Business
This area of our website contains information for existing local companies as well as start-up firms and businesses thinking about relocating to Huntingdonshire.
The Online Services on the right include applications that allow you to search through information about local businesses, commercial land and property, food and craft producers and funding opportunities.
Other information which can be found in this section includes the following topics:
- Assistance and advice from local organisations – Business Advice section.
- Business Rates (national non-domestic rates) - Business Finance section.
- Selling to the council and market trading – Business Opportunities section.
- The council’s Economic Development service – Business Promotion section.
- Conference facilities and other services – Business Services section.
- Health & safety for employers/customers – Health & Safety at Work section.
- Licensing, including taxis – Licenses, Permits and Registrations section.
- Development sites for business premises – Premises and Property section.
To access this information please follow the links on the left or view our frequently asked questions for answers to specific queries.
The Creative Exchange is due to open its doors to the public for the first time on Thursday 27th November. Located on the campus of Longsands College, St Neots, the Creative Exchange is an innovative office building especially designed for creative businesses. Everyone is welcome to drop in between 9.30am and 5pm.
Our local economy, and ability to support both business growth and our residents, depends on access to the ‘information age’ via the ‘digital highway’. Rural communities have little or no choice and in some areas no service at all, while metropolitan areas are well provided for.
Huntingdon Farmers’ Market is launching a search for the best recipes using ingredients produced in the local area. Customers and producers who sell at the Farmers’ Market are all being asked to contribute their favourite recipes to the Huntingdon Farmers’ Market Cookbook which will be published later this year.
Formal consultation on potential improvement options in St Ives town centre is expected to take place in October.