Kenilworth Town Council has been awarded nearly £75,000 through the HS2 Business and Local Economy Fund to begin a project to support local businesses through the disruption caused by the construction of the new high speed railway line.
With six out of the town’s eight access roads proposed to be closed at some point in HS2’s construction period, the Town Council wants to spread the message that ‘Kenilworth is Open for Business’.
The project’s main objectives are to support local businesses and safeguard jobs, employment and income, and to encourage more visitors and investment to the town, celebrating the fact that Kenilworth is a great place to visit, live, learn and work.
The project has three distinct, but integrated, work streams:
- Digital Kenilworth – to increase digital skills within the business community and increase social media presence of Kenilworth
- Visit Kenilworth – to increase the number of visitors and visitor spend to the town
- Locate Kenilworth – to increase investment in the town and encourage people to move to Kenilworth
After a public tendering process, 3 local companies who will be engaging with the local community to bring the project to fruition.
“This project will provide a real boost to businesses in Kenilworth during the building works, and we are very pleased that our teams are able to start work in a Covid-secure way.”
Green Party Cllr James Kennedy, chair of the Council’s project management group