Advice for businesses and employers

Regional development

Our regional development service promotes the long-term economic prosperity of the city and city region, enabling our partners to provide opportunities for the creation of wealth and rewarding employment.

We have a business support team which offers advice and assistance to businesses throughout the city. The team is able to offer advice on local, regional, national and European financial assistance and a funding search facility. We also operate a range of managed workspace centres, ideal for start-up businesses.

Contact us

Regional development
Hull City Council
First Floor, North Block
Kingston House
Bond Street
Hull
HU1 3ER
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Tel: 01482 300 300
Textphone: 01482 300 349
Email: business.support@hullcc.gov.uk

Hull business support handbook

This comprehensive guide to business support in Hull gives details of a wide range of organisations who offer support and advice to businesses in Hull.

• Hull City Council
  Hull Skills Fund - is a funding grant that helps local employers pay for employee training
  
  
• Local organisations
  Acorn Fund - offers a mixture of grant and loan support
  
  Business Link Yorkshire - provides business support for anyone want to start or grow a business
  
  Consortium for Learning - is a registered charity that offers help to businesses who deliver work-based learning, including access to government funding
  
  Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce - helps its 1600 members through networking events, publications and training
  
  ONE HULL Business Forum - plays a pivotal role in providing private sector input into the regeneration and economic development in Hull
  
  Sirius - offers advice on business planning, finance, property and marketing to people who want to start or grow their business
  
  Solutions for Business - part of Business Link, which can offer advice about starting up your business, grants, training, and much more
  
  University of Hull - has world leading expertise and can offer a range of services that can help you to transform your business
  
  World Trade Centre Hull and Humber - provides expertise, practical support and contacts to help local companies exploit international market opportunities
  

Trading standards

We provide help and advice to businesses on all aspects of trading standards legislation.

Find out more about trading standards

Local Work Guarantee Scheme

The Hull City Council project will run from April 2009 for at least two years and will focus on Jobseekers Allowance claimants in the first year of their claim, and Incapacity Benefit claimants who have been claiming the benefit for more than a year.

The Local Work Guarantee Scheme will provide a period of guaranteed employment with a community-based organisation during which beneficiaries will access basic skills training, take part in community based project work, and undertake work tasters and work experience with local companies.

When the beneficiary moves into further employment linked to a training plan, their employer will receive a wage subsidy for at least 36 weeks - longer if the beneficiary is an apprentice or a graduate. Workplace mentors will help those gaining employment to stay in work with advice and support, jobs fairs will help those seeking employment, and a team of advisers will be available to support companies facing redundancy and downsizing issues.

Contact us

Investment programmes manager
Tel: 01482 300 300
Textphone: 01482 300 349

Hull managed workspace centres

We provide small and start-up businesses with a range of incubator units, suitable for industrial and commercial use, up to 130 sq m in size. Accommodation is offered on a monthly basis and licensees have access to conference and secretarial facilities at little or no extra cost. The professional, friendly support staff provides a variety of reception and administration services and 24 hour access gives businesses the flexibility to meet client needs.

Find out more about our managed workspace centres

The BeSPoKe Centre

Located on Zeals Garth, Bransholme, the centre is home to a variety of businesses, community ventures and events. The meeting rooms are equipped with whiteboards, flipcharts and overhead projectors. It is available for group and individual meetings and training purposes, and has an on-site cafe, a nursery and an after-school Kids’ Club.

Contact us

Workspace manager  
Louis Pearlman Centre   
Goulton Street      
Hull
HU3 4DL
 
Tel: 01482 300 300
Textphone: 01482 300 349

Jobcentre Plus

Jobcentre Plus offers professional, modern and free vacancy advertising services to get your job noticed by the right people for you. They provide free access to a range of practical measures and financial support to help businesses of any size meet their recruitment needs.

Local Employment Partnerships are a deal between government and employers to tackle recruitment and skills challenges of our labour market. Jobcentre Plus will work with you to deliver job ready candidates by accessing the range of government services available to employers. In return you can offer employment opportunities to people who live in the communities you operate in.
 
Redundancies are challenging for everyone involved. Jobcentre Plus works with a range of partners to provide tailored solutions to help minimise the impact and provide help and advice when redundancies occur.

Contact us

To register a job vacancy -

Tel: 0845 601 2001
Textphone: 0845 601 2002
Fax: 0845 601 2004
Website: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk (link opens in a new window)

For local information -

Tel: 01482 584 778

CityWorks - One Step shop

City Works is a working neighbourhoods fund (WNF) project that offers advice and guidance to people looking to access employment and training within Hull.

One Step works alongside many city partners to address the employment and training needs of local people. Work directly with employers in the city to ensure that local vacancies within the area are promoted through Jobcentre Plus and One Step.

The One Step shop on Princes Dock Street offers a drop-in service featuring job vacancy display boards and specialised advisors that can assist on issues such as benefit allowances, disability and getting back into the workplace.

City Works also deliver the BRITE Project (Building Routes into Training and Employment). The main objective of the BRITE project is to find individuals stable employment. The project liaison office actively searches for employment and builds new relationships with local employers whilst an individual is on their placement.

Contact One Step

June Sharp
Project Manager

Tel: 01482 308 737
Email: june@cityworks.org.uk
Website: CityWorks website (link opens in a new window)