Nearly £2 million of Covid grants for Lincoln businesses were unclaimed due to lack of demand.
However, City of Lincoln Council say they struggled to give the money away, even after widening the criteria. “By the time that we had guidance on how it should be given out, we struggled to give it away,” Martin Walmsley, Head of Shared Revenues and Benefits said.The council struggled to find businesses who were eligible | Photo Steve Smailes for The LincolniteEven after this was dropped to 20%, not many businesses came forward.
The national CAR fund from the government was £1.5 billion, although it’s unclear how much was ultimately claimed.
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