- Council provides funds to help small businesses
- Financial help for keeping warm this winter
- Improve your health at York House
- Heathrow's airtrack train plan criticised
- Have your own say on Academies
- Mayor's Christmas invite
- Net closing on Council Tax cheats
- Step pedal jump your way to rugby!
- Borough has the lowest level of alcohol fueled crimes in London
- Play safe at Halloween warning
- Enjoy a week of entertainment at Heathfield centre
- Spreading the safety message
- New funding agreed to combat the recession
- Support your local lollipop person
- Disappointment as Boris' public transport costs rise
- Ham and Petersham win £100,000 for low carbon zone
- Borough children's favourite nursery rhyme revealed on Bookstart Day
- Eastender at East Sheen Library
- Destination Richmond
- Green fingers win prizes for winning allotments
- Free flood warnings for residents at risk in Richmond
- Huge turnout for older people's event
- RISE event success
- Best Cemetery Award for Richmond and East Sheen
- Take part in Black History Month celebrations
- World Sight Day celebrated
- Question time comes to Richmond
- 2M fears local people may loose out to Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)
- 1,000 people control their social care budgets
- £2.85 million for new homes
- Richmond Council confirms sponsor for Shene Academy
- Richmond Council extends CO2 parking
Release Date: 19/10/2009
New funding agreed to combat the recession
Over £155,000 has been made available to help the local community through the recession, following a meeting of Richmond Council cabinet on Monday, 12 October.
The money will fund a range of initiatives, including;
- Attracting businesses to the borough, which includes working with landlords and agents to address the barriers to filling empty shops.
- Enhancing the Town Centres Opportunities Fund and working with town centre groups on local shopping schemes, events and other improvements.
- Delivering support for unemployed professionals, following on from the success of the series of workshops in the Autumn.
- Visitor research and investment in tourism marketing. The visitor economy is our biggest inward investment route (£292million spent in borough in 2007) and vital for local businesses.
- Encouraging young adults through a young entrepreneurs competition.
Cllr Geoff Acton, Cabinet Member for Environment on Richmond Council, said:
“The recession has had a significant impact on the borough, with a rise in unemployment and increase in empty shops, among the main concerns.
“We have already done a lot of work to combat this, but the new funds will allow us to make the next step and remain competitive in the short term, while putting in strategies to help longer term recovery. Although the end of the recession is predicted, a return to growth does not mean the impacts are over, so it is important to have measures in place to deal with this.
“We are looking at introducing a range of initiatives to help young people and professionals in the job market, as well as re-invigorating our town centres, to name but a few. We will be working in close partnership with local organisations and community groups to ensure theses are delivered.”
The funding is provided through the Council’s Economic Development Fund was established in 2007, following investment from the government.
For Full details of the funding and proposed initiatives agreed at the Cabinet meeting.
View the full press release