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EXCLUSIVE: £175m in pandemic recovery grants failed to reach retailers from councils across England

According to figures published by the government this April, one council allocated just 34% of the available funds

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Councils across England failed to spend millions of pounds earmarked to help struggling businesses recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

An investigation by Oxfordshire-based chartered surveyors Bankier Sloan and RN has revealed that more than £175m in grants, handed to local councils under the Additional Restrictions Grants (ARG) scheme, was not allocated to local businesses.

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