Kickstart helps frozen yogurt chain accelerate growth Frozen yogurt chain Yogoo! has grown quickly by offering employment to up to 20 young people on the Kickstart scheme. Yogoo! was founded three years ago by brothers Dean and Kiril Hristov through the Virgin StartUp scheme. It offers healthy yoghurt-based desserts and now has ten stores, mainly…
Alex and Rachael were both long term unemployed until WorkAdvisor took them on through the Kickstart scheme, a government initiative to get unemployed young people back into work. “Some people with a degree think they should be aiming higher, but I tell them that it’s all about getting experience in the workplace.” Alex’s Story Alex…
Alex and Rachael were both long term unemployed until WorkAdvisor took them on through the Kickstart scheme, a government initiative to get unemployed young people back into work. “After gaining a first-class honours degree I applied for 100 jobs and got rejected from them all before Kickstart came around.” Rachael’s story First-class honours student Rachael…
The government’s Kickstart Scheme is designed to get unemployed young people back into work as we emerge from this pandemic. Under the Kickstart Scheme, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) funds any business, charity or organisation to hire a 16–24-year-old for a minimum of 25 hours a week, paying the national living wage for…