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| Employers! Promote your vacancies at the Amber Valley Seasonal Recruitment Event |
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Tuesday 19th September 2023
9:30am – 12:00pm
Ripley Leisure Centre, Derby Road, Ripley DE5 3HR
Amber Valley Borough Council are working in partnership with the Job Centre and Department for Work and Pensions to host a recruitment event on 19th September at Ripley Leisure Centre.
This is an opportunity to promote your business and vacancies to a wide audience of people looking for employment or a possible career change.
If you would like to attend the jobs fair, please email regeneration@ambervalley.gov.uk
If you have vacancies that you would like to promote but unable to attend on the day, call 01773 841496
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| Reskill and Recover Fully-Funded Courses |
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Reskill and Recover is an initiative designed to help participants, from small and medium-sized businesses in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire areas, improve business skills, efficiency and growth.
The courses are split into three different areas:
• Reskill & Recover; business skills such as project management, digital marketing, responsible finance, customer relationships and more.
• Smart and Inclusive Leadership (SAIL); leadership skills, particularly aimed at those new to leadership roles or those looking to become leaders in future.
• Branch Out in STEM; support with data management, business and leadership workshops to develop your skillset.
Most courses are held across 1 or 2 days and participants have the option to either enrol on stand-alone units or attend courses across the three different areas as they prefer. There are also some shorter, bitesize workshops available, of around 2-3 hours, looking at specific subjects and elements of the longer courses.
Online courses are delivered live through Microsoft Teams, with the option to complete additional self-paced study.
To see the latest course dates available and for more details or to book a space contact reskillrecover@derby.ac.uk, call 0800 001 5500 or visit the website.
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| Shop Front Improvement Grant |
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Amber Valley Borough Council is excited to announce the launch of the Shop Front Improvement grant. Funding has been secured from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to support businesses occupying a property with a shop front to make improvements.
Grant funding of £2,000 to £4,000 can be applied for, this must be matched 40% by the applicant, for example if the total project cost is £5,000 you can apply for £3,000 (subject to eligibility).
The scheme is only applicable to SME’s and targeted mainly in the market towns of Amber Valley; Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley. Premises outside of the market towns are welcome to apply but such applications will be assessed on their merits and impact.
For examples of eligible work and guidance on how to apply please visit our website here.
Not quite ready to apply yet? The funding will reopen April 2024. If you would like to receive an email when the fund opens please email regeneration@ambervalley.gov.uk.
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| Amber Valley Business Networking |
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Next Meeting
Wednesday 11th October 2023
7:30am - 09:30am
Horsley Lodge, Smalley Mill Road, Horsley, DE21 5BL
The networking group is for businesses based in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire. Breakfast or lunch is served depending on the time of the meeting, followed by a one-minute round where all attendees will have the opportunity to tell the room all about their business in no more than 60 seconds.
Meetings will have a speaker who may be someone outside of the group talking about a topic relevant to business or a talk from one of the regular attendees. The remainder of the meeting time is taken up with more opening networking.
For more information and further dates please visit the website here.
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| Help to Grow Management Course |
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The course is open to managers and business leaders to help boost business performance, resilience and long-term growth. By the end of the course, participants will develop a business growth plan to lead their organisation to achieve its full potential.
The 12-week course has been designed to allow participants to complete it alongside full-time work. This practical course is 90% government funded and combines online and in person learning, peer group support, one-to-one mentoring and access to an exclusive Alumni group.
Eligible businesses: UK SMEs with 5 to 250 employees that have been trading for more than 1 year.
Here you can find a link to the University of Derby’s Help to Grow Management web page, which includes more information on the course Help to Grow: Management - University of Derby.
The next Cohort starts January 2024 and here’s the link to register: Derby EM Cohort 19 - Small Business Charter.
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| Youth Employment Support - YES Derbyshire |
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YES Derbyshire (Youth Employment Support), which is a joint initiative between Derbyshire County Council and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has officially launched. This is a one-stop-shop to provide a gateway for young people in Derbyshire to access a range of support services to help move into employment or training.
For more information please click here.
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| Creating a Sustainable Future Event |
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Do you want to make a positive impact on your business performance and boost resilience for your organisation? An online event ‘Creating a Sustainable Future’ is taking place on Wednesday 18th October 2023, 9:30-11:30am.
In this workshop, you will explore the intersection of carbon literacy and data science, and how data science can be used to better understand, analyse, and mitigate the impact of climate change.
For further details, please visit Create a more sustainable future for your organisation - Business events - University of Derby
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| Mental Health at Work: Reasonable Adjustments |
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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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