Bromsgrove/Redditch If you have previously completed an application form for a Covid business support grant because your business was asked to close at any point since 1st November then we will use the details you previously supplied to make a new grant payment, you...
Restart & Recovery Advice
Worcestershire start-ups invited to apply for a fully funded business Membership!
For a limited time, Enterprising Worcestershire is providing funding of £150 towards a Starter Membership with the Chamber for Worcestershire businesses which will provide you with on-going support and access to a wide range of business services, critical for your early stage business. This means that for the first year, you will get our Starter Membership for next to nothing!
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage
The second round of the Culture Recovery Fund looks forward to next spring and early summer when it is expected that cultural organisations will be able to operate with fewer restrictions. Over £300million of grants will be available, covering the period April-June,...
Join the businesses harnessing peer support to drive success in 2021
Are you an ambitious Worcestershire Company, looking for support in 2021 to help you and your business overcome the challenges created in 2020?
BREAKING: Tier review – what does this mean for the two counties?
Today (17 December 2020), Health Secretary Matt Hancock has addressed the Commons to announce the latest changes to the tiered system. Following a review of coronavirus cases, Herefordshire will now be moved from tier 2 down into tier 1. Bristol and North Somerset are...
Christmas ‘bubble’ restrictions
Addressing the Commons on Wednesday 16 December, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the rules allowing three households to mix over the Christmas period were "maximums, not targets to aim for", adding: "a smaller Christmas is going to be a safer Christmas and a shorter...
Business Interruption Loan available to help Worcestershire businesses
Eligible Worcestershire businesses can now access the updated Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The scheme helps small and medium-sized businesses to access loans and other kinds of finance up to £5 million. The government guarantees 80% of the...
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for UK use
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination. Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the vaccine, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe to...
Financial support for ‘wet pubs’
Boris Johnson has promised to issue one-off payments of £1,000 to 'wet pubs' in December. 'Wet pubs' are pubs that only sell drinks/do not sell food, meaning they will be unable to open in Tier 2 and Tier 3 areas due to new restrictions. On Tuesday (1 December),...
Third Self-Employed Income Support Scheme Grant opens today
Applications for the third round of grants through the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) open today (1 December). For eligible applicants, the grant will provide a maximum of £7,500 to cover up to 80% of your average trading profits. Previously, the Scheme...