthcare advancements to market and drive forward commercial advances in quantum technology (used in electronic devices such as clocks and computers).

The series of competitions will open over the next 2 weeks and be run by Innovate UK and its partner organisations. The competitions

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The HBRF brings together businesses, Law enforcement and academics to ensure that businesses can access the most up to date expertise and information to protect themselves from security threats. The HBRF aim is to create a secure Humber region where businesses and organisations can flourish.

Members of HBRF will learn how to make their organisations more resilient to cyber security threats. The HBRF is open to organisations of all sizes and sectors across the Humber region.

It combines the expertise of academia,

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Inspiring and innovating through sport and physical activity.

Active Humber is an organisation that exists to use the influence of sport and physical activity to make a positive impact on people’s lives. The Active Humber team build strong and effective relationships to create accessible and sustainable opportunities through sport and physical activity.
We work with national, regional and local partners to improve and increase participation in sport and physical activity, and provide and administer resources to support the sustainable growth of sports

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In this addition read about free occupational health assessments for employees, how Humber lawyers are helping raise competition law awareness, £1.42bn investment in the Humber, Innovate UK £15m investment in R&D projects, an Innovation showcase.

Fit For Work, a free, government-led initiative that helps businesses grow through improving their productivity and profitability via effective management of staff sickness absence. Sickness absence has serious implications for employers and staff so the free support provided by Fit for Work can be invaluable to businesses affected, particularly small businesses that do not have their own occupational health support.

Free occupational health assessments to help employees return to work after absence of four weeks or more. Access to online and

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Yorkshire and Humber-based lawyers are being asked to help promote awareness of new competition law compliance materials to business clients.

Around 120 law firms headquartered in Yorkshire and the Humber will be contacted by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and encouraged to share the CMA’s easy-to-use competition law information with their small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients.

The information is intended to help SMEs recognise anti-competitive practices, comply with competition law and report suspicions of illegal anti-competitive activity.

The approach is part of

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Projects and programmes invested in by the Humber LEP and delivered by partners are on track to add £1.42bn to the Humber economy by the end of 2019/20 – a return of £5 GVA benefit for every £1 invested.

As part of this 12,050 gross FTE jobs will be created, 600 safeguarded and 62,228 properties will have reduced flood risk.

An impact assessment which forms part of the LEP’s Annual Review 2015/16 – launched on Friday 10 June – shows investments to

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Due to a high level of interest The deadline for application for the 10,000 Small business Programme has now been extended to Monday 30th June 2016.

Do you run a successful business or social enterprise and are looking to grow?

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education and business support services. 10,000 Small Businesses is funded by Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation

The programme provides high-quality, practical education specifically tailored

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Innovate UK is to invest up to £15 million in innovative R&D projects. These projects are designed to help businesses develop new products, processes and services with commercial potential. The aim is to enhance UK competitiveness, growth and improve national productivity.

The competition is open to the best business-led ideas or concepts. These can be drawn from any technology, engineering or industrial area, including Innovate UK’s 4 priority sectors for growth.

Projects should demonstrate disruptive, cutting-edge innovations and businesses should demonstrate ambition

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The International Festival for Business 2016 (IFB2016) will be the world’s top business event this year. Attended by more than 30,000 delegates from the UK and 100 countries around the world, it will be a buzzing marketplace to make connections, do deals and inspire you to challenge the way business is done, innovate and change in a world that never stands still.

IFB2016 is completely free to attend, with free events and free expert advice.  All you have to do is

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A new publication highlights how businesses across the UK are being transformed by innovation and by government support for their ideas.

Successful technology businesses feature in a new Innovate UK publication celebrating the impact of innovation.

The booklet highlights 50 successful companies that have been helped by Innovate UK.

 Download the InnovateUK Innovation With Impact booklet.

It gives examples of how a business can be changed dramatically through innovation and how government support has helped to get ideas off the ground and closer to market.

Innovate UK

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Women with potential to be successful entrepreneurs and leaders in innovation can apply for support and funding to help them to succeed.

Innovate UK has up to £200,000 and a package of tailored support to award to businesswomen who have exciting ideas and the potential to become leaders in innovation and deliver significant economic growth.

This is the first women only Innovate UK competition and is part of a new ‘infocus’ initiative to encourage diversity in innovation.

Each of the 12 finalists in

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Businesses and universities and colleges can apply for funding to support partnerships that help improve competitiveness and productivity.

Innovate UK is seeking applications for funding from business-university partnerships with plans to improve competitiveness and productivity by employing a recent graduate with relevant expertise.

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme is a three-way partnership between a business, an academic institution and a recent graduate.

The academic institution employs the graduate, who works at the company. The graduate, known as the ‘associate’, brings new skills

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Do you run a successful business or social enterprise and are looking to grow?

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education and business support services. 10,000 Small Businesses is funded by Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation

The programme provides high-quality, practical education specifically tailored to the needs of UK small business leaders.  Participants will receive 100 hours of teaching designed by leading experts and delivered

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The Humber LEP is supporting Growth Hub week by releasing its latest figures from the Humber Business Growth Hub.

