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Darparodd Gweinidog yr Economi, Ken Skates, ragor o wybodaeth am y gronfa heddiw gan gynnwys y meini prawf ar gyfer pa fusnesau ac elusennau sy’n gymwys, er mwyn eu galluogi i baratoi i wneud cais.


Bydd y gronfa’n darparu cymorth ariannol ychwanegol yn ystod pandemig y coronafeirws ac yn cynorthwyo sefydliadau i reoli pwysau o ran llif arian. Bydd o gymorth i fynd i’r afael â bylchau nad ydynt yn cael eu llenwi gan y cynlluniau a gyhoeddwyd eisoes gan Lywodraeth y DU, Llywodraeth Cymru a Banc Datblygu Cymru.


Meddai Gweinidog yr Economi, Trafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru, Ken Skates:



> “Mae’r cyhoeddiad heddiw yn gam pwysig arall tuag at roi i fusnesau, elusennau a mentrau cymdeithasol y cymorth a’r tawelwch meddwl sydd ei angen arnynt ar adeg eithriadol o anodd.
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> “Rydyn ni’n darparu’r £200 miliwn nesaf trwy’r gronfa – swm sylweddol o arian. Bydd ar gael i gwmnïau sy’n bodloni’r meini prawf, ac mae wedi’i gynllunio i helpu’r busnesau a’r sefydliadau elusennol hynny sy’n brwydro â phroblemau llif arian.
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> “Bydd y gronfa ar agor i geisiadau yr wythnos nesaf, ond rhaid imi bwysleisio pa mor bwysig yw hi i’r rhai sy’n ystyried ymgeisio fynd trwy’r canllawiau i weld a ydyn nhw’n debygol o fod yn gymwys.
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> “Bydd y gronfa hon yn cyrraedd nifer sylweddol o fusnesau, elusennau a mentrau cymdeithasol, ond mae’n eglur na fydd yn cyrraedd pob un.
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> “Dyna pam rydyn ni’n galw ar Lywodraeth y DU i ddarparu rhagor o gymorth ariannol i gwmnïau yng Nghymru i helpu i’w llywio trwy’r cyfnod eithriadol o anodd hwn. Mae hefyd angen inni weld yr arian o’r cynlluniau sydd wedi’u cyhoeddi yn cyrraedd busnesau lawer cyflymach nag ar hyn o bryd.”


Mae gwybodaeth am yr ail gam hwn o’r Gronfa Cadernid Economaidd ar gael ar wefan Busnes Cymru.  

  

Bydd y cam hwn yn targedu microfusnesau, busnesau bach a chanolig a busnesau mawr o bwysigrwydd economaidd neu gymdeithasol allweddol i Gymru, a bydd yn rhyddhau cyllid gwerth £200 miliwn.


Pan gyflwynwyd y cam cyntaf, roedd cynllun benthyciadau Banc Datblygu Cymru, gwerth £100 miliwn, wedi’i danysgrifio’n llwyr ymhen wythnos. Mae’r ceisiadau i gyd wrthi’n cael eu prosesu.


I fod yn gymwys ar gyfer yr ail gam hwn, rhaid i fusnesau, elusennau a mentrau cymdeithasol fodloni cyfres o feini prawf gan gynnwys y canlynol:


* Gallai microfusnesau, gan gynnwys busnesau newydd, sy’n cyflogi hyd at naw o weithwyr fod yn gymwys i gael cymorth gwerth hyd at £10,000\. Mae hyn yn cynnwys unig fasnachwyr sy’n cyflogi staff. Gallai busnesau yn y categori hwn fod yn gymwys i gael cymorth:  

 \- os ydynt wedi gweld eu trosiant yn gostwng dros 40% ers 1 Mawrth 2020  

 \- os gallant ddangos y gwnaed ymdrechion i gynnal gweithgarwch y busnes  

 \- os nad ydynt yn ymgeisio am fathau eraill o gymorth grant gan Lywodraeth Cymru nad oes rhaid ei ad\-dalu  

