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Council Guidance on Business Grants Eligibility

NEWS FROM WOLVERHAMPTON COUNCIL

Business Grants Eligibility

City of Wolverhampton Council will start sending letters and emails from Friday 27th March 2020 to the thousands of city businesses eligible to receive grants from the Government’s Small Business Grant Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund.

The communication will provide guidance about how to go online to provide information so that the following grants can be paid:

Small business grant funding of £10,000 for all business in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief, and have a rateable value of £15,000 or less
Grant funding of £10,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value of £15,000 or below
Grant funding of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value between £15,001 and £51,999

The grant funding is expected to be with the council on April 1, 2020, at which point claims can start being paid.

Councillor Harman Banger, Cabinet Member for City Economy, said: “Our small and medium businesses are critical to our local economy and we appreciate what a hugely challenging time this is for them.

“Our small and medium businesses are critical to our local economy and we appreciate what a hugely challenging time this is for them.

We are doing everything in our power to make the process of accessing these vital grants as smooth as possible and I would urge businesses to pay close to attention to the detail in the letter/email.

We have staff on hand to support with any help and advice businesses may need in completing their online applications.”

Councillor Harman Banger

Cabinet Member for City Economy

A 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality, leisure and nursery businesses in England has also been announced by the Government.

Businesses who have been identified as potential recipients of the additional business rate relief measures will be excluded from the direct debit payment request for April 1, 2020.

The council’s Business Rates Team is also taking the following steps in relation to the recovery of business rates:

Suspending court action for recovery of business rates after March 19
Issuing reminder notices to encourage contact from businesses, so that we can understand their individual situation
Suspending the issue of new cases for enforcement agent action
Negotiating repayments where possible and/or agree to a hold in recovery action for a period where businesses are struggling

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Call us on 01902 572397 or email info@access2business.co.uk to speak to one of our advisors for advice and guidance and to find out more on our services during this difficult time.

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Shape Your Future with Access to Business

A Public Announcement From Access to Business

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation develops, here at Access to Business we aim to continue to deliver many of our award winning employment, self-employment and training support services.

Our vital services are available via telephone, email, webinars and on-line training. Many of our programmes/courses will continue to offer support and we are accepting new referrals.

Please call Access to Business on 01902 572397 or email info@access2business.co.uk to access:

Employability Support
Support with Starting/Running Your Business
Online LIVE IT Training Webinars
Proper Interview Etiquette & Preparation

Jobsearching
Employability Support
Designing posters, business cards, birthday cards & more
Using spreadsheet (MS Excel)
Understanding how to use social media
Office Programmes
Web Analytics
Digital Skills for Career Growth
Programmes to support business growth
Online Safety
Accessing Public Services
Financial Budgeting Skills
Benefit Advice
Designing an App
And Much More!

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For Further Information

Call us on 01902 572397 or email info@access2business.co.uk to speak to one of our advisors for advice and guidance and to find out more about our online learning opportunities during this difficult time.

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FISCAL Project Completion

Employment Support

FISCAL Project Completion

Providing the opportunity to improve your IT, financial and interview skills over 3 weeks through a range of practical workshops to support you in your job search.

The Project Overview

The FISCAL Project

After an intense but rewarding 6 months, our FISCAL project has now come to an end.

Launched in August 2019 by Wolverhampton Learning Platform CIC and funded by The Black Country ESF Community Grant, its aim was to support 30 economically inactive beneficiaries with a variety of barriers to improve their skills, address and overcome their barriers, to secure employment or process into further education.

The project was carried out by the 5 partner organisations of the WLP, it focused on financial education, money management, better off in work calculations, confidence building, goal setting and targeted job search.

The Project Details

All-around Success!

The beneficiaries involved have shown marked improvements in their personal confidence and skill levels, this has led onto employment for some (Royal Mail, Community Care Roles, Office Admin,), volunteering for others (at Access2Business, Bridging The Gap, Kitchen Volunteer) and further education/training for many.

Success can be measured in many ways, qualifications, employment, are of course important, however the softer outcomes such as confidence building, teamwork, goal setting can make a difference in people’s lives. Building their self-esteem and self-belief, can go a long way to help find the employment they are looking for.

The Fiscal project helped in these areas as it was able to devote more time to support clients as a group or on 1-2-1 basis, in addition, the group developed a strong supportive bond and helped each other where needed.

During this program, 30 beneficiaries have been supported, with 7/8 of these going into paid employment, another 17 have progressed into further education or training to continue their journey towards employment.

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ITV Central News Special

Access to Business was featured on ITV Central News to promote our new eBay training courses!

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It was great to welcome ITV News Correspondent Andy Bevan to Access to Business when he came along to film one of our eBay training sessions.

It's really exciting times for us to be part of the online business revolution with Black Country Small Businesses leading the way and Access to Business being the UK's first official Retail Revival eBay training centre!

