A £500,000 fund has been secured to help businesses looking to take on new home-based employees in the North East. The Home Working Fund, managed by Entrust, http://www.entrust.co.uk/ , will contribute up to £3,000 towards the costs of training and equipment for each new home-worker.
During the initial phase of the project, Entrust, has helped 12 companies to successfully access the fund and create over 220 jobs.
Bob Travers, managing director of Vir2all, a home-based virtual call centre, comments: “With modern technology, our call handlers can operate anywhere irrespective of geography. The Home Working Fund provides the assistance we required to keep up with the unprecedented demand we are experiencing.”
Chief executive of Entrust, Dan Brophy encouraged businesses large and small to think about the benefits from increased productivity from home workers, and reduced overheads
Gareth Osborne of APA said: “Anyone working or redundant in the NE could use this facility to establish themselves as a home worker for the plethora of businesses in the South East looking for a northern presence.”
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