Useful Links

Jobhunting Sites

We are often asked for useful sites when it comes to looking for a job. We have listed below some sites that our members have found useful in their search for jobs.

Disability Now has a lot of useful information for disabled people and also has jobs listed.  Disability Now's Find a Job link can be accessed by clicking here.

Another useful website that incorporates the old jobability information is the totaljobs website. There are links on the site with regard to your rights as a disabled employee, as well as the opportunity to sign up for jobs by email.  The totaljobs site can be accessed by clicking here.

If you are a graduate, you may wish to look at the Hobson's website, which is specifically designed for people looking for careers after leaving university.  The Hobson's site can be accessed by clicking here.

EmployAbility is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to assisting disabled people into employment. Working primarily with disabled students/graduates, EmployAbility offers support and guidance to ease the transition from education to a career.  The EmployAbility site can be accessed by clicking here.

Finally, if you are looking for an executive position, you can carry out a global executive job search in various sectors on the Exec-Appointments.com website. You can access Exec-Appointments.com, by clicking here.

Self Employment Links

The ADP has written a plain English Resource Guide and Directory of Support for disabled people who wish to set up in business and their advisors.  More information about the Launch of the Guide is in our "News and Events" section of this website.

If you would like a copy of the Guide, please contact info@adp.org.uk

You may also wish to look at the information on the Disabled Entrepreneurs' Network site by clicking here

European SME Week 2010, which will take place from 25 May to 1 June, aims to:

- Provide information on what the EU and national, regional and local authorities are offering as support to micro, small and medium-sized businesses;
- Promote entrepreneurship so that more people, and in particular younger ones, seriously consider becoming an entrepreneur as a career option;
- Give recognition to entrepreneurs for their contribution to Europe's welfare, jobs, innovation and competitiveness.

Launched in 2009, the European SME Week is coordinated by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry as one of the measures implementing Principle 1 of the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), which states that "the EU and Member States should create an environment within which entrepreneurs and family businesses can thrive and entrepreneurship is rewarded".

European SME Week 2010 is a pan-European campaign taking place in 37 participating countries, which is however fully decentralised in order for events and activities to take place as close as possible to the established and potential entrepreneurs themselves. Events will be organised at national, regional or local level by business organisations, business support providers, as well as by national, regional and local authorities in the participating countries. These events should also be an opportunity for existing SMEs to share their experiences and to further develop their businesses.

The British Library Business and IP Centre offers a number of services to people who want to set up a business and for people who have already established their own business.  They offer advice sessions, workshops and events, as well as access to a number of resources to help you in making your business successful.

For more information about their services, please visit their website at www.bl.uk/bipc 

Launched in June 2006, Supply2.gov.uk is the only official government lower-value contract opportunity portal, created specifically to provide small businesses with visibility of public sector contract opportunities typically below £100,000.

The portal is the first major initiative to unite buyers and suppliers in a single location, making it easier for business and government to work together. Since its launch, Supply2.gov.uk has provided small businesses throughout the UK with visibility of in excess of 100,000 contract opportunities nationwide.

Supply2.gov.uk is free for public sector buyers to advertise contract notices and free for private sector suppliers to register for access to contract information via the Online Contract Search and the Daily Contract Alert service – which delivers notification of new public sector contract opportunities relevant to the user – free from a location of their choice.

Objectives of the portal

  • To be seen by public sector buyers and suppliers as the 'first portal of call' for those advertising or seeking below-threshold public sector contract opportunities, typically worth under £100,000.
  • To provide an easy-to-use portal uniting buyers and suppliers in a single location.
  • To open up the lower-value public sector contract opportunities market to as wide a range of businesses as possible.
  • To enable businesses, particularly small ones, to access central and local government's below-threshold (sub-OJEU) contract opportunities, typically worth under £100,000.
  • To provide public sector buyers the opportunity to identify a wider range of potential suppliers more easily, both locally and nationally.

Created by government to unite buyers and suppliers on the route to success

The Supply2.gov.uk contract opportunities portal was created by The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) in order to centralise the advertisement of lower-value contract opportunities, with the objective of providing small businesses with access to government opportunities which can provide their business with the stability it needs to thrive and grow.

Supply2.gov.uk is recognised by both business and government as a useful and effective tool providing a route to help small business sell to the public sector. The portal is also cited as a best practice means of advertising lower-value contract opportunities by HM Treasury and the European Commission.