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Share your views on the proposed Greater Manchester Combined Authority bus franchising scheme. This would bring buses under local control as part of an integrated transport network.
We must continue to work together to deter and prevent crime, and would ask that you continue to take suitable precautions for your own premises when closed for an extended period.
There are a number of support grants available to support businesses that are being administered by Manchester City Council.
As we work our way through another lockdown, we want to make sure that members are fully aware that the CityCo team is always here to help.
People must stay at home and follow the guidance immediately. The law has been updated to reflect the new rules.
The businesses required to close include non-essential retail, hospitality venues, hotels, leisure and sports facilities.
The partnership has launched today, 14th December, a countdown-to-Christmas calendar that on each day, suggests different ways people can help to donate time and money across the city’s many homelessness charities and services.
If you are a ‘wet pub’ and have already received a Local Restriction Support Grant, you don’t need to do another application to get an extra £1,000 announced this week by Government. Manchester City Council (MCC) will use the details from your original application to send a simple form to complete and return.
CityCo and Manchester Business Improvement District continue to work with members, levy payers and partners to ensure a safe, welcoming and hopefully busy return to trading. The council, police and transport bodies are aware of the likely increase in footfall and potential peak periods over the three remaining weeks before Christmas.
UnitedCity is an appeal to come together and join an initiative that will raise funds and expertise, in three ways: Independent research, Create, fund and execute campaigns, Support the most vunerable.
Grants to support Manchester businesses during the November to December national lockdown and periods of local restrictions. Grants can be paidf or properties with a rateable value of £15k or under, with a rateable value of over £15k and below £51k, and for those with a rateable value of £51k or over.
In Tier 3 hospitality settings, such as bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants are closed – they are permitted to continue sales by takeaway, click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery services. Accommodation such as hotels must close aside from some exemptions. Indoor entertainment and tourist venues must close.