South Lakes Development Trust

Business Link Northwest has conducted a detailed review of its operations to bring it in line with in-year Government budget reductions at the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and in anticipation of budget reductions for 2011/12
As a consequence of this review a restructuring of the organisation is proposed that is intended to see BusinessLink Northwest [...]

Eight separate bids for the creation of Local Enterprise Partnerships have been submitted in the North West and the coalition Government will publish a list of all those applying later today. The applications generally cover established county boundaries but there may be exceptions, such as Lancashire, where there is said to be more than one [...]

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Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is calling on councils to work directly with local people to declutter their streets of surplus signs and obstructive railings.  Mr Pickles recommends the use of street audits – just like those successfully delivered by South Lakes Development Trust.
SLDT conducts on-street surveys with local people, to identify how their own streets [...]

According to an article in Regeneration and Renewal published yesterday Digby Jones has expressed his concern about the lack of business sector involvement in the formation of Local Enterprise Partnerships.Â
SLDT has recently expressed similar concern to Brendan Jameson, Leader SLDC, about the apparent lack of tangible private sector involvement and the need to ensure that the expertise [...]

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Kendal’s regeneration partnership, Kendal Futures, has commissioned South Lakes Development Trust to help develop business partnerships in Kendal.
SLDT’s town centre and community support manager Paul Holdsworth will be working directly with businesses in Kendal over the next six months to establish business groups to take forward projects within their locality.
“We hope to encourage commercial traders [...]

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Extract from statement issued by Rob Johnston, Chief Executive, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
“Over the last month or so you’ll have gathered from the media that very significant changes are taking place in the way economic development and business support will be funded and managed moving forward.
 This won’t just affect the big ticket developments like Barrow [...]

Following the district’s biggest ever community consultation undertaken over twelve weeks earlier this year, the results of the Talk Toilets consultation are being made available, which will help South Lakeland District Council decide on the future of public toilets in South Lakeland.Â
Members of the public can access the Talk Toilets report via the Consultation section [...]