The LEP’s Growth Hub has helped more 1900 Humber businesses access the support they need to grow from grants and loans to business diagnostics or exporting advice which has supported the creation of 400 jobs and safeguarded more than 220.

The Small Business Minister announced on Monday 16 May that the growth hub network is now complete meaning that 4.7 million businesses are

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The Carbon Trust has launched a new £7 million Green Business Fund to help small firms to save energy and cut costs.

The fund will provide grants for business owners to carry out energy efficiency upgrades, such as improvements to heating and lighting, as well as offer energy saving training and advice.

The scheme is expected to support up to 2,000 small businesses to invest £55 million in energy-saving projects, which will generate lifetime energy savings of £130 million. Applicants can

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Funding opportunities for digital health projects

Interactive Healthcare Fund is for small creative and digital businesses (SMEs) who wish to bring innovative digital health and wellbeing products and services to market in the NHS and wider health and social care marketplace

Funded by Creative England’s Regional Growth Fund and managed by Creative England in partnership with the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), this Interactive Healthcare Fund is for small creative and digital businesses (SMEs) who wish to bring innovative digital health and

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Goldman Sachs are now accepting applications for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme which will commence in September 2016.

The programme is fully funded by the Goldman Sachs Charitable Foundation and is specifically designed to enable business owners to grow their businesses. The programme helps to review all aspects of the business such as the processes,  finances, sales and leadership  then develops a strategy to improve, develop and grow all of the areas.

The programme gives participants a fantastic opportunity to

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The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise

Applications are now invited for the 2017 Queens Award for Enterprise

The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are free to enter.

You must submit your application between 3 May and 2 September 2016. You can apply for more than one award.

The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are for outstanding achievement in 3 categories: innovation, international trade, and sustainable development. Winners have reported benefiting from worldwide recognition, increased commercial value, greater press coverage and a boost to staff morale.

If you win

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Hello Tomorrow launches global science startup competition

Hello Tomorrow has launched the Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2016, a global science startup
competition dedicated to the transformation of innovations into impactful products and solutions.

Hello Tomorrow is an international, non-profit initiative that promotes early-stage scientific
startups with an aim to solve major industrial and societal challenges. Now in its third edition,
the initiative has grown into a vibrant ecosystem that empowers scientists to transform
innovations into world-changing products.

This year, Hello Tomorrow has partnered with thirteen major private and

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Power to Change, a community enterprise support organisation, has launched a new £10 million Community Business Fund, which will provide grants of between £50,000 and £300,000 to community enterprises in England.

The funding is intended to increase the social impact of community enterprises and support them to increase trading income, secure assets or reduce costs. Any grants awarded must be used for either capital costs (including building, vehicle and equipment costs) or project-specific revenue costs (including staff salaries).

The first funding round

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Kick off for European circular economy start-up competition of Green Alley and Seedmatch 

The Green Alley Award is Europe’s only award for entrepreneurs and start-ups working in the circular economy. Green entrepreneurs with ideas for a sustainable economy and new ways of looking at waste as a resource can apply for the award at www.green-alley-award.com until the 27th of July 2016. Both classic pitch decks and creative videos are accepted – the online application is quick and easy. The guidelines explain which

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We have a selection of contracts which are up for tender in each of the four Humber Local Authority areas. 

East Riding Council

2052-16 External Training and Conference Venues

Kennelling Facilities to Accomodate Dogs

Hull City Council

Further Competition within the ESPO LED street lighting luminaires Contract

Taxi & Small Bus Service 2017. Call for Competition

North East Lincolnshire

Housing related support services enabling independent living for people in North East Linc…

Community Led Local Development (CLLD) – Workshop design and delivery

Request for Quotation Community Led Local Development (CLLD)

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UK businesses are set to be at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution by embracing digital technologies that could improve productivity.

The EU Commission has published details on how businesses across the EU, including those in the UK, can get better access to the technologies that will help them to modernise. The innovative package includes improving access to cloud computing and services, data analytics and the Internet of Things. It will improve the way the UK does business in the research, technology and industrial sectors, and

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In this weeks addition of the East Yorkshire & Sheffield FSB newsletter:

• HS2 Supply chain – register your business for supplier roadshow
• ASEAN Insight Seminar Yorkshire and the Humber
• Big discount for new Saturday accounting course
• HR Challenges 2016: ‘Understanding Digital Risk’
• Chartered Manager degree apprenticeship – employer lunch
• Antiques Quarter book launch celebrates ‘A Lifetime in Antiques’
• Rule-breakers conference delivered to your inbox
• Entries open for Made in Hull 2016
• Yorkshire cyber security cluster event
• Yorkshire Bank announces plans

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Enterprise Europe and the EU are inviting SME’s to respond to a short survey: Call for Ideas, open until 29th April 2016.

Europe’s economic performance and job creation depends on the ability to translate the creativity and inventiveness of European citizens and entrepreneurs into world-winning products and services.  At present, Europe lags behind some of our key international competitors in generating the kind of disruptive, market-creating innovations which are needed to secure Europe’s future prosperity.

