| Sharing funding news, opportunities, business information and training events to develop your business, network and growth. |
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| Join the Amber Valley Business Networking Group! |
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Amber Valley Business Networking Group helps local businesses stay connected. Come along and find out for yourself!
When: Wednesday 14th September 2022
Where: The Marquis of Ormonde, Codnor-Denby Lane, Cross Hill, Ripley DE5 9SP
Time: Lunchtime networking 12:00 – 14:00
Speaker: Mark Tennant, Harvey Spencer Financial Planning
Food and refreshments will be provided. Book now
For more information on the Amber Valley Business Networking Group and further dates please click here.
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| Get involved in Derbyshire Day! |
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It's Derbyshire Day on Thursday 22 September and here's how YOU can get involved! This year local businesses and residents are encouraged to shine a light on all things Derbyshire.
Ways you can get involved
- Light up your business in green or create a Derbyshire Day menu or special offer.
- Fly the Derbyshire flag or place one in your window
- Share your images and videos online! Whether you're lighting your business in green or displaying the Derbyshire flag with pride, share your images and videos using #DerbyshireDay22 and help to celebrate everything that makes the area great.
If you are planning to mark the occasion by offering a Derbyshire Day menu, special offer, event or activity, please inform Stephanie Walsh at Stephanie.Walsh@derbyshire.gov.uk by 1 September 2022. You could get a shout out on the radio or even an interview!
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| Recovery Loan Scheme extended for 2 years |
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The Recovery Loan Scheme supports access to finance for businesses as they grow and recover from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The maximum amount of finance available will be £2 million per business and the scheme will only be open to small and medium sized enterprises. The guarantee coverage that the government will provide to lenders will be reduced to 70%.
Full details of the scheme are available on GOV.UK.
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| More SMEs and microbusinesses now eligible for Help to Grow: Digital |
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Help to Grow: Digital is a government backed, UK-wide scheme that supports eligible SMEs to choose, buy and integrate software into their business.
Businesses with 1 to 249 employees can now receive discounts worth up to £5,000 on approved software under an expansion of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme. The scheme was previously only open to those businesses with more than 5 employees.
Click to see if your business is eligible here.
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| New guidance on employment status for workers and businesses |
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New guidance published by the government aims to provide businesses and workers with greater clarity over employment status and the rights and employment protections people are entitled to at work, including pay, leave and working conditions.
The guidance will help smaller businesses that have less capacity and legal expertise to understand the law and reduce the risk of companies being fined for unknowingly breaking the rules. Workers can also see what rights they are entitled to at work and will be able to have informed discussions with their employer and take steps to claim or enforce rights where necessary.
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| Accessibility Champions Scheme |
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The Marketing Peak District & Derbyshire Accessibility Champions scheme has been designed to help tourism and hospitality businesses deliver ‘a warm and inclusive welcome for visitors with additional access needs’.
Through a series of webinars, the scheme covers topics including hearing loss, sight loss, mobility impairment, autism and dementia, highlighting the barriers faced by visitors with access needs and providing businesses with practical tips on how they can overcome them.
Businesses who successfully complete the scheme, which is delivered by Derbyshire-based industry experts Access For All UK, receive official ‘Accessibility Champion’ status, identifying them as one of the most accessible and inclusive tourism businesses in the country.
Local tourism and hospitality businesses can sign up to the next cohorts of the scheme, which will take place on:
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| D2 Business Starter Programme Summer Boot Camp |
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D2 Business Starter Programme is a dynamic project helping people in communities throughout Derbyshire to start their own business through a programme of themed workshops and one-to-one support.
The next intensive one week start up Summer Bootcamp will run daily from Monday 19th September to Friday 24th September. Sessions will run every day from 4pm to 6pm.
In just five days D2 will share all the knowledge and skills to take your business idea to the next stage. Register your interest to be part of this programme here.
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Contact Us
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For business enquiries, please contact: Regeneration@ambervalley.gov.uk
You are receiving this information as you have previously registered with Amber Valley Borough Council to receive business information and/or Covid Business Support advice. Should you wish to unsubscribe, please email regeneration@ambervalley.gov.uk stating UNSUBSCRIBE within the subject field. Please circulate throughout the Amber Valley business community.
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