Hull City Council has administered a substantial amount of COVID-19-related grant support to local businesses over the past 20 months and are encouraging anybody thinking of applying under the last two remaining grant schemes, to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Grant support offered so far has totalled £95m and has provided much needed financial support to local businesses, helping them overcome the detrimental impacts of the pandemic.
Government grant funding for this type of support has now ended and the council are in the final phase of distributing its Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) allocation. After successfully distributing its initial ARG allocation, the council was awarded a top-up allocation. That is being used to fund three schemes – a Start-up Grant scheme to enable and encourage more people to start their own businesses, a CCTV Grant Scheme for Hackney Carriages to provide higher levels of safety and to support the night-time economy and finally an ARG Recovery Grant Scheme.