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The fund will be worth £5m initially with flexibility for the future. It will support start\-up firms, which fall outside the UK Government’s Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) as they only began trading in 2019\.


Applications for this grant will open on 29 June, at the same time as phase two of the Economic Resilience Fund opens to applications.


First Minister Mark Drakeford said:



> “Today’s announcement will help to support new businesses in Wales which are currently falling through the gaps of existing financial assistance schemes.
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> “A number of people who have started a business in the last year don’t qualify for support from the UK Government’s Self Employment Income Support Scheme and it remains unclear if it will take steps to ensure they will change the criteria to help this group of people.
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> “This is why we have acted and set up a start\-up grant. This has come from our work with Welsh Local Government Association and local authorities to look at what more support the business community needs at this time.


The new start\-up grant will support up to 2,000 businesses in Wales, with £2,500 each. This will provide crucial funding to people who established their businesses between 1 April 2019 and 1 March 2020, helping them to continue trading through the pandemic.


The Welsh Government is providing £1\.7bn to support businesses in Wales, making it the most generous and comprehensive package of assistance in the UK.


Figures show that of all the UK nations, Wales has the highest percentage of businesses that have applied for coronavirus related business grants. An ONS survey found that 32% of Welsh businesses questioned had applied for Welsh Government or UK Government coronavirus business grants. This compares to 14% of companies that had applied for grants in England, 21% in Scotland and 24% in Northern Ireland.


The support available in Wales includes more than 59,000 business rates grants worth more than £715m and the Development Bank of Wales Covid loan support, which has helped 1,000 small and medium enterprises.


To be eligible for the start\-up grant, businesses must:


* have not received funding from the Welsh Government’s Economic Resilience Fund or the non\-domestic rates grant
* have been set up between the 1 April 2019 and 1 March 2020 and have not qualified for the UK Government’s Self Employment Income Support Scheme
* have less than £50,000 turnover
* have experienced a drop in turnover of more than 50% between April and June 2020\.


Applicants will need to submit a two\-page application form and self\-declaration supported by evidence.


The grant will be administered by local authorities and businesses can check their eligibility by visiting the Business Wales website


Applications for the start\-up grant and the second phase of the Economic Resilience Fund open from 29 June.


Economy Minister Ken Skates said:



> “Today’s announcement will be crucial in supporting new businesses, reducing the risk of firms having to close and people becoming unemployed.
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> “Our Economic Resilience Fund has already supported thousands of businesses across Wales to plug the gaps left by the UK Government’s package of support and the start\-up grant complements this work.
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> “The second phase of the Economic Resilience Fund will open for applications on Monday providing more opportunities for microbusinesses, SMEs and large businesses to apply for funding. Submissions for the start\-up grant can also be made from Monday and I’d like to thank local authorities, which will be administering this scheme.
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> “As a government, we continue to work hard to respond to the needs of business at this incredibly testing time.


Minister for Finance and Trefnydd Rebecca Evans said:



> “We have prioritised protecting the Welsh economy from the impact of coronavirus by providing the most generous business support package in the UK \- support which represents 2\.6% of our GVA. But our budget only goes so far and we have had to make some difficult decisions.
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> “That is why we are calling on the UK Treasury to lift the rigid restrictions on fiscal flexibility so that we can begin our road to recovery and plan for a prosperous, post\-pandemic Wales.


Councillor Rob Stewart (Swansea), WLGA spokesperson for the economy said:



> “Local authorities have administered more than £700m of business support grants by Welsh Government, which have helped thousands of businesses across Wales in their time of need. We’re pleased that new businesses will now be able to apply for start\-up grants, which will give cash flow support to some eligible businesses to help overcome the economic repercussions of the crisis.







Translation:


 
Bydd y gronfa yn werth £5miliwn i ddechrau gyda hyblygrwydd ar gyfer y dyfodol.  Bydd yn cefnogi cwmnïau newydd, sydd y tu allan i Gynllun Cymorth Incwm i’r Hunangyflogedig Llywodraeth y DU gan iddynt ond dechrau masnachu yn ystod 2019\. 


Bydd y ceisiadau ar gyfer y grant hwn yn agor ar 29 Mehefin, ar yr un pryd ag y bydd  cam dau y Gronfa Cadernid Economaidd yn agor ar gyfer ceisiadau.


Meddai’r Prif Weinidog Mark Drakeford:



> “Bydd cyhoeddiad heddiw yn helpu busnesau newydd yng Nghymru nad ydynt yn gymwys ar hyn o bryd ar gyfer y cynlluniau cymorth ariannol presennol.
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> “Nid yw nifer o bobl sydd wedi dechrau busnes yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf yn gymwys ar gyfer cymorth gan Gynllun Cymorth Incwm i’r Hunangyflogedig Llywodraeth y DU ac mae’n parhau’n aneglur a fydd camau yn cael eu cymryd i sicrhau y byddant yn newid y meini prawf i helpu’r grŵp yma o bobl.  
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> “Dyma pam rydyn ni wedi gweithredu a sefydlu’r grant dechrau busnes.  Daeth hyn o’n gwaith gyda Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru ac mae angen i awdurdodau lleol edrych ar ba gymorth arall y mae’r gymuned fusnes ei angen ar hyn o bryd.


