£8.1m For Skills Bootcamps in LCR
Thousands are Taking Advantage of the Free Training and Businesses Can Benefit From a Highly Skilled Workforce. LCR combined authority has secured £8.1 million to go towards the delivery of Skills Bootcamps within the region. We previously had an informal chat with...
Recruitment Hacking: Tips & Tools for Recruitment
The biggest setback to recruitment is the cost. Between advertising costs for a role, spending time posting on jobs sites, spending money on recruitment agencies… the list goes on. The point is that can be costly and timely. Do you have more information to share...
See Beyond The Spectrum | Autism Acceptance Week
This week marks the celebration of autism acceptance and awareness; in the UK alone, there is approximately 700,000 diagnosed autistic adults and children, however only 22% of autistic people are in employment. This statistic is disappointing as autistic people can be...
Government Funding For Liverpool Businesses
There have been a number of government schemes over the last few years aimed at getting young people into work. If you’re a business owner, you’ve likely heard of Kickstart and the Plan for Jobs. Nick Burridge of Multiko said, “The current government traineeship...
What You Need To Know As a New Startup in 2021
Whether you’re looking to take your craft to the next level and become self-employed in your own startup or have dreams of becoming an efficacious entrepreneur extraordinaire, the first steps as a startup are often the most confusing. This article offers not...
Give Your Small Business Real-World Purpose.
The Good Business Festival is the Small Business Festival Remember Matthew Street Festival? They were good times, but we’re not here to talk about music festivals. The Good Business Festival is coming back to the Liverpool City Region in July with Act 2 and if...
Start Digital is Reforming the Way Local Businesses Operate
Who are Start Digital? If you were a small business in the past and you wanted to spread awareness of your brand and grow, you had two options: Hire a marketing team.Do your own marketing. Depending on how small you were, you’d have probably opted to do your own...
Liverpool is in Need of Your Digital Wisdom
#DigitalLiverpool On Thursday, the 25th of March 2021, the Job Centre Plus in Merseyside, in tandem with Kickstart, will be launching the social media campaign called “Digital Liverpool”. This will be a social media campaign under the hashtag...
Liverpool City Region’s Superfast Broadband Is On The Way
Contracts to build the Liverpool City Region’s ultrafast broadband superspine have been announced by Steve Rotheram, metro mayor for the Liverpool City Region. This join venture is backed by ITS, NGE and the Hartree Centre. We all knew superfast gigabit...
Could this breakthrough AI make your business better?
The Hartree Centre Housed just south of Liverpool in the Cheshire borough of Halton, is the high tech the Hartree Centre, home to the UK’s #1 supercomputer and to put it briefly, it’s a research and development centre that works...
We Talked Funding, Green Energy and Employee Dignity with Paul Amann of the LCR Combined Authority
Earlier this month, Multiko had an online meetup with Paul Amann, the principal officer of employment and skills at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. Paul is enthusiastic, down to earth, and driven to improve the lives of everyone in the Liverpool City...
Steve Rotheram and the Combined Authority look towards mental health in the workplace.
Liverpool City Region showcase new resources for mental health in the workplace. Lockdown has brought to light a large range of issues that stem from having a poor state of mind. It’s easier now, more than ever, to empathise with those of us who live with mental...
Kickstart – The Deedy Payroll Scheme
What is the Kickstart scheme? Payrolls are by far a company’s biggest expenditure. The Kickstart scheme aims to help alleviate this burden by funding 100% of the minimum wage for new employees (up to 25 hours per week), as long as they are on Universal Credit...
Project Mersey Reach – Sefton’s New Business Park
Have you heard of project Mersey Reach before? Where Dunnings Bridge Road meets Heysham Rd in Netherton, lie the remains of an old margarine factory site. The site has been empty since the mid 90s so instead of leaving it to lie dormant and derelict,...
A Phoenix From The Ashes…
…for Small Business, at least. As we say goodbye to some of the biggest names in the retail scene, it must seem scarier than ever to be a local business owner. But hold strong, this is a tremendous opportunity to grow our small businesses, for those brave enough to...
Looking to Improve Your Workforce’s Skillsets?
Multiko is currently working in partnership with Start Education, a digital skills training provider that can up-skill your workforce to benefit your business. Anyone in your team that earns less than £18,315 is eligible for our free training! We offer...