Apr
27
This afternoon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced the launch of a new micro loan scheme for those small businesses needing extra ‘fast tracked’ financial support as a result of the pandemic. The new ‘Bounce Back’ loans of 25% of turnover up to £50,000 will be the only...
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Apr
24
Click here to download a PDF of our latest weekly Keeping You Informed newsletter, or read it below. In our weekly roundup of essential national and local announcements, we focus on the announcement yesterday that the Government has pledged to support and protect High Street businesses from ‘aggressive rent collection...
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Apr
22
We are backing the recently launched national campaign #RaiseTheBar, which highlights that there are a significant number of retail, leisure and hospitality businesses currently unable to access the packages because their rateable value is over the £51,000 threshold set by the Government. The #RaiseTheBar campaign is asking the Government to...
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Apr
22
We’re sharing two surveys with our members to complete this week to find out how Covid-19 is impacting your business. This will help us to continue to lobby and feed directly into local and national decision making during the crisis. The first is a joint survey between Kingston Council, Kingston...
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Apr
20
We are hosting an online business surgery for members with Sir Ed Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, to hear how Sir Ed has been representing businesses in the town centre and to hear from you about your issues and concerns regarding the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) crisis. When: 12pm, Monday 27...
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Apr
17
Click here to download a PDF of our latest weekly Keeping You Informed newsletter, or read it below. We’ve detailed a summary of updates this week, including yesterday’s confirmation from Government that the lockdown and social distancing restrictions will be in place for ‘at least three weeks’. There has...
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Apr
16
Before the Easter weekend, Caroline Kerr, Leader of Kingston Council, sent a message to Kingston businesses as part of our new Voices for Kingston series. Council staff have been working hard to process applications for business grants. Over £15.3m of grants have now been paid to businesses that are eligible...
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Apr
07
Businesses across Kingston upon Thames are providing food delivery services, virtual experiences and online tutorials to support Londoners during the Covid-19 pandemic. To highlight this important effort, we put together a press release showcasing some of the many stories of resilience in the town centre. Thanks to the Surrey Comet...
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Apr
03
Chancellor announces overhaul to £30 billion Coronavirus Business Loans and other updates We have detailed a summary of updates announced this week, including on the Chancellor’s announcement today of further action he has taken in relation to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). We have included other updates this week...
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Mar
27
As we come towards the end of a difficult week where the Covid-19 support for businesses has been evolving, we have provided below a summary of the government support initiatives available to Kingston businesses. We appreciate that you are receiving Covid-19 briefings daily from a number of sources. We...
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