Apply – Circular Glasgow

Organisation name(Required)

Where did you hear about the project?(Required)

Registered business address(Required)

Postcode(Required)

Address where placement would be based(Required)

Postcode where placement would be based(Required)

Would the placement be located(Required)

On site

Home-working

Hybrid

Contact Name(Required)

Person dealing with application.

Contact person’s job title(Required)

Job title of the person dealing with application.

Telephone Number(Required)

Email address(Required)

Has this application had authorisation from relevant senior management?(Required)

Yes

No

Senior Authoriser’s Name(Required)

Senior Authoriser’s Job title(Required)

Senior Authoriser's email address(Required)

Companies House or charity registration number(Required)

If Sole trader please detail here.

Company Type(Required)

If you have selected 'Other', please provide details.

Number of Employees(Required)

Business Sector(Required)

Date Trading Commenced(Required)

Organisation's website(Required)

Please include a hyperlink to your organisation's website

Information provided here should be accurate. It will be used along with information held by Companies House and Liability Insurance to qualify for funding.

Turnover (£) Last financial year £)(Required)

Last financial year evidence may be required.

Profit – Last financial year (£)(Required)

Projected Turnover (current financial year) (£)(Required)

Projected Profit (current financial year) (£)(Required)

Please upload a copy of your audited accounts for the last financial year.(Required)

If audited accounts cannot be provided, please upload a Profit & Loss Account for the last financial year to evidence your turnover and profit.

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 300 MB.

Approximately how many employees have you recruited in the past 2 years?(Required)

Have you made any redundancies in the last 12 months or have any planned?(Required)

Do you have any outstanding debt to Glasgow City Council?(Required)

If so, please provide details. Please be aware that Glasgow City Council, as the funder of the programme, will complete checks on the Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) status for each applicant.

Yes

No

Please provide details

Do you lease your business property or are you based in a tenanted property?(Required)

This is required for auditing purposes with Glasgow City Council (the funder) and their checks on the Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) status of each applicant.

Yes

No

If you lease your business property or are based in a tenanted property, please upload a signed copy of your lease agreement

This is required for auditing purposes with Glasgow City Council (the funder) and their checks on the Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) status of each applicant.

Max. file size: 300 MB.

Please confirm that your organisation is compliant with Minimal Financial Assistance threshold of £315,000 over the current and the previous two financial years. The threshold will not be exceeded by the amount the business will receive if successful in applying to the Step Up to Net Zero programme.(Required)

Confirm compliant

Not compliant

For the purposes of providing the funds for the placement salary, please confirm your organisation would be able to provide a copy of the payslip/payroll statement for the placement and evidence that the salary payment has left your bank account. We can only reimburse payments if this evidence is received.(Required)

If no, please state the barriers to being able to supply this information.

Yes

No

Please state the barriers to being able to supply this information

For the purposes of creating a job description for the Step Up to Net Zero placement with your organisation, please provide a description of your organisation.(Required)

Please bear in mind, the prospective applicants may not be familiar with your organisation or sector.

I confirm that the business:

(1) Can support a placement for a minimum of 16 hours for 20 consecutive weeks. The business will be the Participant's EMPLOYER for the purposes of the placement. You will issue a Contract of Employment to the Participant. As their EMPLOYER, you will provide managerial support to the Participant, onboard them into your organisation and provide regular support and check ins. You will also facilitate buy-in from the wider organisation towards the actions progressed by the Participant.

(2) Understands your business will receive funding to pay £14.50 per hour for a minimum of 16 hours a week and up to a maximum of 25 hours a week covering 100% of their salary plus the associated employer National Insurance contributions and minimum automatic employment contributions. Expenses related to the placement will be covered by the Employer.

(3) Understands any wage and associated costs for over and above the maximum 25-hour per week contract will be paid in full by the employer. You will provide the Participant with IT equipment e.g. laptop, personal protective equipment (PPE) and any other equipment required to fulfil their role.

(4) Understands funding will only be given if a participant is hired using the Step Up to Net Zero process.

(5) Understands salary evidence must be supplied each month, and payment will be made four weeks in arrears by Step Up to Net Zero (excepting instances where a placement begins mid-month, where payment would be made in the following month).

(6) Will supply an accurate job description for the role to the Step Up to Net Zero team and interview potential candidates in accordance with your own recruitment process.

(7) Will provide feedback to Step Up to Net Zero regarding unsuccessful candidates.

(8) Understands the employability mentoring support offered to placement participants during the Step Up to Net Zero project is compulsory for all participants. The business will set aside sufficient time for the participant to access this support. This support will be provided by an external organisation and consists of a minimum of one hour per fortnight in addition to the time required to complete training courses.

(9) Will ensure that the participant carries out duties which have previously been agreed in the job description.

(10) Will ensure that a copy of the placement’s Contract of Employment is supplied to Glasgow Chamber of Commerce in advance of the placement’s start date.

(11) Will inform Step Up to Net Zero of any issues with the role/placement as and when they may arise.

(12) Confirms the placement will not replace existing or planned vacancies and/or cause existing employees or contractors to lose work or reduce their working hours.

(13) Understands that, for a successful candidate to be processed, Step Up to Net Zero will require receipt of a participant’s ID, proof of address and national insurance number. The Step Up to Net Zero team will collect this from successful candidates.

(14) Confirms that the business will complete all documentation requested by Step Up to Net Zero within the timescales required, including but not limited to evaluation questionnaires, case studies and review of participant's work. The business will also participate in monthly check-in calls with the Step Up to Net Zero team.

(15) Confirms that authorisation has been sought from relevant senior management to make this application.

I permit Glasgow Chamber of Commerce to hold my data for the purposes of auditing and compliance and shared as required with stipulated partners/funders, specifically Glasgow City Council.

Declaration(Required)

I agree

Company Logo(Required)

Please supply this in either .PNG or .JPEG format.

Accepted file types: png, jpg, jpeg, Max. file size: 1 MB.

Employers’ Liability Insurance certificate(Required)

Max. file size: 5 MB.

Business Application

Step Up to Net Zero - Business Application