With less than a month to go until the deadline for applications for small business grants in England, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging any firms yet to sign up to do so before the deadline, while at the same time urging councils to ensure the speedy issuance of them.
- Councils across England have distributed on average 92 per cent of the funds
- Only 23 councils (7%) of councils have issued 100 per cent of funds
- Around £1.5bn of funds remain unspent
- Calling on the Treasury to issue another 5% (£617m) discretionary fund to help those left out
