FAQ

Newable has been helping UK businesses to thrive since 1982. We have over 1,000 employees supporting over 43,000 SMEs each year. We work with key partners and clients to deliver programmes of support across the UK to accelerate business growth and contribute to achieving strategic, social, economic and environmental objectives. 

Newable work with passionate people at the heart of the UK economy, helping them start, sustain or grow their companies. We bring a mix of hands-on financial support, advice and encouragement. We are a highly trusted delivery partner that government and businesses turn to when they need effective solutions designed to deliver measurable social and economic impact. 

Many businesses need support to commercialise products, trade overseas or achieve their full potential. We support them by: 

• Offering bespoke support and advice to accelerate business growth 

• Design and implementation of end-to-end business support programmes for public and private sector organisations aimed at helping businesses grow and generate social and economic impact 

• Focussing on delivering "good growth" that supports all business communities in our society, creates new jobs and delivers business impact 

• Organising over 250 events each year, designed to help businesses find new opportunities or learn new skills needed to grow 

The Careers and Social Mobility Team is dedicated to enhancing the career prospects and personal development of young residents, from Primary to 25 Years. We build vital partnerships with schools, colleges, businesses, parents/carers and community groups to bridge the gap between education and the work of work for both young people and educators. 

By offering real-world experiences and flexible initiatives, we help to prepare young people for the workforce. We also help parents/carers by supporting them in making informed choices. 

We coordinate initiatives from the council's 14-25 Strategy and look for new strategies to forge stronger partnerships. We aim to increase the social and cultural capital of young people by ensuring schools and their students have access to diverse career pathways including under-represented groups. We also ensure equal access to career education and hands-on experiences.

We give access to the world of work through experiences such as mentoring, apprenticeships and job opportunities by creating an inclusive and diverse career guidance system.

We are in bringing all the Leisure Centres currently managed by GLL back in house from 1 May 2023.

With leisure centres back in house, there will be a focus on targeting those hard-to-reach communities like BAME women and SEND children. This will help promote healthy living and wellbeing and to work closer with other departments in taking a more holistic approach in improving the health and wellbeing of local residents.

We will also create new products and services for local business to access to improve the health and wellbeing of their employees.
Looking after employee’s health and wellbeing is a necessity to create a thriving business. Health@Work Services offer a variety of training programmes to

• improve health
• raise awareness
• increase the productivity of your employees
• encourage mental wellbeing, nutrition and weight management
• advise on remote working wellness and selfcare
• improve stress management and fitness.

• Asset Management
• Facilities Management
• Capital Delivery
• Events in community buildings.

The Asset Management team deals with leases of council-owned commercial and community properties. The council has a portfolio of more than 200 retail properties occupied by businesses. These are mainly in parades on the ground floor of residential blocks. From time to time, some of these units become available for letting.

These lettings are an opportunity for businesses to submit offers to be selected as a new occupier for one of these properties. The council employs agents to market properties to let, and they are included on the commercial lettings page of the council’s website.

Representatives from the AM team will be on hand to answer questions about

• the make up of the council’s commercial portfolio
• how properties are marketed to let
• what is involved in a typical lease of a commercial property.

The team cannot deal with questions or issues about existing leases, which should be sent into the team by email. 

Community events

Our Events Team manages the bookings for some of our community buildings for private rent for hire, Community Hubs and other venues to Residents, Local Charites, Community Youth Groups and Commercial events.

We have various rates available and all information on our sites is loaded onto the TH Venues website.

Our Capital Delivery team handles delivering large scale capital projects such as new housing schemes, school projects and community building developments. We work on project from the start through to design, construction, and handover to use. This includes the procurement of for the projects, find out how to sign up to the procurement portal to be able to bid for these contracts.