More than 29,000 businesses applied to the action: Working Capital Subsidy to Catering Enterprises for the Supply of Raw Materials - Restart catering business. The budget for applications exceeded €270 million of public expenditure. The action: Restart catering business subsidies up to EUR 100.000 catering businesses, for the purchase of raw materials necessary for their operation.

As reported by the Ministry of Development and Investment , the simple integration procedure as it was sufficient for the interested business to meet the terms and conditions of the call, made the action.

Already 9,884 enterprises have joined (IGC 98,830,222 euros), more than 25 million euros have been disbursed. euro. As underlined, "the accession and disbursement processes are continuing at a rapid pace".

It should be noted that this action is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union and national resources. It is part of the support framework for restarting their operation under the current regime of the health crisis.

Self-employed Lawyers Grant from the Focus Restart

At the same time, the submissions for the action with a budget of EUR 20 million were completed. euro, Grant for self-employed lawyers. Through this action, a significant number of lawyers are supported with up to €2,000 for the acquisition of digital equipment. In this way, they will be able to take advantage of the possibilities offered by technology in the provision of their services.

It is noted that businesses whose applications were rejected in the above two actions, may, after the issuance of the relevant negative decision, submit a new application for funding until Thursday 30/09/2021 at 15:00. This possibility offers an additional opportunity to many businesses to join the two actions and benefit from them.

Thanks to the two actions, a significant number of businesses and professionals are directly supported in order to cope with this critical period.

It is reminded that similar actions that support playgrounds, gyms as well as tourism businesses remain open.

See more information about the action here.