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
Corona Virus Job Retention Scheme Key Dates
Elevate Programme Update: Has Covid-19 affected your business?
Are you looking at how to restart, reshape or continue to grow your business? Are you an established business ideally trading for over 5 years with 5 plus employees, based in Worcestershire and trading B2B? Elevate can help you emerge from the impact of Covid-19 not...
New Training opportunities for individuals during COVID-19
A new series of training support programmes and courses available in Worcestershire have been compiled together to support in upskilling individuals during the Covid 19 outbreak. These have been summarised below by the provider. Serco: Skills Support for the Workforce...
UK Government launches NHS Test and Trace service
From today, anyone who tests positive for coronavirus in England will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace and will need to share information about their recent interactions. This could include household members, people with whom they have been in direct contact, or...
RESTART & RECOVERY – LET THE GROWTH HUB KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS?
Following recent announcements from government on the easing of social distancing measures and the beginning of businesses returning to work, we, the Worcestershire Growth Hub, are looking to gauge the thoughts and concerns of local business as they begin to take the...
NEW REOPENING TIMELINE ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT
Government sets reopening timeline for high street shops, department stores and shopping centres. In the announcement yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, stated the following plans: From 1 June 2020 all outdoor markets and car showrooms will be able to reopen, as...