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Oct 15

London, including Kingston will move to Tier 2 Covid-19 measures

The government has today announced further restrictions, to help reduce the spread of Covid-19, which will come into force from Saturday 17 October. From Saturday London, including Kingston, will move from the government’s Tier 1 alert (medium) system to Tier 2 (high). In summary, the new measures mean: Mixing of... read more →
  • October 15, 2020
Oct 14

Launching Kingston Canvas with Kingston School of Art

Kingston Canvas is our collaboration with Kingston School of Art to inject colourful and vibrant imagery into the town centre's vacant retail units. While footfall in Kingston has steadily increased with our town often performing better than Greater London, vacancy units around the country have continued to rise, and empty... read more →
  • October 14, 2020
Sep 27

Blog | Member Spotlight | September 2020

Arjun Varma, CEO at Chakra We’re pleased to hear from Arjun Varma, CEO of Chakra, and long-time Kingston resident about his restaurant’s experience over the past few months. “As someone who has lived in Kingston for so many years, this is an area which I’ve always adored. It has lovely... read more →
  • September 27, 2020
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
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
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