Sep 21

Launching We Are Kingston, a new consumer campaign

This week, we are delighted to launch our 'We Are Kingston' consumer campaign, bringing back that community spirit to Kingston and brightening up our streets. We Are Kingston aims to inspire you to shop locally in Kingston, so we've chosen to showcase just a few of the independent businesses who... read more →
  • September 21, 2020
Aug 05

New Discretionary Grants and Pavement Licence applications now open

A new round of Discretionary Grants has been opened by Kingston Council, and the application process for table and chairs licences is now open. Discretionary Grants A third round of Discretionary Grants and, thanks to Kingston First lobbying, will be open to businesses including private dentists and charities, two sectors... read more →
  • August 5, 2020
Aug 05

Have your say: Covid-19 Business Resilience Survey

How has your business been impacted by Covid-19? Help the government to act and respond by filling out the High Streets Task Force's latest survey on business resilience here. The purpose of this survey is to understand more about the impact on business of Covid-19 in particular locations. The survey... read more →
  • August 5, 2020
Jul 27

Kingston on BBC News, 23 July 2020

We were very pleased to have Kingston featured on BBC London News yesterday evening, profiling the town and our members. Kingston First's Chief Executive Kirsten Henly and our independent businesses, Food for Thought and The Terrace Eatery, talk about their perspectives on the introduction of face coverings and building customer... read more →
  • July 27, 2020
Jul 14

Discretionary Grants Fund Round 2 now open

After successfully lobbying and working closely with Kingston Council we are pleased to announce that the Council's Discretionary Grants Fund Round 2 is now open. We hope this will be of particular help to independent businesses with a rateable value of over £51K and up to £100K, and businesses that... read more →
  • July 14, 2020
Jul 02

Updated Town Centre Re-opening Guidance ahead of 4 July

Ahead of the re-opening of pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels and hairdressers this weekend, we have updated our Kingston Re-opening Guidance in line with the latest government and council advice. It's just been sent out in our bi-weekly update to Kingston First members, or you can take a look on our... read more →
  • July 2, 2020
Jun 23
Jun 18

Kingston featured on BBC London News

Knowing the hard work and community spirit that's gone into getting retailers reopen over the last few weeks, we put Kingston forward to the media and were delighted to secure a feature on BBC London News on Monday 15 June. Kingston was featured alongside our friends at New West End... read more →
  • June 18, 2020
Jun 18

Reopening assets to help your business

To help you with reopening, we've created two sets of assets you can use yourself to promote your business and help manage social distancing. We've created an A4 document you can print yourselves to signpost how many customers you're allowing in your store at once. Just print, fill in the... read more →
  • June 18, 2020
Jun 10

Town Centre Re-opening Guidance

In order to support businesses and organisations across Kingston town centre who are planning to re-open over the coming weeks, we have produced Kingston town centre Re-opening Guidance which can be downloaded here. The document provides an overview of town centre updates, Council updates and projects and services we are... read more →
  • June 10, 2020
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