With this in mind, the European Commission is keen

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Innovate UK is to invest £561 million in innovation over the next 12 months and take a more focused and efficient approach to supporting innovative UK companies. The delivery plan for the year 2016 to 2017 includes:

a new sector focus that is easier for industry, investors and government to work with
a 5-point plan to underpin activity across these sectors and drive productivity growth
clearer funding programmes that are easier to navigate
improvements to the way Innovate UK connects businesses to knowledge and

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Employer National Insurance contributions for apprentices aged under 25 years have been abolished.

Employers of young apprentices are set to save thousands of pounds after the government abolished employer National Insurance contributions for apprentices under 25 years of age.

The change, which came into effect on 6 April 2016, will make hiring an apprentice even better value for employers across the country.

This exemption will apply to both existing employers with apprentices and those taking on a new apprentice.

Skills Minister Nick Boles said:

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Humber Business Week 5th June to 10th June over 50 events to choose from.

Now in its 12th year, Humber Business Week (Biz Week) showcases the wealth of talent, entrepreneurship, vision and future potential of our region through a diverse programme of events which both inspire and educate.From high-profile keynote speakers, expos, conferences, workshops, tours, celebration receptions –  and of course the odd networking breakfast and lunch –  Europe’s longest established festival of business has grown year on year since being

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

Business in the Spotlight returns for a networking spectacular!
Breaking Barriers – free export event
STEM Employer Open Evening at Barnsley College
East Yorkshire Local Food Network’s spring event: ‘Feeding minds and bodies’
Sheffield conference: Making history for a successful city
Free Business Sheffield information sessions April – June
Business leaders meet to discuss ‘what’s next for Doncaster’
Supersonic car to be star attraction
Competition opens to host Great

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From 6 April 2016 companies, LLPs and SEs need to keep a register of their ‘people with significant control’.

The next measure of the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act comes into force on 6 April 2016.

You now need to start keeping a register of your people with significant control (PSC).

A PSC is someone in your company who:

owns more than 25% of the company’s shares
holds more than 25% of the company’s voting rights
holds the right to appoint or remove the majority of directors
has

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The startup competition for 14-25 year old entrepreneurs

Have you got a brilliant idea for an app, a game, or a technology business?

Thanks to sponsor TalkTalk, Founders Forum is offering 5 young bright superstar UK-based entrepreneurs (individuals or teams) the chance to win £10,000 to help develop their business idea- no strings attached.

In June 2016 some of the world’s most influential technology entrepreneurs will be gathering in London. The F Factor is your chance to pitch them YOUR idea.

You don’t need

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British Business Bank Investment, the commercial arm of the government-owned British Business Bank, has agreed to provide a facility of up to £5m to Liberis to support finance for small businesses.

Liberis estimates that the investment will support funding to over 2,000 small businesses this year alone. The British Business Bank was set up with the aim of supporting economic growth in the UK by making finance markets for smaller businesses work more effectively.

The facility will enable Liberis, the UK’s first

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Businesses in Hull are being urged to support young entrepreneurs by becoming business mentors.

Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and Hull City Council are looking for businesses to take part in a mentoring programme to encourage aspiring young people to start their own businesses.

Young entrepreneurs benefit greatly from the support of business mentors who play a crucial part in the development and success of their company, and it also gives mentors an opportunity to be recognised for the work they are doing

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The purpose of the apprenticeship levy is to fund an increase in the number and quality of apprenticeships.

The government announced the levy in the Summer Budget 2015. In the 2015 Autumn Statement the government provided details of who it would apply to and how much the rate would be. The Government held a public consultation on how the levy should work in practice. Legislation will be introduced in 2016 to create the apprenticeship levy through the Finance and Enterprise Bills.

The apprenticeship

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North Lincolnshire Council on behalf of the Tata Steel Taskforce is launching a £3m support fund for business within the Tata Steel supply chain and other local businesses to help with creating and safeguarding jobs.

Are you part of the steel supply chain, or looking to grow your business?

Then, grant funding is now available to help you with the following:

Tailored Business Advice and Support
Organisational Development and Training
Capital Investment
Wage Subsidy for Particular Groups
Research and Development.

The funding can be used for capital investments

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The Humber LEP Growth Hub along with the Skills Funding Agency held a Apprenticeship Funding Information event for local Businesses at the Mercure Hotel in Willerby East Yorkshire on Tuesday 15th March 2016.

The information session was to help local businesses understand what funding is available for businesses looking to take on apprentices.

