Business Support at Wychavon

A wide range of services and advice is available for businesses from the Council. Professional advice from Economic Development, Planning, Environmental Services, Recycling and Business Rates is here to encourage local businesses to start-up and grow, and to help established businesses with issues that affect their trading.

Environmental Services provide regulatory information and business advice services, including advice on·Licensing. Or for planning advice please visit our Planning pages.

Revenues are responsible for the administration and collection of Business Rates payable on business rated properties such as offices, shops and industrial units. For information on your business rates, and your eligibility for small business rate relief please visit the·Business Rates page.

Valuation of businesses is the responsibility of the Valuations Office (part of Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs). You can log on to the Valuation Office Agency website or the Governments own website at www.mybusinessrates.gov.uk.

Trade waste provides advice to businesses on the type of service required including hired bins in several sizes, weekly sack collections and one off special collections of bulky waste.

Redundant Building Grant Scheme

The Redundant Building Grants Project is one of the flagship schemes funded by the Advantage West Midlands Rural Regeneration (RRZ). Grants of up to 25% of costs are provided for the conversion or refurbishment of redundant buildings to bring them back into productive business use or to enhance their current business use. The project is changing its criteria so that ALL businesses in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire are now eligible to apply for grants; previously only businesses that were located in the Rural Regeneration Zone could apply.

Dorothy Coleman, Redundant Building Grants Programme Manager said: “This opportunity to apply for funding for the conversion of redundant buildings has not previously been available outside the Rural Regeneration Zone. We are anticipating a flood of enquiries and now look forward to being able to support business creation and expansion throughout the three counties.This scheme can make a considerable difference by providing up to 25% of conversion costs.”

Deer Park Hall Conference and Business Centre, Eckington, one of the schemes successful projects.

More details on the scheme can be found by downloading one of the following:

• Grant scheme leaflet  (1.30 MB)
• Detailed explanation of the scheme  (25.26 KB)
• Stage one enquiry form  (33.02 KB)

For further information please about the grants please contact Dorothy Coleman, Programme Manager on 01432 383616.

Further Information

For more information on Business support at Wychavon please contact:

Jane Dobson
Economic Development Officer
Telephone: 01386 565278 - Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Email: Jane.Dobson@wychavon.gov.uk