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New grants announced to boost recovery of small businesses

The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub are working with Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to administer two new grants – Kick-starting tourism and SME grant funding.

These will support SME businesses to access specialist advice to further mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 by building in resilience for the future or addressing potential new opportunities.

The schemes will open for applications in mid-September. However, businesses can register their interest via the following links to keep up to date and be notified as soon as they are open for applications:

Register your interest in the SME grant funding

Register your interest in the Kick-starting tourism scheme

Coronavirus business support webinars

To support businesses and the self-employed, HMRC has developed new webinars on the following topics:

· Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and flexible furloughing webinar – register here.

· Eat Out to Help Out scheme webinar – register here.

· Coronavirus (COVID-19) Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, Universal Credit and Child Benefit webinar –register here.

· Coronavirus (COVID-19) Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme webinar – register here.

On 17 August, the Government announced that applications opened for the second stage of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). Those eligible will receive a government grant worth up to £6,570. Further information is available at: https://bit.ly/3iOHmrI

Stay informed

· GOVERNMENT: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus/business-support

· Y&NY LEP: https://www.businessinspiredgrowth.com/covid-19/

· Y&NY GROWTH HUB: https://www.ynygrowthhub.com/how-we-can-help/coronavirus/

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Changes to Local Government

The government has signalled its determination to change the structure of local government in York and North Yorkshire.  In effect this means that the existing districts, boroughs and county council will cease to exist and new structures will be formed.

Over the coming weeks, the Leaders of the district and borough councils in North Yorkshire will be preparing a bid for local government reorganisation.

You can find out more about Harrogate Borough Councils approach by visiting: www.get-change-right.com

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Your Parish Council

As you may be aware, Staveley and Copgrove benefit from having an active Parish Council rather than as with some other villages nearby, only a Parish Meeting or village committee. Your PC is here to represent you and your interests, however unless we hear from you from time to time the only voice that will be heard is that of the Council members.

Please let us know if you have any opinion in relation to planning applications, currently there is another application by Abacus which, in the PC’s opinion, could lead to further increases in traffic through the village.

  • Do you support the growth of the light industrial estate or are you concerned about the volume of traffic it generates?
  • Is local employment high on your agenda and if so what do you consider local?
  • Have you noticed any benefit now Hymas has relocated or do you feel their financial contribution to the area will be missed?

We provide a play area in Staveley (known as the Jubilee Recreation Field):

  • Do you and your family use it?
  • What do you like/dislike about it?
  • Would you be willing to help grub out the old hedge and infill with new plants this autumn?
  • Could more be made of the space? Is anyone interested in running some activities there (current covid19 restrictions aside)?

The benches around the villages are due for a refurbishment, are they in the right locations, do you use them, do we need any more? Once the building work reduces there will be a new bench outside Barley Court on Arkendale Road and the developers are also donating a new bench for the Jubilee Recreation Field.

We would also like to know of anyone in Staveley who would be interested in an allotment plot in the village. We currently have only two plots in the village, both of which are let, but there is anecdotal evidence of further demand for plots and some residents are known to have taken plots in surrounding areas. If we can establish and quantify demand from within the village, we can investigate the potential to meet it.

Please keep in touch!

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Update on Flooding Along Arkendale Road

Over a number of years there have been periodic floods across Arkendale Road and in the immediate vicinity of the Jubilee Recreation Field ( JRF). This last winter (2019/20) the flood levels were severe and caused the road to be impassable, damage to the JRF and homes to be put at risk.

We have spent a considerable amount of time trying to establish which authority are best placed to suggest solutions and identify responsible parties.

Continue reading “Update on Flooding Along Arkendale Road”
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Traffic Volume and Speed Through Staveley and Copgrove

On 26th November 2019 Cllr Windass (North Yorkshire County Council) received a response from Area 6 (NYCC Highways) addressing the issues we raised based on the speed surveys the PC undertook at a cost in September 2019.

In summary the two pertinent points were:

  • “In light of your enquiry, I have looked at the accident statistics on Minskip Road, Staveley for the last 5 years which indicate that there have been no incidents which are attributable to vehicle speeds. Given the absence of an established accident record in the area I do not believe that the application of the assessment formula to any traffic calming scheme to reduce vehicle speeds in the area would result in a score which warranted the provision of funding.”
  • “The speed survey results have shown that speed enforcement is required, however the Police have not enforced any 20 mph limits in the Harrogate area, so I shall take this up with my contact in the Traffic Police, and get a written response about it from them.”
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Transport to Medical Appointments

If any resident is not able to access transport to a medical appointment independently or via a person in the household and is not eligible for Patient Transport Services, please contact the local Community Support Organisation or North Yorkshire County Council directly on 01609 780780, they will be able to arrange transport for you. This takes a few days to arrange so please contact them as soon as possible.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service Patient Transport Service is back operating, please contact them directly if you are eligible for Patient Transport.

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Have you helped a neighbour during the Covid-19 pandemic?

North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) are asking North Yorkshire residents to complete a short survey to help them understand how people have been supporting others where they live, and whether they feel that coronavirus has helped bring communities together.

Staveley has been operating a buddy scheme since the start of the isolation restrictions, with many residents offering to help their neighbours. If you would like to take part in the survey, you can do so at here. It should take just a few minutes to complete.