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Fully Funded Training for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses - Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Catering
The York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub are pleased to be partnering with North Yorkshire Council and the City of York Council on an initiative to support hospitality businesses from across the area to benefit from fully funded Food Safety and Hygiene Level 2 training and certification courses
Leadership Excellence and Development Programme Launched for North Yorkshire
The Leadership Excellence and Development (LEAD) Programme is tailored for small business owners who want to strengthen their leadership skills and drive business growth. Over six months, this programme covers key areas essential for your success, delivered by experts in their fields through a mix of workshops, coaching, and consultancy.
Rachel Derry's Journey to management with the Seventh Wave Programme
OT4me founders, Louise Newton and Lizzie Huxford, made the decision to step back from daily management to focus on expanding their business. During an annual appraisal, Rachel Derry was identified as a strong candidate for the clinical lead role. This created a promising opportunity for development, supported by the York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub.
Making Values Pay: Webinar Series
Join us for our latest online workshop series Making Values Pay to see how embracing purpose-driven practices can help your business thrive. Explore how embedding good business practices can help you win work, tell your story, and build an engaged workforce.
Growth Hub Welcomes New Business Advisors for North Yorkshire
We are delighted to announce the addition of three new team members who will play a crucial role in supporting local businesses and entrepreneurs as business advisors for North Yorkshire.
Leadership Coaching: Becoming The Leader You Want To Be
In this article, Halina will explore the challenges facing leaders and how leadership coaching can help.
Understanding What Makes Employees Tick and Building a Thriving Business
In this article, we will explore the importance of understanding what makes employees tick and how it contributes to building a thriving business.
Engineering recruitment boosted at ISF
With the help of The Apprenticeship Hub, the team has broadened their offer of engineering recruitment and established new career paths for apprentices.
Four issues key to social enterprise survival
Social enterprises face a unique and complex series of issues. To ensure the long-term health and survival of your social enterprise, an understanding of these issues is vital. In this article, I will summarise four key areas you need to consider: sources of funding, governance considerations, the power of people, and sustainable growth.
Horizon Scanning: Four questions social enterprises need to answer
With so much going on in the present, it’s not always easy to look to the future. However, the identification of potential risks and opportunities is vital to the long-term health of any business, and social enterprises are no different. Horizon scanning helps in assessing whether you are adequately prepared for future changes or threats.
The Benefits of Local Business Networking
Building relationships with other businesses through local business networking can be incredibly rewarding on a personal level as well as a shrewd business decision. Forging friendships with other people, many of whom may be facing similar challenges to you, can have some fantastic benefits that will enable you to grow your business – some of
Supporting employee wellbeing in hybrid workplaces
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges for workplaces. With many offices having to adjust to a partial / hybrid or full work from home (WFH) system, the need to protect mental wellbeing became all the more apparent. Keeping on top of your mental health while working from home is helpful in making a comfortable shift