The BBC have launched a ‘Budget key points: At-a-glance’ page which gives a very comprehensive summary of the Budget changes. It outlines the key points of Chancellor George Osborne’s first Budget, delivered on 22 June 2010.
When a young person is just starting in business, guidance and encouragement from a mentor is key.
The Business Programme offers unemployed 18 to 30-year-olds support to establish if their business ideas are viable. If they are, the Business Programme offers mentoring support; and financial assistance to start their business for those who need it.
Business Mentors provide mentoring support to young people with a viable business idea. This role is about guidance and helping the young people to develop their businesses whilst also building their confidence and skills. It involves helping young people to find and translate information, understand problems, identify solutions and implement action plans.
Commit to support The Prince’s Trust for 24 months or longer
24-month relationship with each young person
On average 2-4 hours per month per young person
You will receive full training and ongoing support by The Trust for this role.
For more information please contact Nigel Cram on 01639 631387
With disaster affecting one in five organisations, Neath Port Talbot businesses are being urged to prepare. ‘Business Continuity Awareness Week’ runs from 22nd to 26th March 2010 and, as part of this, the Joint Resilience Unit which supports Neath Port Talbot Council and the City and County of Swansea is launching a new business continuity self assessment tool. Go to the NPTCBC website for more information.
Source: Neath Port Talbot CBC Website.
The Welsh Assembly Government are hosting a series of events across Wales to encourage people from under represented groups in the community to take up grants from the Assembly to run their own business. The dates and locations for the events, which take place between 10.30am and 3.30pm and include lunch and refreshments, are: Wednesday 24 March at Cardiff City Stadium, Thursday 25 March at Trinity College, Carmarthen and Monday 29 March at Liberty Stadium. For more details, or to register go to the website.
The Centre requires the services of organisations to provide specialist Organisational Development Support Services to both emerging and established social enterprises.
A key aspect of the client Service will be to support the organisational development of social enterprises to enable them to move from voluntary activity to business activity, providing the much needed specialist knowledge and skills in this field that would not be available through mainstream business support. For more information go to the Sell 2 Wales website.
The deadline date is 22nd February 2010.
Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards – Notice of Imminent Deadline
The Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards aim to support early trading and start-up businesses (within their first 12 months of trading) with the most innovative and unusual ideas for their business. There must be an innovative element either as part of the business (such as a new product) or as part of the business process (such as an unusual marketing campaign or activity).
Up to £1,000 is available for eligible applicants who must be aged between 16-30 (inclusive) on 31 December 2010, live in the United Kingdom, have or about to have a legal business operating in the UK and have not previously won a Shell LiveWIRE award.
Applications must be submitted by 28 February 2010.
The Sandfields Young Business Centre flyer for Supporting Young People in Business is now available from the download page of the website.
The Social Enterprise Ambassadors want to inspire and help the next wave of social entrepreneurs, so they’re offering YOU the chance to win a free one-on-one mentoring session with the Ambassador of your choice. If you’re one of the 28 lucky winners, you’ll spend two hours with them, finding out about the lessons they’ve learnt as successful social entrepreneurs, and how these could support you and your business. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from the best and receive expert advice and guidance, tailored to you and your goals. Entry is simple: pick the Ambassador you feel could support you the most and write why you would benefit from a two hour session with them. Get your entry in by 31st March 2010 and you could find yourself face-to-face with one of the country’s leading social entrepreneurs. For more information go to the Social Enterprise Ambassadors website.
A Business Writing Course is being held on the 11th February 2010 in The Quays. If you would like to apply for this course please contact Elouisa Phillips on 01792 510 718 or email e.baker@npt.gov.uk
On 1 February 2010 the Welsh Assembly Government’s Flexible Support for Business (FS4B) website will become the FS4B Supersite. This will provide Wales’s businesses with an unprecedented level of tailored online information and support. The Site will provide a raft of guides, tools, transactional services and directories which will be of great value to:
The Supersite will be provided from the same address as the current FS4B website – fs4b.wales.gov.uk. However, the site will have a different “look and feel” including changed branding and strap-lines.
