Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:55 pm on 10 February 2021.
In the first instance, I'd be encouraging those businesses to explore whether they have made the most of all the opportunities available to them by the Welsh Government. For example, were they to be businesses paying non-domestic rates, have they received the grants that are specific to businesses within the non-domestic rates sector? And also, the Welsh Government has introduced, of course, our £180 million sector-specific fund. That was opened on 13 January. So far, over 7,600 applications have been received and 4,401 offers have been made worth £33 million. This could be somewhere where those businesses could explore to see whether or not they are eligible. It's very much targeted at businesses in the hospitality, tourism and leisure sector. I'd be more than happy to provide Mark Isherwood with some further detail that he might share with those businesses to explore whether this might be that fund that they're hoping to secure support from.