Station to Station have been monitoring the Coronavirus/Covid-19 situation closely as it evolves and are responding to all the multiple queries that our members have via information on our website, email and through the various WhatsApp groups. We will continue to keep you updated on the latest government and Lambeth council advice on how to keep your business going in these unprecedented times.
Below are the resources currently in place.
Find out the current local restriction here
Station to Station have launched an online directory service to promote BID based businesses.
Our online business directory offers businesses the opportunity to promote themselves both for online, click and collect and real shopping experiences. Contact us to be included.
Visit Public Health England’s Covid-19 Resource Centre to download the official guidance posters for your business
Download Lambeth’s Checklist for safe re-opening (multilingual) and Risk Assessment form
Download a printable ‘Face mask must be worn’ A5 poster
Download a printable Social Distancing Guide for business owners
Download a printable Cash Point/Pin Machine safety poster
Download a printable Hand Washing poster for your workplace
Download e-mail friendly NHS Isolation Guide for you employees
Download multi-language COVID-19 Posters
• For those of you worried about keeping your business going throughout the next few weeks, please visit this very clear and comprehensive government website page https://www.businesssupport.
It will be updated constantly, so please keep visiting it.
• Covid Budget factsheet with some information on how the government will be financially supporting businesses
• The London Growth Hub has also brought together essential resources to help businesses manage and mitigate exposure to the impact of coronavirus. This page will be kept up to date with the latest developments and support, so your business has access to all the information it needs.
• Telephone helpline to support businesses and self-employed people who are concerned about paying their tax due to coronavirus. Contact the HMRC helpline on 0800 0159 559.
CORONAVIRUS GRANTS
Please have your bank details and a copy of your latest business rates bill available as information will be required in order to complete the application.
Small Business Grant Funding
In order to be entitled to a payment under this scheme you will need to confirm that your business was occupied on 11th March 2020 and was eligible for relief under the Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) Scheme with a rateable value of less than £15,000.
Retail Hospitality & Leisure Grant
In order to be entitled to a payment under this scheme you will need to confirm that your business was occupied on 11th March 2020 and was eligible for relief under the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief Scheme with a rateable value of less than £51,000.
Eligible businesses with a rateable value of up to £15,000 will receive a grant of £10,000.
Eligible businesses with a rateable value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 will receive a grant of £25,000.
More details here
Checking in for customers Customers for all hospitality, personal care and leisure services still need to check into venues using either the NHS app (via smartphone and QR code) or
The London Business Hub is running a Recover and Grow scheme which targets small to medium-sized businesses. It is offering free resilience & economic recovery training for a period of
Welcome Back! Come and visit your local businesses, get a hair cut, have a pint, get sweaty at the gym, take a dip in the pool or just say hi to your friendly shop keepers, they can’t wait to see you back on our high street.
For all those businesses reopening from 12 April, the rules stay more or less the same as when you were open before. Staff and customers must wear masks or be
Businesses with 10+ employees are encouraged to register for free Lateral Flow Device tests. At this point, there is no need to specify numbers or operational plans, it is only
To mark International Women’s Day 2021, we are pleased to launch our new Station to Station YouTube channel to celebrate the achievements of some of our female fronted businesses.
Lambeth Council have opened a community testing site in Brockwell Park for people who live or work in the borough that may have Covid-19, but are not experiencing any symptoms.
Insurance companies that initially rejected claims from businesses for losses due to the coronavirus pandemic have been overruled by The Supreme Court. We would encourage all Station to Station businesses
Please see below for some information on the latest government grants available for businesses via Lambeth. These cover when London was in Tier 2 (October) & Tier 3 (December) as
Further support for businesses required to close as part of national restrictions from 5 November 2020 On 31 October the Government announced that businesses in certain non-essential retail, hospitality and
A second national lockdown will happen across England from midnight on Wednesday 4 November and will provisionally last for at least four weeks until Wed 2 December.
London is currently at HIGH (or Tier 2), as of Saturday 17 October. Information on the new three tiered system of local Covid-19 Alert Levels in England.
Applications for the London Business Hub’s COVID-19 Recovery Grant will open on Friday,16th October at 10.30am. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), eligible SMEs will be able to
Could you offer a young person a six month paid work experience? Funding is available under the government’s new Kickstart Scheme to employers for salary costs (paid at National Minimum Wage)
New Rules for businesses come into effect from Thursday 24 September and include compulsory mask-wearing for staff, new rules for serving customers in hospitality sector and 10pm closing times
From Friday 18 September, it will be law for certain businesses to have a system to collect NHS Test and Trace data, which must be kept for 21 days. These
If you are a Station to Station levy payer, please take a moment to give us your feedback on the services you get from us
We are seeing a steady rise across the country in Covid 19 infection levels and increasing numbers of local lockdowns.
UKCF is seeking applications from BAME-led infrastructure organisations to access the new fund.
The £1m London Resilience Fund is an innovation programme to support London’s businesses and community groups in their recovery from the coronavirus crisis
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We as a team will still be available as always, Mon to Thur, 9am-5.30pm, and although it is not quite business as usual, we are always at the end of a phone, email or WhatsApp if you need us.
Our job is to support you, so please lean on us.
We will be able to hold meetings via online platforms when necessary, and will be providing updates on our social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and on our website which will be updated constantly.
We will not be in the office for the time-being, but if you need to speak to someone, call or message 07947764259
