Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
A massive 69,543 of eligible SMEs in England have yet to claim for the government coronavirus grants announced back in March.
This amounts to almost £1.5bn worth of funding, as revealed by new figures from money.co.uk.
So far the government has given almost one million small to medium-sized businesses in England an emergency coronavirus grant – either in the form of the Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) or the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Grants Fund (RHLGF)
Earlier in August, figures showed that £10.8bn had been paid out to businesses, highlighting that a significant sum of this money has gone unclaimed.
The deadline for claiming these grants is this Friday, August 28 and any unassigned funding will be returned to the government.
>See also: You have just one month to claim up to £1.6bn in unspent grants
How much grant funding has my local authority given out?
The average grant provided by English councils is £12,269. Camden is giving out the most per grant, providing SMEs an average of £18,852. This is closely followed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (£18,740) and Westminster Council (£17,615).
Out of the top 20, three quarters (75 per cent) of local authorities paying