Bydd y grant dechrau busnes newydd yn cefnogi hyd at 2,000 o fusnesau yng Nghymru, gyda £2,500 yr un. Bydd hyn yn cynnig cyllid hanfodol i bobl a sefydlodd eu busnesau rhwng 1 Ebrill 2019 a 1 Mawrth 2020, gan helpu iddynt barhau i fasnachu drwy gydol y pandemig.  

   

Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn darparu £1\.7 biliwn i gefnogi busnesau yng Nghymru, gan ei wneud y pecyn o gymorth mwyaf hael a chynwysfawr yn y DU.


  

 Mae ffigurau yn dangos o holl wledydd y DU, Cymru sydd â’r ganran uchaf o fusnesau sydd wedi gwneud cais am grantiau busnes sy’n gysylltiedig â’r coronafeirws.  Gwelodd arolwg ONS bod 32% o fusnesau Cymru a holwyd wedi gwneud cais am grantiau busnes coronafeirws Llywodraeth Cymru neu Lywodraeth y DU.  Mae hyn yn cymharu â 14% o gwmnïau oedd wedi gwneud cais am grantiau yn Lloegr, 21% yn yr Alban a 24% yng Ngogledd Iwerddon.  


Mae’r cymorth sydd ar gael yng Nghymru yn cynnwys dros 59,000 o grantiau ardrethi busnes sy’n werth mwy na £715 miliwn a chymorth benthyciadau Covid Banc Datblygu Cymru, sydd wedi helpu 1,000 o fentrau bach a chanolig.


I fod yn gymwys ar gyfer grant dechrau busnes, mae’n rhaid i fusnesau:


* fod heb dderbyn cyllid gan Gronfa Cadernid Economaidd Llywodraeth Cymru na’r grant ardrethi annomestig
* wedi eu sefydlu rhwng 1 Ebrill 2019 a’r 1 Mawrth 2020 a heb fod yn gymwys ar gyfer Cynllun Cymorth Incwm i’r Hunangyflogedig Llywodraeth y DU
* fod â llai na £50,000 o drosiant
* wedi gweld gostyngiad mewn trosiant o dros 50% rhwng Ebrill a Mehefin 2020\.


Bydd yn rhaid i ymgeiswyr gyflwyno ffurflen gais ddwy dudalen a datganiad personol gyda thystiolaeth ategol.  

     

Caiff y grant ei weinyddu gan awdurdodau lleol a gall busnesau wirio a ydynt yn gymwys drw edrych ar wefan Busnes Cymru


Bydd y ceisiadau ar gyfer y grant dechrau busnes ac ail gam y Gronfa Cadernid Economaidd yn agor o’r 29 Mehefin.  

   

Dywedodd Gweinidog yr Economi Ken Skates:



> “Bydd cyhoeddiad heddiw yn gwbl allweddol er mwyn cefnogi busnesau newydd, lleihau’r perygl y bydd yn rhaid i gwmnïau gau ac osgoi’r angen i ddiswyddo staff.
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> “Mae ein Cronfa Cadernid Economaidd eisoes wedi cefnogi miloedd o fusnesau ar draws Cymru, gan gyfrannu at becyn cymorth Llywodraeth y DU nad oedd yn ddigonol. Bydd y grant newydd yma’n ategu’r cymorth yma.
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> “Bydd ail gylch y Gronfa Cadernid Economaidd yn dechrau derbyn ceisiadau o ddydd Llun ymlaen, gan greu rhagor o gyfleoedd i feicrofusnesau, BBaCh a busnesau mawr gyflwyno cais am gyllid. Bydd modd cyflwyno ceisiadau am y grant ar gyfer busnesau newydd o ddydd Llun yn ogystal a hoffwn ddiolch i’r awdurdodau lleol a fydd yn gweinyddu’r cynllun hwn.
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> “Byddwn ni, fel llywodraeth, yn parhau i weithio’n ddiflino er mwyn ymateb i anghenion busnesau mewn cyfnod mor heriol.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog Cyllid a’r Trefnydd Rebecca Evans:



> “Rydym wedi rhoi blaenoriaeth i ddiogelu economi Cymru rhag effeithiau’r coronafeirws drwy gynnig y pecyn mwyaf hael o gymorth i fusnesau yn unrhyw ran o’r DU – mae’r cymorth yma’n cynrychioli 2\.6% o'n Gwerth Ychwanegol Gros. Nid yw ein cyllideb yn gyllideb di ben draw, fodd bynnag, ac rydym wedi gorfod gwneud rhai penderfyniadau anodd.
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> “Dyma pam rydym yn galw ar Drysorlys y DU i godi’r cyfyngiadau llym ar hyblygrwydd cyllidol fel y gallwn ddechrau ar y broses adfer a chynllunio ar gyfer Cymru ffyniannus ar ôl y pandemig.


Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Rob Stewart (Abertawe), Llefarydd Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru ar gyfer yr economi:



> “Mae awdurdodau lleol wedi gweinyddu gwerth dros £700m o grantiau cymorth i fusnesau gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae’r grantiau hyn wedi helpu miloedd o fusnesau ar draws Cymru mewn cyfnod mor anodd. Rydym yn falch iawn y bydd modd i fusnesau newydd bellach gyflwyno cais am grantiau a fydd yn helpu rhai busnesau cymwys â’u llif arian, gan eu cynorthwyo i orchfygu goblygiadau economaidd yr argyfwng.