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Local MP Alex Burghart  has welcomed the Eat Out To Help Out Scheme, which will give people in Brentwood and Ongar up to 50 per cent off their bills in restaurants, cafes and pubs on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout August.  

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has provided a much-needed boost for tourism and hospitality businesses in Brentwood and Ongar, as part of his Summer Economic Update to kickstart the economy post-coronavirus.

Thousands of organisations across a range of sectors, including the performing arts and theatres, heritage, historic palaces, museums, galleries, live music and independent cinema will benefit from access to emergency grants and loans, after the Government made a £1.57 billion package available t

Essex County Council (ECC) and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (SBC) are proud to announce that this week they have launched their local contact tracing service.

Schools in Brentwood and Ongar are due to benefit from funding to improve school facilities.

News Release from Essex County Council - Final re-opening plans for Essex Libraries published

The Government has announced tourism and visitor attractions will reopen in England from 4 July.
Up to 600 businesses in Brentwood and Ongar will benefit, following local MP’s support for reopening.

The furlough and self-employment schemes have been a lifeline for millions of people and businesses.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has supported nearly 9 million jobs, at a value of £20 billion, benefitting over a million businesses.

Small businesses in Brentwood who are operating from commercial (not domestic) properties who have suffered a loss of income due to Covid-19 can apply now for the new Discretionary Business Grant Scheme.

Some of the facilities most missed during the current lockdown limitations have been the wide open Spaces of Essex County Council's country parks especially, for us here in the Brentwood and Ongar constituency, Thorndon North, Thorndon South and South Weald.