Okay, the story is ...... I lost my last job back in November
Employment chances around here for a ex self employed sparky who is now in his 50's are close to zero.
Quite simply, they are too many blokes (and women) out there who have just the same amount of experience but are 20 years younger then me so you get the odd interview and then a polite break orf
Our lass is working her more then ample assets off keeping the house going and my money is rapidly running out so I either go back on the road for 8 months a year and do 11 hour shifts / anything upto 11 shifts in a row on shite money OR I go self employed and try and get some of my old customers back
I am under no illusions that I can't make a decent living out of sparkying around here due to the amount of people in my field trying to scrape a lifting but something is better then nothing AND i'm quite happy to take a small retail job if I can to make ends meet
Right, I have applied for a business start up funding through the Pinnacle People New Enterprise Allowance which if I can write a plan / fill out the online plan which passes the tests then its worth 65 quid a week for 13 weeks then 33 quid a week for another 13 weeks tax free
A added bonus is that since I went bankrupt 7 years ago, I don't owe a penny to anybody and intend to run the business (as in life) on a zero debt basis. I'll only take a wage when feasible I to subsidise any other part time job I can get.
Another ball ache is ................ I have turned down 3 part time jobs since Christmas due to the fact of if I take a job BEFORE I get this grant, it excludes me from this scheme.
Once I get the grant, I can take a part time job as long as the business hours are more
Has anybody on here ever applied for this ?
Looking at the booklet, imo its leans more to retail and most of the questions are irrelevant to me BUT my lovely adviser strongly disagrees
Help pleeeease