Covid-19 business information

Current status

Some coronavirus restrictions are returning in England. This includes the includes making face masks mandatory in many indoor settings, including shops, theatres, cinemas and on public transport. An NHS Covid Pass will be required for visitors to nightclubs, indoor unseated venues with more than 500 people, unseated outdoor venues with more than 4,000 people. The Government's latest guidance and further information can be found at gov.uk/coronavirus.

Local support

1066 Country spans five local councils. Here are the links to their business information pages: Hastings, Rother and Wealden, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford, where you will find information on all the grants and support available.

We recommend also signing up for your local council's newsletter, to be kept informed when new grants go live. Here are the newsletter links for Hastings, Rother and Ashford. For Wealden and Tunbridge Wells, follow them on Facebook.

At county level, Business East Sussex is providing business recovery advice, a daily update, finance information and webinars.

Resources

Visit Britain's Business Hub brings together various useful resources, such as the latest developments affecting tourism and hospitality, a consumer sentiment tracker, and guidance on reopening. Here's a link to the latest updates for the tourism industry.

UK Hospitality has been providing excellent free resources during the pandemic (usually available to paying members only), including reopening guidance, a daily email update, and a very useful risk assessment template.

Likewise the Professional Association of Self Caterers (PASCUK) has been providing free resources including a daily update, cleaning checklists, a template for writing to insurance companies, and a risk assessment.

Training and webinars

Visit Britain are running a second series of Business Recovery Webinars throughout the autumn, covering topics from content creation to using Google Digital Garage.

Experience West Sussex also ran a useful series of webinars earlier this year called Survive, Revive and Thrive – you can watch the recordings here.