Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service: proposed changes to the way they respond to automatic fire alarms

Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service: proposed changes to the way they respond to automatic fire alarms

Hertfordshire County Council are proposing some changes to how they respond to automatic fire alarms, and they would like your comments. While firefighters are responding to false alarms they are not available to tackle real fires. False alarms waste essential resources, potentially putting lives at risk, and they disrupt other activities such as training and…

Points-based immigration system employer campaign launch

Points-based immigration system employer campaign launch

The Home Office has launched a new campaign to help employers prepare for the introduction of the UK’s new points-based immigration system. Free movement is ending, and the new system will introduce job, salary and language requirements that will change the way employers hire people from the EU. From 1 January 2021, businesses will need…

Business Rate Changes

Business Rate Changes

One of the business rate changes announced in the March 2020 budget increased the current retail discount from one third to 100 per cent. This increase in the level of the retail discount will apply in 2020/21 for eligible retail businesses occupying a property with a rateable value les than £51,000. Due to the timing…

Employers’ Apprenticeship Toolkit – A guide for aspirational businesses

Employers’ Apprenticeship Toolkit – A guide for aspirational businesses

Links: Test your knowledge of employing apprentices The benefits of apprenticeships to business CEBR Report (2015) The Register of Apprenticeships Training Providers Estimate my employer levy contribution Apprenticeship Levy – Policy Paper 2016  Apprenticeship Levy transfer window What is an Apprenticeship Training Agency?  How to become an approved apprenticeship training provider Video on Hertfordshire’s Skills…

High Speed Two (HS2) is creating thousands of contract opportunities across its whole supply chain.

High Speed Two (HS2) is creating thousands of contract opportunities across its whole supply chain.

Your business community High Speed Two (HS2) is creating thousands of contract opportunities across its whole supply chain. We want local businesses along the line of the new railway to be at the heart of this supply chain. HS2 contractors in your area The design and construction of HS2 is split into sections called ‘work…

B49 Business Networking – Connecting Business In Welwyn & Hatfield

The B49 Business Network has been running since 2008, having been set up by a group of like-minded local business owners who believed that the region needed a different kind of networking group. Eight years on, we’re still meeting every other Tuesday morning to help each other to grow and develop – personally and professionally….