Guidance for small businesses in the food sector
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
Trade show exhibitor grants to help Hull enterprises grow their business through export
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
HEY LEP proud to sponsor Business Day 2023
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
Spencer Group using innovative Hapstar app to support employee wellbeing
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
Time for businesses to have a say on Hull
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
HEY Growth Hub makes final call for Social Enterprises to scale via the Social Enterprise Accelerator
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
Introducing Start Up Loans’ new Business Support Partners
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
Advert for Survey Circulation
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
US State Senators enjoy civic dinner with Lord Mayor following clean energy visit
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
Humber and Wolds Rural Action Digital Chocolate 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