Business Support Information

Our dedicated Coronavirus page brings together information on support for your business.This page details the Coronavirus business support available, to help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and will be updated as more information is released.

LATEST BUSINESS UPDATES AND MEDIA RELEASES CAN BE VIEWED BELOW:

 

The University of Wolverhampton Business School is committed to helping regional businesses find new ways to recover and adapt in the current crisis. Now, more than ever, there is a significant need for the Business School and the wider University to work with businesses in our community and beyond, to share our knowledge and expertise during this unprecedented time.

Our team is working with business organisations across the West Midlands to offer a free package of support from our experts, drawing on years of research and practical business experience. Our package of support consists of a variety of live webinar events, podcasts, and blogs to help your business:

Visit the University of Wolverhampton’s Covid-19 Business Support Hub

Supporting you to meet today’s business challenges

http://wlv.ac.uk/covid19support

The University of Wolverhampton Business School is committed to helping regional businesses find new ways to recover and adapt in the current crisis. Now, more than ever, there is a significant need for the Business School and the wider University to work with businesses in our community and beyond, to share our knowledge and expertise during this unprecedented time.

Find out more…..

Support for businesses 

Find out the support for businesses from GOV.UK here…

Government publishes new strategy to kick-start data revolution

The strategy, which lays out five priority ‘missions’ the Government must take to capitalise on the opportunities data offers, is a central part of the Government’s wider ambition for a thriving, fast-growing digital sector in the UK.

Read more on this HERE

The City of Wolverhampton Council, the NHS in Wolverhampton and Public Health England are working together to stop the spread of the coronavirus and to keep residents up to date with key national guidance and local information. This is a live site, with information being added all the time, so please check back regularly here…

Urgent: help stop the spread of the new South African Covid-19 variant – Information for Wolverhampton employers

Wolverhampton employers are being urged to take measure to help stop the spread of the new South African Covid-19 variant.

Wolverhampton City Council has appealed to employers, in the wake of the highly dangerous variant of Covid-19 being identified recently in neighbouring Walsall.

The South African variant is highly contagious and represents a significant threat to public health. It has been found in parts of the WS2 postcode area of Walsall, bordering our city.

At a time when about 1,000 Wolverhampton people a week are testing positive and NHS hospital admissions are at critical levels, we need to do everything we can to tackle this new threat. 

So please, here’s what we need you to do:

New discretionary lockdown business grants now available

To support businesses impacted by the national lockdown 3 restrictions, which began on 5 January, 2021, and local restrictions tiers, which started on 14 October (Tier 2), 2 December (Tier 3), and 31 December (Tier 4), 2020, grant schemes have been introduced: 

Find out more….

City of Wolverhampton businesses not eligible for the Government’s national Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) under the current lockdown can now apply for discretionary grant schemes.

This includes an additional one-off payment of up to £9,000 and the latest discretionary Additional Restrictions Grants (ARGs).

They are aimed at supporting closed businesses and businesses that are open but have been significantly affected due to the current restrictions.

Eligibility criteria and the amount of grant awarded for the discretionary one off payment and ARGs will be based primarily on the fixed costs of the business. Rateable businesses not eligible for Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) can also apply for an ARG. 

Find out more here…

The Black Country Chamber have online advice and a business helpline (01902 912322).