Southwark Additional Restrictions Grant for micro and small businesses

[legalalien]

For info, Southwark's " Additional Restrictions Grant" scheme opened to new applications today. There is info about it at https://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/business-support-and-advice/covid-19-support-and-information-for-businesses-and-employers?chapter=7.

It is described as follows:

"This grant scheme is for micro and small businesses in Southwark that have been legally required to close between 5 November and 2 December 2020 (but are not business rates payers/account holders) and those that may not be required to close but have been severely impacted by the restrictions put in place to control the spread of COVID-19." The website says that "For those in the second category, we particularly welcome applications from businesses that supply the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors, as well as businesses in the events sector and market traders."

From the underlying decision notice looks like ?6.37m allocated to Southwark by central govt for this. Southwark Plan to advertise "through council channels, business networks and our business mailing list", as I imagine some micro-businesses not paying rates might be off Southwark's radar, thought it worth posting here.