Business Restart Toolkit

Below we share a number of links and guidance documents to help support businesses in Huntingdonshire - tools to help plan, get advice and adapt workplaces in line with current government guidance.

• Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
• Help and advice
• Food safety and licensing
• Local suppliers of PPE

Working with the Federation of Small Businesses, Chamber of Commerce, Huntingdonshire Against Business Crime, the town clerks and BID in Huntingdon, we have established this toolkit of links to help and advice to help you restart your business safely. We have also created town specific action plans to support businesses and shoppers to visit safely.

The guidance shown here is reviewed and updated regularly.

Eat Out to Help Out Scheme

Register your establishment for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme

You can register for the scheme from 13 July 2020.

You can use the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme to offer a discount to diners and encourage them to eat at your restaurant.

You can use the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme:

• all day, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 31 August 2020
• to offer a 50% discount, up to a maximum of £10 per person, to diners for food or non-alcoholic drinks to eat or drink in
• to claim the money back from the government.

There is no limit to the number of times customers can use the offer during the period of the scheme. Your customers cannot get a discount for someone who is not eating or drinking.  Alcohol and service charges are excluded from the offer.

Visit the government website to register your establishment.  Registration closes 31 August 2020.  

Help and advice

1-2-1 Business Mentoring
Free business advice and mentoring from specialist business advisors – designed to help you plan and make the right decisions as you restart your business and move into the recovery phase.

• Reopen your business safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)

Advice from HDC

If you are unable to find the answer within these web pages, HDC may be able to help you with matters relating to:

• business support
• food safety and licensing
• planning
• PPE suppliers

Your business should normally be located in a town centre location, in Huntingdonshire to use this service.

Email TownBusinessAdvice@huntingdonshire.gov.uk for more information.

Our operating hours are Monday-Friday 10am-3pm, we operate remotely.

Webinars

Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Webinar: Working safely in shops and branches

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority: Return to Work Safely Webinar

This webinar covers: 

• conducting risk assessments
• bringing your team back to work
• best practice examples and tips
• questions and answers

Guidance notes

Opening Certain Businesses and Venues in England from 4 July 2020

Health and Safety Executive Guidelines

GOV.UK: Working Safely During Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Secure Poster [PDF, size unavailable] (for your window display). Please ensure you follow the five steps to working safely together before displaying.

Food safety and licensing

Food safety – restarting your business premises safely

Please visit the COVID-19 Food Safety Advice page for information and advice.

Further detailed information is available on the following pages:

• Food Hygiene and Health 

• Health and Safety 

Licensing 

The government has issued enhanced guidance as part of the national effort to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus. A significant part of this has been the request to pubs, clubs, restaurants and other social premises to close until 4 July at the earliest, with limited exceptions around premises offering takeaway or delivery services.

Detailed information about the arrangements you need to consider can be found on at the following pages:

• Licences and Permits

• Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Licences

• Licencing Leaflet [PDF, 0.1MB]

Planning considerations for businesses

A number of changes to planning policy and guidance have arisen as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the specific information below, further planning advice can be found on GOV.UK's coronavirus planning update page.

• Use of pubs and restaurants as food takeaways during the coronavirus outbreak

• Construction site working hours during the coronavirus outbreak

• Pavement cafes following the coronavirus outbreak

Local suppliers of PPE

This list does not represent an endorsement from the district council for any of the following businesses. Please approach and do business with companies such as these in your usual way.