THE Government's newly-announced additional financial support for small hospitality businesses is set to bring 'relief to hundreds', says Cumbria Tourism.
Local authorities are being asked to prioritise businesses which pay council tax rather than business rates, and have been given the discretion to make payments to other businesses based on local economic need.
There will be three levels of grant payments, up to a maximum of £25,000.
It will be for individual councils to adapt this approach to local circumstances.
Gill Haigh, managing director of Cumbria Tourism, said: "We await full details but on the face of it this additional funding appears to be the answer we have been fighting for.
"I can only imagine the relief it will bring to hundreds of businesses."
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