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Business event to help kickstart next generation of talent
Published:  19 March, 2021

Representatives of the Minister for Work and Pensions, and the Minister for Employment, will be among the guest speakers at a free virtual event on Wednesday March 24th hosted by Make UK, discussing how the government’s Kickstart scheme can provide the next generation of talent and skills.

Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL and Mims Davies MP will be joined at the Kickstart Your Future Makers event by Make UK's skills policy expert, Bhavina Bharkhada (pictured), as well as a speaker from one employer already benefitting from the scheme.

Kickstart provides funding to employers to create job placements for 16- 24-year-olds on Universal Credit. Employers of all sizes can apply for funding which covers 100% of the National Minimum Wage for 25 hours per week for a total of six months. The scheme also covers employer NI contributions and employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions.

The one-hour afternoon session will discuss how the scheme can:

• Attract talent to potential roles that are hard to fill with skill shortages

• Be a cost-effective method to select new applicants that would not normally be available.

• Implement new processes, roles and ideas that would not normally be available.

• Provide additional resources to support business needs and existing staff.

• Offer opportunities to younger people that may never have been previously available.

• The importance of skills and the next generation within the manufacturing sector

To register for the event, go to bit.ly/3vnNqOV

For more information go to:

https://www.makeuk.org/

https://twitter.com/MakeUk_

https://www.linkedin.com/company/makeuk/