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Nottingham City Council is backing businesses in the city, calling urgently for more financial support from the Government after it put the city and county into the High Alert, Tier 2 category for coronavirus restrictions.

In his letter this week to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, Council Leader, David Mellen made it very clear that this will have a significant impact on local businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors which face a further drop off in trade at a crucial time when many are already fighting for survival.

Many businesses in the city, and those who provide employment for Nottingham residents, have faced challenge upon challenge and are now at breaking point. We are urging the Government to bring forward a bespoke business support package to protect jobs in Tier 2 areas like Nottingham.

We need the Government to support this city, to back you and your business, and would like to call on you, as a valued and hardworking member of this great citys business community, to add your voice and support in sending this message to Government.

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Share your pledge, join us in calling for more support for Nottingham. Together our voices are louder. Tweet *@MyNottingham* [ [link removed] ] *#BackingBusiness* today.

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*Enterprise Nation*

Enterprise Nation launches a national programme with UK Government and the Professional and Business Services sector to offer six months of free support and advice to thousands of small businesses recovering from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

This programme has been created due to the overwhelming demand on the Government's business support helpline, which has been attracting tens of thousands of calls per day in recent months. Businesses will be directed to the Enterprise Nation platform to access free calls with expert advisers for Tier 2 levels of support.

Upon arriving on Enterprise Nation, business owners will first be invited to take a Make A Plan diagnostic tool, which will then identify the areas and specific levels of support needed. Businesses will then receive an actionable plan, with recommendations on advisers to connect with to access free advice calls, alongside recommended content, events and offers on products/services.

*Find more information on the programme and sign up here* [ [link removed] ].

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NBV

NBV offer a bespoke package of support, tailored to your business to solve issues and provide high quality advice across all areas of business operations.

The programme will be tailored to the specific needs of your business and offer practical assistance. The delivery team will work with you to develop a bespoke package of support aimed at solving your immediate issues and moving your business forward.

To access this please email*[email protected]* or call *0844 887 2568*

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*Nottingham Jobs*

When it comes to staffing, whatever your business is going through right now, *Nottingham Jobs* [ [link removed] ] are here to support you:


* *Kickstart* The new Kickstart Scheme is a 2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality six-month work placements aimed at those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment.Funding available for each job will cover 100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week, plus the associated employer National Insurance contributions and employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions. *MORE info* [ [link removed] ].
* *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-to-one support using Microsoft Teams.
* *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).
* *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.
* *Candidate pool* working closely with DWP and other partners to support new claimants via employment programmes such as*Way2Work* [ [link removed] ]. These activities will deliver asubstantial pool of good quality candidates drawn from sectors that are contracting as result of the situation with COVID-19 and the Governments advice and restrictions.

Contact Nottingham Jobs on*0115 876 4508*(lines are open 9-5 Monday to Friday)

Email the team:*[email protected]*

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Creative Quarter

The Creative Quarter will deliver a series of workshops and mentoring opportunities to Nottingham's retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in the run up to Christmas, thanks to the Reopening High Streets Safely Fund, provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and The Government.

The programme launches on Tuesday 27 October at 9.30am with an online *Meet The Mentors Launch Event [ [link removed] ]*. If you work for one of Nottingham's many high street shops, bars, restaurants or leisure outlets, book your free space for our online event and find out how we can help.

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