This strand of the Vibrant Villages programme aims to support existing community spaces to provide new facilities for use by local businesses and residents.

This scheme, part of the new Vibrant Villages programme, offers grants towards costs of improvements to existing businesses and business premises. Free expert retail advice is also available to help make local shops more viable and competitive.

This scheme, part of the new Vibrant Villages programme, offers grants towards costs of improvements to existing businesses and business premises. This could include external and internal improvements such as disabled access, shop fronts, air conditioning, decoration, signage, flooring, shelving and enhanced security.

Before Christmas English Heritage announced its new Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme to build on the success of the Conservation Area Partnership Scheme (CAPS). The final round of CAPS took off last April, running for the usual three years.