Decision - New National Lockdown: Business Grants
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New National Lockdown: Business Grants
Decision Maker: Policy & Resources Urgency Sub-Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
This report sets out what we understand about
the new business grants being announced by government as part of
the national lockldown at that started on 5th November 2020, and
the process the city council will adopt to distribute those grants
as quickly as possible.
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the Policy & Resources Urgency Sub-Committee
(i) Noted the steps being taken to issue new Local Restrictions Support Grants, where those grants are specified by government eligibility criteria;
(ii) Agreed to delegate authority to the Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture, in consultation with the Acting Chief Finance Officer, to determine criteria and agree processes for issuing Additional Restrictions Grants which takes account of the need to issue the grants as quickly as possible while targeting key local sectors that are affected by the new lockdown;
(iii) Agreed to delegate authority to the Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture, in consultation with the Acting Chief Finance Officer, to make grant awards from the Additional Restrictions Grant fund.
Report author: Graham Bourne
Publication date: 13/11/2020
Date of decision: 13/11/2020
Decided at meeting: 13/11/2020 - Policy & Resources Urgency Sub-Committee
Accompanying Documents:
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