Benidorm extends until the 11th the deadline to request grants for activities related to leisure

The Local Government Board (JGL) of Benidorm has approved extending the deadline to request grants for companies related to leisure until next November 11, as well as expanding the type of activities that can benefit from them, as advanced today the Councilor for Employment and Local Development, Mónica Gómez.
Gómez has detailed that "seeking to reach the largest possible number of companies and professionals, it has been decided to open this call to four activities, in addition to those already contemplated previously". Specifically, with this extension, SMEs, micro-SMEs and small self-employed entrepreneurs who carry out their activity within the following CNAEs will also be able to benefit from this aid:
5914 Film exhibition activities.
7911 Travel agency activities.
7912 Tour operator activities.
7990 Other reservation services.

Taking advantage of this extension of the term, they will be able to present their request through the Electronic Headquarters of the City Council, https://sede.benidorm.org, the companies and professionals of the nightlife as well as the places with a municipal opening license 2.7.7 'Premises multiocio 'and 2.8.6. 'Lounge lounge'; and those who carry out their activity with the CNAE 5621 (Provision of meals prepared for events), 7021 (Public relations and communication), 7410 (Specialized design activities), 7311 (Advertising agencies) and 7721 (Rental of leisure items and sports).

Gómez recalled that "Benidorm has a very wide range of leisure activities, one of the areas hardest hit by the pandemic as its activity has been drastically reduced for a long time due to the pandemic."

For this reason, she has insisted "it is very important to provide support to companies and professionals in the sector, in this case through aid that reaches 3,000 euros per beneficiary." Aid that is financed through a subsidy of 295,000 euros granted by the Provincial Council of Alicante.

These grants can be attended by any company or self-employed with tax domicile in Benidorm that between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 would have reduced the monthly average billing by at least 25% compared to the monthly average of 2019.
Among the "eligible items" of these grants include expenses such as the self-employed fee, the monthly rent of the establishment, advisory and consultancy expenses and those related to energy, water, telephone, internet, security or maintenance contracts. equipment. Also, those related to loans for the acquisition of the business premises, its insurance, or those derived from the rental or acquisition of vehicles 100% related to the activity.
In the first call for these grants, a total of 57 applications were attended, granting a total of 168,233 euros.