Kingston Voluntary Action (KVA) has been awarded a £100,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund for residents affected by Covid-19.
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Kingston’s independent businesses anxiously await news of government aid schemes for second lockdown
Kingston business owners are worried about the survival of their livelihoods following the announcement of a second national lockdown, due to begin on November 5.
DIY store offers £1,000 boost to Kingston community
A specialist DIY store has offered a £1,000 boost to the Kingston community as it prepares to open a new local branch next month.
EXCLUSIVE: Staff choose redundancy as new owners take over New Malden Post Office
All members of staff from New Malden Crown Post Office took redundancy when it was franchised to ZCO on April 22 2020, according to the Communications Workers Union (CWU).
Kingston independent stores prove robust in the face of the pandemic and Amazon
Kingston independents Natterjacks, G & E Jewellers and Regency Bookshop are firmly withstanding the distinctive challenges of 2020.
Negative interest rates: Why do they matter?
Last week, the Bank of England (BoE) wrote to high street lenders asking if they would be ready for base interest rates to be cut to zero or even made negative.
Tier 2 restrictions: Kingston businesses face crisis
Small businesses in Kingston are facing substantial financial losses after Tier 2 restrictions came into force last Saturday in London.
Unilever plans to relocate headquarters to Kingston
The plans have been criticised by opposition councillors
Coronavirus: UK job vacancies fall while benefit claims soar
The number of UK job vacancies plummeted and unemployment claims reached a record high in the three months to April 2020, experts revealed. Following
‘We will keep working hard to get through this’: the businesses surviving lockdown in Kingston Upon Thames
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting all areas of life and business is no exception. On 7 May the Bank of England (BoE) warned that the
