A number of changes to employment law have taken place, which will influence the way you run your business.
The legal changes that have taken place in April 2010 are summarised below.

1 April 2010: Vetting and Barring Scheme

The next phase of the Vetting and Barring Scheme will be implemented.

4 April 2010: Statutory pay increase

The standard rate [...]

How could the Budget provide a funding boost for your business?
Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pre-General Election Budget included a number of major funding announcements targeted at UK businesses, in particular extra support and tax breaks for small firms.
The Chancellor announced:

A £2.5 billion one-off “Growth Package” to boost small business and promote [...]

Companies in Scarborough are now able to take advantage of a free scheme that will help them develop their business by tackling recruitment headaches head-on.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched Flexible New Deal, offering unprecedented levels of support to both those who have been out of work for 12 months or more [...]

Enterprising Scarborough open for new retail investment

The most enterprising place in Britain and Europe, the 8th most visited town in Britain with 5 million visitors to the area per year, a buoyant economy that’s fighting the recession and beating it head on…Scarborough has achieved so much recently, and to continue building on this success, [...]

NEW COUNCIL ECO-INNOVATION CENTRE STUDY
SET TO HELP DIVERSIFY LOCAL ECONOMY

Scarborough Borough Council has announced plans to develop a purpose build Eco-Innovation Centre in Scarborough as a means of stimulating the growth of environmental businesses in the borough.

Nationally, the emerging Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services [LCEGS] sector is set for massive growth [...]

Business confidence remains strong across Scarborough, with results of a major employers’ survey by Scarborough Borough Council revealing that a third of the town’s top companies are expecting to recruit staff in the next twelve months.

Carried out by the council’s Regeneration department, the business survey was issued to the town’s top 45 businesses [...]

Free PR support for SBA members.
In a boost for SBA members, Scarborough Borough Council and SBA have appointed local public relations company Navigator PR to help promote not only the work of SBA but also the successes of member companies.
So, if you are looking to publicise any recent success including contract wins, new products and [...]

Andy Whitelaw Joinery, part of the AWJ Group in Scarborough, has gained the prestigious Investors in People (IIP) status following a recent assessment. IIP confirms the positive ways in which staff are managed and involved in business activity.

AWJ Glass already held the IIP standard and was re-assessed successfully at the same time as [...]

A new £1.4million three year scheme, Scarborough Job Match, has been announced by Scarborough Borough Council which aims to connect unemployed people to sustainable employment in the town.

David Kelly, economic development manager at the council says: “Recent employer surveys have highlighted the problems that local firms have in recruiting people with the required skills [...]

Woodend Creative Workspace in Scarborough has welcomed a new prestigious tenant with the move of BBC Radio York into a purpose designed radio studio.

Previously located in nearby Londesborough Lodge, the BBC has moved into state of the art premises at Woodend, which will allow the radio station to make more programmes from Scarborough.

The [...]