Council speak on allocated funding since start of coronavirus Sutton Council has allocated funding of almost £64million to help businesses throughout Covid-19. 5,500 grants have been paid to businesses and rates-relief applied on over 1,000 commercial properties in the borough, since the start of the pandemic. The grant schemes are wholly funded by the Government as part of their package of support for businesses. Below we have listed the key grants that have been issued by the council: -Small Business Grant Fund - 1,408 grants paid totalling £14,080,000 -Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund - 595 grants paid totalling £11,740,000 -Discretionary Grant Fund - 174 grants totalling £1,290,000
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The Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment (
CBLP) supports businesses that have been required to close due to the national lockdown that began on 5 January 2021.
Eligible businesses may be entitled to a one-off cash grant of up to £9,000 from their local council.
Local councils will pay the same businesses that are eligible to receive the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) Addendum for the national lockdown period that began on 5 January.
Application deadline
Eligibility
is based in England
has been required to close because of the national lockdown from 5 January 2021 onwards
has been unable to provide its usual in-person customer service from its premises
While we look to a relaxing of lockdown measures, Braintree District Council continues to process the business support grants and be on hand to offer support and advice, in addition to its own support programmes and grants from Essex County Council. Both BDC and ECC are committed to supporting business recovery and ECC has promised £2million to support Essex businesses. The Additional Restrictions Grant has reopened and covers impact of the restrictions from December 3 to March 8. This discretionary grant scheme seeks to help businesses who have had their trade severely affected by Covid-19 restrictions, regardless of whether they pay business rates or not. The eligibility criteria have been adapted and more information can be found on the website, details below.
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