Business

• Latest phase of business help available

  24 February 2021

  1 minute read

  BUSINESSES and charities are being called upon to apply for the latest in a series of grants to help with costs and loss of income during the coronavirus lockdown.

• More covid safety checks on city businesses

  15 February 2021

  3 minute read

  BUSINESSES and organisations in Leicester could soon be getting a call from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), which is working with the city council to carry out covid safety checks.

• Grants deadline extended to help pubs affected by lockdown closure

  1 February 2021

  1 minute read

  THE closing date has been extended in a scheme to provide financial help to ease the impact of lockdown on city pubs whose income doesn’t largely depend upon food sales.

• Grants on offer to pubs affected by lockdown closure

  27 January 2021

  1 minute read

  PUBS whose income doesn’t largely depend upon food sales have until the end of January to take advantage of additional financial help on offer, joining over 70 city pubs that have already received funding.

• New textiles training centre to launch in Leicester

  13 January 2021

  3 minute read

  AN innovative project to deliver apprenticeships and accredited training for the textiles industry is set to be launched in Leicester.

• Reminder for businesses to claim grants for coronavirus help

  18 December 2020

  2 minute read

  BUSINESSES across Leicester whose trade has been affected by the local or national coronavirus restrictions are being reminded to apply for a share of funding in the latest grants schemes being administered by Leicester City Council.

• Latest grants schemes to help businesses affected by restrictions

  2 December 2020

  2 minute read

  BUSINESSES across Leicester whose trade has been affected by the local or national coronavirus restrictions are being encouraged to apply for a share of funding in the latest grants schemes being administered by Leicester City Council.

• Kickstart scheme will help unemployed youngsters onto jobs ladder

  12 November 2020

  3 minute read

  BUSINESSES across Leicester will be able to offer unemployed young people guaranteed jobs as part of a new scheme taking place in the city.

• Seventy new jobs to be created by city council as part of Leicester’s new Economic Recovery Plan

  10 November 2020

  3 minute read

  SEVENTY new jobs are set to be created by the city council to help boost Leicester’s local economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Plans drawn up for Market Place scheme

  27 October 2020

  2 minute read

  AN ATTRACTIVE new route for pedestrians could soon be linking Leicester’s historic Town Hall Square with the shops, bars and cafés in St Martin’s Square.

• Tenants sign up for Pioneer Park space ahead of development’s opening in January

  30 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW hub for business at Leicester’s Pioneer Park has already signed up its first tenants, despite still being under construction.

• City council and universities launch £1.6m graduate retention scheme

  18 September 2020

  2 minute read

  MORE than £1.6million is set to be invested in encouraging graduates to stay in Leicester once they have finished their studies.