Welcome to the latest update from the Kirklees Business & Skills Service. Part of Kirklees Council, we:
- Help to identify potential grant funding and business growth opportunities
- Advise on emergency planning and business continuity
- Provide recruitment advice and support to identify training needs, advise on Apprentices/job placements and upskilling employees
- Provide information and support for business around Covid-19
- Help find new/alternative premises in the local area
Contact us at business.enquiries@kirklees.gov.uk
www.kirklees.gov.uk/coronavirusbusiness
Keep in touch – last chance to opt-in!
We would love to stay in touch, but we need your consent to keep you updated with relevant business support and funding information.
If you’ve not already, please opt-in here by 15th November 2020 to confirm that you are happy for us to hold your data and keep in touch.
www.kirklees.gov.uk/businessconsent
Complete our short business survey
Covid-19 Business recovery and EU transition
We know that the Coronavirus outbreak has had, and continues to have, a severe impact on many local businesses, and that leaving the EU will bring both challenges and opportunities.
To ensure the support we provide is invaluable and relevant to you, please complete this 10-minute survey – your opinion matters to us. You will be asked for your contact details, but you do not have to provide them.
Closing date Sunday 15th November 2020.
www.kirklees.gov.uk/businesssurvey
Maximise your businesses potential through a Circular Economy
Free online workshop, 2 November 2020, 12:00 – 13:30
Keen to find new business opportunities and potentially save money? Looking for inspiration on how to create a more resilient, environmentally responsible business? Then this online workshop, could be for you.
Delivered in conjunction with the University of Leeds, and part of Circular Yorkshire month, the workshop will:
- introduce circular economy and discuss how it could open new doors for your business; circular economy includes making better use of materials, components and products
- showcase companies that are already working with a circular economy in mind
- explain how to tap into additional business support and further information
- include a short break-out session to discuss business opportunities, specifically for textile, engineering and furniture manufacturers.
Places are limited so don’t delay, register online today.
Counter Terrorism Training and Awareness
The Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) Awareness eLearning tool is free interactive tool designed for all UK based companies and organisations. It provides nationally recognised counter terrorism guidance to help businesses better understand, and mitigate against, current terrorist methodology.
Improve your knowledge of security and counter terrorism measures; sign up today ACT E Learning
If you see or hear something that could be terrorist related, trust your instincts and call the confidential Anti-Terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321.
ACT awareness e-learning is a joint project between Counter-Terrorism Policing and the Business Community.
Kirklees Emergency Alert text service
Kirklees Emergency Alert is a free text message alerting system for Kirklees businesses, operated by Kirklees Council’s Emergency Planning Team.
In an emergency, businesses signed up to the service will receive a free text message. The message will contain information about the emergency and recommended actions businesses should take to help keep their staff, customers and buildings safe.
Find out more and sign up for emergency text alerts.
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