Vital grants for Falkirk district businesses

Falkirk district firms can now apply for one-off Scottish Government grants of £10,000 or £25,000 to help them fight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Roy Beers
Published 27th Mar 2020, 13:13 BST
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Those set to benefit range from small firms of several kinds to retail, hospitality and leisure enterprises, and the scheme is additional to separate tax relief measures.

The £10,000 grant is available to ratepayers of small businesses, while the £25,000 grant is available to retail, hospitality and leisure business ratepayers with a rateable value between £18,001 and £50,999.

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Small firms which 
receive the small business bonus scheme (SBBS) 
or rural relief are 
among those which can benefit.

They can also claim if they are eligible for SBBS and receive Nursery Relief or Disabled Relief, and have a rateable value up to £18,000.

The grants are part of a Business Support Fund worth £2.2 billion and 
designed to help protect jobs, prevent business closures and promote economic recovery during and after the current coronavirus crisis, and it is reckoned more than 90,000 ratepayers across Scotland could benefit from this 
additional support.

Businesses which think they may be eligible for one of these grants should contact Falkirk Council, which is administering 
the scheme on behalf 
of the Scottish Government, with a form on the local authority’s website.

For more information on how to apply, visit 
https://www.mygov.scot/non-domestic-ratescoronavirus/.

Related topics:Scottish GovernmentFalkirkFalkirk CouncilScotland

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