Further Business Grants Available

Two new discretionary grants for Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has launched two new discretionary grant schemes. Both of these grant schemes are until 5 pm on Friday 10 September. This includes:

The Local Event Organiser Fund

The aim of the Local Event Organisers Fund is to support businesses to organise future events that bring people to the Borough, supporting the wider economy.

This grant can be applied for by organisations that have had to cancel at least one event within Tunbridge Wells borough, or have run an event at significantly reduced capacity, due to either national or local Covid-19 restrictions. The event must have been scheduled to take place between 1 March 2020 and 19 July 2021.

This grant scheme is only for commercial organisers of events. These businesses must both be based within the Tunbridge Wells borough as well as the event taking place in the borough. Event organisation must also be the substantive part of the business (50% or more of the business income). Organisations that are in the supply chain or those that host events (but are not the organiser) are not eligible for this fund.

Further information, as well as the link to the application form, is available here: https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/arg-leof
 

Additional Restrictions Grant Round 5

The aim of ARG round 5 is to provide support to businesses whose income has continued to be severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the national restrictions.

This grant can be applied for by small or micro-enterprises in a qualifying sector. 

Businesses must be able to demonstrate an overall loss for the period 1 May 2021 – 31 July 2021. Businesses must also be able to show a reduction in income of at least 30% during the period 1 May 2021 – 31 July 2021, when compared with their average quarterly income for the financial year 2019/20.

This scheme is available for all businesses in the following qualifying sectors, irrespective of whether they have received the government Restart Grant or previous Additional Restrictions Grant funding.

Qualifying sectors include:

• Leisure & Events
• Hospitality
• Accommodation
• Travel sector
• Supply chain to the Hospitality, Leisure, Events and Travel sector
• Education and training

Further information, as well as the link to the application form, is available here: https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/arg5