Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has outlined the first steps in distributing the funding package aimed at flood affected businesses and aiding with clean-up costs.
The initial step will be to administer and deliver the £7,500 being made available to individual businesses impacted in the borough. It is estimated payments to flooded businesses will commence from Monday 13 November.
Part of the £15m package agreed by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, is to support the wider economic recovery. To inform this, the Council will be contacting each of the impacted businesses in the coming days to establish more detail on the scale and scope of the damage and determine the most appropriate financial package for business.
Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Alderman Margaret Tinsley said:
“The Council is committed to promptly collaborating with the relevant Government departments to ensure the swift delivery of the financial package to local businesses. In addition, we are actively pursuing further assistance while providing regular updates to those impacted through the support network we have established for businesses.”
The Northern Ireland Civil Service has also announced further details of the financial support, which includes rates relief for flooded businesses.
The rates relief measure will include 100% relief for non-domestic rates on flooded properties for the period between 1 November and 31 March 2024. In addition, any business that relocates to temporary premises while their flooded property is being repaired will be eligible for 100% rates relief on the new premises for three months.
Further details are available at: https://www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/news/information-support-measures-businesses-impacted-by-floods or https://www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk/floodrecoveryadvice/
