News

BCC responds to UK Finance’s update on Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme applications

Commenting on UK Finance’s latest figures (30 April) on the number of firms successfully accessing CBILS

Garden waste collections resume

Garden waste collections in Calderdale will resume from Monday 4 May 2020. The service was temporarily suspended by Calderdale Council and contractors SUEZ due to COVID-19, to provide extra staff support for the main waste and recycling collection service.

Commercial Property Expert joins the team

Commercial property expert James Burgess has joined Eaton Smith Solicitors in Huddersfield. James, who qualified as a solicitor in 2004, joins as a partner in the property department.

Huddersfield Web Design Agency Beanie Media appointed as website partner for national not for profit organisation.

Huddersfield Web Design Agency, Beanie Media, has been appointed as official website partner by chit-chat to support its ambitious plans to connect the nation through conversation.

BCC Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker: Loan schemes still slow to help many cash-strapped firms – but furlough scheme preventing redundancies

Results from the latest BCC Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker reveal the majority of businesses surveyed ahead of changes to the scheme announced on 27 April did not intend to seek financial support through CBILS bank loans and most of those who had applied were awaiting a decision or had been unsuccessful.

Thanking Calderdale’s amazing community groups

Calderdale’s community groups, which provide a vital lifeline for the most vulnerable, are being reminded to apply for grants from Calderdale Council and the Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) to help them respond to COVID-19.

Local RSPCA Honour Captain Tom’s 100th Birthday By Naming Newest Feline Resident After The Fundraising & WWII Hero

THE RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and District branch are celebrating WWII veteran and NHS fundraising hero; Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday, by naming their most recent resident taken in during the Covid-19 crisis after the man himself!