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Small Business Grant Funding - England only

The Government is providing additional funding for local authorities to support small businesses that already pay little or no business rates because of small business rate relief (SBRR), rural rate relief (RRR) and tapered relief.

Eligibility criteria

You will be eligible if:

  1. Your business is based in England
  2. In receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief as of 11 March
  3. You are a business that occupies property

What does it Cover

This will provide a one-off grant of £10,000 to eligible businesses to help meet their ongoing business costs.

How to access it

Eligible businesses will be contacted by their local authority, though some local authorities have decided to operate an applications process. Any enquiries on eligibility for, or provision of, the grants should be directed to the relevant local authority. Find your local authority using this link:

https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council

Run time

Local authorities will need to collect details from small businesses in order to be able to make payments. Local authorities will be in touch with all eligible businesses shortly.

Government resource

https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/small-business-grant-funding/

Disclaimer:

The information provided here was sourced from the HMRC and it will be updated periodically but we request you to check the individual sites provided about for more information. Last updated 5th April 2020.

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