Calderdale Council is asking local businesses how their insurance costs have been affected by the devastating floods in 2015, to help lobby for a better deal nationally. After unprecedented flooding on Boxing Day 2015, many insurance providers refused to insure for flood damage, or to provide any insurance at all, and those that did often… read more … about Was your business insurance affected by the floods?>>
From Monday 10 December, shoppers in Brighouse will be able to park for free for an hour on-street in the town centre in the run-up to Christmas. At a meeting of the Brighouse Town Board yesterday evening (Tuesday 4 December), Calderdale Council announced that it will be temporarily reintroducing the full hour of free on-street… read more … about Festive changes for Brighouse parking>>
Calderdale Council is celebrating the completion of highway improvements between Salterhebble Hill and Shaw Hill – the first project being delivered as part of the £120m A629 improvement programme, funded by the West Yorkshire-plus Transport Fund. Final milestones have been reached with the seeding of the innovative ‘living wall’ alongside Salterhebble Hill, the reopening of… read more … about A629 Salterhebble to Shaw Hill project complete!>>
Businesses in Calderdale are getting ready to celebrate Small Business Saturday, on Saturday 1 December. Now in its sixth year, Small Business Saturday is the UK’s most successful small business campaign, which last year saw an estimated £748m spent with small businesses across the country. Keep it local this weekend by doing all or most… read more … about Supporting Small Business Saturday>>
Three Calderdale-based community projects have received a substantial amount of funding to become more energy efficient thanks to an innovative partnership between the Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) and the energy purchasing club, 6C Energy. Age UK, The Space renovation project and The Big Tin Shed were successfully awarded a combined total of £8,000 in… read more … about Calderdale charities receive helping hand with energy saving plans>>
Shoppers in Calderdale will be able to park for free on Saturdays in selected car parks across the borough in the run up to Christmas. Calderdale Council is offering free parking in a number of car parks in Halifax as well as in five car parks across the towns of Brighouse, Elland, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby… read more … about Park for free on Saturdays up to Christmas>>
A business rates pilot scheme which this year is reinvesting around £41m raised locally in the local area is bidding to expand to spread the benefits across more of the Yorkshire region. The Leeds City Region business rates pool was established five years ago and was selected this financial year to trial keeping 100% of… read more … about Yorkshire-based business rates scheme bids to extend success>>
A Business Improvement District (BID) is to be launched in Brighouse after the town’s businesses votes ‘yes’ in a month-long postal ballot. All businesses within the town centre’s BID boundary were eligible to vote on the proposal which has a vision to ‘create a destination town with a strong and sustainable future which is vibrant,… read more … about Brighouse votes ‘YES’ for new Business Improvement District>>
Plans are being put in place for major changes at Brighouse Open Market. The market has been run by a private company for over 100 years; however the current operator, Northern Markets, no longer wishes to do so. The land on which the market operates is leased from the Council. This means that the Council… read more … about Bright future for Brighouse Open Market>>
