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Grants update and timetable

Nottingham City Council is working on delivering a series of grants to businesses, charities, social enterprises and community organisations to support the city during the Covid pandemic. ?

The announcements from government for funding for businesses have come quickly while guidance and funding has followed some time after, and Nottingham City Council has been working, and will continue to work hard to distribute this funding to eligible businesses. Work to date means most businesses will be paid automatically without the need to reapply for the funding you are entitled to.

Please allow 5 working days for payments from the City Council to reach your account following a notification that a payment has been made to you. If funds have not arrived, please contact your bank in the first instance to check for any pending payments to your account, and if these are not showing please contact at?[email protected]?with the title ?Check ? payment not received.?

We understand some businesses may not have applied during the national lockdown in November as no further lockdown was foreseen at the time but require the ongoing support the government is providing ? we will open the grants system again for these businesses in the near future.

Appeals regarding rejection of eligibility for a grant should be sent to?[email protected]

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* Under Tier 2 restrictions:

• For businesses occupying properties with a rateable value of ?15,000 or under, grants of ?934 every 4 weeks forced to close under national restrictions
• For businesses occupying properties with a rateable value of between ?15,000 - ?51,000, grants of ?1,400 every 4 weeks forced to close under national restrictions
• For businesses occupying properties with a rateable value of ?51,000, grants of ?2,100 every 4 weeks forced to close under national restrictions

** Under Tier 3 restrictions:

• For businesses occupying properties with a rateable value of ?15,000 or under, grants of ?1,334 every 4 weeks forced to close under national restrictions
• For businesses occupying properties with a rateable value of between ?15,000 - ?51,000, grants of ?2,000 every 4 weeks forced to close under national restrictions
• For businesses occupying properties with a rateable value of ?51,000, grants of ?3,000 every 4 weeks forced to close under national restrictions

*** The one-off grants to closed businesses will be allocated as follows:

• ?4,000 for businesses with a rateable value of ?15,000 or under
• ?6,000 for businesses with a rateable value between ?15,000 and ?51,000
• ?9,000 for businesses with a rateable value of over ?51,000

You can contact us at?[email protected]

Eligible for grants and haven't applied? Don't worry.

We know some businesses did not apply for the initial round of grants during the lockdown in November, meaning they have not been able to claim any of the funding they are eligible for since then.

We are now taking applications from businesses who were not able to apply first time round - to check your eligibility and to see if we can arrange a convenient way to provide you with the total sum of grants due, please email [email protected]?so we can get you started.

Discretionary grant scheme coming soon

As part of the package of support for Nottingham's businesses, we have a discretionary fund to provide to businesses who fall outside the remit of the tiered and lockdown grants above. This will be launched later this month through a special edition of this newsletter, outlining grant amounts, criteria and a link to the application form.?

Free support to keep City workers, their colleagues and families protected from Covid

Please help protect your workers, their families and communities in Nottingham by encouraging your employees to get a regular, FREE, Covid-19 test at the new Asymptomatic Testing Centre at at Djanogly Community Leisure Centre on Gregory Boulevard in Forest Fields.

The centre is run by Nottingham City Council and will encourage people without symptoms of COVID-19 (asymptomatic) to drop in and get a FREE rapid COVID-19 test.

The aim of the Asymptomatic Testing Centre is to help identify and isolate individuals who have COVID-19 but do not have symptoms and may unknowingly be spreading the virus - around 1 in 3 people with Covid-19 don?t have any symptoms.

People in the city are being encouraged to get a COVID-19 test at the centre at least once a week. The testing centre is at Djanogly Leisure Centre, Gregory Boulevard, NG7 6ND.

• The Asymptomatic Testing Centre is open:
• Monday ? Friday from 9.30am until 6.30pm
• Saturday from 9.30am until 2.30pm
• Sundays ? closed
• There is no need to book ? people can just drop in. - check the webpage for an updates on opening times
• People must not attend if they are showing symptoms of Covid-19 and under 16 year olds must come with an adult. For further information please visit: nottinghamcity.gov.uk/asymptomatictesting
• The asymptomatic testing pilot will run until March 2021.
• A positive or negative test results can be given within the hour and support will be offered to those people who test positive.

Please help protect your workers and communities in Nottingham by sharing this message through your network and partners on behalf of Nottingham City Council.?

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