COVID-19 updates

East Cambridgeshire District Council has published details of its third round of the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme, which has widened its eligibility criteria to support more businesses affected by national restrictions.

An important message about Rapid testing from Dr Liz Robin
Director of Public Health for Cambridgeshire

East Cambridgeshire District Council has published details on three new government business grants which aim to help eligible businesses severely impacted by Tier 4 and current lockdown restrictions.

£4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs

Following the launch of four additional business grants, East Cambridgeshire District Council is urging business owners to check if they are eligible for the new and existing business grants available.

Dr Liz Robin, Director of Public Health for Cambridgeshire, is urging people to follow the Tier 4 rules and to seek help if they need it from the network of support hubs across the county or the many charities and community support groups.

All of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will be subject to Tier 4 restrictions from Sunday, December 26th in response to the new COVID variant.

From 00:01 on Wednesday 2nd December, East Cambridgeshire will come out of lockdown and enter tier 2 restrictions.

East Cambridgeshire forms part of the wider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough tier, which has been categorised as tier 2.

We are reaching out to you, as a business leader, to let you know there have been a number of coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces across the county.

We urge employers to consider whether their staff need to be in the workplace and to tell them they must work from home if they can effectively do so. The fewer people in the workplace, the lesser the chance of an outbreak occurring.

Following today’s announcement from Central Government, East Cambridgeshire will be placed into tier 2 following the end of the national lockdown on 2nd December.

East Cambridgeshire forms part of the wider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough tier, which has been categorised as tier 2.

We are inviting businesses severely impacted by COVID-19 to apply for its discretionary funding from today.

As business owners, we understand that you have undertaken a considerable amount of work to ensure your business is COVID-secure. To date, this has helped us keep the rate of infection in East Cambridgeshire to one of the lowest nationally for which we would like to thank you.

The East Cambridgeshire Co-ordination Hub continues to ensure that communities are supported and have access to the help and services that they need during all stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Following guidance from central government on its newest COVID-19 business grants, East Cambridgeshire District Council has started contacting businesses eligible for grant funding due the second national lockdown.

A message from Dr Liz Robin, Director of Public Health
Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council

Information on the new national restrictions, including what they mean for business closures and the financial support available.

Are you keeping a proper record of staff, customers and visitors who visit your business?

From Friday 18 September it will be mandatory for some businesses across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to keep detailed records of their staff and customers for NHS Test and Trace purposes.

An important message from Dr Liz Robin

East Cambridgeshire District Council has launched an online survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on businesses in the District. The survey will remain open until October 16th 2020

Update from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, June 24th 2020

Following guidance from central Government, East Cambridgeshire District Council is gearing up to welcome retailers and shoppers back to its high streets from Monday 15th June.

Take advantage of webinars to support the business community within the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough area during coronavirus.

Latest Update from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (April 20th 2020)

Latest Update from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (April 20th 2020)

Get ready to claim – Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme online service launches today

The online claim service for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be launched on GOV.UK on Monday, 20 April. Any entity with a UK payroll can apply, including businesses, charities, recruitment agencies and public authorities. To prepare to make your claim you will need: