Business frustration grows as Covid grants stick to EU state aid rules Under EU rules, individual companies cannot receive more than €4m (£3.6m) in emergency grants 22 January 2021 • 4:30pm Business leaders have called on the Government to diverge from certain EU state-aid rules that are blocking hundreds of millions of pounds in Covid grants getting to struggling companies. Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said ministers should "look again" at the decision, which, if changed, "could provide a lifeline to many businesses that have been forced to c...