10 day deadline for new business Grants - Due to go live this morning

Additional Restrictions Grant from Cornwall Council is due to be released Today

The grant will open for just 10 days so please apply when the link goes live this morning

The Additional Restrictions Grant scheme will see up to £11.5 million available for businesses in Cornwall who are not eligible for other forms of financial support but have been forced to close or are severely impacted during the third coronavirus lockdown from 05 January 2021 available for the following groups:

• Open to any business who has not yet been supported, including self-employed, businesses who so far have fallen through the cracks, maximum £10k per grant
• All businesses mandated to close who do not pay direct business rate grants, example quoted was a B&B house
• Larger businesses forced to close with a rateable value of more than £51k, Hotels were an example given
• Supply chain businesses severely impacted by the pandemic, examples included training businesses, suppliers, service companies but not solicitors or accountants

The policy for this Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme and the application form on who will be eligible is being put in place and the application form and full details of the policy will be available on the Council’s website http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/BusinessSupportGrant  on Wednesday 20 January 2021.

Please keep you’re eye on the link above for the new information and application to go live this morning and we understand the window to apply may be just 10 days

Please let us know if you have applied and any challenges you face and we are on hand to ensure your businesses gets the support it requires

For any questions or support, please just give us a call

There will only be a 10 day window for businesses to apply – we need to ensure our members understand this; expected application window of 20th January to 30th January