Business

• 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.

• New road paves the way for extended pedestrian zone

  17 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW road that will provide a quick route out of the city centre for buses leaving the Haymarket bus station will open next month – paving the way for the extension of Leicester’s pedestrian zone.

• Council support for businesses to be Covid-safe

  1 September 2020

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  OVER 1,200 visits have been carried out by council officials over the last two months to ensure that Leicester businesses are following coronavirus safety rules. 

• Two more London Road food businesses ordered to tackle uncontrolled queueing

  24 August 2020

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  RESTAURANTS and food outlets across the city are being told to take responsibility for tackling the problem of uncontrolled queueing by customers who have turned up without a booking.

• Latest financial help available for city businesses affected by COVID-19

  19 August 2020

  1 minute read

  BUSINESSES in Leicester have until August 28 to take advantage of financial help which has been made available to for firms affected by COVID-19.

• Chance for businesses to get share of £2.6m in extended lockdown business grants scheme

  13 August 2020

  1 minute read

  SMALL and micro-businesses across Leicester which were forced to close during the city’s extended lockdown can apply for financial help under a new grant scheme.

• Second round of discretionary business grants scheme gets underway

  30 July 2020

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  A FURTHER group of businesses and charities will be able to apply for funding aimed at helping those whose finances have been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Council provides £500,000 to help shopping areas reopen as part of £1.2m package of support

  29 July 2020

  3 minute read

  SHOPPING areas in Leicester are set to benefit from £500,000 of city council funding to help support independent traders as they reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.

• City Mayor repeats calls for more financial help for city businesses

  21 July 2020

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  LEICESTER’S City Mayor has written once more to the Government urging them to provide more support to local businesses to help them cope with the impact of the city’s extended Covid-19 lockdown.

• Webinar will help textiles businesses become covid-19 secure

  13 July 2020

  3 minute read

  A FREE webinar is being held tomorrow to help fashion and textiles businesses learn more about making their workplaces covid-19 secure.

• City Mayor lobbies Government for extra business support

  9 July 2020

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  LEICESTER’S City Mayor is lobbying Government to provide more support to local businesses after it emerged the Government does not intend to provide extra financial support during the city’s extended lockdown.

• Council-led taskforce tackles issues in city factories

  6 July 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is working with partners across the city to tackle issues with factory working highlighted by the current coronavirus crisis.