Businesses are urged to apply for a new version of a government-backed grant made available to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A relaunched Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) is available from today for eligible businesses who can demonstrate that COVID-19 restrictions and regulations reduced their turnover in the financial year 2020/21 compared to 2019/20.
This is the third time the ARG scheme has been in operation since the start of the pandemic and is open to businesses who have not made an application for, or have not received, a grant through any earlier COVID business grant schemes administered by Allerdale council.
Businesses must have traded throughout the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21.
Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 may be available to eligible businesses depending on how much their turnover has been affected.
The ARG funding is to support those businesses who have been severely impacted by restrictions and were not eligible for any of the previous COVID business support grants administered by Allerdale Borough Council.
The last date for receipt of applications for this final round grant scheme is 12pm on Friday, 12 November.
To apply, and see a full description of the eligibility criteria, businesses should go to the council’s website at: https://www.allerdale.gov.uk/en/coronavirus/coronavirus-business-grants-claims/.
