Bedford Business Newsletter October 2020

Winter Economy Plan

Recent announcements have been made to offer additional government support to provide certainty to businesses and workers, impacted by coronavirus across the UK. These include the new Job Support Scheme, the extension of the Self-Employment Income Support Schemes and Tax cuts and deferrals to give businesses more breathing space. Any businesses that have taken out the business loan schemes will also be given more flexibility to pay these back, over longer periods.

Further details can be found here at winter-economy-plan

Bedford – Wilstead Industrial Park

Leading developer Canmoor Estates are offering a brand new grade A warehouse / industrial units available for immediate occupation, on a modern, secure estate totalling 250,000 sq ft with 10 acres of development land. 

Part of the Wixams regeneration area located just off the A6, this excellent location approximately 1 mile south of the A421 and with the M1 J13 and A1 approximately 10 minutes away is a core industrial location with B&M and Aldi distribution centres nearby.

Unit 1 Warehouse 75,991 Offices 7,085 Total 83,076 sq ft

Interested?  Please contact the agent, Brown & Lee Chartered Surveyors direct.

richard.last@brownandlee.com

University of Bedfordshire’s Funded Business Support Programmes Time2Grow

Time2Grow is an EU funded programme designed to help businesses solve some of their most challenging problems by accessing a skilled graduate workforce.

Who is eligible?

- Any graduate from any University who has graduated within the last 5 years.

- The graduate will work in your business over a period of 10 weeks.

- The University will employ the graduate and fund 60% of their salary, costing you only  £5.29 per hour 

- You will receive CVs enabling you to shortlist, interview and appoint candidates.

For further information on eligibility and to register visit time2grow

ALPHAS

Interested in business growth? Book onto the free Business Growth webinars taking place on the 4th and 6th November.

ALPHAS project is run in partnership between the University of Bedfordshire, The Open University and the University of Northampton. Together they offer access to useful webinars with business experts over a four week period.

The workshops are normally valued at £1000, but you could get these webinars for FREE if you’re an eligible business! For further information on eligibility and to register, please visit alphas4business.org.uk

Further opportunities to access further support & skills from the University of Bedfordshire can be found here: #beds.ac.uk/ies

Green Business Network

Green Supply Chain & Procurement Webinar – 28^th October at 2pm

Are you sick of packaging? Do you end up with more waste from others than yourself ? Do you know where your supplies are coming from? Do you have the tools to manage this?

This webinar will look at how you can buy greener and how you can influence your supply chain to be greener.

Matt Roper, a green supply chain and procurement specialist, will be the speaker for this webinar. He will cover areas such as how to manage suppliers and how to persuade them to do things differently and much more.

Starting with a formal presentation and then a group discussion session, where you can share best practice and information with other Network members.

This seminar is free to GBN members. You can book on their website at

greenbusinessnetwork

Non-members are also welcome to attend at a cost of £10 +VAT administration fee and you should book at: eventbrite