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# Applications open for scheme offering grants to small businesses hit by national coronavirus lockdown measures
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/applications-open-for-scheme-offering-grants-to-small-businesses-hit-by-national-coronavirus-lockdown-measures/
- Published: 2020-12-03T10:42:42.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-03T10:43:16.000Z
- Description: Applications are open for a scheme offering grants to small and micro businesses in Lichfield and Burntwood that have been impacted by national lockdown restrictions.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

Applications are open for a scheme offering grants to small and micro businesses in Lichfield and Burntwood that have been impacted by national lockdown restrictions.

The £7,500 Additional Restrictions Grant will support companies who have seen their trade reduced by the measures.

The money will come from a fund of almost £2.1million allocated to the area by the Government.

Lichfield District Council said the one-off grants would be for businesses that are:

- Involved in the direct supply chain for businesses or sectors which have had to close due to local or national restrictions, able to show trade with closed businesses is a significant proportion of their income.
- Trading from a commercial premises which is a local franchise and the parent company has previously received a coronavirus grant.
- Involved in the events, arts or entertainment sectors.
- Involved in the rural/agriculture sector.
- Home based that are the only source of employment and business income.

Companies must also have been trading the day before national restrictions began on 4th November and have seen a loss of income of more than 30% compared to the same period last year. They must also not have received the Local Restrictions Support Grant.

Cllr Liz Little, cabinet member responsible for economic development, said:

> “I am really pleased we’ve opened the application process for the latest round of Government grants.  
>  
> “I am sure it will be very much welcomed by our local businesses that have been significantly impacted by the pandemic.   
>  
> “While the majority of this pot of funding will go towards the grants, we will also use some of the funding to deliver training to businesses and to support start-ups enterprises.”  
>  
> Cllr Liz Little, Lichfield District Council

Full eligibility criteria and application details are available at [www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/supportingbusiness](http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/supportingbusiness?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).