A Restart, Rebuild and Renew toolkit to help businesses operate safely and profitably as coronavirus restrictions are lifted has been launched by Cumbria Chamber of Commerce.
The online resource is open to all businesses, not only Chamber members. The toolkit provides practical help to get businesses back on their feet including information on safe working practices, HR issues, access to advice, finance and grants, skills and retraining plus template letters, flowcharts and planners.
Chamber chief executive Rob Johnston said: “We’re starting to see restrictions being lifted now but there won’t be a return to normality any time soon. Social distancing rules mean that businesses will have to operate differently and businesses don’t yet know how customer behaviour will change. Consumers’ priorities and preferences may have shifted under lockdown and some may be concerned about job security.
“The only thing we can say with complete confidence is that the post-lockdown world will be very different. Businesses will have to adapt and be flexible to survive and prosper. Some will need to find new markets or new routes to market. Our aim is to help them do that.”
The chamber’s Restart, Rebuild and Renew toolkit supersedes its Coronavirus Toolkit, which has been used by more than 8,000 businesses since February. The old toolkit provided help for businesses to cope with an emerging crisis and the lockdown that followed.
Mr Robinson said: “The new toolkit is forward-looking to help businesses survive what we know will be a deep recession and emerge on the other side stronger, more resilient and more profitable. We understand Cumbrian businesses well and we know they have the ingenuity and drive to find a way through this.”
Access the Restart, Rebuild and Renew toolkit.
