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<p>The Department is in regular contact with local government to understand how the
Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund are rolling
out, as well as the impact they are having on businesses. The main priority of the
Government is that funding can get out to eligible businesses as quickly as possible.</p><p>On
1 May 2020, the Business Secretary announced the Local Authority Discretionary Grants
Fund, which is aimed at small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs
- not linked to the business rates system. Where local authorities have surplus funding
from their original allocations, they can use up to 5% of their allocation to provide
these discretionary grants. Local authorities that have used, or expect to use, all
of their allocation will receive an additional 5% to meet the cost of these discretionary
grants.</p>
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