Support Grants for Business - two available
1. Business Support Grant
Who's it for??If you?pay rates to Nottingham City Council?and?currently receive Small Business Rate Relief or if your rateable value is below ?51,000 and your business is part of the retail/leisure/hospitality industry, you may be eligible for a grant of ?10,000 - ?25,000.
To find out if you are eligible:?
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To help us check eligibility, please fill in this?online form
NB if you are ineligible for this grant, you may be eligible for the Nottingham Small Business Fund (see below).
2. Nottingham Small Business Fund
Who's it for? Businesses outside of the scope of the Small Business Rates Relief scheme to support them with ongoing fixed costs, e.g. fixed property costs. Those who have previously received the Small Business Grants Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants will not be eligible for this grant.
NB those who have previously received the Small Business Grants Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants will not be eligible for this grant.
Don't miss out, apply here by 15 June
Grants of up to ?2,500, ?5,000 and a maximum award of ?10,000 will be available for businesses who were trading prior to 11 March and who have been ineligible for other grant funding.?This includes:
- Those in shared or flexible workspaces;
- Market and street traders;
- Charities, social enterprises, and cooperatives; and
- Other businesses with a rateable value between ?15,000 and up to ?51,000 who have been forced to close or reduce trade.
Due to the limited funding available and expected over-subscription to the scheme, grant applications will need to be submitted to the City Council for assessment, with payments expected to start in June. APPLY NOW?(click continue without an account if you don't have one).
Building Business Resilience Programme
 Join us for our latest weekly Corona Virus Support Webinars with Leigh Sear and Meryl Levington from the Building Business Resilience Programme, working across the East Midlands.
This is a virtual lunchbreak and the chance to learn about protecting and supporting your business during the COVD-19 Crisis and the various government schemes and initiatives that are available to small businesses and their employees.
Both?webinars will run through Zoom so you will need to download the app on a phone or tablet or watch through a PC with a camera speaker/or headphones a mic.
Support for Employers making Redundancies
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When it comes to staffing, whatever your business is going through right now, Nottingham Jobs are here to support you.?
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Redundancy support ? if you have already made employees redundant or are about to, we can support both you as an employer and your employees to manage the transition through online group sessions and one-2-one support using Microsoft teams.
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Training?? Nottingham Jobs partners can deliver pre-employment training, licences or other technical requirements necessary for staff to perform the duties required in the new roles of your changing workforce. We can help address this through online learning platforms such as BKSB for Functional Skills and European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL).
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Online recruitment support?? linking our candidate pool with your workforce needs. We can source, assess and screen candidates according to your specification and assist you to engage with them, virtually. This includes promotion and advertisement of vacancies, application sessions, and candidate briefings on role requirements.
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Candidate pool?? working closely with DWP and other partners to support new claimants via employment programmes such as Way2Work. These activities will deliver a?substantial pool of good quality candidates drawn from sectors that are contracting as result of the situation with COVID-19 and the Government?s advice and restrictions.
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Apprenticeship delivery?? our apprenticeship offer to businesses is continuing. If you are ready to take on a new apprentice, or to support existing staff to begin a training programme, we can help you to understand apprenticeships, access funding including NCC levy transfers, keep your team engaged and get the right skills in your business. If you are adopting the Job Retention scheme your team can start or continue an apprenticeship training programme while they are furloughed.
Contact Nottingham Jobs on 0115 876 4508 (lines are open 9-5 Monday to Friday)
Email the team:?[email protected]
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