Businesses across west Norfolk are being encouraged to complete a new coronavirus business impact survey, to help the Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk and other agencies focus their economic response and recovery efforts on current and emerging issues.
James welcomes this initiative which come after he met with 80 local entrepreneurs and employers based in North West Norfolk covering manufacturing, engineering, hospitality, professional services, retail and leisure to talk about the challenges of Covid and the recovery as restrictions are eased.
There was much concern about the position of young people and how to help them into employment. Improving aspiration and skills is crucial and James would encourage all employers to look at the traineeships, apprenticeships and the Kick Start Scheme to see if they can help give someone a start.
To strenghten our economy there needs to be a focus on boosting skills and connectivity to help drive productivity which is key to increasing wage levels.
Ahead of the budget in March, James has called for the business rates holidays and VAT cut to be extended for the rest of the year.
James said," I would encourage all businesses to complete the survey and they will play a crucial role in the recovery when we can ease restrictions and boost growth."
The survey is available online at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/2021CouncilSurvey and should take around 15 minutes to complete. Businesses can complete the survey more than once if circumstances or their views change.
Survey response data is non-business-specific and will directly inform both our conversations and our economic response and recovery work with partners from Government, New Anglia LEP, other local authorities and local business groups.
Cllr Graham Middleton, Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk Cabinet Member for Business Development said: "We are acutely aware of how challenging it is for many businesses at the moment. We need businesses to take part in this survey so that we can fully understand the nature of those challenges and what sorts of things might help them now and in the future. "The survey will be open for a while and we would urge businesses to complete it more than once if they are affected by changes in government guidance etc."
For more information please visit:https://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/news/article/925/business_impact_survey…
