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Excluded North East businesses claim councils have unfairly withheld vital Covid relief cash Around 90 firms have signed up to the LA7 Excluded campaign, urging local councils to allow them to access a share of millions of pounds worth of emergency grant funding 06:00, 6 MAR 2021 Get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice ....
We have since moved into Tier 4 and we are in crisis. We do not see the end to this current Tier with this new strain of the virus and we expect the restrictions to continue beyond March. We are asking for urgent help now, not after it is too late. Businesses cannot afford to take on further debt. Following the latest lockdown the campaign is asking the Government to increase the Discretionary Grant Funding to local authorities who are working with and know their local businesses in order to get cash to those that need it. Our pubs and High Street urgently need the funds to ensure we have a High Street at the end of this crisis. Some business rates have been repaid by supermarkets and other companies unaffected by the pandemic to the Government and we urge them to use this money to increase the funding available to local authorities. ....