HEY Export! Case Study: Agencia
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,
Government Help to Grow your business
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
DIT Virtual – Northern Powerhouse Offshore Energy Mission to Europe June-July
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.
Help for tech start-ups
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.
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Procurement Opportunity – HEY Start-Ups – Workshop & Masterclass Programme 2021/2022
Procurement Opportunity – HEY Start-Ups – Workshop & Masterclass Programme 2021/2022 » HEY LEP – Hull and East Yorkshire
April 2021 Employment Law Changes
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
Procurement Opportunity – HEY Peer Networks Programme 2021/22
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
HEY GrowthHub the New Growth Hub
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
Budget 2021 Business Support Measures – At A Glance
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
Final call for applications for SME Restart & Recovery grants
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