Hull City Council to distribute £3,000 grants to businesses in hospitality sector
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
Free invoice processing software from BEIS
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
New EU Trade deal Support
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
Procurement Opportunity – Digital Capacity Self Assessment Tool
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
National Lockdown in England – Information for Humber Businesses
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
Manufacturing Barometer survey Request
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
UK Transition Business Webinars
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
Responsible Finance provider boosts CBILS funding and launches new loan products
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
Procurement Opportunity: Start-up Support Service – Workshops, Masterclasses and Peer-to-Peer Development Programme
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
Job Retention: Updated guidance
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.
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