{"id":25744,"date":"2021-05-31T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=25744"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T05:06:27","slug":"backing-victorian-business-and-their-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2021\/05\/31\/backing-victorian-business-and-their-workers","title":{"rendered":"Backing Victorian Business and their Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Victorian Government are backing businesses most affected by the seven-day circuit breaker action, including operators in the hospitality, retail, events and creative industries with further targeted support.<\/span><\/p>\n

Announced yesterday, a $250.7 million Circuit Breaker Business Support Package will help up to 90,000 Victorian businesses that have been affected by the restrictions that will run until 11:59pm on Thursday, 3 June.<\/span><\/p>\n

The package features three\u00a0initiatives for small to medium-sized businesses and sole traders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0$190.01 million\u00a0second round of the Business Costs Assistance Program<\/span><\/em> will offer grants of\u00a0$2,500\u00a0for eligible businesses directly affected by the circuit-breaker industry restrictions,\u00a0including restaurants and cafes, event suppliers, accommodation providers and non-essential retailers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u00a0$40.7 million\u00a0new round of the Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund<\/span><\/em> will provide businesses holding an eligible liquor licence\u00a0and food certificate\u00a0with a\u00a0$3,500\u00a0grant per premises.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An allocation of $20 million\u00a0will\u00a0be dedicated to\u00a0supporting\u00a0operators in the events industry who have incurred losses due to\u00a0the\u00a0circuit-breaker\u00a0restrictions, with more details to be provided shortly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Businesses can register their interest in the Business Costs Assistance Program<\/span><\/em> at business.vic.gov.au<\/a>, so they can be notified when applications open this week. Operators eligible for the Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund<\/span><\/em> payment will be contacted directly by email in coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new package builds on more than $6 billion in direct economic support from the Labor Government to help businesses get through the pandemic, including through three rounds of the Business Support Fund.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More information\u00a0about\u00a0the\u00a0Circuit Breaker Business Support Package<\/span><\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0available\u00a0at\u00a0business.vic.gov.au<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Victorian Government are backing businesses most affected by the seven-day circuit breaker action, including operators in the hospitality, retail, events and creative industries with further targeted support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6293,"featured_media":22517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}