Restart Grants for non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care, accommodation and gyms
A Restart Grant is a one-off grant funding scheme from 1 April 2021 to provide support for non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses in England.
The primary principle of the Restart Grant scheme is to support businesses that offer in-person services, where the main service and activity takes place in a fixed rate-paying premises, in the relevant sectors.
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Local start-ups benefit from LEAP Small Business Grants
Billingshurst Dairies is a new local businesses who recently applied for and were offered a grant from our LEAP Small Business Grant Scheme. We spoke to Chris from the dairy to find out how the grant will help grow their business:
“We are a new business bringing local growers, butchers and bakers products from Horsham District together in one delivery platform: the milk float!
Our LEAP grant will enable us to develop a smartphone app that will simplify the ordering process and enable customers to quickly and easily order goods from their phone or tablet.
This will be a huge boost for both us and our customers, and enable us to serve the more rural villages and those who cannot get to the shops because of the pandemic or mobility reasons.”
The latest round of funding is open to applications from businesses with less than 20 FTE employees and who have registered within the last 12 months (as at 1 September 2020).
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Display the NHS COVID-19 poster when you reopen
It's probably been a while since you last thought about displaying NHS COVID-19 QR code posters at your business. The NHS is reminding all businesses about what you need to do ahead of reopening.
Please remember that there is a legal obligation for your business to display the NHS QR code poster.
Visit the NHS website for answers to all your questions
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Affordable Food Safety and Health & Safety courses
We run a range of food and health & safety courses that help your business and staff comply with laws and regulations. The courses are currently taking place online through video-conferencing app Zoom and are led by experienced course leaders.
Food hygiene courses
Do you own, or work for, a business that deals with food? Did you know that all food handlers must be supervised, instructed and/or trained in food hygiene? Our Food Hygiene Course offers all the content you need in a supportive environment for an accessible price.
If you have already taken a Level 2 or equivalent food safety course, it is recommended that you take the Update Course three years later. We offer a three-hour course for just £40.
Health & Safety courses
To help raise the awareness and standards of health and safety within a business, we offer training for the CIEH Foundation Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, a nationally recognised course accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.
If you have already taken a Level 2 or equivalent health & safety course, it is recommended that you take the Update Course three years later. We offer a three-hour course for just £40.
Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) extended for three more years
There is a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in place across the Horsham District.
As of 1 April 2021, the Order has now been extended for a further three years (ending on 31 March 2024) and includes additional prohibitions.
Find out more about PSPOs and the additional prohibitions
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