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Alberta making new businesses eligible for relaunch grant

Jan 15, 2021 | 9:30 AM

The Alberta government says it is expanding its relaunch grant in a bid to ensure new businesses have access to the supports they need.

Alberta government is expanding the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant to allow new businesses that started operating between March 1 and October 31, 2020 to apply.

The province says this makes up to 5,000 more Alberta businesses will be eligible for this funding.

New Alberta businesses impacted by public health orders will need to demonstrate a 30 per cent reduction of revenue using revenue figures from November or December 2020 compared with any prior month between March to October 2020. The payment is 15 per cent of their monthly revenue, for a maximum of $15,000 in funding available for each business.

“We’ve been listening, and new businesses need our support. We’ve already provided funding to more than 40,000 businesses, and we’re opening it up to more,” said Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation.

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The Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant offers financial assistance to Alberta businesses, cooperatives and non-profit organizations with fewer than 500 employees that faced restrictions or closures from public health orders, and experienced a revenue loss of at least 30 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Businesses can use the funding as they see fit to offset the costs they are facing as they relaunch their businesses. This includes the costs of implementing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as physical barriers, PPE and cleaning supplies, as well as rent, employee wages or replacing inventory. The funds can also be used to help businesses expand their online presence or e-commerce opportunities so that they can continue to serve customers.

The program launched at the end of June with a budget of up to $200 million which was later increased to $500 million. More program details will be outlined on the program web page when finalized.

The province says applications will be open until March 31, 2021, unless otherwise stated.