What is Flexible New Deal?

Flexible New Deal, which starts in October 2009, is a completely new, personalised and responsive approach to the employment needs of individual businesses and jobseekers.

Flexible New Deal is different. Previous New Deal employment initiatives were successful - helping 1.8million people back into work over the past decade - but changes in both the economy and labour market have resulted in a new approach, ready for the challenges of both today and the next decade.

Flexible New Deal is just that - flexible. It recognises that better results can be achieved by building employment programmes around the specific needs of employers and individual jobseekers.

Flexible New Deal gets it right for everybody. Organisations like A4e will spend whatever time is required by businesses to ensure the right people are put forward for the right employment opportunity and that they have been thoroughly prepared for the role.

Flexible New Deal is about partnerships between us, jobseekers, skilled partner organisations delivering training and skills and you the employer, to bring about sustained employment to help the long term unemployed.

Its hassle and risk free. A4e will only be rewarded if businesses are happy with, and retain, the candidates put forward over the longer term.

This means we won't waste your time - A4e will make certain we find you the right person first time, every time and support the performance of new employees for up to 12 months.

A4e will deliver Flexible New Deal on behalf of Jobcentre Plus and the Department of Work and Pensions across 5 districts in the UK.

And even if you don't have any vacancies right now, A4e can help. Extra support is available to businesses who want to boost productivity and profits by re-skilling their existing workforce - protecting current jobs, creating new employment opportunities or preparing for future growth.