Business News

Bracknell Forest Council’s Education, Skills and Growth Overview and Scrutiny Panel, chaired by Cllr Mrs Gill Birch, is seeking views from Businesses and Organisations within Bracknell Forest who employ apprentices. The aim of the review is to increase the number of young people undertaking apprenticeships, to support Bracknell businesses who employ them, and reduce the […]

Bracknell Foodbank is part of a national network of foodbanks, giving out nutritionally balanced emergency food to people in financial crisis who have nowhere else to turn.  Based at Kerith Community Church in the centre of Bracknell, the Foodbank also looks to provide additional support to help people break the cycle of poverty by putting

Please view the Local Restrictions Support Grant & Additional Restrictions Grant via Bracknell Forest Council here.

The government announced it will significantly increase the reach of its winter support schemes to ensure livelihoods and jobs across the UK continue to be protected in the difficult months to come, supporting jobs and helping to contain the virus. . Open businesses which are experiencing considerable difficulty will be given extra help to keep

HMRC publishes the employer bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. A bi-monthly magazine for employers and agents giving up-to-date information on payroll topics. For further information please click here.

Designated venues in certain sectors must have a system in place to request and record contact details of their customers, visitors and staff to help break the chains of transmission of coronavirus. Ask at least one member of every party of customers or visitors (up to 6 people) to provide their name and contact details

Commercial tenants will be protected from the risk of eviction until the end of 2020 helping businesses to protect jobs. The government has extended support to prevent business evictions until the end of 2020 This move will help businesses over the coming months and protect people’s jobs This is an addition to the £160 billion

As schools start the new term, more people start to return to work and some restrictions public transport people may well be reviewing their options for travelling to and from the Southern and Western Business Areas.   Bus routes run from Bracknell, Wokingham and Reading to the Western and Southern Areas, see http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/ for timetables. To help

The Bracknell Forest Economic and Skills Development Partnership’s 2020 Autumn Event, ‘Securing Bracknell Forest’s Business Future’, will explore current strategic planning and visioning aimed at securing Bracknell Forest’s future as a leading business economy within the region. Whilst there will be positive impacts from the next phase of the Lexicon and Bracknell Forest’s first Business