28th May 2020 The Scottish Government has begun releasing sectoral guidance for returning to work. Construction Guidance on construction sites and associated works that can continue under specific conditions. Manufacturing Guidance including procedures to plan for and maintain a safe place for all. Retail Guidance including staff and customer safety procedures and an operations checklist.
Largs company, Saturn Sails is on track to produce 5,000 face visors to a range of front-line workers. The company design and manufacture sails and covers for the marine sector but since the covid-19 pandemic everything ground to a halt and they had to furlough their staff. With a range of machinery, materials and skills,
An Invitation from North Ayrshire Council to the Launch of Scotland’s First Community Wealth Building Strategy Broadcast on North Ayrshire Council’s Facebook Page on Thursday 14th May at 6.30pm. We would like to invite you to join us for the live launch of our Community Wealth Building strategy. This bold, new economic approach will see us
29th April 2020 Temporary changes to the planning legislation came into force on Friday 24 April. This has introduced changes for public consultation for major planning applications. Read the Scottish Government Guidance If you are hoping to submit a major planning application during this year, please read the above guidance and contact eplanning@north-ayrshire.gov.uk Decision making on delegated
4th May 2020 From: HM Revenue & Customs HMRC will begin contacting customers who may be eligible for the government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). From Monday 4 May, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will begin contacting customers who may be eligible for the government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). Those who are eligible will be
30th April 2020 A £100 million package of additional grant support for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) and newly self-employed people opens for applications later today. The three separate funds will be administered by local authorities and Scotland’s enterprise agencies and will begin to pay out grants in early May. They include a £34
20th April 2020 Employers can apply to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from today. The UK government has issued a step-by-step guide how to claim employee wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Follow this link (also below) for more information. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-step-by-step-guide-for-employers
16th April 2020 THE range of businesses that will be financially supported during the Coronavirus pandemic has been extended. Last month, the Government set up two funds – a £10,000 grant for business with rateable value up to £18,000 and a one-off grant of £25,000 to retail, leisure or hospitality industry with a rateable value between £18,001 and
6th April 2020 THE Council’s business development team is hosting a series of free Business Gateway webinars throughout April. Over the next few weeks local businesses can sign-up for a variety of helpful webinars such as ‘Funding your business in the short term’, ‘Get the most out of remote working’ to ‘Crisis PR & Managing
15th April 2020 Around £220 million of further grants are being made available for businesses - including the recently self-employed - to help them deal with the ongoing public impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The new package of measures includes £120 million to extend the Small Business Grant scheme to ensure that, in addition
