450 West Berkshire businesses benefit from pandemic cash
Published: 05:00, 11 July 2022
Four-hundred-and-fifty pandemic-hit West Berkshire businesses have benefited from a total of £6.42m funding, including the Hardship Fund administered by the district’s economy team.
Of those, 44 West Berkshire businesses have received £700,000 from the council’s Challenge Fund, a scheme aimed at supporting recovery, green growth and digital innovation.
The pandemic recovery report for West Berkshire Council’s executive committee goes on to say 44 West Berkshire businesses have now received more than £85,000 grant funding to help welcome customers back after Covid.
Evidence of delivery was required to draw down the funds, but the report does not specify if the same 44 businesses benefited.
