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Inishowen businesses urged to apply for Restart Grant
23.07.20
CATHAOIRLEACH, Cllr
Rena Donaghey, has called on businesses in Inishowen
to apply for the Restart Grant from Donegal County
Council.
To date 1,600 businesses have applied for the
business Restart Grant in Donegal and over 3.4m has
already been paid out by the Council with remaining
applications currently being processed. I am
delighted to see these businesses apply for this
grant but I am keen to highlight that the scheme is
still open until 31 August and I would urge all
eligible businesses in Inishowen to apply for this
grant which I know has been a life line for many
businesses who have incurred so many additional
costs to simply comply with the public health
requirements from Covid-19. We have over 5,000
commercial rate payers in Donegal so there are more
businesses that are eligible to apply and I strongly
urge them to do so. |
The scheme offers
direct grant aid to small businesses to help towards
the costs associated with reopening or remaining
open and re-employing workers following the Covid-19
restrictions.
To be eligible applicants must be a commercially
rateable business and have an annual turnover of
less than 5 million and have 50 or less employees;
have suffered a projected 25 per cent loss in
turnover from April 1 to the end of June; commit to
remain open or to reopen if closed; and declare the
intention to retain employees currently on the
temporary wage subsidy scheme. The grant aid payable
is based on the equivalent to the rates bill of the
business in 2019, with a minimum payment of 2,000
and a maximum payment of 10,000.
Applications can be made online at Donegalcoco.ie
and the closing date is 31st August 2020.
Further information can be obtained by emailing
restartgrant@donegalcoco.ie
or visiting
www.donegalcoco.ie . |
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