Businesses to be given UK product marking flexibility
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
Energy Bill Relief Scheme: help for businesses and other non-domestic customers
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
HEY Growth Hub to showcase four local digital SMEs at Tech Week Humber Expo 2022
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
How Can the British Business Bank and Hull & East Yorkshire Growth Hub Support My Business?
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
£6.4 million boost for employers to support disabled people
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
Grant funding helps fuel local hydrogen producer
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
EMMA HARDY MP INVITES BUSINESSES TO AIR THEIR VIEWS WITH BIG CONVERSATION
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
New fund helps local bio-tech solutions company to grow
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
Up to £200,000 available to test security of smart devices used by nearly all UK businesses
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
HEY LEP strengthens its relationship with the Department for International Trade
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