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Welcome
to the fifth edition of The Winchester Entrepreneur, the e-newsletter
for businesses from Winchester City Council. This edition features some
exciting announcements about funding brought into the district, as well as
information about how you can make the most of London 2012.
Best wishes,
Cllr George Beckett
Leader and Portfolio Holder for Economy and Tourism,
Winchester City Council
Alresford
wins cash to put Pedestrians first
 Alresford Town Partnership (ATP) has successfully bid for
£111,000 of SEEDA Small Rural Towns funding to improve parking and footpaths
in the town.
The work planned with this funding will allow more long-term car parking
spaces at Perins School. It is intended that these will free up the
short-term parking spaces in the town centre. It will also include parking
meters through which new and existing parking can be effectively managed.
This will allow more shoppers and visitors to park and to enjoy the benefits
of the varied shops and other services available in Alresford. The other half
of the project is the construction of a surfaced footpath through Perins
School grounds, linking with the residential area to the south of the school.
This will make it easier and safer for residents, both young and old, to
access the town centre on foot.
For more information read
the Alresford
SEEDA Funding article in full.
LEADing
the way to Success!
Winchester and East Hampshire districts have
successfully  led a local bid for just
over £2 million of funding from SEEDA, the regional development agency.
The bid was submitted by the Fieldfare Local Action Group, supported by
officers on both councils, and chaired by Sir James Scott of Rotherfield
Park, East Tisted. The group got together in June 2007 in order to plan their
bid to SEEDA for funding from the LEADER programme which is designed to
support rural economies and communities.
The Fieldfare bid picked five themes under which the money will be spent:
- To facilitate agricultural and forestry / woodland
business development and diversification
- To support the regeneration of rural communities
- To develop a quality rural tourism offer
- To provide enterprise and skills development for small
rural businesses
- To enhance the value of the physical environment
These themes are
underpinned by the cross cutting issue of sustainability, which every project
will need to demonstrate before it is funded.
If you have a project which fits under one or more of the themes above, you
might be eligible to bid for funds of up to £50,000. For information click
here or email Kate Crawford or Mike
Gibbs
All potential applicants should note that no funding can
be given until the final contract is agreed with SEEDA.
Read the full LEADing
the way to Success article for more information.
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Winchester BID
Winchester's
Business Improvement District (BID) team is right on track to bring
benefits to Winchester town centre.
Tourism Summit
The
recent tourism summit held by Winchester City Council has prompted a string
of ideas for the district's new tourism strategy, now under development.
Live your
Dream
Will London 2012 be a commercial opportunity, or a red
herring? How can you make the magic of 2012 work for your business?
Open Up
and Lighten Up
This month businesses in Winchester will be given a special opportunity to
continue trading into the evening hours as a host of events and activities
light up the city streets and entice night-time shoppers to the city
centre.
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