Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) has joined local business leaders to call on the government to cut red tape around funding rules and allow local businesses to benefit from around £11million of financial support, which has already been given by the government to allocate to local businesses.BHCC has already given out around £3.7million in discretionary grants to more than 300 local small businesses, but demand for these outstripped the money available.
Over 900 small businesses applied, leaving more than 600 seeking grants amounting to £7million.Back in April the government gave BHCC £83million to distribute to local businesses.