The session started with an introduction from the Kishor Tailor, the Chief Executive of the Humber LEP. Bev Moxon from the Skills Funding Agency gave a presentation on how

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

Cyber crime and business – what’s the future?
Yorkshire Coast Expo 2016 – Scarborough Spa
(Healthy) Breakfast Club Network at the Digital Media Centre
HMRC’s online support
Blogging for business workshop at the Digital Media Centre
International Women’s Day – ‘SheFest’
Northern rail franchises – air your views
Barnsley Farming Forum
Looking to Rotherham’s future
Sheffield’s creative and digital businesses given £3.5m boost
Great Yorkshire Way in Doncaster drives forward Yorkshire

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UKTI regional roadshows, April – May 2016 

UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in partnership with China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) and regional partners present offshore wind opportunities in China and Taiwan. This is a unique opportunity for UK companies to gain an insight into these emerging and accessible markets. UKTI’s experts offer up-to-date knowledge and unparalleled contacts to guide and support you through your exporting journey.

Opportunities for you

The large up scaling in both markets has led to both Governments encouraging collaboration

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A World of opportunities await you. There are over 1000 export opportunities available on the Exporting Is Great web site, could there be one for your business? Can you export Baby and Children’s Gifts to Canada or Printer consumables to Mexico and a host of other prospects.

Visit exporting is great and see what opportunities await your business.

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An Information guide for employers showing the benefits of apprenticeships and traineeships to their business.

This guide gives employers the information and benefits of recruiting apprentices to their business.

The benefits of apprenticeships are becoming increasingly obvious to more and more businesses. It’s a fact that apprenticeships develop a motivated, skilled and qualified workforce. Businesses that offer apprenticeships view them as beneficial to their long-term development.

The guide also offers information for employers considering offering traineeships to young people, including the benefits of

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For small creative and digital businesses (SMEs) who wish to bring innovative digital health and wellbeing products and services to market

Funded by Creative England’s Regional Growth Fund and managed by Creative England in partnership with the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN).

Key Information

£250,000 will be available via investments of up to £50,000 per application
Companies must be based in England, outside of Greater London (innovations that have potential to benefit Yorkshire & Humber communities are welcomed)
The fund will open

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The Latest edition of the Humber Local Enterprise Newsletter is now out.

In this months edition:

£58m Local Growth Fund approved projects
Grant feeds growth for animal nutrition firm Agrimin
STEAM event to support careers choices
Humber Enterprise Zone projects and Programmes
Tata steel task force
Skills Pledge

View the newsletter here

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The future of the Childcare New Business Grant Scheme is currently under review. While this review takes place, the current scheme will remain open to new applications up to and including the 31st March 2016.

Claimants accepted to the scheme will have until the 17th June 2016 to submit a valid, Ofsted or CMA certificate to enable the grant payment to be made.

Application will be accepted for new business and new businesses who are operating within the 1st 12 months since

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

FSB Business Opportunity 2016 – Making serious contacts.
Events for Sheffield Year of Making
World of Work Week professional networking event
Cyber crime and business – what’s the future
‘Mystery shoppers’ required for Meadowhall Young Enterprise project
Hull forum for local construction employers
Digital Demons United at Glanford Park
Yorkshire Coast Expo 2016 – Scarborough Spa
Would you like to grow your business?
February 2016 is proving to be a

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Dozens of entrepreneurs to benefit from new initiative

UK Steel Enterprise has announced the launch of a new fund that will help boost dozens of start-up businesses in North Lincolnshire over the next twelve months.

The Kickstart Fund initiative, launched in partnership with North Lincolnshire Council and the Growth Hub, has been introduced in a bid to support people looking to establish a business or become self-employed by helping with initial costs – especially for those with limited funds.

Grants of between £500

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Innovate UK is offering 6 businesses up to £30,000 (excluding VAT) each to encourage innovation in the sharing economy, across the themes of trust, tourism and travel, opening up new sectors, home improvement, construction, and data and analytics.

The contest

Through our IC tomorrow programme, we are looking for proposals from companies with innovative digital ideas relevant to the sharing economy. The companies will not only benefit from funding, but also have the opportunity to collaborate with commercial partners to accelerate development

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With almost £20m released in 2015/16 and £40m planned for release in 2016/17, the Humber LEP’s Growth Deal is supporting projects that help to drive the growth of the Humber economy.

Funding from the Government’s Local Growth Fund is being invested alongside other public and private sector funding in projects that will help to create an infrastructure that supports growth by improving access by road and rail, safeguarding from flooding, support businesses by unlocking projects to provide the right office space,

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

In this weeks issue:

Join FSB at Yorkshire’s primary networking event
The profit of good health in Doncaster
Yorkshire Coast Expo 2016 – Scarborough Spa
Women in Business and the International Athena Award
Supplier engagement and business networking event
Workshop for company directors and business start ups
Higher and degree apprenticeships: addressing the skills gap
World’s largest offshore wind farm to create 2,000 jobs off East Yorkshire
South Yorkshire businesses

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Shadow Small Business Minister, Bill Esterson, is to visit Hull on 16th February. He is meeting organisations that are involved in the city’s youth enterprise agenda and some of the young entrepreneurs who have received support.

Whilst he is in Hull he will meet with a number of young entrepreneurs who have received support from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, teachers involved in the Be Enterprising Group of teachers and tutors as well as representatives of London Youth Support a

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Report reveals strength of the North’s digital tech industries

The most comprehensive analysis of the UK’s digital tech industries to date, Tech Nation 2016 underlines the role digital tech businesses are playing in boosting economies across the North of England.

