June 25 2020

WARWICKSHIRE MEANS BUSINESS

Welcome from Mark Ryder

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Warwickshire Means Business.

I hope you are keeping safe and well as we start to emerge from lockdown.

It has been an incredibly challenging time for all in the business community and, without doubt, those challenges are far from over. The qualities of strength, resilience, adaptability and innovation shown by Warwickshire businesses have been amazing and something to be really proud of.

With such qualities powering the local economy, I believe we will continue to rise to the challenges and make as swift progress as possible to relative normality and economic recovery.

At Warwickshire County Council, we have been working hard, along with our partners, to do everything we can to support businesses and smooth the way forward. I would like to pay tribute to all staff within the council who have put in so many hours to ensuring that information, guidance and financial support has reached businesses as quickly as possible.

Much work has gone into putting together our Economic Recovery Plan which details a vital framework for the way forward. In this edition of Warwickshire Means Business you can also read about our Buy and Eat Local campaign, which has really taken off thanks to the fantastic response from businesses. It is a great example of everyone pulling together.

The tourism sector has been badly hit by lockdown, of course, but many business in the visitor economy will reopen soon and we bring you the latest guidance for those businesses.

Business reopening after lockdown will have to be vigilant and adhere to all Government guidelines. Some ways in which businesses operate may never be the same again and our guest columnist Anne Tasker considers some of the technical issues facing companies in the 'new normal'.

Although so much has changed in the last few months, some things remain the same...like the unstinting support which our Economy & Skills team give to small businesses. Please read about how SJE Engineering has been supported to start up during lockdown by ourselves and our colleagues at Coventry City Council.

I hope you enjoy this edition of Warwickshire Means Business and thank you all for playng your part in the brilliant collective effort from our county to come through these strange and testing times still with a strong foundation on which to build future prosperity.

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