Thank you to Andy (@andybevanitv) for including us in your ITV news report on Thursday 16th January 2020!

Call us to find out about our wide range of training services, employability support and guidance to set up your own business.

It was really lovely to have our Client, Bal Samra join us for our ITV News filmed eBay training session. Bal came along with some of her wonderful products that she will be selling on eBay as soon as she had completed her eBay training course with us. Great products Bal and we wish you every success with your fabulous business, Flamingo Events (Instagram: flamingo_events01).

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For more information on our eBay courses call 01902 572 397 to see what you can do to better your business.

Do you want to be featured as a success story on our website? If you’re already an existing client with Access to Business ask your adviser for more details.

If you’d like to become a client with us and benefit from our wide range of services, book your place on one of our Information Sessions and find out which project is better suited for you!

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Building Financial Capabilities with FISCAL Project

Employment Support

Building Financial Capabilities with FISCAL Project

Providing the opportunity to improve your IT, financial and interview skills over 3 weeks through a range of practical workshops to support you in your job search.

The Project Overview

The FISCAL Project

Wolverhampton Learning Platform CIC partners, Access to Business, Bilston Resource Centre, Job Change, TLC College and YMCA Wolverhampton are delivering a new and exciting FISCAL project (August 2019- January 2020), funded by the Black Country ESF Community Grant.

The aim of the project is to support 30 economically inactive beneficiaries with “multiple barriers” across the city of Wolverhampton to address the obstacles to secure employment.

In particular focusing on improving skills and addressing financial debt issues for the hardest to reach members of disadvantaged groups and neighbourhoods.

The Project Details

The FISCAL Project

FISCAL works to empower beneficiaries to improve their financial education, money management, budgeting skills and financial confidence through workshops and one-to-one support. Sessions include how to be ‘better off in work or self-employment’. The project assist beneficiaries to gain skills and look for work.

The project runs 5 separate programmes with each of the 5 partners delivering one programme each in their identified location.

Beneficiaries learn financial management skills including and how to be less reliant on benefits. They discover ways to shop on a budget, food preparation on a budget and ways in which they can reduce spending. Each beneficiary is introduced to the Money Advice Service website to make them aware of the MAS budget calculators and to understand the benefits of earning income through employment.

During the previous Black Country Community Grant project “Back-on-Track” project Wolverhampton Learning Platform was able to support 52 unemployed clients providing a wide variety of employment related opportunities for people from a range of backgrounds and abilities.

The Project Details

For Further Information

To find more about the FISCAL project and how to join the programme contact Jim Brennan on 01902 572398 or by email info@wolverhamptonlearningplatform.org.uk.

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WEST Project

Women's Enterprise Skills Training

The WEST Project

Access to Business is launching a new programme to support disadvantaged women in their efforts to start their own enterprises.

The Project Overview

The WEST Project

Access to Business have teamed up with NatWest Bank to support more women to start a business.

Women’s Enterprise Skills Training (WEST) Midland Project will see 200 women from across Wolverhampton and Dudley take part in a one-day workshop to get them thinking about business and build their confidence.

The project will also support women with coaching, mentoring and collaboration to help them succeed, and will be followed by monthly networking events to help them develop their business ideas further.

Business Budgeting

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The Project Details

West Enterprise Skills Training

The programme will cover subjects such as business budgeting, marketing and social media use, ensuring your business is legal, access to networking and business support organisations, and financing your business.

Access to Business is partnering with NatWest for a session about crowdfunding and how this type of funding can benefit new businesses. Earlier this year NatWest launched its Back Her Business Crowdfunder which aims to assist female-led businesses in their crowdfunding efforts as part of the bank’s wider ambition to reduce the gender gap associated with women starting their own businesses.

It is hoped that by the end of the one-year programme, 20 new businesses will be created.

The first in a series of our WEST (Women’s Enterprise Skills Training) workshops highlighted the opportunities on how to raise money for a new business through crowdfunding via Back Her Business: 👉 natwestbackherbusiness.co.uk

“The WEST programme is for women from all backgrounds. They may be struggling to find a job or are simply needing a bit of support to get their business going. They may be single parents or women with a lack of confidence for various reasons. We want to give them that confidence to take that next step and join the business world.”

Josie Kelly

CEO, Access to Business

“Access to Business is a fantastic charity that is doing some incredibly work across the Wolverhampton and the Black Country. The WEST programme is an exciting project that has been specifically designed to help women gain confidence and build new businesses which will no doubt benefit the communities they operate in. We are delighted to work with them as part of our Back Her Business Crowdfunder and look forward to seeing how these businesses develop.”

Harinder Kunor

Business Growth Enabler, NatWest

The Project Details

For Further Information

For more information on the WEST project contact Carol Slater or Carol Taylor at Access to Business on 01902 572397, or alternatively email at carole@access2business.co.uk or carol.slater@access2business.co.uk.

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