Key findings for the North of England:

– Digital employment: 283,515
– Average salary in digital tech industries (based on 7 tech clusters): £45,108
– Digital Gross Value Added (GVA): £9.9 billion
– Digital density (digital businesses as % of total businesses): 16.6%
– Key sectors based

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Creative England invests in creative digital businesses.

Are you looking for investment to grow your company?

Equity Investment Programme – £25k to £250k to co-invest as part of a wider funding raise, to take your business to the next stage  – click here or contact tim.evans@creativeengland.co.uk.

Interest Free Loans of £50k to £250k to finance business growth – click here or contact kate.adam@creativeengland.co.uk.

Interactive Healthcare Programme – £25k to £50k to bring innovative products to the NHS marketplace – click here or contact krystle.barkway@creativeengland.co.uk.

We

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

In this weeks issue:

Doncaster networking event is open to all
Join FSB at Yorkshire’s primary networking event
Making history for a successful city: Sheffield’s first heritage conference
Tour a global leader in steel and get the latest from HR law expert
February 2016 is going to be a big month for Doncaster…
The business is growth in Sheffield City Region
Driving the skills agenda and helping youngsters

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As part of the November 2015 Spending Review settlement, the government has decided to wind down the national delivery of the Business Growth Service (incorporating GrowthAccelerator and the Manufacturing Advisory Service).

On 26th November 2015 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) issued a formal instruction to providers of the Business Growth Service:

Not to enter into any further contractual commitments with customers after 23:59 Monday 30 November;

That all contractual commitments should be honoured, as long as all support and related

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DONG Energy confirms a positive Final Investment Decision for Hornsea One offshore windfarm off the coast of Grimsby in Northern England.

This morning, Wednesday 3 February, the board of directors at DONG Energy confirmed a positive Final Investment Decision for Hornsea One offshore windfarm off the coast of Grimsby in Northern England, meaning that construction can now go ahead.

Located 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast and capable of powering over one million UK homes with a capacity of 1.2 gigawatts, Hornsea

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Missed out on claiming your connection voucher?

Many businesses just missed out on claiming their Superfast Britain connection voucher after government funding ran out in October, so here’s a second chance! 

Up until 31 March 2016, KC Business will be offering up to £1,000 towards the cost of your Lightstream connection.

Scheme rules apply: businesses must not have benefited from a connection voucher previously; must have fewer than 250 employees or volunteers; have a turnover of less than £41m and have received less

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UK Games Fund have secured funding from the UK Government to establish the core talent and titles support scheme for four years.

Grants will be provided to eligible companies with project plans where we think that the team and title combination has potential and can benefit from our support. You will be required to apply online answering a number of key questions and providing full company details and associated data.

The UK Games Fund will provide grants up to £25,000 to help

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UK Trade & Investment Yorkshire and the Humber is the Government Department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK’s dynamic economy acknowledged as Europe’s best place from which to succeed in global business.

UK Trade & Investment offers expertise and contacts through its extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world. We provide companies with the tools

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

In this weeks issue:

Doncaster networking event is open to all
Join FSB at Yorkshire’s primary networking event
February 2016 is going to be a big month for Doncaster…
Free information sessions for Sheffield businesses
Join us online at the FSB Policy Conference 2016
Yorkshire Coast Expo 2016 – Scarborough Spa
The Profit of Good Health in Doncaster
Operation Makesafe training delivered at HR forums
An opportunity to link your

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The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched an ambitious five year strategy setting out government plans to further bolster British innovation and the UK’s booming creative sector.

The publication ‘Making life better by supporting UK creativity and innovation’, highlights core areas of focus that will help boost economic growth and competitiveness via a world-class Intellectual Property (IP) regime. This includes:

increasingly strong enforcement action against counterfeiters and otherIP thieves
a dedicated programme of IP education for UK businesses and students
a commitment to joining and shaping

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Fully funded workshops available, delivered by Enterprise Europe Network and accredited by
School for Startups for new business owners or existing companies wanting to test their business model or launch a new innovation. We have limited spaces available on the following courses:

Strategic Marketing – 28th January 2016 – YORK RACECOURSE

Access to Finance – 29th January 2016 – YORK RACECOURSE

Access to Finance – 4th February 2016 – MANCHESTER MUSEUM

Financial Management for Growth – 5th February 2016 – ASPIRE, LEEDS

Building & Leading Teams

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HCUK Training, part of Hull College Group, is launching a new series of courses for local and regional business that are looking to up skill their employees and improve their performance in 2016 and beyond. 

This ‘Business Management Toolkit’ includes short courses ranging from Developing Bids & Tenders, to Customer Focus and Marketing and will enable small and medium sized businesses to develop key areas to strengthen their position in the market and sustain growth.

