Post lockdown plans for the city centre

Some positive news to share. The council have been working hard on a plan, be ready for 15 June. Priority implementation for 15 June: Extended foot streetsCirculation management planBusiness guidance issuedSupport service for businesses where queuing is...

Social Distancing Guide

A really useful guide to social distancing by the British Retail Consortium and the Union Usdaw. Thanks to Ashley from Robert Smart for sharing. You can download a copy here.

Making A Claim For Furloughed Staff

If you have furloughed staff, you can now make claims from the Coronavirus job retention scheme. York and North Yorkshire LEP Growth Hub has produced a quick reference guide with all you need to know. Quick guide: Job Retention...

Latest council updates

Latest council updates: For all the latest York coronavirus updates please visit https://www.york.gov.uk/Coronavirus Business grants We have started making payments, with several million pounds worth of grants processed today. This is an entirely new process and we...

City of York Council request help

Accessing food at this time is a problem for some of our residents, and a project led by Mora Scaife from our Communities Team is working hard to try and channel food to those who it most. This ranges from those having difficulty in booking a supermarket delivery...

Grants info goes live on council website….

From YorkBID – Important message regarding Coronavirus relief grants:Grants are on their way – but you must respond with key info next week. The council has today (Friday 27 March) written to all business that may be eligible for the £10,000 grants for small...

Press release by York BID for information:

Support for businesses during the Coronavirus outbreak The start of 2020 has been extremely tough with the impact of flooding and Coronavirus. The York Business Improvement District (BID), Make It York and the City of York Council are co-ordinating efforts to ensure...

COVID-19 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CITY CENTRE TRADERS

Our Chairman Phil Pinder has been talking to YorkBID and they are looking into creating a task group with City of York Council and Make It York. He has asked City of York Council to consider serious parking incentives to entice residents into town to support local...