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The Kickstart scheme is helping young people at risk of long term unemployment get into the job market by providing government funding for employers to create six-month job placements.
The Kickstart scheme provides funding to create new job placements for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment. Employers of all sizes can apply for funding which covers:
If you are an employer looking to create 30 or more jobs placements for young people, apply for funding as part of the Kickstart Scheme.
If you are an employer looking to create 29 or less jobs placements for young people, apply for funding as part of the Kickstart Scheme.
Help employers apply for a Kickstart Scheme grant: New guidance for organisations who want to be a Kickstart gateway and help employers apply for the Kickstart Scheme is available.
You do not usually have to pay business rates for home-based businesses if you:
- Use a small part of your home for your business, for example if you use a bedroom as an office
- Sell goods by post
You may need to pay business rates as well as Council Tax if:
- Your property is part business and part domestic, for example if you live above your shop
- You sell goods or services to people who visit your property
- You employ other people to work at your property
- You’ve made changes to your home for your business, for example converted a garage to a hairdresser’s
Contact the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to find out if you should be paying business rates.For more information please see here.
Has Covid-19 changed the way your business operates? If some new equipment or machinery can help you to adapt, then you could eligible for a grant of up to £25,000 from Grants4Growth. The programme provides funding to help Lincolnshire SMEs make business-boosting purchases that can improve their efficiency, increase turnover and add new members to the team. As an added bonus, they promise you a yes or no answer in just two weeks.
Visit the Grants4Growth website to see if you’re eligible.
#GoDigital is back, and this year, it’s virtual. Business Lincolnshire’s annual conference dedicated to all things digital, 2020’s event will demonstrate how technology can help your business to recover after COVID-19.
Listen to digital professionals share their wisdom in keynote speeches and on expert panels, pick up new skills in specialist-led workshops, or discover the support available to businesses like yours at their SME funding expo, all fully-funded at no cost to you.
JCP Mentoring Circle initiative is intended to support young people who are aged 16-24 giving them an opportunity to build on their employability skills through facilitating an interaction with employers.
The main aim of Mentoring Circles is to increase the confidence, motivation and job search skills of the jobseekers to help them move closer to employment by raising their aspirations and fostering a can do approach.
During the Mentoring Circles employers will share their experiences with mentees who will receive advice on their CVs, job applications, a chance to practice interviews and employability skills. This can be delivered virtually. Employers benefit from building an understanding of the challenges and barriers jobseekers face to move into employment.
Fujitsu Head of UK and I – “Mentoring Circles is an excellent initiative. Feedback from the mentees and mentors was very positive, if we help even one person get into work it will have been worth it”. If you would like to know more then please contact Jackie Martin at Sleaford Jobcentre – Jackie.martin1@dwp.gov.uk
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