Founded as a network of Oxfordshire’s chambers of commerce,
OTCN (The Oxfordshire Town Chambers Network) now covers town chambers,
business parks, shopping centres, business networking events and other
membership organisations and business groups across Oxfordshire.
BUSINESS NEWS
Help for retailers
with new rate relief.
An estimated 353 businesses in
West Oxfordshire could see their rates bill slashed by a third to help them through the challenges from changing retail habits. Retailers with rateable
values of £51,000 or less could be eligible and will be notified by mid April.
Details
here.
Oxfordshire Business Awards.
Entry is free and you can enter up to two business award categories and one individual award category. The deadline for entries is Monday 18 March.
Details
here.
Funding and Grants.
The deadline for applying for
what is likely to be the last round of OxLEP Elevate Grants is Friday 22 February. The grant application process is competitive and is
open to both startup and growing businesses. Details
here.
Innovation Support for Business Phase Two (ISfB2) is now live!
Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), ISfB2
assists the development and commercialisation of innovative business
ideas within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as
enhancing research and innovation infrastructure in Oxfordshire.
More details here.
Since 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
applies in the UK.
The data protection act has a European-wide upgrade and is now the
GDPR. The ICO (.gov site) has a good section covering the major
points businesses have to worry about. See it
here.
If you handle a customer's personal data you may need to be
registered depending on how you process that data.
With thanks to Computer Repair Oxford.
International
Retail and Business Opportunities.... For the most current
opportunities please click
here.
Funding and Grants.
International
Retail and Business Opportunities....