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During autumn 2018 new and existing businesses are being given additional opportunities to attend FREE practical workshops at South Cambridgeshire District Council’s offices in Cambourne.

Residents who would like to start-up a business can attend a ‘First Steps to Start-up’ two day workshop (available dates: 10/11 September and 24/25 October).

Business owners or managers who would like advice on growing their business can attend a ‘Growing your Business’ two day workshop (available date: 15/16 October).

Half day workshops on Marketing Strategy and Bookkeeping and Taxation are also available (available dates: 21 September and 2 November).

The advice and support will be provided by Nwes, one of the UK’s largest not-for-profit enterprise agencies.

Please could you promote this free opportunity to your networks. We are keen to ensure that as many local residents and businesses as possible sign up.

If residents and businesses would like more information on the workshops they can go to https://www.scambs.gov.uk/nwessupport.

In Guilden Morden  -  The Craft,

The Council has approved the listing of The Craft as an Asset of Community Value until 28 August 2023

The Council will update the asset register accordingly.

Further information about the Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value can be found on our webpage https://www.scambs.gov.uk/community-right-bid

The A14 is opening its site to hold a ‘Welly Walk’ in aid of Cancer Research on Sunday 9^th September. There’s still time to get your wellies on and join us in our fight against cancer.

Places are limited and over 320 out of the 500 available have been booked already! Booking closes on 5^th September.

Please do share with your parishioners, friends and families. Details of how to book a place are included in the flyer attached.

https://vimeo.com/283425775/8c555fda6b  - Hit the link to see where you’ll be walking along the new A14!

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 27 August, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

The A14 at Bar Hill will be closed to through traffic (exception of local access) on the weekend of Friday 14 September (9pm) to Monday 17 September (6am) to allow us to install two new bridge decks as part of the new junction.

See the attached flyer for more details on what’s happening and where our team will be available with our Mobile Visitor Centre if you would like more information.

A14 Bridge Deck movement Bar Hill – Hit the link to see what we will be doing.

Unless otherwise specified, please confirm your availability to attend any of the following briefing or training events by contacting Patrick Adams on 01954 713408. This will ensure your training records are kept up to date and suitable venue and catering booking can be made. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Benefits Manager, Dawn Graham, is providing the following two training sessions:

10.30am – Welfare Reform including Universal Credit

1pm – Localised Council Tax Scheme

Saturday 25 August: Sky News Online Plastic bag tax will apply to every shop
The Prime Minister is expected to announce next week that the charge on plastic bags will be extended to all shops. The levy will double from 5p to 10p under the plans, which will reportedly be part of a white paper.

Monday 27 August: Times Dormant cash could revive deprived areas

Charities have produced a plan for a fund of up to £4.5 billion to support communities in deprived and remote areas that have missed out on economic growth.

A list of decisions currently within the call-in period is available on the Council’s website.

The call in procedure is set out in full in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, ‘Scrutiny and Overview Committee Procedure Rules’. 

Please click on the link below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/content/access-information