Business News
28th June 2010
Cirencester Town Council called a meeting on 21st June for businesses to find out more about the Christmas Market to be held in December.
Please click here to see the Press Release about the event.
17th May 2010
The Chamber has forwarded its response to the CDC Car Parking Strategy to Cotswold District Council. Please click here to view the comments sent.
12th May 2010 The latest edition of CDC 'Business Matters' newsletter can now be seen on their website, or you can download it here
30th March 2010
Cotswold District Council Car Parking Strategy
Cotswold District Council has now issued its draft Parking Strategy 2010 to 2015. This is a really important document for the Town as it will set the framework for all charges / changes to car parking during this period. The Chamber of Commerce will be responding on behalf of our members and would be grateful for your comments so that we can ensure your views are reflected in our response. The Chamber of Commerce has been working hard over the last 18 months to try and get Cotswold District Council to take a strategic view to parking and it is essential that we engage with this consultation. Please forward your comments to us by Friday 23rd April 2010. (Email to secretary@ccoc.org.uk).
We would also encourage you to forward your comments direct to Cotswold District Council – maria.wheatley@cotswold.gov.uk
The documents can be viewed on the Cotswold District Council website, or you can download them here and here.
The documents are very lengthy and relate to the whole district, so we have prepared a summary of the main pointsand Response Form which you can download here. You can either enter your comments onto this document and email it back to us, or just email direct.
Following the consultation, a Parking Strategy document will be finalised and submitted to the Cabinet at its meeting scheduled to be held in July 2010 for consideration and approval.
The key areas that this Strategy will focus on will be:
- Provision of residents’ parking
- Improvements to the environment, quality and safety of existing facilities
- Long-term requirements for parking provision
- Increasing customer options for making payments for car park charges
- Demonstrating the Councils commitment to carbon reduction and promoting green methods of transport
- Suitability of current arrangements for setting of tariffs and fees and charges, for example such as those commented on in the ‘Stow on the Wold Town Council Parking Report and analysis, dated 23 February 2010
- Appropriateness of parking enforcement arrangements
2nd March 2010
Gloucestershire First has just released information on funding that has become available for local businesses to encourage
more people to buy and trade ‘local’.
With funding from Gloucestershire County Council through the County’s Economic Taskforce, grants of up to £2,000 are
available from the new Gloucestershire Trade Local Campaign (TLC) to support events or activities which will help boost
rural businesses.
The Gloucestershire Trade Local Campaign is looking to encourage local business groups to work together with town and
parish councils and other organisations to promote the ‘buy and trade local’ approach.
For more information and the full press release please visit;
www.glosfirst.co.uk
or
contact Dan Judges, Trade Local Campaign project leader, on 01242 864144.
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