Wealden Council launches business focus group

Wealden District Council is trying to find out whether it should be doing more…or less when it comes to local businesses?

The Council's newly-formed Business Focus Group has launched a questionnaire asking all businesses in the district whether they would like the council to provide more help when it comes to business rates, planning, improved communications or other functions - or a lighter touch.

The aim is to find out what is best for business.

The Business Focus Group working on behalf of Wealden District Council has been set up by Cllr Roy Galley, Cabinet Member for Planning and Development and is chaired by Cllr Nick Collinson.

"If you have any dealings with the Council in your professional life, I would urge you to complete the brief questionnaire on the Wealden Business Help website", said Cllr Galley, Cabinet Member for Planning and Development.

"The answers you give as a businesses will help our Business Focus Group and me to formulate recommendations to Cabinet regarding future business support."

The questionnaire is on the Wealden Business Help website and will be open until 1 April 2012.

It also asks if businesses know of good practices elsewhere that the Council could follow.

"We will do what we can to make Wealden a better place to do business in these difficult times," said Cllr Nick Collinson, Chair of the Wealden Business Focus Group, "Please can you help?"