How jobcentres are driving small business growth 

Immediately is Small Enterprise Saturday. A day to have fun the 1000’s of companies and entrepreneurs throughout the nation who’re the spine of our economic system.

We use small companies on a regular basis. Whether or not it’s your native espresso store, hairdresser, or household bakery, they’re the beating coronary heart of our excessive streets and an enormous a part of our economic system. Practically 10 million individuals throughout the UK work in firms with fewer than 50 workers. And standing behind these organisations is our community of over 630 Jobcentres.

This week I visited Arapina Bakery, a small enterprise in South London, which has immediately benefited from the assist our Jobcentres provide. The native Employment Adviser, Liam instructed me about his work with the bakery proprietor, Michaela, to establish their enterprise wants and implement a bespoke marketing strategy. Via this partnership, the native Jobcentre helped Michaela to recruit 5 new members of employees which helped the enterprise develop. The baked items have been superb and we spoke about how, with out a lot time to spare from the day job, Liam helped to pick out, sift and recruit employees.

This is only one of some ways native Jobcentres might help small enterprise house owners. Employer Advisors work with native companies to supply job alternatives and promote these vacancies to work prepared jobseekers.

Whether or not serving to draft job adverts, navigating the hiring course of, or tapping into the native labour market and upskilling jobseekers, DWP Jobcentres are right here to assist at each stage of the recruitment journey.  Providing somebody an opportunity can really change a life and Jobcentres can work with you to assist develop your group.

Presently of yr, small companies actually do shine. It’s so vital we again the companies in our native communities who contribute a lot to our vibrant, festive excessive streets and city centres.

I actually respect the dedication, adaptability and sheer resilience wanted to achieve enterprise. As the brand new Minister for Employment, I’m delighted to be advocating for small companies on the coronary heart of presidency, highlighting their worth and guaranteeing they’ve the assist they want.

Collaboration between small companies and native Jobcentres is a recipe for fulfillment. Small enterprises acquire entry to a assist community that understands their distinctive challenges and a pool of motivated, native jobseekers. However this partnership is about extra than simply filling vacancies; it’s a partnership that helps companies and communities develop collectively.

This small enterprise Saturday, I urge entrepreneurs and small enterprise house owners to discover the array of DWP companies on provide, to faucet into the experience of employment advisors in Jobcentres and uncover the wealth of alternatives that include investing in native expertise.

Jo Churchill MP

Churchill MP, Minister for Employment and was appointed on 13 November 2023.

She was beforehand Vice Chamberlain of HM Family (Authorities Whip) between 7 September 2022 and 13 November 2023. She was Parliamentary Underneath Secretary of State on the Division for Surroundings, Meals & Rural Affairs between 17 September 2021 and 6 July 2022. She was Parliamentary Underneath Secretary of State on the Division of Well being and Social Care from 26 July 2019 to 16 September 2021. Earlier than that, she was Assistant Authorities Whip from 9 January 2018 to 26 July 2019.