Social Enterprise Support
A Social Enterprise is a business or constituted organisation which generates revenue through the sale of goods or services and which does not distribute profits to shareholders. Support for third sector organisations seeking to become more enterprising and for individuals or groups seeking to set up new social enterprises is available from our partner organisations - Voluntary Action East Renfrewshire (
www.va-er.org.uk) Tel: 0141 577 3773. E-mail:
business@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Employment Services to Employers
Worker provides various services to employers such as: • Match people to jobs • Run recruitment events • Help accessing government training programmes to train new staff
• Help current staff sharpen up existing skills and learn new ones
• Help access government incentives businesses take on someone who has been out of work
• Arrange work trials Tel: 0141 577 4052. E-mail:
business@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Graduate Internship Program
The Council manages a Graduate Internship Programme with access to a national pool of recent graduates and post-graduates ready to make a contribution to business growth in
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East Renfrewshire. We will work with you to identify the skills needed for your business to grow and provide financial incentives for you to recruit and employ an appropriate Graduate for a period of
3 – 12 months. Tel: 0141 577 3773. Email:
business@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk Regeneration
The council is leading on an extensive regeneration programme in Barrhead that includes town centre modernisation, new business and industrial locations and housing development. Of interest to business are the modernised town centre offices, factory units and serviced development plots. Additionally, we also have responsibility for all town and neighbourhood centres. For further information contact Tel: 0141 577 3773. E-mail:
business@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Health at Work
Interested in improving output from your business? Concerned about levels of absenteeism through sickness? Our health improvement team offer business a link to NHS and other services aimed at improving the health of your workforce.
Useful contacts:
Occupation Health & Safety advice Tel: 0800 019 2211
www.healthyworkinglives.com Workplace Health Promotion advice Tel: 0141 314 0024
www.healthatwork.org.uk For further information Tel: 0141 577 8436. Email:
hiteam@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
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