Business

• 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.

• 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

  2 minute read

  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

  2 minute read

  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.