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Applications are now open for the Local Restriction Grant Scheme (LRGS). The grant will only be available to businesses that have been required to close from 5th November 2020 and were registered with business rates on or before 00.01 on the 5th November 2020. A list of all the business types required to close can be found on the government website here.
Grant payments will be made from Tuesday 17th November 2020 and applications will close on Friday 4th December 2020 in line with lockdown.
Further information on the eligibility criteria, a breakdown of the grant awards and a list of all documents required to support applications can be found here.
Please note applications to previous funds will not be considered, all eligible businesses are required to make new applications. If you think your business is eligible please apply here.
A further grant, the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) will be available for businesses that have been required to close but are not on the rating list or which have been severely impacted by lockdown.
Further information will follow in December. We will share further updates via our Business NK website, twitter and our dedicated Facebook group.
Guidance on closing certain businesses and venues in England: For an updated list of business venues which must close or operate on a restricted basis (e.g., takeaway only) during lockdown in England can be found here.
Guidance for venues: If your venue can stay open during the national restrictions put in place on 5 November 2020 in England, you must follow the guidance on maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors in order to support NHS Test and Trace. For more information, please see here.
Guidance for food businesses: Guidance for food businesses in England on how they operate during Covid has been updated to reflect the national restrictions in place from 5 November. Click here for further information.
Guidance for aviation: Further guidance on safer travel and working principles for airports and aviation operators in light of England’s national restrictions in place from 5 November is available here.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, also known as the furlough scheme, has been extended to December 2020. The Job Support Scheme is postponed. For more information, click here.
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For information on claiming for wages through the scheme click here.
Businesses across the UK are set to benefit from £134 million investment, enabling ground-breaking clean growth projects to develop new technologies and secure new jobs.
- £134 million government investment to keep UK’s greenest, most innovative businesses thriving during coronavirus pandemic and could help to secure and create new jobs across the country.
- Projects to service offshore wind turbines autonomously, using AI to reduce beer waste in the brewing process and converting seaweed into compostable packaging to tackle plastic waste set to benefit.
- Investment part of the government’s commitment to build back better by supporting the UK’s risk takers to bring their novel ideas to market.
Further details here.
Peer Networks are a national initiative that will be delivered locally through Growth Hubs. The programme will see the creation of 25 peer networks with each group consisting of eight to 11 owners or managers. Led by an experienced facilitator, these peer networks will typically meet fortnightly as a group to work together on common business issues and provide a support network for each other.
The Manufacturing Transformation Programme is designed to help the manufacturers overcome the challenges set by the COVID crisis and adapt to future consequences by improving business performance, innovating product and service offerings or developing new business.
The Supply Chain Improvement Programme helps businesses to identify current supply chain gaps through a combination of one to one support and workshops,
The Greater Lincolnshire Manufacturing Network (GLMN) is a partnership project with University of Lincoln to support the growth and development of SMEs by promoting best practice, new manufacturing processes and partnership opportunities.
The RESTART Support Programme assists businesses who are either exporting or importing and require specialist support and guidance in navigating the complexities of trading and ensuring compliance with trade regulations post EU exit.
The Building Business Resilience Programme aims to ensure that businesses in the East Midlands are informed and prepared to deal with any challenges that may result from the UK’s departure from the European Union, as well as to help them spot and capitalise upon opportunities that may result.
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