In some cases the Government has announced its intentions to provide relief before the details of how to apply and who exactly is eligible have been made available.
Content of Cornwall Council email dated 19 Feb 2014 follows:
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19 February
2014
A new Government helpline has been
set up to provide comprehensive advice and support to small and medium size
enterprises (SME).
The helpline offers a free one
hour call with a dedicated business support advisor to help businesses get back
on their feet.
Advice
line: 0300 456 3565
As well as providing free
dedicated business advice, information is also available via the helpline on who
to contact about pay, tax, employment rights or disputes, company registration
or insolvency.
Help
available to businesses
UK Storm Business Relief Fund
Set up by NatWest and RBS Banks
with a £250million fund to issue interest free loans to small businesses
affected by the storms and floods. Loans are available to any business affected,
that do not need to be customers of either bank, and is on a first come first
served basis.
UK Storms
Helpline: 0800 529 8544
Help is also available in your
local branch of NatWest or RBS banks from their Relationship
Managers.
More information is available
online at www.business.natwest.com
and www.business.rbs.co.uk
Government Business Support Scheme
The Government has announced a new
Business Support Scheme worth up to £10 million. The scheme is in addition to
the three month rate relief and the £5,000 ‘Repair and Renew’
grants.
Details of eligibility, criteria
and how to apply will be published later this week.
Government ‘Repair and Renew’ grants
David Cameron has
announced new grants to help homes and businesses affected by the winter
storms.
Individual grants of up
to £5,000 are available to help pay for repairs, not covered by insurance, which
improve a property's ability to withstand future
flooding.
More information and
advice on applying for a Repair and Renew grant is available online www.gov.uk
Business rate relief
All affected businesses will be
able to apply to their local authority for three months business rate
relief.
Details on the application process
and eligibility will be announced by the Government shortly and more information
is available on the Government website:
Help for fishermen
The Fishermen’s Mission has launched an
urgent appeal to raise funds to help fishermen who have been affected by the
storms. More information is available on their website: www.fishermensmission.org.uk
Help for farmers
The Government has
announced it will make up to £10 million available for a one-off grant scheme
designed to support farm businesses.
The scheme is to
restore flooded agricultural land and bring it back into production as quickly
as possible. More information is available on the Government
website:
More
information
More information about
grants to help people and businesses affected by storms and flood damage is
available on the Council’s website: www.cornwall.gov.uk/floodfunding
Information about help with planning, listed building consent and building regulations following flood and storm damage is available on the Council’s website: www.cornwall.gov.uk/planningnews
Contact
us
For town
centres/small businesses:
Guy
Thomas
Town Centre Management Specialist |
For agricultural
and fishing:
Peter
Holland
Business Development Consultant |
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