Decision details

(FCS) Approval of top-up grant payments within the Council's Discretionary Business Grant Fund.

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To approve top up grants to be paid to businesses that have been successful in applying for the Council’s discretionary business grant fund, funded from the SCR Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). The top up, if required, will allow the Council to maximise the resource and the potential support to businesses in this sector.

Decision:

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

 

20 January 2021

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 

Judith Badger

Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

 

Non-specific

Brief Description of Decision:

 

 

That following the volume of claims made to the discretionary business grant scheme, funded by Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), grant payments will be increased to £2,000.

Reasons for the Decision:

 

 

To provide support to local business whilst maximising the discretionary grant available to RMBC.

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

 

Explore new business categories that support could have been provided to but given the short time window available this was not feasible.

   

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

 

No conflicts of interest

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

 

None

 

Reports or parts of reports considered

 

Briefing Paper – ARG - Discretionary Business Support

 

 

Publication date: 11/03/2021

Date of decision: 05/03/2021

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