From Friday 18 September new restrictions have been introduced in parts of the north-east of England – in Durham; Gateshead; Newcastle; Northumberland; North Tyneside; South Tyneside; and Sunderland – to curb rising infection rates. From Tuesday 22 September, new restrictions will be enforced in the North west – in Merseyside; Warrington; Halton; and Lancashire (excluding […] Read more
Hospitality venues in England are now legally required to enforce the rule of 6 or face a fine of up to £4,000. Designated businesses and organisations, including hospitality, close contact services and leisure venues, will also be legally required to log details of customers, visitors and staff for NHS Test and Trace. From Thursday 24 […] Read more
Guidance on the closure of certain businesses and venues in England as part of further social distancing measures has been updated to reflect changes in rules about social contact, and requirements for certain businesses and venues to collect data for test and trace. Guidance on maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support NHS […] Read more
Business Grants to support 33% of costs for Business improvement Initiatives Small to Medium-sized (SME) manufacturers across England have been given a £6.5m funding boost to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and address key barriers to growth. The Manufacturing Growth Programme, which is funded by ERDF and delivered by Oxford Innovation Services, has […] Read more
A fund of up to £40 million that will create jobs in nature recovery and conservation opens today. Grants from £50k to £5 million are now available to help the nation build back greener from the coronavirus pandemic The £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund brings forward funding for environmental charities and their partners to […] Read more
NEW Guidance Venues required by law to record contact details Premises and venues across England must have a system in place to record contact details of their customers, visitors and staff in the latest move to break the chains of transmission of coronavirus. Further details can be found here Coronavirus (COVID-19): testing guidance for employers […] Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made a statement on new measures to suppress the virus and keep the number of infections down. What has changed for businesses in England: From Monday 14 September, you must not meet with people from other households socially in groups of more than 6. This will apply indoors and outdoors. […] Read more
From non-repayable grant funding, business advice, access to skills training, recruitment services, apprentices, interns and graduates, exporting, innovation and so much more, the range of support available to businesses is vast. No matter what stages your business is at, pre-start to high growth, The BEST Growth Hub is passionate about making a difference to businesses, their teams […] Read more
The government has introduced a new Kickstart Scheme in Great Britain, a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality 6-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 […] Read more
ExSE 2021 – a hybrid real-world and virtual conference Whether your business is starting, growing, scaling or simply surviving, The BEST Growth Hub can help. We enable businesses of every size and sector to access what they need to be resilient and to manage sustainable growth. As the world changes, so do the needs of […] Read more
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