Harborough District Council named as one of the 10 best-performing local authorities in England for getting urgent financial support to local businesses

Harborough council has won a huge national pat on the back for helping struggling businesses hit by the Covid-19 crisis.

The district council has been named as one of the 10 best-performing local authorities in England for getting urgent financial support to local businesses.

The authority is working tirelessly to issue grants to under-pressure entrepreneurs across Harborough as “quickly and efficiently as possible”.

The council has been contacting businesses throughout the district which may be eligible for a grant as they fight to keep their heads above water.

Over 1,270 businesses in Harborough have so far pocketed a slice of almost £16.6million in emergency support.

That’s an impressive 87 per cent of the total value of available grants.

The Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published a league table of the performance of all local authorities in distributing grants.

Harborough District Council was listed a very creditable eighth best nationally out of 314 councils.

Cllr Phil King, the council’s leader, said: “We have a team of people working very hard to contact all the businesses in the district.

“Whilst it is pleasing that our efforts have been recognised nationally the important thing is that we continue to give local businesses as much support as we can at this very challenging time, and over the months ahead.”

Any local businesses not yet contacted by the council should hear very soon.

More information for businesses can be found at www.harborough.gov.uk/coronavirus You can also sign up for the council’s business e-newsletter at www.harborough.gov.uk/business-newsletter