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BBC News
4 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
North Northamptonshire £25k small business grants announced
A council has announced two new grant schemes designed to help small businesses "become more resilient".North Northamptonshire Council has launched the Rural Business Grant Scheme and the Business Growth Scheme, which will allow firms to apply for grants of between £5,000 and £25, money can be used to pay for equipment, build extensions or carry out alterations, among its Candler, executive director of place and economy at the council, said it would "make such a difference to businesses in North Northants". The grants have been funded through the Rural England Prosperity Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity are aimed at businesses within North Northamptonshire with less than 49 must have been trading for at least 12 months and can only receive one grant in a single financial grant scheme will fund 50% of a project - which must be delivered by 31 January 2026 – and businesses must match the applications will be open until 08:00 BST on 23 June. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wealden projects receive share of more than £42,000 in funding
Twelve projects in Wealden have been given a share of more than £42,000. The funding was allocated by Wealden District Council's Infrastructure and Community Spaces Grants programme. The programme, which is part of the Government's Rural England Prosperity Fund, aims to improve local infrastructure, community spaces, and create more accessible, sustainable environments. In the second round of the programme, £42,878.86 was allocated to support various projects. These include the addition of picnic benches and parasols at East Dean and Friston Cricket Club, the installation of a stair-climber for improved accessibility by Horam Parish Council, and enhancements to pathways with non-slip surfaces at Uckfield Millennium Green. The Nutley Memorial Trust introduced solar battery storage at the War Memorial Hall, while Forest Row Parish Council created an accessible pathway to the playground. Wadhurst Parish Council improved the woodland area by purchasing benches, a dog waste bin, and bird and bat boxes. Councillor James Partridge, Alliance for Wealden (Liberal Democrat) lead councillor for Governance, Waste & Local Economy and leader of the council, said: "It's really rewarding to run programmes like this and be able to support local organisations with funding that makes a real difference. "This investment helps preserve and improve valued areas across our district. "From sports clubs and community centres to green spaces and nature areas, it's all about ensuring that our residents have access to safe, inclusive, and sustainable places that support both wellbeing and community life." The Rural England Prosperity Fund is a new £110 million, two-year capital fund from the Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs. It has enabled councils to support projects in rural areas of the district. The full list of the organisations awarded funding for 2024/25 can be found on the Wealden District Council website.
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Surrey farmers able to bid for funding to aid growth
Farmers in parts of Surrey can now apply for grants from Surrey County Council to help boost of up to £120,000 is available to help farmers in the districts of Tandridge, Guildford and grants will aim to support ideas like opening farm shops, generating sustainable energy and "developing agritourism", the council suggests."As committed custodians of much of Surrey's fantastic countryside, farmers play a key role in everyone's way of life," said councillor Matt Furniss. A total of £360,000 is available from the government's Rural England Prosperity Fund for 2025/ council is calling it a "competitive process" and says it will "focus on supporting a small number of large-scale, high-impact projects".Applications can be made on the Business Surrey website and closes at the end of farmers and landowners can also apply for separate Business Growth Grants from the Surrey Economic Growth Fund, which are open until the end of May.
BBC News
19-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Plan revealed for £100,000 Longridge public garden revamp
A new concept plan shows how a public garden and new events space in Lancashire could look in a £100,000 plan for the redevelopment of Towneley Gardens in Longridge includes new surfaces and seating using local stone, new picnic tables and benches, new landscaping and birch concept plan, by DK Garden Design, was shown to Ribble Valley councillors as they discussed various schemes being supported with two funding sources. Councillors on the policy and finance committee had updates on local schemes supported by the government-backed UK Shared Prosperity Fund or the Rural England Prosperity Fund. In the Ribble Valley, the projects supported include three at Longridge. These are the proposed £100,000 Townley Garden redevelopment, construction of a new BMX-type pump track and installing electric vehicle charging points on Barclay schemes which have received, or are earmarked for funding, include £100,000 for a play area at Salt Hill, Clitheroe, footpath improvements at Bungerley Park, near Clitheroe and paving, stall and street furniture upgrades at Clitheroe MarketAnother scheme is the development Barrow village hall in a former pub and adjoining land at Old Row. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
BBC News
24-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Aircraft climbing frame honours WW2 legacy in Weston Colville
A climbing frame created in the shape of a World War Two military aircraft has been installed at a village playground to honour its local wartime Lancaster Bomber play equipment was designed specially for Weston Colville in Cambridgeshire, close to a former airfield that played an important role in 1943-45 bombing new playground was designed and built with grant funding from several organisations, including more than £20,000 from central McDonald, lead cabinet member for economic development for South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC), said the project was "one of the best examples" of projects in the area, helped by the Rural England Prosperity Fund. The playground is close to RAF Wratting Common, on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk Bombers which flew out of the base engaged in bombing campaigns in Germany in the latter stages of World War also air-dropped food to people in countries that had been invaded, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, and helped repatriate prisoners of war. The idea to build the bomber-themed frame, which also features a slide, came from Bedfordshire-based company Setter Play McDonald said the climbing frame would give local children "a sense of their own history and the village's history", adding: "This kind of project helps to bring all that to life." "We wanted a big statement piece that would fit with the area," Jess Ashbridge, clerk of Weston Colville Parish Council, said. "We were thinking of a tractor or something similar because we're a very rural area, but Setter Play came back and said you need a Lancaster Bomber."We're absolutely thrilled with it because it is so unique."The playground's design also had input from a local working group, which included 18-year-old Daniel Jackson, who put together designs as part of his Extended Project Qualification (EPQ).The student, from Long Road Sixth Form College, in Cambridge, said he particularly "liked researching into different ways to make the playground inclusive".It features a "combi-swing", which allows a parent to sit next to a small child and a roundabout which is accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs. His mother, Jo Jackson, from the Weston Colville Reading Room, said the playground was "so important for our identity", because the village had lost its pub and post playground is one of two in the village and can be found on the edge of its cricket club to build it came from the National Lottery, Thalia Waste Management, Wadlow Wind Farm, the parish council, Reading Room and local largest portion, which paid for the bomber, came from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), via the district council. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
