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Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
You can no longer apply for a Start-up visa. If you want to set up a…
Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…
Healthy Start is an NHS scheme that helps women who are pregnant or have young children and are receiving benefits buy foods such as milk or fruit.
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
Get support from Jobcentre Plus to help you prepare for, find and stay in…
Your Jobcentre Plus work coach can give you information about training and…
Contact Jobcentre Plus to find out about opportunities that can improve…
You can get help to: start your own business develop your business, if…
Your Jobcentre Plus work coach can tell you about support you can get to…
You may be able to get extra support if you have drug or alcohol problems…
Going back to work does not mean giving up all your benefits. Some…
Sure Start Maternity Grant is a £500 payment to help with the costs of a new baby: what you'll get, eligibility and how to apply (claim form SF100).
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
DSEI is a showcase for British industry and British ingenuity
What to do when starting a job: checks your employer may do, employment contracts, what to do with your P45 or starter checklist.
When starting again can be, or can lead to, misconduct.
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
Your employee can take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) if they're eligible and they or their partner ends their maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL, splitting blocks of leave and record keeping
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