Read the Full Bondholders article here

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

In this weeks issue:

Join FSB at Yorkshire’s primary networking event
What can your MP do for you?
Doncaster networking event is open to all
Love Business Expo 2016
Innovation: Helping entrepreneurs and big business to work together
Can you help to hone the interview techniques of 6th form school-leavers?
Business fire safety
Two weeks left to back bid for Doncaster’s University Technical College
The future for Keep Trade Local
Flexible

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The latest newsletter from the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership is now available.

In this months edition:

A decisive year needs strong Humber approach
Call for Growth Deal projects (Grants and Loans)
Innovation event
Apprenticeship support success
Enterprise Zone extension
Growth Hub update
50+ conference

View the Humber LEP Newsletter here

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Business Hive members provide Consult an Expert sessions free of charge to all local Businesses.

These sessions offer the opportunity to ask experts in a broad range of industries for advice and guidance on a whole host of business related matters. Each expert is available for half an hour slots of a first come, first served basis. To book, simply call 01472 242667 or email info@businesshive.net.

Kinetic Marketing & Design – Alison Clynes

19th January, 10am-1pm
Alison shares the best way to effectively market

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The Department for Education wants to find innovative and practical new ways to engage and enable schools to become more financially efficient, healthy and sustainable. 

Good financial health in all schools is critical to good business management and to good outcomes for pupils. The Government has protected funding for schools, which will rise as pupil numbers increase. However, as with other public services, schools will need to take action to improve value for money due to the costs pressures on their

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

FSB Regional Chairman’s New Year message
What can your MP do for you?
Free information sessions for Sheffield businesses
Join us online at the FSB Policy Conference 2016
Join FSB at Yorkshire’s primary networking event
Tech Nation visa scheme advice surgery
Three proves to be magic number for Human Recruitment
Business event offers chance to inspire next generation of apprentices
The HR Exchange monthly network
Is EU regulation a barrier

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On January 21st 2016 the Lincolnshire Business Magazine is hosting the first Lincolnshire Business Expo at the Lincolnshire Showground, showcasing and connecting businesses across the region.

There are a wide range of networking events, workshops and seminars.

Guest Speakers from the Institute of Directors , University of Lincoln, UKTI, Lincolnshire Investment network and other local business experts.

Exhibitors include many local businesses from across the region.

For registration details and how to be an exhibitor click here.

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Innovate UK is to invest up to £1.5 million in technical feasibility studies to encourage new entrants to the energy sector and stimulate the adoption of disruptive technologies.

The aim of this competition is to find innovative solutions to long-standing challenges faced by the energy sector. Innovate UK believe that game- changing technologies can solve these problems, either by the development of completely new ideas or through technology transfer from other sectors. They are therefore seeking proposals that are led by

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To watch more HMRC videos visit the HMRC You Tube Channel

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Business help and education emails is a free service to provide you and your business with emails from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that are tailored to your needs. They are designed to help you understand what you need to do and how to get it right first time.

There is a simple registration process to sign up to receive these emails and to allow HMRC to provide information that is tailored to your business needs.

HMRC will only use this information

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On Friday January 8th it is Micro Business Matters Day organised by Enterprise Rockers ( founded by Tony Robinson OBE and Tina Boden), the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank via Kit Hargreaves of Apple Pear, Johnny and Ross of Engaging Education and Louise Upfold of Weasie Wears and Tom Arran our official photographer will be taking part in Enterprising Young People Hour thanks to our great supporters at KC.

As supporters of  #MicroBizMattersDay website our young entrepreneurs feature as in the

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Innovate UK is to invest up to £2 million in technical feasibility studies to stimulate innovative new concepts and applications in surface engineering and coatings, positioning the sector to identify potential areas for further innovation, and address the challenge areas for future growth.

The aim of this competition is to stimulate innovation in areas of the UK’s surface engineering and coating (SEAC) industry. These include:

the creation and evaluation of innovative and accessible real-time process control technology
process informatics
improved characterisation
techniques
the measurement of critical coating and surface

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Innovate UK is offering businesses up to £35,000 (excluding VAT) each to encourage innovation around ‘future retail’, across the themes of food waste reduction, virtual fitting, seamless shopping and enhancing in-store and market experiences.

The contest

Innovate UK are looking for proposals from companies with innovative digital ideas to enhance experiences, services and processes across the retail landscape – namely optimising virtual fitting, improving accessibility of digital services in-store and at markets, empowering customers to reduce food waste, and streamlining the process

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The latest South & East Yorkshire FSB Newsletter is now available. The array of issues addressed in this week’s edition includes:

What can your MP do for you?
Join FSB at Yorkshire’s primary networking event
Free information sessions for Sheffield businesses
An opportunity to link your business with education
RiDO’s Martyn Benson recognised with national award
John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank application deadline
Hull’s £4m Centre for Digital Innovation officially opens
Minister unveils UK’s first hybrid ‘tram train’ in South Yorkshire
Tour de Yorkshire 2016 route announced
Civil engineers work on

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In business competing is the name of the game, but a new UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) report highlights why effective cooperation rather than competition can improve companies’ productivity.

