Invest in Angus

Scottish Careers Week
2022-11-07 09:00 - 2022-11-11 17:00 UTC
Scottish Careers Week is back for its second year on  7 to 11 November 2022 — and you can get involved!
With even more events, activities and resources, we invite people of all ages to take part. Discover the opportunities and career support available in Scotland to help shape your future.
The week is about all things skills, jobs and careers.
If you’d like to deliver activity during the week, read our ‘Get Involved’ toolkit for ideas.

An update on 'Right to Work' checks: Remote 'Right to Work' checks after 30 September
2022-11-08 11:00 - 12:00
Covid-19 right to work measures are ending on 30 September 2022. In this webinar, TalentScotland will look at how employers in Scotland can continue to perform right to work checks after this date.
This webinar is presented by Brodies LLP, TalentScotland’s immigration specialists, and you’ll have the opportunity to have any questions you might have.

Skilled worker route: How employers can sponsor international talent
2022-11-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-12-05 14:30 - 15:30
Join us for an update on the Skilled Worker Route: how employers can sponsor international talent.
With most EU and non-EU citizens now subject to the UK immigration system, we invite you to join us as we discuss how the Skilled Worker route can help you to access overseas talent. As a Scottish based SME, TalentScotland can support your business in a number of ways.
This webinar is presented by Brodies LLP, TalentScotland’s immigration specialists – you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions you may have.

Living Wage Week
2022-11-14 09:00 - 2022-11-20 17:00
Living Wage Week will be held this year from the 14th to the 20th of November.
It is the annual celebration of the Living Wage movement across the UK.
See the programme of events for businesses on the Scottish Living Wage website.

An update on low cost Visa routes
2022-11-15 11:00 - 12:00
There are lots of low-cost visa routes under the UK’s points-based system.
Join TalentScotland for an update on affordable visa options, including the Graduate, High Potential Individual and Youth Mobility routes.

Scale up Visa route
2022-11-17 11:00 - 12:00
The government has recently introduced the Scale-Up visa route, which gives certain employers another visa option to help access international talent.
Join us to learn more about this new route and how it could help you access international talent.

HR – Recruiting, managing, and retaining staff
2022-11-29 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-15 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-01-24 11:30 - 13:30, 2023-02-14 17:30 - 19:30
One of the scariest things you can do as a business is take on staff – from hiring, interviewing, payroll, pensions, contracts, remote working and more, it is a minefield for the business owner.
This webinar will allow you to have the key information in your possession to take on staff and manage your team.
Topics covered:

Recruiting, managing, and retaining staff
Attracting and recruiting the best and right people for our business
Our obligations as employers
Managing people to stay with us
Moving on
Dismissal
Restructure/Redundancy

We will also look at:

How in the current climate you can manage staff and teams in a remote environment, considering their productivity, efficiency, and the issues of home working
How you can best manage staff to ensure productivity is kept and mental health is supported
The impact of companies who may be considering restructuring and therefore redundancy for the first time and how that can be managed

An Update on 'Right to Work' Checks
2022-12-07 14:30 - 15:30, 2023-01-19 14:30 - 15:30, 2023-01-31 11:00 - 12:00

Scale-Up Visa Route
2022-12-13 14:30 - 15:30, 2023-01-24 14:30 - 15:30

Latest updates on the low cost visa routes
2022-12-14 14:30 - 15:30, 2023-01-25 14:30 - 15:30

HR 1-2-1 Surgery Sessions
2023-01-11 09:30 - 17:00, 2023-02-08 09:30 - 17:00
With an academic background in business law & HR management, Skye is the perfect resource to offer confidential, impartial advice for businesses of all sizes and sectors. Whether you’re looking to hire your first employee, looking to review your workplace policies or dealing with complex employee issues – no challenge is too big or too small.
Once you have booked your space online, one of our team will be in touch to discuss an appointment time with you and send you further information. These sessions can take place online via Zoom or alternatively, face to face in our Dundee Business Gateway Office.
These appointments are aimed at businesses based in Dundee, Angus, and Perth.

Skilled worker route - How employers can sponsor international talent
2023-01-17 14:30 - 15:30
With most EU and non-EU citizens now subject to the UK immigration system, we invite you to join us as we discuss how the Skilled Worker route can help you to access overseas talent.
As a Scottish based SME, TalentScotland can support your business in a number of ways.

Inclusive Workplaces
2023-01-18 11:00 - 12:00
Inclusive workplaces can be attractive to current and future employees, regardless of which diversities they may face. Educating your staff on inclusion is essential in complying with legislation, retaining staff, and improving employee satisfaction, success, and well-being.
In this webinar, you’ll learn what inclusion is and how it differs from diversity, why having an inclusive workforce is critical to your success, the laws and policies which support this in the workplace, and employee disabilities.
Following our Q&A, Phillippa will share information on the additional support available for you to make positive changes.
This webinar is for businesses based in Dundee, Perth and Angus.

