A new £9.5 million fund to support small and micro businesses affected by COVID-19 will open for applications on Monday (30 November).

The Hospitality, Leisure and Retail Grants scheme is part of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s £40m emergency support fund.

This new funding grant has been allocated to support small retail businesses that were forced to close due to the second national lockdown as well as the supply chain supporting the hospitality and leisure  sector.

Business must also satisfy the following criteria:

• be based in the Liverpool City Region (covering the local authority areas of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral)
• have been trading since 11 March 2020
• have not been eligible or received a grant from a local authority from October 2020 onwards
• employ one or more people
• be able to demonstrate that its trading activities have been significantly and negatively impacted by COVID-19 restrictions
• be State Aid compliant and
• still be trading on or before 1 October 2020

The grant application process and full criteria can be found on liverpool.gov.uk/leisureandhospitalityexpandedscheme

The aim is to pay the grant by BACS within 10 working days of an application being approved.

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