Business owners in South Lakeland affected by the weekend flooding are being urged to complete a survey to gather evidence of Storm Desmond’s impact on the local economy.
Cumbria Business Growth Hub is conducting the survey to try to establish as complete picture as possible about the extent of impact so that the appropriate support can be put in place.
The results of the survey will also be used to feed back to other agencies working to put recovery measures and funding in place.
The survey is on line here and will be live for at least the next month.
Cumbria Tourism is conducting a similar survey concentrating on tourism-related businesses, and anyone that has already filled out the CT survey does not need to also complete the Growth Hub questionnaire.
Businesses are being encouraged to complete the survey, even if they don’t require assistance themselves, so that evidence of the overall impact can be gathered to inform any applications to central government for financial assistance.
South Lakeland District Council’s Assistant Director for Strategic Development, Ian Hassall, said: “Please complete the form even if you don’t currently need any support for your business as the Growth Hub need to collect as much supporting evidence as possible.
“The information you give will be very valuable in building up an accurate picture of how the business community has been affected.’’