A COUNCIL is set to allocate more than £3 million this month to almost 700 businesses affected by the pandemic.
Mid Sussex District Council will give the money to the companies that have not yet received any financial support during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund (Carf) has been provided by the government to support businesses that were not eligible for their main Business Grant support schemes.
Many businesses were unable to claim the first wave of the support grants because they were specifically for businesses in receipt of Small Business Rate Relief and those working in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.
The Carf applies to a much wider range of businesses such as offices, factories, warehouses and small businesses in shared workspaces, market traders, charity properties and businesses in the supply chain.
Mid Sussex businesses were invited to apply for the grant but so far only 74 businesses have submitted a claim.
To ensure that local businesses do not miss out on this support, Mid Sussex District Council will be automatically paying the grants to eligible businesses from September 19.
The council will be writing to all eligible businesses in Mid Sussex to inform them about the upcoming Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund award.
Eligible businesses simply need to look out for the relief shown on their business rates bill when they receive it.
The Carf support payments are exclusively for businesses that have been affected by the pandemic but have not yet received any Covid-19 relief or discount support for their business rates from the government.
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