Business support

Apprenticeship recruitment

South Kesteven offers a motivated and enthusiastic talent pool. The following organisations can help you access the right people at the right time:

  • Jobcentre Plus
  • Apprenticeship Service: if the post for which you’re recruiting for is suitable for an apprentice, the National Apprenticeship Service can help you find the right candidate
  • Grantham College
  • New College Stamford

For more information on recruitment and skills requirements
please contact us.

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Partners

It’s often helpful to talk to other local businesses and organisations, such as:

  • National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) is dedicated to helping food industry employees
  • MentorsMe is an online mentoring service for businesses; simply search a list of accredited business mentors online according to your individual requirements
  • ACAS provides information, advice, training, conciliation and other services to help prevent or resolve workplace problems

If you need any further information, please drop us a line.

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Business clubs

Business hubs and managed workspace

South Kesteven has a plethora of business parks and managed workspaces spread across the district, but local companies are expanding so quickly that we need more and more of these facilities.

We urgently need to identify suitable plots of development land, so that we can put the wheels in motion to get more of these essential sites in the pipeline.

Some are more sophisticated than others; with outside space and meeting spaces where companies can entertain clients in a professional atmosphere.

Your business is as unique as your fingerprint – so if you tell us what you’re all about, we should be able to identify the right premises for you.

What people say about us

  • “The story started back in 2009 in the corner of a front room. Zazzle Media has since evolved into a business spanning three UK offices and we’re now proudly part of the world’s fourth largest advertising and marketing group; IPG Mediabrands. The Eventus building in Deeping offered the perfect place for us to grow. With open plan office space and the ability to add personality to meeting rooms, it benefits from a good central location for employees commuting from across the county.”

    Simon Penson - Founder and Managing Director, Zazzle Media

  • “Since I've met InvestSK it's given me the confidence that we're in the right town. We have over 2,500 product lines, sold across 20+ markets, including the USA, Japan, Korea, Singapore and many European countries. In our sector, in our industry, South Kesteven is perfect. We can get to most places in a very short time. We moved out of London nearly nine years ago, up to the area, and looking back now – I wish we'd done it sooner.”

    Jem Allport - Owner, Sophie Allport

  • Talking to InvestSK about the grants that are available will also encourage business to come into the region. I’m really keen to set up a dialogue with them over that, because it can be really difficult to get a grant as a retailer.

    Sue Hodgson, Former Chair of Grantham Business Club, Owner, Flowers from Holland

  • We're delighted to be working with South Kesteven District Council and InvestSK to fully realise the potential of this part of Grantham. It’s a hugely historic and cultural town; its history goes back a very long way.

    Father Stuart Craddock – St Wulfram’s

  • St Wulfram’s Church has been here for over a thousand years and it's a remarkable place. South Kesteven District Council and InvestSK are doing an amazing job improving the profile of this place and what Grantham and the whole of South Kesteven has to offer. We're hugely excited to be part of that.

    Father Stuart Craddock – St Wulfram’s

  • We're delighted to be working with South Kesteven District Council and InvestSK to fully realise the potential of this part of Grantham. It’s a hugely historic and cultural town; its history goes back a very long way.

    Father Stuart Craddock – St Wulfram’s

Contact Us

Want to talk? Call us, send an email or fill in our contact form and we’ll get straight back to you.

The Maltings, Wharf Road, Grantham, NG31 6BH