May
12
24 hours after the Prime Minster announced the government's ‘Three Step Conditional Plan to re-open society’, further announcements have been made and updated guidance has been released, including government guidelines on working in: Offices and contact centres Restaurants offering takeaway and delivery Shops and branches Please see below for summary of...
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May
11
Local businesses across the South West London town of Kingston upon Thames have been coming together to support the NHS staff at Kingston Hospital, as they work hard in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. FusionARTS, the local charity who provide art studio space for the creative community, worked with...
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May
11
We’re updating you on two news items from this weekend: this evening’s statement from the Prime Minister on modifying lockdown restrictions and the Transport Secretary's announcement of £2bn package to support public transport policy in the coming months. Statement from the Prime Minister As you may have seen, this evening the...
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May
07
Click here to download a PDF of our latest weekly Keeping You Informed newsletter, or read it below. This evening the Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State, Dominic Raab, confirmed that due to a ‘monumental effort’ from the public, the R level is now between 0.5 and 0.9. We...
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May
01
Click here to download a PDF of our latest weekly Keeping You Informed newsletter, or read it below. In his first news conference since 25 March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday announced he will be setting out a ‘comprehensive plan’ to ‘re-start the economy’ next week. He acknowledged the huge...
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Apr
29
Thank you to everyone who joined us and asked questions at our Voices for Kingston webinar on Monday with Sir Ed Davey MP. The webinar is now available to listen or watch online. Click here for the video, or click here to listen to it as a podcast. There were several topics covered, with...
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Apr
27
This afternoon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced the launch of a new micro loan scheme for those small businesses needing extra ‘fast tracked’ financial support as a result of the pandemic. The new ‘Bounce Back’ loans of 25% of turnover up to £50,000 will be the only...
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Apr
24
Click here to download a PDF of our latest weekly Keeping You Informed newsletter, or read it below. In our weekly roundup of essential national and local announcements, we focus on the announcement yesterday that the Government has pledged to support and protect High Street businesses from ‘aggressive rent collection and...
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Apr
22
We are backing the recently launched national campaign #RaiseTheBar, which highlights that there are a significant number of retail, leisure and hospitality businesses currently unable to access the packages because their rateable value is over the £51,000 threshold set by the Government. The #RaiseTheBar campaign is asking the Government to...
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Apr
22
We’re sharing two surveys with our members to complete this week to find out how Covid-19 is impacting your business. This will help us to continue to lobby and feed directly into local and national decision making during the crisis. The first is a joint survey between Kingston Council, Kingston...
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