covid response

View article Hull City Council awarded regional title for supporting small businesses

Hull City Council awarded regional title for supporting small businesses

Hull City Council has been awarded a prestigious ‘best in the region’ award for its support for the local small business community. The council were the regional winners in the ‘COVID-19 Support and Recovery’ category in the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) inaugural Local Government awards. The awards are aimed at celebrating and recognising those […]

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View article Hull City Council and local partners highly commended for working in partnership to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

Hull City Council and local partners highly commended for working in partnership to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

Hull City Council, alongside local partners, including the voluntary sector, NHS, Humberside Fire & Rescue and Humberside Police have been Highly Commended at the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards. The annual LGC Awards celebrate the very best innovation and talent in local government and the council was Highly Commended in the Partnership (Public Public) category […]

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View article New Covid Recovery Grant for Businesses Launched

New Covid Recovery Grant for Businesses Launched

New funding to support businesses that continue to be impacted by the pandemic is launched by Hull City Council today. The initiative will support struggling Hull-based businesses helping to safeguard jobs. Hull City Council has accessed a limited amount of funding through the Government Additional Restrictions Grant scheme after successfully distributing earlier grant allocations to […]

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View article Authorities working together to make sure businesses in Hull are COVID-secure

Authorities working together to make sure businesses in Hull are COVID-secure

Hull City Council has been working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local public health authorities to contact businesses in Hull and check they have adequate COVID-secure measures in place. The authorities are just starting a second stage of these checks, visiting premises that have been under lockdown until recently. During the checks, […]

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View article Coronavirus: reflecting one year on

Coronavirus: reflecting one year on

On March 3, 2020, Hull’s first Coronavirus case was identified. Less than three weeks later, with cases climbing nationally, the government announced an initial UK-wide lockdown. On the anniversary of that local case, with the city’s must vulnerable now immunised and the vaccine continuing to roll out, health leaders at Hull City Council have reflected […]

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