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District of Harborough - Visit Harborough District
 
VISIT HARBOROUGH.
August 2021  |  Issue 04
 
District of Harborough
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Welcome to the Visit Harborough District business newsletter.
Through this newsletter we will be sharing regular updates including important guidance, campaigns and opportunities.
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Covid Business Support Grants
Is your business in need of extra funding to help go digital, go green or simply innovate your business operations?

We welcome all businesses, even if you don't have commercial premises, to apply for any of our 4 new Covid Support Grants Schemes.

Go Digital – This scheme aims to support you to create an online presence for your business, as well as other technological solutions to improve business performance. This could be via digital marketing, creating a mobile app or digital training to name just a few examples.

Go Green – This scheme focuses on helping businesses fund their green projects. Whether this be installing solar panels, adopting greener transport solutions or improving insulation (And much more!), this scheme can help your business increase energy efficiency and reduce your carbon footprint.

Innovation – This scheme encourages the adoption of innovative solutions and changes to your business. This could be by reducing packaging, supporting business diversification or moving to more local supply chains.

Business Survival – This funding is specifically reserved for those businesses that are still severely impacted by the extended Covid-19 restrictions.

If you need help applying, email covid19discretionarygrantsupport@harborough.gov.uk.
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TXGB - A better way to connect
TXGB is a B2B platform connecting tourism suppliers to a range of domestic and international distributors.

They offer a service that enables suppliers to reach new consumers and increase productivity. You can manage live availability, pricing and bookings across multiple distributors to have a wide range of tourism products available for your consumer base, such as hotels, B&Bs, attractions and much more.

There is no upfront cost and you only pay after you receive bookings.

If you would like to find out more about TXGB, click the link below.
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Kickstart Placements
Get your business involved in the Kickstart Scheme! 

Kickstart gives employers funding to create 6 month job placements for young people aged 16 to 24 years old on universal credit, so they can get valuable experience in the workplace and get paid for it.

If you are an employer who wants to get involved with the scheme, please email:

business@harborough.gov.uk
 
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The Business Resilience Programme
A programme of interactive workshops, with a mix of online and live, designed to help strengthen and future proof yourself and your business. There are 5 modules to this programme, carried out over 5 months, which cover numerous different themes such as staff, finance and operations. 

The modules and their contents are listed below:

•    Module 1 – Introduction, Personal Resilience, Staff Resilience
•    Module 2 – Commercial Resilience, Financial Resilience
•    Module 3 – Environmental Resilience, Stakeholder Resilience
•    Module 4 – Operational Resilience
•    Module 5 – Future Thinking, Developing a Resilience Plan

If you would like to register your interest or if you have any questions about the programme, please get in touch.

Email: meryl.levington@actif.org.uk
Phone: 07966 497842
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The National Lottery Days Out campaign
If you are a UK based attraction suited to domestic families and younger audiences, don't miss out on this great opportunity to be a part of the £10 million National Lottery Days Out campaign.

This campaign will provide £25 vouchers to those that participate in the National Lottery Lotto to redeem against a day out in the UK. 

What are the benefits of participating?
  • Potential to boost sales and extend the season for your attraction
  • The £25 voucher value will be funded by the National Lottery and all the administration around this undertaken by the VisitBritainShop
  • A promotional toolkit with campaign assets and messaging to support your marketing will be available.
  • Opportunity to drive additional bookings by remaining on the VisitBritain Shop and TXGB distribution platform post the campaign 
  • By connecting to TXGB, you will also have the opportunity to feature on a large number of partner channels, enabling you to easily reach more consumers and drive sales. 

Requirements

In order to take part in this campaign, you must be willing to upload your product onto VisitBritainShop via the TXGB distribution platform. By using this distribution platform to advertise your attraction, there is a booking fee of 2.5% and a commission rate of 15% of any sales generated.

Other requirements for taking part include needing to:
  • Be a UK-based attraction with paid admission fees
  • Be bookable online (Or willing to be)
  • Have availability during the campaign period from October into early 2022
  • Agree to the TXGB and VisitBritainShop terms and conditions
  • Be signed-up to the COVID-19 industry standard 'We're Good to Go'

How to get involved

You will need to express interest by emailing daysoutcampaign@visitbritain.org.

Once your application has been processed, their team will contact you so that you can load your product onto the VisitBritainShop via the distribution platform TXGB.

If you would like to find out more about this campaign, click the link below.
Dates for the Diary
 
DATE: 8 September 2021
TIME: 8:30am - 10:00am
WHERE: Online
 
DATE: 10 September 2021
TIME: 10:00am - 11:30am
WHERE: Online
 
DATE: 13 September 2021
TIME: 9:30am - 12:30pm
WHERE: Online
 
DATE: 14 September 2021
TIME: 9:30am - 12:30pm
WHERE: Online
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