A Somerset farm business, wedding venue and B&B – currently hosting French and American tourists unable to travel home amid COVID-19 lockdown – has secured an emergency funding package from Lloyds Bank after it was forced to cancel or postpone hundreds of bookings. Huntstile Organic Farm, based in Goathurst near Bridgwater, which normally hosts about […]
It’s predicted that as many as a million local businesses may not survive a four-week-long coronavirus lockdown. As the isolation period stretches onwards, many formerly profitable restaurants, shops and other local businesses fear they may never re-open their doors. But a new local business voucher scheme could come to the rescue of many popular local […]
Leading business support group, the Forum of Private Business is lobbying the chancellor to reduce beer tax as part of a package to make the leading PubCo’s give their pubs’ tenants a rental holiday whilst they are closed during the coronavirus lock down. An open letter has been sent to the Treasury and to the […]
Leading business support body, the Forum of Private Business has joined the demand trending on social media for pubs forced to close as a result of the coronavirus crisis to be given rent holidays by the PubCo’s. The Forum wrote to all the main PubCo’s on the 16 March requesting that they play their part […]
A family-run hotelier has secured jobs and is helping to support its local community during the coronavirus shutdown, thanks to the support of a five-figure finance package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Walker & Williams will use the funding to support cashflow and help secure jobs for all of its 50 team members, based at […]
A specialist music merchandising company has secured jobs and is looking to the future with support from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Kent-based Nylon Merchandising Ltd. works with some of the biggest names in the music business to manufacture and sell merchandise at concerts and festivals. Its product range includes t-shirts, sweatshirts, posters and fridge magnets. […]
