The ERF is designed to support businesses, social enterprises and charities, which are not eligible for other Welsh Government and UK Government support schemes. The fund will now be paused at midday on Monday 27 April following the very large number of applications. Due to the high level of demand, the second phase of the Economic Resilience Fund was paused on 27 April to allow ministers to consider what further support businesses, charities and social enterprises need and when. Applications for the Business Development Grant element of the third phase of the Welsh Economic Resilience Fund has been paused as the grant was massively oversubscribed. However, that pause does not affect the first and much larger element of the fund – the £200m ERF Lockdown Business Fund which remains open. This phase, which will release £200m of funding, will be targeted at microbusinesses, SMEs and large businesses of critical social or economic importance to Wales. View Larger Image; Business Wales has recently made its Economic Resilience Fund available for those businesses who DO NOT pay business rates and are therefore ineligible for the Covid 19 Business Support Grants. 9,000 Welsh firms apply for economic resilience fund grants. The eligibility checker will be available from mid-June 2020 and the Welsh Government expects to open the fund for applications before the end of June 2020. You are here: Home » News & Views » Wales’ Economic Resilience Fund has been paused 5 May 2020; For your business; In its first week the second phase of the Economic Resilience Fund received almost 9,000 requests for support. The latest round of the “Economic Resilience Fund” (ERF) pandemic support from the Welsh Government opens at midday today. Now they have published where the first tranche of ERF funding has gone with nearly 7,000 businesses applying for some sort of support. The Global Resilience Fund for Girls and Young Women. “We must make sure that the national plans on how to use the European Recovery Fund make the best use of EU taxpayers’ money and that the reforms proposed will make our economies more resilient”, said Siegfried Mureşan MEP, ahead of today's parliamentary debate on National Recovery and Resilience Plans and good spending. He has served as an associate editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association and the Journal of Industrial Economics, a member of the Hellenic Competition Commission and of the Economic Advisory Group for Competition Policy at the European Commission. Mr Skates said: "On 27 April, we paused the Economic Resilience Fund to give us an opportunity to consider where further support could make the biggest impact. Approximately 9,000 applications were received and the scheme was paused whilst Welsh Government processed these applications. Written By Llyr Davies. The fund will now be paused at midday on Monday 27 April following the very large number of applications. The Economic Resilience Fund will support a significant number of businesses and enterprises facing cash flow pressures – but Welsh Government has always been clear it will not reach all of them. “Close to £200m has now been provided to businesses from the Economic Resilience Fund with all applications being processed. Read more about our extraordinary cohort of partners here. The application process for the Global Resilience Fund is currently paused . Organisations who have previously been funded via the Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF) or the Voluntary Services Emergency Fund (VSEF) are eligible for additional funding through Phase 2. Businesses and organisations which have successfully applied to the Welsh Government’s £500m Economic Resilience Fund will start receiving grant payments by the end of this week. The fund will now be paused at midday on Monday 27 April following the very large number of applications, which is designed to give the Welsh Government an opportunity to consider what further support businesses, charities and social enterprises in need. Here is an excerpt from the Business News Wales article: Businesses and organisations which have successfully applied to the Welsh Government’s £500m Economic Resilience Fund will start receiving grant payments this week, Economy, Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates has announced. The remaining £100m will be allocated to Round 2 of the Economic Resilience Grant Fund. Due to the high level of demand, the second phase of the Economic Resilience Fund was paused on 27 April to allow Ministers to consider what further support businesses, charities and social enterprises need and when. THE first businesses to sign up for the Welsh Government's Economic Resilience Fund will start receiving grant payments next week. “We are today reopening our eligibility checker for the next phase of funding. Economy Minister Ken Skates said: “Demand for our Economic Resilience Fund speaks volumes about the scale of the national crisis. Economy Minister Ken Skates said: “The Economic Resilience Fund will support a significant number of businesses and enterprises facing … Originally launched in March, the Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) phase 2 is now open for applications. Search for: Previous Next. So far our ERF has helped more than 13,000 businesses with more than £300m of support. Economic Resilience Fund extended to help Welsh businesses through coronavirus. The fund will now be paused at midday on Monday 27 April following the very large number of applications. The demand for the Business Development Grant element of the Economic Resilience Fund has been described as “exceptional” with nearly 6,000 applications received and was paused. Information about this second phase of the Economic Resilience Fund is available on the Business Wales website. The Economy Minister said this will give the Welsh Government an opportunity to consider what further support businesses, charities and social enterprises in need. Support ranged from micro grants of up to £10,000 and SME grants of up to £100,000. By Dan Barnes cobaines Multimedia Reporter. Established in 1999, Mitacs is a not-for-profit (NFP) organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada by solving challenges with research solutions from the best academic institutions at home and around the world. The ERF Sector Specific Support (operating cost) package is targeted at Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (HTL) businesses and associated supply chain businesses that will be materially impacted by a greater than 60% impact of turnover as […] Welsh Government has relaunched the eligibility checker for the next phase of the Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) - which should reach some of those firms excluded in the first round. The Welsh Government has therefore announced that funding has now been set aside for a fourth phase of the Economic Resilience Fund. His … This is because we want to support as many businesses as we can at this incredibly challenging time. Our Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) has been designed to plug gaps left by the UK Government’s package of business support. Read More Related Articles. However, previous TSRF applicants will have to demonstrate a significant change in circumstances should they require further funding through the Survive strand of Phase 2. This post was originally published on 16 April 2020, and was updated on 2 July 2020 for freshness, accuracy and comprehensiveness.