SUPPORT: Business grants available TO DATE more than £83.5m has been given out in the form of grants to thousands of Bolton businesses who have been forced to close or been severely impacted by local and national covid restrictions put in place. The Business Rates and Business Bolton teams have been working hard to process applications as quickly as possible and deal with all enquiries to provide help and support to as many businesses as they can. Valuable support has also been provided from other teams across the council to assist with process payments and keeping the team operational, including the IT systems and Support Service teams and as well as Housing Benefit and Council Tax Recovery Teams.