As part of our policy to work with
businesses and to keep them updated where possible on
new directives or policies which may help or impact on
businesses we would, therefore, like to advise you of
information received from Tendring District Council.
Some of you may already be aware of
the following but if not we hope it will be informative
and helpful. Usually we would pass on information at our
monthly meetings but as we are on a Summer recess and
will not now meet until October, we have taken this step
to ensure the information is given as soon as possible.
BUSINESS RATE CHANGES
There will be a change to the
Business Rate from 1st October 2010 which should benefit
and help most Businesses. The following is exactly how
the changes were relayed to us by Tendring District
Council.
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Putting it in very basic terms,
currently if your Rateable Value (RV) is between £6000
and £11999 you are eligible for Small Business Rate
Relief. This relief is payable on a sliding scale from
0% to 50%, so if you have a Rateable Value of £6000 you
would be eligible for 50% Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR),
if your RV is £9000 your SBRR reduction would be 25%,
and if your RV was £11520 you would only receive 4%
reduction.
The changes coming in on 1 October
2010 are effectively that if you are eligible for SBRR,
then the % that you are eligible for doubles – the
sliding scale is from 0% to 100%. E.g. if you have an RV
of £6000 you will get 100% relief (no rates payable), if
your RV is £9000 you will now get 50% relief and if your
RV is £11520 you will get 8% relief.
THESE CHANGES ARE VALID UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 2012
As far as I’m aware, revised bills
will be issued to all eligible properties in
September/October and we continue working very closely
with Business Rates to ensure as many people as possible
benefit from this relief.
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Businesses courses available:
http://colchesterbusinesscentre.co.uk/business-training/training-schedule/
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TRAINING – APPRENTICESHIPS.
We are a government funded training provider in Ipswich,
called Key Training Ltd. We provide client staff with fully
funded NVQs in all of the following subjects:
- Team Leadership
- Management
- Business Administration
- Customer Service
As well as having many benefits, one
of these is that it will make your existing staff feel more
valued and get more from working for your company.
Further to this service, we provide apprenticeships to 16-24
year olds in Business Administration and Customer Service at
NVQ level 2.
Benefits of apprenticeships:
Free government funding for training
- They require only 95 pounds a
week as a wage
- Full time employee with no day
release for college
- Young, enthusiastic, fast workers
who are prepared to work hard for their low wage and
qualification
- Top selected candidates – we
interview all interested candidates before we even send
you their CV’s
- Only 150 pounds to pay to us once
the apprentice has completed a week’s work experience
trial at your business and you are happy with the
individual
- Your company will be taking part
in a good cause to help the country’s economy, the
learners life and the company will gain a lot of
valuable experience from taking on an apprentice
- This is not just offered to
apprentices whom we place, but can also be offered to
any existing staff you may have
If you are interested, please contact me personally on
the contact number below and I can talk you through any
questions you may have to ask.
Gerard Francis
Telesales Executive (Ipswich)
Key Training Group
Orchard House, 35 - 37 St Helens Street
Ipswich
Suffolk IP4 2JL
Tel: 07810 868478 (Work Mobile)
Tel: 01473 233400 (Switchboard)
email: gerard.francis@keytraining.co.uk
Web: www.keytraining.co.uk
Registered Company Number: 1325577
We hope you
find the foregoing information helpful and should you
have any questions please feel free to contact us.
