Blaby District Business News - May 2025
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💻Business Breakfast
Our next business breakfast event takes place on Wednesday 14 May and is aimed at small businesses. It will be delivered by Creative 62, a successful local business, and focusses on the importance of branding.
Event details:
Date: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Time: 8am to 10am
Location: Marriott Hotel, Grove Park, Leicester, LE19 1SW
Some of the topics we will cover:
Building a strong brand identity: learn how to create a brand that stands out and resonates with your target audience
Brand consistency: the importance of maintaining a consistent brand message across all platforms
Case studies: success stories from businesses that have leveraged strong branding to achieve remarkable growth
Register for Business Breakfast
📝Fully funded graduate internships
The application window is now open for local businesses to host a De Montfort University (DMU) Graduate Champion intern, fully funded, for 6 weeks in the summer.
These internships are entirely free for employers and place ambitious graduates in businesses, where their expertise and innovation in their field can be put into practice. Each graduate is contracted for 111 hours, from Monday 18 August to Friday 26 September 2025.
Recruitment to the scheme is conducted through a matching process to ensure that each host business is paired with the right student and many previous hosts have gone on to offer long-term employment to their intern, after the scheme has ended.
For more information on the Graduate Champions Internship Scheme, visit: Funded internships for your business
For support with the application process, please get in touch at: Enterprisingblaby@blaby.gov.uk. Applications need to submitted by Friday 30 May 2025.
📈Growth Guarantee Scheme
The British Business Bank has launched the Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS), providing approximately £500 million in additional lending capacity to support smaller businesses across the UK. This scheme is designed to help businesses manage cashflow issues and invest in growth, especially in light of global tariff changes.
Key features of the scheme:
Funding capacity: up to £2 million per business group (or £1 million for those under the Northern Ireland Protocol)
Wide range of products: includes term loans, overdrafts, asset finance, invoice finance, and asset-based lending
Term length: loans available from three months to six years, with shorter terms for overdrafts and invoice finance
Government-backed guarantee: provides a 70% guarantee to lenders, ensuring better terms for borrowers
The scheme is open to UK-based businesses with a turnover of up to £45 million, excluding those in financial difficulty, and aims to improve access to finance for small businesses, enabling them to invest and grow.
For more details, visit the British Business Bank website
🙂Employee benefits webinar
As National Insurance rates rise and the National Living Wage undergoes changes, businesses are facing new challenges in managing compensation while maintaining employee satisfaction.
The East Midlands Chamber is offering a free webinar, hosted by representatives from BRM Solicitors, to explore innovative approaches to enhance employee well-being and retention.
Webinar details:
Date: Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time: 10am to 11am
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
To find out more and register your place, visit: East Midlands Chamber
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Posted: Wed, 7 May 2025