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Coronavirus support for businesses
We can provide support for local businesses during the coronavirus outbreak.
  1. Financial support for businesses affected by coronavirus
  2. Coronavirus news and support for businesses, employers and the self-employed
  3. What to do if you have a positive coronavirus case/s at your business
  4. Guidance on coronavirus safety for businesses
  5. Coronavirus caravan and campsites advice
Business support and advice
We work with partners to help businesses start, grow and improve productivity.
  1. Sign up to the Business Support eNewsletter
  2. EU exit - Transition period
  3. Organisations to support existing businesses
  4. Grants and loans for existing businesses
  5. Starting a new business
  6. Council initiatives to support local businesses
  7. Find business premises
  8. Skills and training support
  9. Local economy strategy and research
  10. Businesses developing export markets
  11. Support for businesses in specific sectors
  12. Procurement opportunities
  13. Primary Authority Partnerships
  14. Contact Economic Development
  15. Council services for business
Food safety for businesses
Advice and guidelines for food business operators in the New Forest.
  1. Starting a food business
  2. Running a food business - what you need to know
  3. Food safety national COVID restrictions November 2020
  4. Food hygiene inspections
  5. Food hygiene rating scheme
  6. Low risk food businesses
  7. Food-related outbreaks
  8. Exporting food products
  9. Ice safety
Health and safety for businesses
We work with businesses to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements
  1. Coronavirus health and safety for businesses
  2. Report health and safety incidents and risks
  3. Health and safety inspections
  4. Public events safety advice
  5. Smoke-free legislation
  6. Cooling towers
  7. Sunbed regulations
Licences
Your business may need a licence or permissions to operate.
  1. Public registers of licences
  2. Personal and premises licences
  3. Taxi licences
  4. Gambling licences and permits
  5. Caravan site licence
  6. Campsite licence
  7. Charity collection permits
  8. Road closure orders
  9. Licensing Act 2003
Business rates
Find out who has to pay business rates and where the money goes.
  1. Pay business rates and applying for a refund
  2. Financial support for businesses affected by coronavirus
  3. Business rates discounts, relief and exemptions
  4. Business rates explained
  5. Difficulty paying business rates
  6. Moving business premises
  7. Check and challenge a rateable value
Planning
We are responsible for planning permission for new and existing properties in New Forest.
  1. Submit a planning application
  2. View or comment on a planning application
  3. Planning guidance for businesses
  4. Planning guidance for developers
  5. Report a possible breach of planning control
  6. Planning policy
  7. Trees and hedges
  8. Land charges
  9. Building control
  10. Conservation areas and listed buildings
  11. Contact the planning team
Starting a new business
Support, advice and useful organisations for start-up businesses.
  1. Organisations to support new businesses
  2. Grants and loans for new businesses
  3. Starting a food business
  4. Starting a business from home
  5. Becoming self-employed
  6. Support for moving to new business premises
Business waste
Large and small businesses can sign up to our commercial waste and recycling service.
Supplying the council
Procurement opportunities for businesses to work with us.
  1. Forthcoming procurement opportunities
  2. Contracts register
  3. Procurement strategy
  4. Procurement standard terms and conditions
  5. Payment of suppliers

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