Wales · hiring staff

Grants and funding for hiring staff in Wales.

Wage incentives, recruitment grants and employer reliefs for taking people on, including young people, apprentices and people out of work.

A business in Wales can use 10 schemes for hiring staff, and 8 are taking applications today. 6 are specific to Wales, from Department for Work & Pensions, Swansea Council and Welsh Government; the other 4 are UK-wide.

Specific to Wales (6)

Access to Work

Department for Work & Pensions · Open now

up to £69,260

Swansea Local Growth Fund — Growth Grant

Swansea Council (UK Local Growth Fund in Wales) · Open now

up to £50,000

ReAct+ (Wales)

Welsh Government · Open now

up to £4,000

Youth Jobs Grant (£3,000 hire grant)

Department for Work & Pensions · Open now · Closes 31 Oct 2028

up to £3,000

Jobs Growth Wales+

Welsh Government · Closed

up to £6,000

Restart Scheme (employer route)

Department for Work & Pensions · Closed

UK-wide, open to businesses in Wales (4)

Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale-Ups

Department for Business and Trade · Open now · Closes 1 Mar 2027

up to £25,000

Employment Allowance

HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief

up to £10,500

Veterans' Employer National Insurance Relief

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now · Closes 5 Apr 2028 · Tax relief

up to £6,790

Employer National Insurance relief for employees under 21 and apprentices under 25

HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief

up to £6,790

Which of these is your business owed?

Check your business in about two minutes: your top three matches are shown free, by name. The £19.95 report names every match, explains every rule and drafts the applications.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · schemes change, so every scheme page shows the date it was last checked.