The Skills Toolkit

In this issue

Reigate & Banstead Business Champions

The Skills Toolkit

Keeping your premises safe during lock down

Supporting your business through Covid-19

Thank you

Don't miss out on 1:1 SME Emergency response clinics

Further information and support

Coronavirus business survey - the second instalment

What's on

Don't miss out on these great online networking events
Book your space now #togetherapart

Friday 1 May 12.00 - 12.30 Enterprise Nation Lunch & Learn Understanding data to shape your marketing strategy. Book now

Monday 4 May 12.00 - 12.30 Enterprise Nation Lunch & Learn Diversifying your business to come back stronger Book now

Tuesday 5 May Online small business meet-up Crawley, Redhill, Reigate & Gatwick Enterprise Nation have created the Heads Up campaign to build communities of small business owners throughout the UK who can support one another. Sign up here

Tuesday 5 May 12.00 - 12.30 Enterprise Nation Lunch & Learn Using PPC and paid social media to grow Book now

Wednesday 6 May 12.00 - 12.30 Enterprise Nation Lunch & Learn How to use e-mail marketing for your business Book now

Thursday 7 May 12.00-12.30 Enterprise Nation Lunch & Learn Using TikTok for your business Book now

21 May 10am-12pm Getting enquiries from LinkedIn - online workshop,with Nicola Macdonald, Attractive Marketing Book now

Various dates Learning Online Website & Digital Marketing Insight Clinics, with Web Motivation Book here

Join your local Business Guild

Business Guilds are a great way to be part of your local business community.

Banstead - fully committed to helping Banstead become the most vibrant village in Surrey in which to live and work. They are a group of local businesses that recognise our responsibility to the greater community.

Redhill - enhancing Redhill as a place to live, work and do business.

Reigate - a local united voluntary voice from the business community, promoting commerce, events, activities and opportunities for the benefit of Reigate.

Horley Association of Traders - HATs is an open group that all traders and members of the public can join. They continue to drive awareness of Horley as a town and to promote local business growth.

Funding/Consultations

Funding and awards

Reigate & Banstead Business Support Grant Do you have a business based in the borough with less than four employees? Are you looking to grow? Why not apply for our Business Support Grant of up to £1,000?

Successful business grant applicants will also receive one year's membership to Enterprise Nation.

Do you need start-up funding for your business? Struggling to get funding from a mainstream provider? Have a look at responsible finance provider Fredericks Foundation, who may be able to help.

Tools

It's quicker to report things, make payments and apply for services online.

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The Skills Toolkit
Free courses on new online platform

Free courses are available through a new online platform hosted on the gov.uk website, called The Skills Toolkit. The new platform gives people access to free, high-quality digital and numeracy courses to help build up their skills, progress in work and boost their job prospects.

These are the skills which are highly valued by employers and sought after in a wide range of jobs. With more people expected to be working and studying remotely in the coming months, the platform offers a great opportunity to learn new skills to help to get ahead online and gain the knowledge we’ll all need for the future. The platform also offers employees who have been furloughed an opportunity to keep up their skills development while they are at home.

Courses on offer cover a range of levels, from everyday maths and tools for using email and social media more effectively at work to more advanced training. Individuals will be able to access courses helping them to create great online content developed by the University of Leeds and the Institute of Coding, to understand the Fundamentals of Digital Marketing from Google Digital Garage and to learn how to code for data analysis from the Open University. All courses are online and flexible, so people can work through them at their own pace.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said:

I know how difficult the recent months have been and the huge changes the coronavirus has brought on the daily lives of us all.

The high-quality and free to access courses on offer on our new online learning platform, The Skills Toolkit, will help those whose jobs have been affected by the outbreak, and people looking to boost their skills while they are staying at home, protecting the NHS and saving lives.

I want businesses to encourage their furloughed employees to use The Skills Toolkit to improve their knowledge, build their confidence and support their mental health so they have skills they need to succeed after the coronavirus outbreak.

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