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Tourism plays a vital role in supporting over 1,000 full time equivalent jobs locally.

Tourism and day trips within the District generate £162 million to the local economy.

Since Census 2001 the population of the district has increased by nearly 26%

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Why invest in NK

We are a rural district in the ‘Heart of Lincolnshire’ lying immediately south of the city of Lincoln, a vibrant cathedral city with major tourist attractions and 3fast-improving universities. The University of Lincoln ranks 45th out of 130 universities in the country.

North Kesteven offers attractive rural lifestyles for working people and their families with lively towns and villages and excellent schools. NK is one of the safest places to live in England for the 7th year in a row and one of the best places to live for overall life satisfaction, scoring 8 out of 10 according to the Office for National Statistics.

A record £220 million capital investment programme has been mapped out by the Council for enhancements across a range of initiatives in NK through to 2030. More than half of this, £120 million, will be committed to increasing the availability of affordable housing and a further £50 million spent on building up opportunity for business and jobs growth.

The Council’s focused support of businesses, from large enterprises through to sole traders, has escalated across the pandemic to guide them through restrictions, grant schemes and fresh trading opportunities. Up to the start of March 2021, the Council had administered £28 million of government grants in almost 5,000 payments across 12 distinct grant schemes, supporting approximately 2,000 businesses.

Prior to the pandemic, the local economy had consistently grown faster than that of its neighbours and the national average. Key growth sectors include food and farming, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, human health and social work and education. In recent years there has been considerable growth in the services sector, particularly business services, retail and tourism.

The Council is leading an ambitious £56 million investment scheme to create more high quality and flexible business units in the Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park and £2.2 million investment in new workshop units at Discovery Park, North Hykeham.

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An opportunity to highlight your business’ positive contributions

We saw at the Green Business event, and we see it every day in our high streets, trading estates and places where our businesses do business, that there really are some excellent enterprises in North Kesteven which care deeply about the environment and are committed to doing everything they can to contribute positively to Climate Action and build a Green Economy.

On November 27 we have the NK Community Champion Awards and through self-nomination, the nomination of others and sponsorship opportunities, these are a further way to showcase the amazing things happening within our communities that contribute to the richness of life in North Kesteven.

Whether as a community-focused business that gives generously of its time and resources to support others in the community, clubs or charities; through broad expression of community spirit; as a good neighbour or a young achiever; through longstanding commitment to a single initiative; or by contributing to climate action, health & wellbeing, a better environment, arts & culture or sport – we want to champion those individuals, groups, schools, organisation or businesses that make North Kesteven such a nice place to live.

It’s quick and easy at www.NKawards.org and doesn’t involve much more that heartfelt appreciation for whatever they do across any of the ten categories to improve live locally within North Kesteven. Deadline for nominations is noon on September 23. Nominate yourself if you think you deserve it or ask your customers too.

Already signed up as award sponsors are Lindum Group, Branston Ltd, the Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant, the Hub, GLL/Better our leisure partner, Ian Williams one of our housing repair partners and Lafford Homes – and there’s still room for other community-minded businesses like yours to join the party by emailing [email protected]

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Natalie Walker

We’re delighted to have moved to our new premises in Sleaford. It’s great to be able to have our operations under one roof and to have the opportunity to continue our plans for growth and expansion, but, crucially, Sleaford offers excellent transport links to all major UK Exhibition venues and cities. We’re keen to work with other businesses from the District and are looking forward to seeing what we can achieve from our new home.

Daniel Rawding, R H Displays