Businesses can now apply for funding from Havering Council. - Credit: Ellie Hoskins Havering businesses affected by Covid-19 restrictions can now apply for a portion of £1million made available to help them through the pandemic. Applications for Havering Council’s Business Innovation Grant, funded by the government, reopened last Friday (April 30). This is the second round of funding the authority has released following a £500,000 distribution in March. The match-funded scheme is intended to help micro-businesses change and adapt the way they work to be "Covid-secure, build future resilience, aid in their recovery". Leader of Havering Council, Damian White, said the borough had spent “considerable time” listening to businesses’ concerns and will use the funding to provide the “best possible grant structure.”