Enterprise Allowance Scheme

British

noun

(in Britain) a scheme to provide a weekly allowance to an unemployed person who wishes to set up a business and is willing to invest a specified amount in it during its first year

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I applied to Thatcher’s Enterprise Allowance Scheme, and was given £40 a week.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2020

The group signed up to Margaret Thatcher's Enterprise Allowance Scheme, each taking home £40 a week to help fund their circus business, along with help from family and friends.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2015

Mark Wray, 47, started his business Willy Wiper as part of the Prince's Trust Enterprise Allowance Scheme in the mid 1980s.

From BBC • May 19, 2011

They started out with almost nothing in the 80s, taking advantage of the Enterprise Allowance Scheme to get people off the dole by giving them £40 to start a business – any business.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2010

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