Cash Grants - North Somerset Council - ready for applications

Grants are cash lump sums which do not need to be repaid and will be awarded if the following conditions applied on 11 March 2020.

• Small Business Grant Fund – £10,000 cash support to all businesses who are in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR) and/or Rural Rates Relief.
• Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund, split into 2 parts:

1. £10,000 cash support to all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with a rateable value of less than £15,000 (but only if they did not already qualify for £10,000 under the SBRR criteria above).
2. £25,000 cash support to all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000.

When?

Funding for the above grants is being made available to all local authorities from early April 2020.

What you need to do to receive your business grant support

To receive this grant you must email North Somerset Council at: n-somersetnndr@liberata.com and provide the following information:  

• business name (i.e. sole trader or limited company name) 
• full business property address
• company registration number (if you have a limited company registered with companies house)
• VAT registration number (if applicable)
• account details (bank account number, sort code, business account name)  
• your business rates account reference (the number on the business rates invoice will begin with either 7000, or 06)
• a full contact name, contact phone number and email address