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Frustratingly, the scheme has not delivered. Despite registering in November, Renee has so far been unable to recruit anyone for The Curiosity Box, an Oxfordshire-based business she founded five years ago that provides hands-on science activities for children. Last year, business boomed as a result of home-schooling.
Renee is not alone. A number of small businesses have told The Mail on Sunday they have been left frustrated by the scheme.
The Department for Work and Pensions, overseer of the initiative, has also admitted to The Mail on Sunday that only a fraction of the job applications approved have so far resulted in people being recruited.