Victorian Business Costs Assistance - Lockdown 4.0 support payments
Victorian Business Costs Assistance Lockdown 4.0 support payments Through Business Victoria, the Victorian State Government has released the guidelines for its latest round of support for businesses and sole traders that the current Victorian lockdown has impacted. There are two specific schemes – the Business Costs Assistance Program (round two) and the Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund. I am focusing here on the Business Costs Assistance Program in this piece. It needs to be noted that not all businesses will qualify automatically, as the support has been targeted primarily at businesses and industries that have been shut down as a result of the lockdown and are unable to continue income-earning activities in a work from home basis. The list of industries are listed in the blog, as well as the guidelines for the scheme. In addition, there are effectively two levels of support, based on the different periods of lockdown between Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria. Essentiall