The report draws lessons from the UKCES UK Futures Programme, which, through a series of ‘productivity challenges’, helps employers to pilot innovative solutions to address specific workforce development problems.

It demonstrates, across sectors such as construction, manufacturing and legal services, that with good project management and communication, businesses who would otherwise be competing

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The South & East Yorkshire FSB’s latest newsletter is out now, the issues addressed in this week’s edition include:

Business event offers chance to inspire next generation of apprentices
Event to boost Hull tourism
Sheffield councillors competition …and the winner is…
International speedway star seeks business sponsorship
Rotherham’s High Street is the best in Britain…. official!
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation seeks new Chair
Made in Hull club kicks off at KC Stadium
Business Sheffield supporting start-ups and business growth in the city
Offshore wind trade mission to USA
Revealed: one

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Round 4 of the Smart Scheme is now open.The scheme tackles the funding gap often experienced by many small and early-stage companies with innovative ideas and high growth ambition and potential. 

It offers co-funding to UK-based pre-start-ups, start-ups, micro businesses and SMEs, to carry out science, engineering and technology R&D projects which could lead to successful new products, processes and services.

Smart helps companies assess potential markets, prove concepts and develop prototypes. By reducing financial risk, it aims to encourage SME investment,

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Mid-sized business specialists are the principal UK Export Finance contacts for businesses with turnovers in excess of £25 million.

UK Export Finance mid-sized business (MSB) advisers are available to assist all sizes of company above £25 million turnover. We cover all of the UK and work with companies to help them access the export finance or insurance they need, either from UK Export Finance or by helping them to access other support from other organisations. This might be from finance providers,

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The South & East Yorkshire FSB’s latest newsletter is out now, the issues addressed in this week’s edition include:

Sheffield councillors pitch in to promote Small Business Saturday
Rotherham offers start-up advice on Small Business Saturday
Energy Works secures funding for £200m green energy power plant in Hull
MP to officially switch on Pocklington’s new radio station
Independent review into Police’s handling of child sexual exploitation
Firms believe school leavers are not job ready
Family firms face barriers to trading overseas
HMRC customer service under fire
Cyber security research

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Small businesses can apply for feasibility study funding in advanced materials; biosciences; electronics, sensors and photoncs; or ICT.

Small and micro businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to help them to carry out feasibility studies into technology projects in 4 key areas that underpin the future development of high-value products and services in the UK.

Innovate UK is seeking studies for innovative projects in the fields of:

advanced materials
biosciences
electronics, sensors and photonics
information and communication technology

The funding competition aims

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Summary

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme helps businesses to innovate and grow. It does this by linking them with a university and a graduate to work on a specific project.

Each KTP is a three-way partnership between a business, an academic institution and a graduate. The academic institution employs the recently-qualified graduate who works at the company. The graduate, known as the ‘associate’, brings new skills and knowledge to the business.

A KTP can last between 6 months and 3 years depending

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Guidance for business and academic organisations on how to get advice and support to test and develop innovative products and services with Innovate UK.

If you have an idea for an innovative product or service, you can get help from Innovate UK to develop it and make it successful.You can get technical help and access specialist facilities. You can also get expert knowledge from universities and research organisations.Innovate UK provides opportunities to help you network, share ideas and find project partners.

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The latest FSB Newsletter is now available, issues addressed in this week’s edition include:

Do you dream of being your own boss?
Forthcoming events at Hull Central Library
Want to meet some of the city region’s brightest stars?
How to grow your Business with Social Media
Rotherham Hospice business breakfast wake up call
Sheffield councillors pitch in to promote Small Business Saturday
South Yorkshire Police urge businesses to join forces in a new crime-fighting superpower.
Beware seasonal van theft
Forty-two per cent in Yorkshire say they’d prefer to be self

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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Innovate UK is funding a special strand of Innovation Vouchers to help UK businesses get expert advice in protecting their business from cyber crime which could help them to achieve certification under the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme is open to Start ups, micro and SME’s.

You can get an Innovation Voucher worth up to £5,000 to pay for an external expert. This expert will give you advice on cyber security for your business

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Innovate UK have a number of exciting funding opportunities for the IT, Digital and Media sector.

Cross-platform production in digital media

This competition aims to support projects that address convergence in digital media technologies. It covers film, television, online video, animation and video games, and includes pre- production, production and post- production processes, particularly for visual effects technologies.

View here for more details.

Intelligent data insights

Innovate UK is offering 6 businesses up to £35,000 (excluding VAT) each to encourage innovation in artificial intelligence, data

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Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency

Working with people, companies and partner organisations to find and drive the science and technology innovations that will grow the UK economy. Providing a range of funding opportunities for your business.

Working to:

determine which science and technology developments will drive future economic growth
meet UK innovators with great ideas in the fields we’re focused on
fund the strongest opportunities
connect innovators with the right partners they need to succeed
help our innovators launch, build and grow successful businesses

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UK businesses are invited to partner with Chinese ones on projects that meet challenges in energy, healthcare, urbanisation and agri-food.

