Getting vital cash support to local businesses
More than 1,000 Bury businesses are now receiving grants totalling £12.6 million to help them through the Covid-19 crisis.
More than 1,000 Bury businesses are now receiving grants totalling £12.6 million to help them through the Covid-19 crisis.
Stay away from Holcombe Hill this Easter weekend – that’s the stark message as the death toll from Covid-19 rises daily.
One-off collections of brown bins are being organised to pick up people’s garden and food waste.
Bury Council has now paid £5.4 million to local companies through the Government’s Small Business Grant Fund.
Volunteers are urgently needed to help deliver food to vulnerable residents, particularly in Prestwich and Whitefield.
Residents have been assured that services to help those suffering domestic abuse remain in place during the current Covid-19 lockdown.
Rough sleepers and those classed as homeless are being helped to find accommodation and keep safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
Council leaders are taking a range of measures to help businesses facing hardship during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Traders on the famous Bury Market will be given a two-month rent holiday to help them cope with loss of trade during the Covid-19 outbreak.
All charges for council car parking in Bury town centre have been suspended with immediate effect as a consequence of dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak.
Residents are being urged to apply for a range of jobs in social care to ensure there are enough staff to look after people during the coronavirus outbreak.
Residents are being urged not to open their doors to bogus healthcare workers offering home testing for the coronavirus.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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