ADDITIONAL BUSINESS GRANT – SHORT DEADLINE

1. Title: ADDITIONAL BUSINESS GRANT – SHORT DEADLINE2. Awarding Authority: Leicester City Council, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority has received £2.6m from the government for a discretionary grant to support small and micro businesses in specified location that have experienced an enforced period of closure and lower trade since the extended local lockdown on 30 June 2020.5. CPV Code(s): 79400000, 79000000, 794100006. NUTS code(s): UKF, UKF2, UKF217. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Leicester8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: The City Council has received £2.6m from the government for a discretionary grant to support small and micro businesses in Leicester that have experienced an enforced period of closure and lower trade since the extended local lockdown on 30 June 2020.10. The deadline for applications is 28.8.2020 (6:00 pm).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit: 12. Other information: These are generally non-essential retail, hospitality and leisure businesses. These grants are non-repayable.The deadline for applications is 28 August 2020, 6pm.On 30 June 2020 all non-essential retail that had been able to open two weeks earlier had to close again. Hospitality and leisure businesses that would otherwise have been able to open from the 4 July remained closed.On 24 July, lockdown restrictions were relaxed, with restrictions on non-essential retail replaced by targeted ability of the council to shut particular premises. Parts of the hospitality sector were permitted to reopen on 3 August.Please refer the website above for documentation# funding opportunity