Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund is now live in Kirklees.
Kirklees Council has announced that the discretionary grant fund is now live here.
The fund was set up following a letter that was sent by Mark Eastwood and a group of 14 other Conservative MP's to the Business Secretary Alok Sharma on 17th April.
Mark Eastwood, MP for Dewsbury said:
I am very pleased that the fund has now gone live, to help those small businesses who have been hit by Coronavirus, but might have otherwise fallen through the cracks.
Grants will be awarded based on submitted evidence of actual property-related costs incurred by applicants, including rent, service charges, contribution to landlord rates and other specified property costs, as well as evidence of loss of income due to Covid-19.
The government has set out clear criteria on eligibility and the fund is therefore available to the following types of businesses in Kirklees:
- Small businesses in shared offices or other flexible workspaces which do not have their own business rates assessment will receive up to 6 month’s actual/forecast property costs, capped at £10,000 per applicant.
- Regular market traders with fixed property costs, that do not have their own business rates assessment will receive up to 6 months actual/forecast property costs, capped at £2,500 per applicant.
- Bed and breakfasts which pay council tax instead of business rates will receive up to 6 months actual/forecast property costs, capped at £3,000 per applicant.
- Charity properties in receipt of charitable business rates relief which would otherwise have been eligible for Small Business Rates Relief or Rural Rate Relief will receive up to 6 months actual/forecast property costs, capped at £10,000 per applicant.
Businesses who have applied for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will also be eligible to apply for this scheme, but those who have already received support from the Small Business Grant Fund; Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund; Self-employed Income Support Scheme or other Government coronavirus support schemes will not be able to apply.
Applications for the Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund must be made online by Monday 22 June 2020. For further information and to apply click here.
https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/health-and-well-being/coronavirus-businesses-and-self-employed.aspx
