Petition · past parliament

Allow small businesses to be given the grant in special circumstances.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

we want the government to change the regulations for the small business grant. small business that started before the pandemic, and are entitled to get business rates regardless of what date they applied. should be granted the grant.
This is an unfair policy that white washes small business that just fall out of the regulations for the grant. we are important too, we vote! allot of us are important parts of our community and as such should not be dismissed. we need this grant just as much as other businesses. this policy discriminates all other small business.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR: Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR

Extend £10,000 small business grant to SMEs that do not have a property: Extend £10,000 small business grant to SMEs that do not have a property

Provide all small companies not entitled to existing support a grant of £25,000: Provide all small companies not entitled to existing support a grant of £25,000

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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Timeline

7 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
10 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 10 Jul 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.