Ceredigion County Council has set up a new website outlining how businesses and employees can get support during the coronavirus outbreak.

A range of measures to support businesses and workers have been made available by the UK and Welsh Government, including Business Rate Relief, business grants, business support services, finance and support for employees

Information and events are developing quickly, therefore Ceredigion County Council has established a single webpage with the latest information: www.ceredigion.gov.uk/business/covid-19-support-for-businesses-and-employers/

The webpage will be regularly updated with the latest information.

There is specific support available through Ceredigion County Council via a £1.4bn Welsh Government support package for all businesses listed on the business rates register, covering Business Rate Relief and Business Grants.

Retail, leisure and hospitality businesses with a rateable value of £500,000 or less will receive 100 per cent business rates relief for the financial year 2020/21.

Businesses do not need to do anything to access this. Ceredigion County Council officers will automatically process this as soon as they can directly with eligible businesses.

Two types of grants are available to businesses that are registered to pay business rates on their premises on or before 20 March 2020.

· Grant 1: A grant of £25,000 is being made available for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses occupying properties with a rateable value of between £12,001 and £51,000.

This means businesses that occupy properties such as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas, live music venues, hotels, guest and boarding premises and self-catering accommodation.

· Grant 2: A £10,000 grant to all businesses eligible for Small Business Rates relief (SBRR) in Wales with a rateable value of £12,000 or less.

Please note that a multiple property restriction which applies to the Small Business Rates Relief scheme also applies to this grant. Therefore, the same ratepayer may only receive the grant for a maximum of two properties in each local authority area.