Skip to main content
Toggle Mobile Menu Visibility
Search
Search
Toggle Mobile Menu Visibility
Residents
Business
Council
Search
Search
Residents
Recycling and rubbish
Clean streets
Council Tax
Parking
Open spaces
Housing and homelessness
Benefits and support
Planning
View All Residents sections
Business
Coronavirus support for businesses
Business support and advice
Health and safety for businesses
Food safety for businesses
Licences
Pay council invoices
Business rates
Planning
View All Business sections
Council
Contact us
Councillors and democracy
Voting and elections
Council budgets and spending
Corporate Plan 2020-24
Council jobs
The coat of arms
Feedback, comments and complaints
Local Government Ombudsman
Information compliance and complaints officer
Request for service and other agencies
View All Council sections
Home
Business
Coronavirus support for businesses
We can provide support for local businesses during the coronavirus outbreak.
Financial support for businesses affected by coronavirus
Coronavirus news and support for businesses, employers and the self-employed
What to do if you have a positive coronavirus case/s at your business
Guidance on coronavirus safety for businesses
Coronavirus caravan and campsites advice
Business support and advice
We work with partners to help businesses start, grow and improve productivity.
Sign up to the Business Support eNewsletter
EU exit - Transition period
Organisations to support existing businesses
Grants and loans for existing businesses
Starting a new business
Council initiatives to support local businesses
Find business premises
Skills and training support
Local economy strategy and research
Businesses developing export markets
Support for businesses in specific sectors
Procurement opportunities
Primary Authority Partnerships
Contact Economic Development
Council services for business
Food safety for businesses
Advice and guidelines for food business operators in the New Forest.
Starting a food business
Running a food business - what you need to know
Food safety national COVID restrictions November 2020
Food hygiene inspections
Food hygiene rating scheme
Low risk food businesses
Food-related outbreaks
Exporting food products
Ice safety
Health and safety for businesses
We work with businesses to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements
Coronavirus health and safety for businesses
Report health and safety incidents and risks
Health and safety inspections
Public events safety advice
Smoke-free legislation
Cooling towers
Sunbed regulations
Licences
Your business may need a licence or permissions to operate.
Public registers of licences
Personal and premises licences
Taxi licences
Gambling licences and permits
Caravan site licence
Campsite licence
Charity collection permits
Road closure orders
Licensing Act 2003
Business rates
Find out who has to pay business rates and where the money goes.
Pay business rates and applying for a refund
Financial support for businesses affected by coronavirus
Business rates discounts, relief and exemptions
Business rates explained
Difficulty paying business rates
Moving business premises
Check and challenge a rateable value
Planning
We are responsible for planning permission for new and existing properties in New Forest.
Submit a planning application
View or comment on a planning application
Planning guidance for businesses
Planning guidance for developers
Report a possible breach of planning control
Planning policy
Trees and hedges
Land charges
Building control
Conservation areas and listed buildings
Contact the planning team
Starting a new business
Support, advice and useful organisations for start-up businesses.
Organisations to support new businesses
Grants and loans for new businesses
Starting a food business
Starting a business from home
Becoming self-employed
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.
Forthcoming procurement opportunities
Contracts register
Procurement strategy
Procurement standard terms and conditions
Payment of suppliers
Share this page
Print