Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Today (14 March 2014) the government has allocated the second tranche of funding from the 10 million Business Support Scheme to help businesses hardest hit by this winters flooding. The funding will go to local authorities for them to administer locally.
5.1 million was confirmed for the first tranche of funding on 20 February 2014, and the government is today confirming which local authorities have been allocated the remaining 4.9 million.
The funding is to support businesses that have been directly and indirectly affected by flooding.
Sixty-five local authorities have been allocated funding, from the Isles of Scilly in the far south west to Sunderland in the north east.
Overall, the 10 million of funding now allocated is expected to help at least 4,000 businesses with hardship funding, meeting exceptional costs arising from the impacts of flooding.
Guidance to local authorities has not changed.
Business Support Scheme: total allocations by local authority
| Local Authority | Tranche 1 allocation () | Tranche 2 allocation () | Total allocation () |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allerdale | 15,000 | 0 | 15,000 |
| Arun | 15,000 | 10,000 | 25,000 |
| Ashford | 0 | 12,500 | 12,500 |
| Babergh | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Basingstoke & Deane | 65,000 | 0 | 65,000 |
| Bath & NE Somerset | 32,500 | 8,0000 | 112,500 |
| Bexley | 17,500 | 0 | 17,500 |
| Blackpool | 0 | 115,000 | 115,000 |
| Bournemouth | 70,000 | 0 | 70,000 |
| Boston | 320,000 | 205,000 | 525,000 |
| Bromley | 22,500 | 0 | 22,500 |
| Canterbury | 37,500 | 0 | 37,500 |
| Cherwell | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 |
| Cheshire West & Chester | 0 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Chichester | 10,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 |
| Chiltern | 0 | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| Christchurch | 20,000 | 5,000 | 25,000 |
| Copeland | 30,000 | 0 | 30,000 |
| Cornwall | 317,500 | 12,500 | 330,000 |
| Cotswold | 0 | 22,500 | 22,500 |
| Croydon | 10,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 |
| Dacorum | 22,500 | 0 | 22,500 |
| Dartford | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 |
| Dover | 12,500 | 0 | 12,500 |
| East Devon | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 |
| East Dorset | 50,000 | 0 | 50,000 |
| East Hampshire | 15,000 | 15,000 | 30,000 |
| East Hertfordshire | 125,000 | 0 | 125,000 |
| East Lindsey | 0 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 182,500 | 50,000 | 232,500 |
| Eastleigh | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Elmbridge | 55,000 | 70,000 | 125,000 |
| Exeter | 0 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Forest of Dean | 0 | 62,500 | 62,500 |
| Gateshead | 75,000 | 0 | 75,000 |
| Gloucester City | 35,000 | 0 | 35,000 |
| Great Yarmouth | 35,000 | 0 | 35,000 |
| Guildford | 15,000 | 0 | 15,000 |
| Havant | 25,000 | 45,000 | 70,000 |
| Herefordshire | 20,000 | 110,000 | 130,000 |
| Hillingdon | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 |
| Isle of Wight Council | 25,000 | 370,000 | 395,000 |
| Isles of Scilly | 12,500 | 15,000 | 27,500 |
| Kings Lynn & West Norfolk | 10,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 230,000 | 95,000 | 325,000 |
| Lancaster City | 0 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Lewes | 0 | 37,500 | 37,500 |
| Maidstone | 290,000 | 0 | 290,000 |
| Maldon | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Malvern Hills | 32,500 | 190,000 | 225,000 |
| Mid Devon | 12,500 | 0 | 12,500 |
| Mole Valley | 17,500 | 0 | 17,500 |
| Newcastle-u-Tyne | 17,500 | 0 | 17,500 |
| New Forest | 20,000 | 0 | 20,000 |
| North Devon | 22,500 | 0 | 22,500 |
| North Dorset | 150,000 | 0 | 150,000 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 0 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| North Lincolnshire | 255,000 | 145,000 | 400,000 |
| North Norfolk | 67,500 | 0 | 67,500 |
| North Tyneside | 30,000 | 0 | 30,000 |
| Northumberland | 15,000 | 0 | 15,000 |
| Oxford City | 3,0000 | 32,500 | 62,500 |
| Plymouth | 0 | 57,500 | 57,500 |
| Portsmouth | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Purbeck | 0 | 22,500 | 22,500 |
| Reading | 22,500 | 17,500 | 40,000 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | 22,500 | 0 | 22,500 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 67,500 | 0 | 67,500 |
| Runnymede | 102,500 | 0 | 102,500 |
| Rushmoor | 0 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Scarborough | 162,500 | 0 | 162,500 |
| Sedgemoor | 0 | 175,000 | 175,000 |
| Sevenoaks | 172,500 | 0 | 172,500 |
| Slough | 17,500 | 0 | 17,500 |
| South Gloucestershire | 0 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| South Hams | 55,000 | 0 | 55,000 |
| South Oxfordshire | 15,000 | 0 | 15,000 |
| South Somerset |