Amendments to eligibility criteria for small business grants

May 15, 2020

  1. These are now available for businesses with up to 20 employees as at 16 March 2020 (previously the limit was 10 employees);
  2. These will now be granted on a per business basis where multiple businesses (which are owned by the same common beneficial owners or shareholders) operate in a different economic sectors;
  3. Businesses that commended trading between 1/9/2019 and 1/12/2019 are now eligible, provided they can demonstrate they are firmly established and financially viable;
  4. Loss making or low profit business can now access the grant if they can demonstrate they are financially viable. Business bank statements for the last 6 months will be requested (and management accounts if available); and
  5. Small business bookkeepers are now eligible (this is also true for the payroll co-funding scheme).

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