Help For Fire Affected Businesses

Monday, 15 February 2016 14:38

Bradford Council and its partners are helping the owners of businesses in Lumb Lane to recover from the recent devastating mill fire.

The Council will increase the cleansing schedule in the area to tackle accumulated ash and waste.

Repairs to pavements, street lights and potholes, damaged as a result of the fire, will also need to be made.

At a recent meeting between the Manningham Masterplan Board, local councillors, a representative of Drummond Mill and 15 business owners, partners demonstrated their good neighbourliness.

The Bradford Synagogue has offered free office space and the Sweet Centre restaurant and Carlisle Business Centre are offering two Enterprise Advisors to shops on Lumb Lane.

Bradford West Area Co-ordinator's Office is coordinating services from Council departments and local organisations such as Carlisle Business Centre to offer help in the short term.

The Ward Officer is also conducting an audit in the area affected with managers from Clean Teams and Highways Maintenance and a short term plan will then be implemented with enhanced resources from this week.

Ward Coun Sameena Akhtar (pictured) said: "It was a very productive meeting where the police praised the Manningham community for their patience and resilience during a very difficult time.

"All the speakers spoke of the impact the fire had on their livelihoods and how keen they were for the area to return to normality.

" Lumb Lane is now starting to get back on its feet and all the roads are now open enabling the businesses to get back to work. We want to help them as much as possible.”

Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Executive Member for Education Skills and Culture, said: "Obviously the loss of the mill and its heritage is felt keenly by Bradford people. The priority now has to be restore the lane so that businesses can get back to operating at full capacity.

"The council is keen to do everything it can to support this goal and I was really heartened to see other members of the Manningham Masterplan Board also pledging support. There are some great restaurants and businesses on Lumb Lane and they deserve everybody’s support to get back to normal.”

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