Prosper Employment Advice
Free support to help you grow your team
Are you looking to expand your team or take on new staff for the first time? Our practical employment advice for small businesses is designed to help you sustainably create a supportive environment and achieve the next stage of growth.
Delivered by local, Devon-based business advisors who know and understand the local market, our free support can help you hire with confidence.
We could help you with:
- How to take on a new employee or an apprentice
- Employment legislation & requirements
- Self-employment
- Inclusive employment
- Setting wages
- Recruiting & hiring
- Alternatives to redundancy.

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Future-proofing your business with Prosper
Be ready to adapt, react, and thrive, no matter what the future brings. Join us for these free, engaging events on 27 February and 6 March.
Future Proofing Your Business
Exeter Science Park 6 Babbage Way, Clyst Honiton, Devon, United KingdomIn this free event we have a fantastic lineup of inspirational speakers to help your company thrive, no matter what tomorrow brings. With economic uncertainty and rapid changes happening in the world of technology, as well as a push towards more sustainable practices, positioning your business for the future can be challenging. In this free event we have a fantastic ... Read More
Power Platform: Automate, Analyse, Visualise
Exeter Science Park 6 Babbage Way, Clyst Honiton, Devon, United KingdomJoin us for a free, hands-on workshop where you'll build an automated process from start to finish using Power Automate and Power BI Learn how to build a seamless digital process using Microsoft Power Platform. This hands-on session will guide you through setting up automations with Power Automate, capturing and structuring data, and creating insightful visualisations in Power BI. Discover ... Read More
Benefit from the new apprenticeships policy
The UK government now pays the full cost of apprenticeships for people under the age of 21 employed by small businesses. The government currently classifies a small-to-medium-sized business as having up to 250 employees, but it plans to raise the threshold to 500 employees, meaning around 1,000 more companies become SMEs. Through Prosper, we can offer guidance on how to hire an apprentice.
The benefits of apprenticeships for small businesses:
- Save on recruitment costs
- Bring in increased diversification across your teams
- Increase your staff retention rates and employee satisfaction
- Improve talent acquisition
- Help fix the skills shortage within your business
- Introduce industry-leading skills and practices.
Employment Advice Workshops
Our Employment Advice support includes access to practical workshops that will help you take the next step with your business. Depending on the outcome of your action plan from your one-to-one session with our business advisor, these could be combined with further mentoring, self-learning, or access to a peer support network.

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How this support is funded
Devon County Council is project managing the programme on behalf of East Devon, Mid Devon and Exeter councils, with business support provided by Business Information Point, Cosmic and Carbon Sense.