South Lakes Development Trust

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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Congleton retailers will be benefiting from a visit from our retail specialist and ‘Shop Doctor’ Bill during a full day Business Hub and Shop Doctor event hosted by Cheshire East Council on Wednesday September 15th.
For Shop Doctor Event flyer, click here

Click here for Monthly Economic Briefing No 20 – August 2010

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 [...]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered the coalition government’s Emergency Budget statement to the House of Commons today, 22 June 2010.Â
As part of Business Link’s commitment to providing you with the latest news and relevant information for your business they have, for your convenience, summarised the key points of business interest.
Find out how the [...]

For an understanding of what our Shop Doctor undertakes when he advises independent shopkeepers, tune in to the latest series of BBC programmes hosted by Mary Portas.
Last nights episode can be viewed at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00stcqb/Mary_Queen_of_Shops_Series_3_Clealls

South Lakes Development Trust have been awarded the contract to undertake an Economic Assessment of the  Village Improvement Scheme in order to demonstrate the economic and social benefits of the initiative  on the village centre.
The improvement scheme is being delivered in two phases, one commencing in July 2010 with completion around October 2010 and the second [...]

A total of 24 retail businesses in Brampton, Longtown and Dalston have now been visited by our ‘Shop Doctor’ as part of Carlisle City Councils “Give you business a boost”  initiative.
The visits assess those important  first impressions made on customers, look at how the businesses can improve their external and internal image, identifies opportunties to improve layout, [...]