Innovate UK, Research Councils UK and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for the People’s Republic of China are to invest up to £16 million in collaborative research and development projects that propose commercial solutions to critical challenges affecting socio-economic growth and development of China.

UK and Chinese businesses are invited to join forces to apply for a share of the money for projects in

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A World of opportunities await you. There are over 1000 export opportunities available on the Exporting Is Great web site, could there be one for your business? Can you export floor coverings to Australia,supply water pumps to Switzerland or supply o-rings to Japan.

Visit exporting is great and see what opportunities await your business.

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Northern Lincolnshire LEADER Programme will be launching on 16th November 2015.

Leader Launch Event 

What is LEADER?

LEADER is part of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). LEADER uses local knowledge to promote a joined-up ‘bottom up’ community-led delivery of RDP grants. In England this is being delivered by Local Action Groups (LAGs) and it targets rural areas with specific needs and priorities.

How local action groups work

The LEADER Funding Programme is aimed farmers, foresters, businesses and community groups within rural North and

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This week’s edition which contains all the business news, resources, some great free events, business achievements, burning issues and things to watch out for in the future… everything you need to know about what’s happening in the enterprise world, all in one place.

This week’s edition includes:

Business in the Spotlight is back!
‘The Telephone Assassin’ in live webinar
Shaping the future of your business
SheffEX – Sheffield’s business event
How to grow your Business with Social Media
Rotherham Hospice business breakfast wake up call
UK City Of

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A new £4 million fund to help boost the UK’s growing video games industry has been launched by Government.

Aimed at helping smaller companies get concepts off the drawing board and into production, the fund will provide additional support to the sector which has already given the world global blockbusters like Tomb Raider, Little Big Planet, Runescape, Monument Valley and Batman: Arkham Knight.

Over the four years from 2015 to 2019, the Video Games Prototype Fund will offer grants of up to

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Northern Stars is a Tech North initiative designed to support ambitious digital entrepreneurs from across the North of England, by connecting digital founders and showcasing their talent on the national and international stage.

Northern Stars will raise the profile of inspiring digital startup businesses and broaden the startup community’s connections with investors and a wider support network.

Working in partnership with organisations at local, national and international levels, Northern Stars offers digital entrepreneurs a series of regular events, missions and networking opportunities.

On

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The Act contains a number of measures which together represent significant change for companies and Companies House customers.

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act received Royal Assent in March 2015. It’s expected to be implemented to the timescales as set out by the government.

The measures that affect companies aim to:

reduce red tape
increase the quality of information on the public register
enhance transparency

The Act intends to provide a boost to the economy, making it easier for businesses to find the valuable information they need.

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UK businesses are invited to partner with Indian ones on projects that meet challenges in clean-tech energy, affordable healthcare and ICT.

Innovate UK and the Government of India are to invest up to £3.4 million in collaborative research and development projects that propose commercial solutions to critical challenges affecting socio-economic growth and development of India.

UK and Indian businesses are invited to join forces to apply for a share of the money for projects in the fields of clean-tech energy, affordable healthcare

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Professor Brian Cox highlights one opportunity at CERN in Switzerland for cutting edge UK advanced engineering companies.Exporting is GREAT is the Government’s most ambitious export campaign ever. It aims to inspire and support 100,000 new UK exporters to sell their goods and services overseas by 2020. Our mission is to become the world’s greatest exporting nation, capturing the imagination of the UK public, boosting business confidence and national pride and empowering more UK companies to go out and succeed in

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The country’s brightest food pioneers are being brought together to help Britain become a Great Food Nation.

Britain’s food and drink pioneers will be brought together for the first time to help Britain become a Great Food Nation, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced today.

Top chefs Raymond Blanc OBE and Ken Hom OBE will join entrepreneurs like Leon’s Henry Dimbleby and a new generation of food leaders including culinary architects Sam Bompas and Harry Parr to help Elizabeth Truss launch the five-year

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Exporting needn’t be difficult. It doesn’t matter which country you’re looking at, or what industry sector you are in, or what stage your business is at, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) can help you.

On average, companies earn £100k in additional sales within 18 months of working with UKTI, and the advice given by the UKTI’s trade experts is FREE.

If you want your business to grow internationally, with UK government’s global support, tap into the ULTI’s expertise right now.

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Courses, seminars and workshops to help exporters understand their obligations under export control legislation. From the Department of Business Innovation & Skills.

This bulletin contains details of courses, seminars and workshops from the Export Control Organisation to increase your understanding of the UK’s strategic export controls.

Events are aimed at exporting and trading individuals or companies of all sizes, as well as government organisations and cater for a wide range of knowledge levels.

Includes all details, charges and an application form.

This issue covers new courses

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The Financial Secretary visited London-based footwear specialist Vivobarefoot to launch the plan and to see first-hand how the government’s R&D tax relief has helped the small business invest in developing world-class products.

In a major boost for pioneering small businesses, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, On Wednesday 28 October launched a new plan outlining how government will make it easier for small businesses investing in research and development to claim tax relief.

The two-year plan, which is a response to an

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