MORE than 30 small businesses in York are vying for a share of a £20,000 fund set up to support the city s economic recovery as restrictions ease. Applications have flooded in since First York launched the York Restart Fund last week to help small operators post lockdown. Half of the entries so far have come from businesses in York city centre, while 45 per cent are from retailers, 25 per cent from hospitality and the rest from the leisure, health and beauty sectors. Marc Bichtemann, the bus operator s managing director, said the fantastic response so far had been heartening. Stressing that the fund was open to businesses across the city, he added: It is meant to be a catalyst to show that partnership can be a real driver behind recovery.
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Stroud Foodbank has received £173 from The Midcounties Co-operative’s food bank fund, launched at the outbreak of the pandemic to help ensure all those in need could continue to access essential supplies. The latest donation means that Stroud Foodbank has now received more than £1,380 over the past ten months from the fund, which is in addition to ongoing product donations from the Society and its customers. The Midcounties Co-operative launched its foodbank fund in spring 2020 with an opening contribution of £25,000 and reopened it in December to ensure it could help food banks across its communities in the challenging month of January.