Skip to main content

The first 14 high streets to receive £1bn funding revealed

// The 14 high streets to receive up to £25m worth of training, face-to-face support & access to research have been revealed
// The funding will be piloted first in 20 town centres
// The government has also pledged to cut small retailers’ business rates bills by 50% from April

Ministers have revealed the first 14 high streets to receive £1 billion government funding to help improve the UK’s retail sector.

The High Streets Task Force is to give 14 town centres up to £25 million worth of training, face-to-face support and access to research to give small business owners an edge.

The scheme was announced by the government in response to recommendations of an expert panel on the high street chaired by Sir John Timpson.

READ MORE: 

The funding will be piloted first in 20 town centres before being rolled out in 101 areas across the country.

The first 14 towns to take part in the pilot schemes and receive funding from the government will be:

Swinton Town centre – Salford

Thornton Heath – Croydon

Cheadle – Staffordshire Moorlands

Aldershot Town Centre – Rushmoor

Stirchley – Birmingham

Accrington Town Centre – Hyndburn

Kendal – South Lakeland

Friargate – Preston

Coventry City Centre – Coventry

Hartlepool Town Centre – Hartlepool

Ellesmere Port Town Centre – Cheshire West and Chester

West Bromwich Town Centre – Sandwell

Huyton Town Centre – Knowsley

Withington District Centre – Manchester

“The Task Force will provide the tools they need to get the best advice possible and a dashboard of key local data,” Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said.

Labour MP Lisa Nandy said: “A decade of Tory cuts has blighted our high streets with empty shops and payday lenders.

“They have no plan to give us back the well-paid jobs we need to revive our high streets.

“After ten years of failure, nobody will believe more of their empty promises.”

She added: “It’s up to our high street heroes to shop locally and save our town centres.”

Ministers will also launch a consultation on whether to build an online register of commercial properties, which could make it easier to bring empty shops back into use.

The government has also pledged to cut small retailers’ business rates bills by 50 per cent from April.

Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

The post The first 14 high streets to receive £1bn funding revealed appeared first on Retail Gazette.



from Retail Gazette https://ift.tt/2SIw3HI
via IFTTT
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Eagle Labs launches impirica CBD brand

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Eagle Labs has launched impirica, a new brand of CBD intended to eliminate consumer fear, and increase confidence, in trying the exciting new cannabidiol category. Michael Law Although most Americans have now heard about CBD, many are very confused and concerned about product quality. This is inhibiting trial in the category and holding back conversion into sales. In fact, a 2017 study by Johns Hopkins University found that two out of three CBD products on the shelf did not contain the amount of CBD reflected on the label. Furthermore, in 2018 and 2019, the FDA sent notices to a substantial number of CBD manufacturers advising them of serious concerns about product quality or egregious medical claims. The impirica brand looks different than most CBD brands — the brand name itself connotes testing and trust, says Eagle Labs chief commercial officer Michael Law. “It doesn’t use the traditional category colors of browns and greens, and you won’t find a hemp...
68 comments
Read more

Coronavirus Recovery: Canadian Small Businesses Must Focus on Easing Employee, Customer Fears

By M. Tina Dacin and Laura Rees A small business has been  given the green light to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic . What does it need to consider for employees and customers? Small business owners are reorganizing physical space to account for continued distancing requirements and rethinking supply chains to deliver products and services in new ways to meet changing demand patterns. But they must not forget the hearts and minds of employees and customers. That doesn’t mean replacing a focus on the bottom line, but it helps address the need for a new set of expectations and ways of communicating in terms of product or service offerings, delivery methods and real-time feedback. Based on our expertise in organizational behaviour and past research we’ve conducted, we provide a set of recommendations to help small businesses thrive in our new COVID-19 economy by looking after the hearts and minds of the people most important to businesses — employees and customers. Fear, Anxi...
1 comment
Read more

World's 1st Pizza Subscription Service Launches in Toronto

general assembly subscription user opening delivery box of pizza. photo: general assembly pizza By Mario Toneguzzi Toronto-based General Assembly Pizza has launched what it describes as the world’s first pizza subscription service as it also plans to aggressively expand its product offering in the near future by opening a new concept in the market. "Since opening our doors in 2017, we have pushed for the best guest-experience possible — that's why our dough is 100 percent naturally leavened, that's why we have a purpose-built 400-square-foot pick-up and delivery area, and that's why we’ve launched a direct-to-consumer subscription-based ecommerce platform,” said Founder & CEO Ali Khan Lalani. “In 2020, providing the best guest experience means General Assembly Pizza has to be more than a restaurant. I'm proud to say that after almost six months of planning, many roadblocks, and countless pivots — all while maintaining our day-to-day restaurant operatio...
1 comment
Read more