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In the last few months, life as we know it has changed beyond recognition. Coronavirus has taken hold in the UK and it has left many people scrambling to get their affairs in order.
I am writing with the latest coronavirus business support update from Oxford City Council. It covers the following: 1. Discretionary Grants Fund. 2. New central Government business support measures. 3. Re-opening. 4. Business support survey. and 5. Talk of the Town.
The UK government’s plans for 14 days self-quarantining of arrivals, will spell disaster for the aviation industry in the South East – GMB
Over 90 speakers and 400 delegates in three days using a brand new platform …… surely this event had ‘DANGER do not enter’ written all over it?
As some of you may have already heard the news that we are re-opening our park and gardens from this weekend.
After some 9 weeks of lockdown, we’re beginning to see a return to what will perhaps be the new normal. This means its time to make sure your business or organisation has the right plans in place.
Two projects, supported by funds raised through Oxford Homeless Movement, are aiming to help homeless and vulnerably housed people transition successfully from emergency Covid-19 accommodation to an independent life in their own self-supported housing.
Grant Process and Panel Requirements: Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) have created a business resilience fund to help support businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
The recent enforced changes in how we work as well as where we work raises questions as to how commercial office space will change in the future, writes Barnaby Clark, Sales and Marketing Director of office design and fit-out specialist, COEL.
We’re all doing the best we can to look after ourselves, our families and our businesses during the coronavirus pandemic and the social distancing rules put in place to stop the spread of the virus and keep us all safe.
As much as we don’t like it and it feels very unnatural, it looks like social distancing will be sticking around for a while, at least the next twelve months.
1. Grants Update from our Business Rates team: “We have paid out more than £19.5m in grants to businesses since the start of April, but we are still trying to contact a number of businesses who have yet to complete our online grant form.
Whilst the world adapts to huge shifts in all aspects of our lives, the B4 team have been working hard to ensure that BIO2020 LIVE will take place from 2nd to 4th June.
Charities have seen their income shrink because of enforced shop closures and cancelled fundraising events.
Businesses across the UK are continuing to adapt to life under lockdown. To help acquire the perspective needed to navigate the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, our teams are providing regular insight and guidance though a series of Covid-19 updates.