Finding the right location and premises for your business is a key part of our offer to inward investors and established businesses. We will work with you or your appointed agents to scope the local opportunities for development and growth and offer advice to support your business prior to entering the formal pre-planning or planning processes.

We have extensive contacts in the development industry and also manage our own workspaces. NKDC’s acquisition of Sleaford Moor extension to Sleaford Enterprise Park offers the potential to offer a range of bespoke solutions in the longer term.

For major applications we offer a development team approach to help you scope your development needs prior to making a planning application

The Central Lincolnshire Local Plan has a chapter dealing with Our Economy, Growth in North Kesteven and the planning policies directly impacting businesses. The plan also deals with protections for existing employment sites and premises in the district and includes a strategic rationale behind the selection and hierarchy of sites in the district for commercial development.

To get in touch or for more information, see Harry’s contact details on the Our Team page.

Finding the right premises for your business is a key part of our offer to inward investors, established and start-up businesses. Whilst the council has a commercial portfolio of workshops, the Economic Development Team are able to undertake a search on your behalf whatever your requirements might be. With our Partner Relationship Programme, we work with local agents and developers to be one step ahead of knowing what’s coming to the market.

In order for us to undertake a search for you just let us know what type and size of unit you are looking for, where you’d ideally like to be located and any other specific requirements and email it over to us and we’ll do the rest!

To get in touch or for more information, see Laura’s contact details on the Our Team page.

When the government or any other public sector institution needs to purchase products or services, the public body typically publishes a contract notice, inviting outside organisations to bid for the contract. This is known as an open tender.

Landing public sector contracts come with numerous benefits for suppliers, including helping stabilise a business’ cash flow and increase revenue, as well as guarantee reliable contracts.

To access North Kesteven District Council’s tendering opportunities, you can read or save this useful document, which details how suppliers can get information and get involved in tendering.

Discover what experiential tourism is and how your business could explore a wider off to visitors, as Chris Brant, founder of Unmissable England, delves into this topic in more detail.

Explore the benefits experiential tourism could bring to your tourism business and the things to consider before creating bookable experiences for visitors. The online webinar below has been created so you can access it at a time that suits you.

Please contact our team for access.

Free access to Zellar for SME’s in North Kesteven

Under our 2030 carbon net-zero ambition for both the Council and the wider District, NKDC is subsidising places on the Zellar programme so that 300 local small and medium-sized businesses can access this scheme free of charge and kickstart their sustainability journeys.

Zellar is an online sustainability tool, that helps businesses cut their carbon footprint and energy bills. Zellar guides you through the process of calculating and understanding your carbon emissions and then building an achievable plan to reduce them, based on the size and sector of your company. Businesses using the Zellar app and website can reduce emissions and save up to £4,100 in energy bills. One year’s fully subsidised access to Zellar is worth £299.

Join Zellar today.

To qualify for a free one-year Zellar licence a business must be a micro-SME (up to 10 employees) or SME (under 250 employees) with a base in North Kesteven. The offer is available to the first 300 qualifying enterprises. Use the calculator below to see how much your business could save.