We are pleased to confirm that Land & Property Services will be making automatic payments to those eligible businesses
whose bank account details are held for the purposes of paying rates by Direct Debit.

The first payment in the Small Business Support Grant Scheme will be made on 31 March if not before.

BID are pushing for these payments to be made as soon as possible and we are informed that the payment process has started

Eligible businesses that LPS don’t currently hold bank account details for can complete the following online registration form. See the following link

https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/coronavirus-business-support-grant-schemes

A grant of £25,000 will be provided to companies in the retail, tourism and hospitality sectors with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000. This should assist 4,000 business. Work is continuing to enable the payment of this grant to qualifying businesses

If you have any queries please feel free to contact the BID as we liaise on your behalf with LPS and Department of Finance