Wakefield Council launches coronavirus assistance survey for district's businesses

Businesses in Wakefield are being surveyed about what further help they can be given during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Businesses in Wakefield are being surveyed about what further help they can be given during the coronavirus pandemic.

Wakefield Council has released a consultation form online, which it says is open to multi-national firms, sole traders and everyone in between.

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The local authority’s business arm has handled over 700 enquiries for help from companies in the district.

Businesses in Wakefield are being surveyed about what further help they can be given during the coronavirus pandemic.Businesses in Wakefield are being surveyed about what further help they can be given during the coronavirus pandemic.
Businesses in Wakefield are being surveyed about what further help they can be given during the coronavirus pandemic.

But the council now says it wants a deeper understanding of how it can best support businesses going for.

Coun Darren Byford, portfolio holder for economic growth, said: “Our teams have been working around the clock to take calls from businesses and proactively contact businesses to find out what support they need and to signpost them to help, advice and funding.

“The survey will help us to make that support even better and will help us to plan for the long-term so that we can help businesses to recover once things start to return to normality.

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“If you are a local business, please take part in our survey and also, if you do need support, don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will do everything we can to help.”

The survey can be found at https://bit.ly/businessWF.For further help and support, the council’s dedicated website.

Earlier this month the council has set up a grant fund to help businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Businesses across the district who have lost out can apply for relief grants of up to £25,000, which could be paid as early as next month as coronavirus lockdown measures have caused an unprecedented strain on the economy.

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Wakefield Council is supporting developers during the coronavirus outbreak by taking a more flexible approach to payments of the a levy to help local infrastructure.

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a payment made by developers of housing and large retail projects, which is put back into the local community to support roads, transport, medical and sport facilities and open spaces.

By adopting a flexible approach to the collection of CIL, the council hopes to assist the industry and to help aid its recovery which will benefit the local economy in the long-term. [email protected].