Restart & Recovery: Local Business Support
Find the business support available in your area Contact our teamHere you will find all of the local support that will help your recovery and restart.
All of the below support can accessed through your respective district councils. Please follow the links below to find out more.
Here2Help Business
Worcestershire County Council has launched a new £3m programme to assist local businesses to recover, adapt, develop and support future resilience as lockdown measures reduce.
Open 4 Business Funding Finder
With the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are increasingly needing funding to support their business. To support with current pressures and the need to find precise and relevant funding information, our partners Worcestershire County Council are providing access to the Open 4 Business portal until 31 October 2020.
Further Funding & Support
To view the support provided by central government, please follow the link below.
Webinars
To support the restart & recovery of businesses in Worcestershire, we have compiled a list of webinars in the area to support your business.
CORONAVIRUS NEWS
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COVID Business Advice available
A series of free resources have been produced by Worcestershire County Council to help businesses reinforce safety guidelines in the workplace. Businesses are being encouraged to use these free resources to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 amongst staff. The support...
Local District grants still available to businesses
Organisations across Worcestershire are being reminded that there is still COVID support funds available. These support funds are being administered directly from the District Councils in Worcestershire. Those interested in accessing this support funding need to...
6 Tips for Restructuring Your Business Post Covid
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Grant support to be made available for businesses forced to close
If you have a business rates account, and your business has been forced to close, you may be able to apply for the Local Restrictions Support Grant. The Government is giving councils in England funding to provide grant support payments to businesses with a business...
Covid furlough extension will “protect thousands” of Worcestershire jobs
The five-month extension of the government’s furlough scheme will protect thousands of jobs across Worcestershire, one of the county’s leading accountants has said. Alistair Hayward-Wright has praised the decision by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to keep the furlough...