{"id":69096,"date":"2016-03-30T09:33:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f301ae1d7a82739e02045b874dc1c875"},"modified":"2016-03-30T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:33:16","slug":"press-release-jobcentre-scheme-creates-80000-new-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69096","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Jobcentre scheme creates 80,000 new businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Figures released today by the Department for Work and Pensions (<abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr>) show 80,830 start-ups in trades like electrical installation, graphic design and jewellery-making have been launched between April 2011 and December 2015 \u2013 an average of 1,420 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/new-enterprise-allowance\">New Enterprise Allowance<\/a> (<abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr>) businesses set up, approximately:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30,300 (37%) were by women<\/li>\n<li>19,000 (24%) were by people aged over 50 <\/li>\n<li>16,400 (20%) were by people with a disability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employment Minister Priti Patel said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The New Enterprise Allowance is one of the great success stories of this government\u2019s drive to get more people into work, as the UK\u2019s employment rate stays at a record high.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Small businesses are the engine room of the UK economy, and by helping people off benefits and to become their own boss we\u2019re enabling them to make the most of the business opportunities out there at the moment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of all the <abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr> businesses, the top 5 start-up areas were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Liverpool (1,410)<\/li>\n<li>Sheffield (1,250)<\/li>\n<li>County Durham (1,180)<\/li>\n<li>Birmingham (1,140)<\/li>\n<li>Glasgow City (1,140)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/new-enterprise-allowance-survey\">Research with <abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr> participants<\/a> published in January showed 80% of businesses started through the scheme were still trading at the time of the survey, with more than 90% of these still going a year after launch.<\/p>\n<p>Start-up support from the <abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr> is available to people aged 18 and over and claiming Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance (<abbr title=\"Jobseeker's Allowance\">JSA<\/abbr>), Employment and Support Allowance (<abbr title=\"Employment and Support Allowance\">ESA<\/abbr>), Income Support claimants who are lone parents or who are sick, and some Universal Credit claimants.<\/p>\n<p>After showing their business idea is viable, <abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr> participants are eligible for a weekly allowance worth up to \u00a31,274 over 26 weeks for claimants to establish their start-up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Read the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015\">New Enterprise Allowance Official Statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"case-study\">Case study<\/h2>\n<p>A Swansea yachtsman was able to set sail on his business idea, thanks to the New Enterprise Allowance.<\/p>\n<p>Former professional sailor Matthew Senior came up with his business idea during a stint working in Melbourne, after he sailed thousands of miles around the Australian coast and won the prestigious Hobart yacht race.<\/p>\n<p>When he returned to Wales, the 43-year-old drew on his sailing experience to set up Gower Sail Shades and Awnings through the <abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr>, receiving business mentoring from PeoplePlus who deliver the scheme for <abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr> in Wales.<\/p>\n<p>His enterprise uses the same technology behind the creation of ships\u2019 sails to make high quality canopies and shades.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I knew the idea for using sails as awnings would work because I\u2019d seen them while I was working in Australia \u2013 and the seed was sown.<\/p>\n<p>I started out on my own but was struggling, so in September 2015, I went back on the <abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr>, where I was introduced to my business mentor Sheran Grey and it all kicked off from there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">What made all the difference was the business advice and extra income I was able to get from the <abbr title=\"New Enterprise Allowance\">NEA<\/abbr>. It made me much more focused and it\u2019s great having someone like Sheran to call when I need advice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His company now employs 2 part-time assistants and has won contracts for Costa in the Wales and west area, while its fabrics can be seen along the seafront at Aberavon Beach. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contact-press-office\">Contact Press Office<\/h2>\n<p>Media enquiries for this press release \u2013 0203 267 5118<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_827\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press Office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Caxton House<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTothill Street<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">London<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1H 9NA<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">London Press Office (national media and London area enquiries only \u2013 not questions about personal claims)<\/span><br \/>\n              020 3267 5144\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out-of-hours (journalists only)<\/span><br \/>\n              076 59 108 883\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">England and Wales (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              029 20 586 then 097 or 098 or 099\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Scotland (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              0131 310 1122\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow <abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr> on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice\">www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Facebook \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dwp\">www.facebook.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp\">www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>YouTube \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwp\">www.youtube.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 80,000 businesses have been set up by jobseekers through the New Enterprise Allowance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}