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Almost half of the Calderdale businesses registered have now received grant funding to help support them during the coronavirus outbreak. Funding has been made available from government for Calderdale Council to issue grants to help businesses minimise the impact of COVID-19.  This includes small business grant funding of £10,000 and a grant of £25,000 for… read more … about Over £20million already paid to support Calderdale businesses>>

Cllr Jane Scullion, Calderdale Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Resources

Businesses in Calderdale are starting to receive grant funding to help support them during the coronavirus outbreak. Funding has been made available from government for Calderdale Council to issue grants to help businesses minimise the impact of COVID-19.  This includes small business grant funding of £10,000 and a grant of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and… read more … about Grant funding being issued to help support local businesses>>

Cllr Jane Scullion, Calderdale Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Resources

Calderdale businesses are encouraged to register their details with the Council in order to receive the relevant COVID-19 support grants. Recent government announcements have confirmed a package of measures to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on businesses. This includes small business grant funding of £10,000 and a grant of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure… read more … about Supporting Calderdale businesses to help minimise the impact of COVID-19>>

Cllr Jane Scullion, Calderdale Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Resources

Calderdale Council’s business team is working hard to ensure the impact of COVID-19 on the borough’s business community is minimised. We know there is considerable uncertainty and anxiety across our business community at present. At the meeting of the Council’s Cabinet on Monday 16 March, we announced a ten point plan, detailing how Calderdale Council… read more … about Supporting businesses to minimise the impact of COVID-19>>

Cllr Tim Swift

The next steps for the proposed Clifton Business Park and Enterprise Zone, which could create around 1,300 jobs, will be discussed by Calderdale Council’s Cabinet on Monday 16 March 2020. The Council is working with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to transform a large site at Clifton near… read more … about Next steps for Clifton Business Park>>

Cllr Jane Scullion, Calderdale Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Resources

The Government has now confirmed Calderdale Council will receive funding to help support residents and businesses affected by Storm Ciara. Around 1200 residential and business properties across Calderdale were flooded on Sunday 9 February 2020. Leader of Calderdale Council, Cllr Tim Swift said: “I’m delighted by this announcement as it’s something we’ve been pushing for… read more … about Flood relief at last>>

Cllr Swift

UK Armed Forces personnel will be deployed to Calderdale today (Saturday 15 February) to support the ongoing recovery from last weekend’s flooding and the preparations for Storm Dennis. All available teams from Calderdale Council and partner organisations, as well as volunteers across the borough, continue to work 24/7 to support the major flood recovery efforts… read more … about Armed Forces to support Calderdale flood response and Storm Dennis preparations>>

Flood

Around 600 businesses in Calderdale flooded by Storm Ciara  Grants available for eligible SMEs  The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) has created a £2 million recovery fund for businesses in Calderdale that were devastated by flooding following Storm Ciara.  The LEP, working in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Calderdale Council, has set up the Calderdale Business Flood Recovery Fund to… read more … about LEP creates £2 million recovery fund for flood hit businesses in Calderdale>>

Flood

A Yorkshire business support programme has provided more than a million pounds in grant funding since its launch. AD:VENTURE, which helps ambitious new businesses trading for less than three years in North and West Yorkshire, has provided over £1.3m of funding to start-up firms and helped create 391 jobs. Since the programme started at the… read more … about Yorkshire business support programme provides over £1m in grant funding>>

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