Business News

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    E-Scooters trial start on June 7

    Electric scooters will be available to rent in Ealing Borough and will be part of a year-long trial which starts on June 7. The trial is part of an attempt to encourage sustainable, active forms of transport and prevent a car-led recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In Acton, you will be able to rent you…

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    COVID-19 enhanced testing for variant of concern

    Public Health England has found a COVID-19 variant of concern first identified in India in some parts of Ealing. The council is making COVID-19 testing and vaccination as accessible as possible to all residents and workers in the borough over a four-week intensified period of activity.  Residents are being asked to take part in extra testing to…

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    Applications for the Restart Grant are now open

    Applications for the Restart Grant are now open to non-essential retail and hospitality and leisure, including personal care sector and gyms.  Ealing Council is accepting applications for other potential recipients that have not yet applied for previous grants. Eligibility criteria: To be eligible for this grant, your business must be: Based in England Rate-paying In the…

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    Venue Check-in Process Webinar for Hospitality Sector

    You are invited to join a FREE webinar hosted by NHS Track and Trace Covid-19 App Team! As we move towards Step 3 of the Prime Minister’s roadmap out of lockdown, we know that many venues across your sector will be preparing to re-open. As part of making the easing of restrictions as successful as…

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    Hospitality businesses webinar hosted by Ealing Council

    If you own or manage a hospitality business in Ealing, please join the council’s regulatory services team at 11am on 11 May 2021 for their second webinar on Lifting of COVID-19 Restrictions and Reopening Businesses. The webinar aims to help hospitality businesses prepare for reopening on 17 May, the earliest date indoor hospitality can reopen as set-out in the government’s Spring…

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    Reopening businesses webinar by Regulatory services

    Ealing Council regulatory services team hosted a lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and reopening businesses webinar on 6 April 2021. You can access a recording of the webinar on Youtube.

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    Exclusive Your Acton BID membership offer with Biffa!

    We have partnered with Biffa Waste Management and they are offering a discounted rate to all BID members for their waste collection. This offer is for BID members only! For more information contact Arti Chauhan on 07795 953819 or email arti.chauhan@biffa.co.uk. Quote Biff100 to qualify You can also contact us on 07483 173 870 or by email…

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    Pavement Licence – Date extended to September 2022

    Under the Business and Planning Act 2020, a new pavement licensing scheme was created to assist businesses to reopen whilst still enabling social distancing. If you have space to trade outside your premises, you can apply for the pavement licence. Cafes, pubs, restaurants and other eat-in businesses can now apply for new pavement licence to have temporary seating on the pavement outside their premises. The pavement licence aims…

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    Update on Business Grants

    The majority of eligible businesses have had grants for lockdown 2 and 3, a one-off January lockdown payment and all Tier payments. These grants were in addition to any grants paid out for the first lockdown in March 2020. Wet-led pubs got an additional grant for the Christmas period. Below you will find more information on the upcoming…

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    Getting Ready To Open Your Business

    The government’s plan to gradually ease lockdown restrictions means since 29 March outdoor sports facilities were permitted to open and non-essential retail will be permitted to open no earlier than 12 April 2021. Following the COVID-19 recovery roadmap, the government has shared guidance on reopening businesses and venues which sets out how restrictions will be lifted. You can also find advice…