News & views

LLEP provides a weekly news round-up

7 April 2020

Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Limited’s weekly new round-up provides the latest news on;

• COVID-19 updates and support available for your business
• Current projects and programmes running in your area
• Local News stories
• Information on investment priorities for Leicester & Leicestershire
• Business news from across the UK

City gets £85million package of help for businesses

5 April 2020

The Government formally announced the Small Business Grant funding, and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure grant on Wednesday, April 1 – the highest amount in the East Midlands and one of the 10 highest city allocations in the UK.

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Businesses asked to donate spare PPE to the NHS

4 April 2020

The #ppe4nhs campaign is seeking donations of unused PPE from local businesses, particularly those in the engineering, manufacturing and construction sectors.

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Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme expanded to benefit more smaller businesses across the UK

3 April 2020

Read the British Business Bank press release here

Read the CBILS fact sheet here

 

COVID 19 – your help needed for LLEP response

31 March 2020

The LLEP is leading on the Business cell of the Local Resilience Forum (LRF), a multi-agency group to co-ordinate the response to the impact that the COVID-19 virus is having in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

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