Save UK B&Bs : Thanks to over 700 properties that have clicked the petition link on our mass email today.
Keep the pressure on for fair treatment sign the petition
https://t.co/E5Jbd033Vt
and follow @BandBassoc @eighteen97bandb
That is about the original £10k grants (all links on our member page). The criteria on the £617 top up fund is at discretion of local authorities and not yet published. We’re working to get the T&Cs clarified now. Nothing happens fast in Govt! We’ll keep members informed
@HospitalityTday@KateProutITV@itvanglia Thanks @fredsirieix1 for liking this tweet. We need all the high profile support we can get for the small B&B owners denied Govt grants just because they pay Council Tax. A retweet would be fantastic! Thanks for helping the cause
@sawdays Great to see @sawdays supporting the B&B sector, whose individuality and innovation they have always celebrated. We’re down but not out, and with your help we will be thriving ‘special places to stay’ again soon!
For any Sawday's owners out there - The @BandBassoc have written to MPs to highlight their campaign to support B&Bs that pay council tax. There are two petitions included in their letter that you may want to sign.
Thousands of bed and breakfast owners have been frozen out of a Government grant scheme for struggling small businesses during the coronavirus crisis - but second home owners are able to claim £10,000 with no proof of commercial work:
https://t.co/as71YPkoKe
I talked to @TelegraphTravel about thousands of the UK’s smallest B&Bs facing closure without gov help.
For me, the friendly faces with a cuppa always ready on arrival and cooked breakfast to feed four in the morning are often the best bit of a UK stay.
https://t.co/UK3s88q3is
It's outrageous that small businesses like B&Bs that pay council tax aren't eligible for a single penny of the Government's financial support package, while second home owners who pay no council tax at all are entitled to £10k each.
The Government must close the loophole today.
Today we have written to every MP in Parliament, telling them about the plight of the #counciltax paying B&Bs denied grants and asking them to help persuade @hmtreasury to make them available to all the genuine B&Bs who need them. Our letter is here: https://t.co/sYTsWaTYXj