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Coronavirus
(Corvid-19)
Welcome to the
Windermere & Bowness Chamber of Trades "Coronavirus" page.
The Windermere & Bowness Chamber of Trade
representing the local business community have set up this page in order
to make it easier for those businesses to access the relevant
information from government, local authorities, Cumbria Chamber of
Commerce and transportation using the links provided.
These links will be updated and added to,
as and when information becomes available.
NOTE: The date shown at the
end of each link is the date that it was put on to this page and not
necessary the date of the original document.
Exemption Notice
The Windermere & Bowness Chamber of Trade
would like it to be known that these links are to external sites and can
not be responsible for their accuracy or completeness. If in doubt
please contact the Secretary at
a.g.faulkner@gmail.com. Whilst every reasonable precaution has been
taken to ensure these links are virus free, the Windermere & Bowness
Chamber of Trade cannot guarantee this, neither can they accept any
liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses.
Government Information
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Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
Neighbourhood Watch
South Lakeland District Council
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Business Rates Bills for 2020/2021,
Government Funding and Support -
As the Covid-19 situation is developing, we will endeavour to keep
you up-to-date with relevant information and the role that we are
playing for our business community. To keep you informed please
visit
www.southlakeland.gov.uk which we will be posting updates
on a regular basis.
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Business Rates Help - NEW!
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Small business grant funding -
Those eligible for Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) or Rural Rate
Relief (RRR) may be eligible for grants to help meet their ongoing
business costs. Details of how to claim and eligibility criteria
will be published on www.southlakeland.gov.uk once we have received this from Central
Government. We are expecting this information around 20 March.
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Business Rates Bills for 2020/21
- You may have just received your business rates bill for 2020/21.
Please note that these do not include newly announced discounts or
payment holidays. These will be applied automatically and you do not
need to take any further action. Please bear with us while we await
further advice from Central Government.
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SLDC are encouraging all businesses
with cash flow concerns to speak directly with your business banks,
insurance providers, landlords, commercial agents and supply chain
to speak about potential payment holidays and flagging business
interruption with them.
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Tim Farron, MP
Our local MP, Tim Farron has been working
tirelessly on our behalf cagouling government into giving more help to
the accommodation and tourism sectors of our economy.
Unfortunately not all of it has been successful as can be seen from the
letter below from Lord Callanan, Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy.
Transportation
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