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<p>On 1 May 2020 the Business Secretary announced that up to £617 million is being
made available to Local Authorities in England to allow them to provide discretionary
grants. This is an additional 5% uplift to the £12.33 billion funding previously announced
for the Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure
Grants Fund (RHLGF).</p><p> </p><p>The additional Local Authority Discretionary Grants
Fund is aimed at small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs but not
liable for business rates or rates reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>Pub businesses with less
than 50 employees, not directly liable for business rates and thus not eligible for
either Small Business or Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants, could be in-scope
subject to them being in business on 11<sup>th</sup> March, not having received any
other Government grant funding, having ongoing relatively high fixed building-related
costs (e.g. rent and service charges) and experiencing a significant loss of income
due Covid-19 impacts. Local authorities will run these schemes locally.</p>
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