News · 14 February 2021
On Valentine’s Day, Liverpool City Council launches a campaign encouraging people and businesses across the city to start their new relationship with the EU. Over three months, the campaign, that has been co-created with Marketing Liverpool, Culture Liverpool and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce will support people to find out what they need to know to
News · 10 February 2021
Public health officials are asking private businesses in Liverpool employing more than 50 staff to order Covid-19 test kits for their employees if they are not working from home.
News · 18 January 2021
LIVERPOOL City Council is asking businesses if they can help children and young people get online and keep learning during the latest lockdown. In a new initiative – Devices and Dongles – supported by Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, businesses are being asked to donate unwanted laptops and tablets or to sponsor Wi-Fi dongles and data
News · 14 January 2021
Businesses in Liverpool are being asked to redouble their efforts to help the city’s fight against Covid-19.
Business · 3 December 2020
Businesses in Liverpool are being invited to take part in a unique Covid testing incentive scheme for residents.
News · 27 November 2020
A new £9.5 million fund to support small and micro businesses affected by Covid-19 will open for applications on Monday, 30 November.The Hospitality, Leisure and Retail Grants scheme is part of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s £40m emergency support fund. Almost 9,000 businesses in Liverpool have already received financial support since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK
Covid-19 · 27 November 2020
Liverpool's Director of Public Health, Matthew Ashton, has written to local businesses outlining how they can support the city in keeping levels of Covid infection low.
News · 23 October 2020
A new masterplan for one of the UK’s creative hot-spots has been endorsed – which could soon lead to Liverpool’s first new train station and public park of the 21st century.
Business · 21 October 2020
Hoteliers across Liverpool and the North West have made an urgent plea to government for an economic rescue plan to save the sector from collapse.
News · 15 October 2020
A £10m emergency fund will open tomorrow (Friday, 16 October) in a bid to protect Liverpool's vital hospitality and leisure businesses from the huge economic impact of Covid-19 restrictions.
Business · 8 October 2020
Builders and plumbers in Liverpool are being urged to register for a new £2 billion government subsidised scheme to make homes more energy efficient. Under the Green Homes Grant, homeowners can get grant towards the cost of the likes of insulation and low carbon heating, up to the value of £5,000 per household or £10,000 for those on benefits. To
Business · 6 October 2020
The leaders of four northern cities including Liverpool have written to the health secretary to warn that the existing coronavirus restrictions are not working, are confusing and in some cases are counter-productive. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, Cllr Judith Blake from Leeds, Manchester’s leader Cllr Richard Leese and Cllr Nick Forbes from Newcastle have submitted
Business · 5 October 2020
A ‘Team Liverpool’ roadmap to drive the city forward beyond the COVID-19 pandemic is being launched on Monday 5 October. The City Plan is a commitment from key public, private and voluntary sector partners to tackle inequalities to give everyone a better quality of life – regardless of background, identity or postcode. It aims to
Mayor · 29 September 2020
The leaders of Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester Councils have written to the Government warning that the hospitality sector is at risk of collapse unless there is a review of the current licensing restrictions and household mixing advice brought in due to COVID-19. In a letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Business Secretary Alok Sharma,
News · 15 September 2020
Director of Public Health, Matthew Ashton, has written to businesses in the city with advice regarding COVID-19. Please see below and share this page with your contacts. A business resource pack PDF can be found here. “Dear All, You will be aware from media communications in recent days about the rapid rise in Covid-19 Infections
News · 7 September 2020
A major hotel group has today signed up a new 221-room Novotel hotel in Liverpool's Paddington Village.
Business · 3 September 2020
The number of people visiting restaurants in Liverpool ONE in August was up almost a third compared to the same period last year, new figures show. Compared to July, Liverpool ONE saw an 85 per cent rise in visitor numbers to eateries, while across the city centre there was a 27 per cent rise in
Business · 2 September 2020
Mayor Joe Anderson has personally intervened and halted a plan for a zip wire which would have ended at Liverpool Central Library, in the heart of the city’s cultural district. In June, the Planning Committee approved an application for the zip wire to pass over St Johns Gardens behind St George’s Hall, and land on
Business · 2 September 2020
A new community shop has opened in Walton, offering heavily discounted food and household products to local residents. The award-winning social enterprise, at 211 Walton Road, is part of the UK’s first social supermarket chain, working out of Onward Homes’ former office building. Working in partnership with Liverpool City Council, local charities and organisations, Community
Business · 18 August 2020
A final call is being made for Liverpool firms to apply for cash from the Government’s COVID-19 business support schemes. The closing date for applications to the Small Business Grant and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant funds is Friday, 28th August. A one-off £10,000 cash grant is available to businesses active as of 11 March