Innovative Strategies to Attract and Keep The Best Talent
2023-01-23 10:00 - 11:00
Attracting the right talent and retaining it is paramount to business success.
In this webinar, The Conference Board will explore the key themes that organisations should consider when it comes to stimulating innovative approaches to broaden the talent pool and anchor existing talent.
These themes will include:

Alternative sources of labour to widen the talent pool and achieve greater
diversity in the workforce
Challenging recruitment bias in current processes
Rethinking employee value propositions and employer branding, with consideration of workers’ varying expectations
Retention and recruitment strategies and how these interlink

Fair Work Workshop
2023-01-26 09:30 - 12:30
Fair Work is an investment in everyone, for everyone. Fair Work can improve productivity, innovation, organisational reputation and recruitment, reduce staff turnover, and lead to diverse workplaces with a richness of talent and a diversity of ideas.
For workers, it increases financial security, physical health and psychological wellbeing. For businesses, it brings more engaged, committed and adaptable workers who spot challenges and opportunities, solve problems, offer insight and ideas for business improvement, and create value.
What’s the event about?
Join this interactive online workshop to explore the five dimensions of Fair Work.
Gain practical tips and advice on where you can implement changes that will help your business in retaining and motivating staff and contribute to your business’s reputation as a fair and secure employer as well as potentially increase innovation and productivity.
You’ll also have the opportunity of a one to one follow up session with one of our workplace innovation specialist to discuss your action plan, and you’ll be signposted to further support available from the Scottish Enterprise workplace innovation team and local partners.
Who’s it for?
These workshops are for business leaders, managers and change agents within growing businesses in Scotland.

Skilled Worker Route: How employers can sponsor international talent
2023-02-01 11:30 - 12:30

Scale-Up Visa Route: Latest updates
2023-02-08 14:30 - 15:30

Engaging and supporting an intergenerational workforce
2023-02-27 14:00 - 16:00
Did you know that by 2025, millennials (Gen Y) and centennials (Gen X) will make up over 75% of the workforce? What will this mean for your workplace?
This webinar will explore how you can get the best from today’s multigenerational workforce by addressing communication, prioritisation and staff morale. We’ll look at some of the challenges that intergenerational working can bring, and focus on how your team can work more effectively together by understanding generational traits and their impact on team effectiveness.
During our ‘Journey Through the Generations’, you’ll learn why we associate certain traits with each generation. We’ll look at the stereotypes and challenge and debunk some of them, with the aim of helping you understand your colleagues better. In this session, we’ll focus on the perspectives of Gen Z in particular, and explore how we can prepare ourselves to be better colleagues and managers to the youngest demographic in our workforce.
The talk is delivered by Get the Gen, a social enterprise that helps employers across the UK to understand the value and overcome the challenges of embracing a cohesive multigenerational workforce.

Fair Work Workshop
2023-02-28 09:30 - 12:30
Fair Work is an investment in everyone, for everyone. It can improve productivity, innovation, organisational reputation and recruitment. It can also reduce staff turnover and help create inclusive workplaces with a richness of talent and a diversity of ideas.
For staff, Fair Work can increase financial security, physical health and psychological wellbeing. For businesses, it brings more engaged, committed and adaptable workers who spot challenges and opportunities, solve problems, offer insight and ideas for business improvement, and create value.
What’s the event about?
This is a fully funded programme which will help participating companies to:

Understand the benefits of fair work (for both the business and its staff)
Develop an action plan to embed or improve current people practices
Prioritise and take next steps to implementing an action plan

The type of projects and actions that could result from a fair work action plan include:

Improving people and fair work practices
Skills, leadership and management development
Creating a positive culture and values-based approach
Improving employee engagement and supporting performance management practices

Talent On Your Doorstep
2023-03-02 08:00 - 10:00 | Arbroath Football Club, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, DD11 1QJ
Your workforce is so important. We know it is hard to recruit but Business Gateway, Dundee & Angus College and Angus Employability Hive are here to support you to build and nurture your workforce.
Who is this event for?

Angus business owners
People in leadership or management roles

Join us to explore the help available to Angus-based businesses in order to recruit, retain and support employees.
Learn from guest speaker Hayley Wilkes, Head Chef of WeeCOOK, about her experience with gaining training needs support.
Also hear from:

Caryn Gibson, Business Partnerships Manager from Dundee & Angus College
Claire McGuigan from Angus Employability Hive
Skye McLeod, HR Advisor from Business Gateway

Representatives from the NHS, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Angus Council Skills and Employability Team and Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce will also be in attendance and available to speak to attendees personally.

Unlocking Potential: Apprenticeships in a Challenging Labour Market
2023-03-07 10:00 - 11:00
Scotland’s business landscape is shifting and taking on an apprentice could unlock the potential in your business.
This webinar, aimed at employers, will help you understand the current trends in Scotland and implications for companies looking to attract talent in this environment.
The Evaluation and Research Team, from Skills Development Scotland, will walk you through current Labour Market Information, so you can thrive and adapt in the current climate and plan for a sustainable future.
