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FUNDING
Non-Domestic Rates Grant Scheme - Apply by 30 June !!
Wrexham Council have helped over 1,800 businesses and sole traders in the county borough by providing £22m in business grants since lockdown began. This includes small charities and community sports clubs following recently revised eligibility rules. However, Welsh Government recently announced that the grants scheme will close for applications on 30 June 2020.
Any businesses who have not yet received a business grant or funding from the Economic Resilience Fund, should go to our website and check if they are eligible and then MAKE A CLAIM. You will find all the relevant information on our site, including revised criteria for small charities and community amateur sports clubs.
We are particularly asking owners of shops, offices, hairdressing salons, garages and petrol stations, and non-council community centres or buildings to consider claiming.
https://beta.wrexham.gov.uk/service/covid-19-support-businesses
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme extended
The scheme has now been extended. A second and final grant will be available when the scheme opens again in August 2020. If you’re eligible and want to claim the first grant you must make your claim on or before 13 July 2020. If you’re eligible the second and final grant will be a taxable grant worth 70% of your average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering a further 3 months’ worth of profits, and capped at £6,570 in total.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme#extension
Document outlining support for businesses affected by COVID-19
Don’t forget to check our regularly updated document which lists all the funding and support available to businesses
https://bit.ly/support-for-businesses-affected-by-covid-19
GETTING BACK TO WORK SAFELY
Local Supplier’s Directory
In response to requests from local companies supplying and/or requiring PPE, social distancing equipment and other support services to ensure they comply with government guidance when starting back to work, we are setting up a local supplier’s directory on the Council website.
If you run a business based in Wrexham and would like to be included, please complete our online form via the link below. We reserve the right to exclude any listing which we deem inappropriate.
https://forms.gle/6bDg3Gr34NhAnias9
Please note - Wrexham County Borough Council are not endorsing any of the companies listed within this directory, we are merely providing a list of potential local contacts who can supply PPE and other services, please undertake your own research and make judgements on the companies you choose to work with. We will publicise the link to the directory as soon as it goes live later this week.
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance on workplace coronavirus testing
Data protection law does not prevent you from taking the necessary steps to keep your staff and the public safe and supported during the present public health emergency. But it does require you to be responsible with people’s personal data and ensure it is handled with care.
https://ico.org.uk/global/data-protection-and-coronavirus-information-hub/data-protection-and-coronavirus/workplace-testing-guidance-for-employers/
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