 \- os nad ydynt yn gymwys i gael grantiau rhyddhad ardrethi busnes
* Gallai busnesau bach a chanolig sy’n cyflogi rhwng 10 a 249 o weithwyr fod yn gymwys i gael grantiau o hyd at £100,000:  

 \- os ydynt wedi gweld eu trosiant yn gostwng dros 60% ers 1 Mawrth 2020  

 \- os nad ydynt yn gymwys i gael grantiau rhyddhad ardrethi busnes, neu os ydynt, byddai’r swm hwnnw’n cael ei dynnu o’u dyraniad o’r gronfa hon  

 \- os oes ganddynt gynllun busnes cynaliadwy i fasnachu y tu hwnt i’r pandemig COVID\-19  

 \- os ydynt yn cadarnhau na fydd unrhyw ddileu swyddi gorfodol yn digwydd yn y dyfodol cyn belled ag y bo’r Cynllun Cadw Swyddi drwy gyfnod Coronafeirws ar waith  

 \- os nad ydynt yn ymgeisio am fathau eraill o gymorth grant gan Lywodraeth Cymru nad oes rhaid ei ad\-dalu
* Bydd cyllid ar gael hefyd i gefnogi busnesau mawr sy’n cyflogi dros 249 o weithwyr. Ystyrir pob cais yn unigol, fesul achos, er mwyn ystyried y mannau mwyaf effeithiol i ddefnyddio cyllid i gyd\-fynd â ffynonellau cymorth eraill.


Meddai’r Gweinidog Cyllid, Rebecca Evans:



> “Mae’r gronfa hon yn rhan o fwy na £2 biliwn o gymorth rydyn ni wedi’i ddarparu i helpu busnesau ac elusennau yn ystod y cyfnod anodd hwn.
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> “Mae cymorth i fusnesau yn hanfodol bwysig, ac mae’n fater a gafodd le blaenllaw dros ben yn y trafodaethau pan gwrddais â Phrif Ysgrifennydd y Trysorlys a Gweinidogion Cyllid y gweinyddiaethau datganoledig ddoe. Rydyn ni’n gwneud popeth o fewn ein gallu yng Nghymru i lenwi unrhyw fylchau ac i ddarparu’r cymorth ariannol gorau bosibl i fusnesau, ond mae’n eglur bod camau ychwanegol y mae angen i Lywodraeth y DU eu cymryd ar frys.”


Mae manylion llawn y meini prawf cymhwysedd ar gael yn: https://fundchecker.businesswales.gov.wales/cy 


Bydd y broses ymgeisio i fusnesau sy’n gymwys i gael cymorth ariannol trwy’r Gronfa Cadernid Economaidd ar agor ddydd Gwener 17 Ebrill trwy wefan Busnes Cymru.







Translation:


 
Economy Minister Ken Skates today released further information about the fund, including eligibility criteria for businesses and charities to enable them to prepare to apply.

The fund will provide additional financial support during the coronavirus pandemic and will help organisations to manage cash flow pressures. It will help to address gaps not met by schemes already announced by the UK Government, Welsh Government and Development Bank of Wales.

Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, Ken Skates said:


> “Today is another important step to providing businesses, charities and social enterprises with the support and reassurance they need at an incredibly difficult time.
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> “We are making the next £200m available through the fund – a substantial amount of money. It will be available to firms who pass the eligibility criteria and is designed to help those businesses and charity organisations who are struggling with cash flow problems.
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> “The fund will go live for applications next week, but I must reiterate the importance of those considering applying to go through the guidance to establish whether they are likely to be eligible.
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> “This fund will reach a significant number of businesses, charities and social enterprises, but it’s clear it won’t reach all.
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> “That’s why we’re calling on the UK Government to provide further financial support for Welsh firms to help steer them through this incredibly difficult period. We also need to see funding from the schemes they have announced reach businesses much quicker than they currently are.”

Information about this second phase of the Economic Resilience Fund is available on the Business Wales website.  
  
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.

The first phase saw the £100m Development Bank of Wales’ loan scheme fully subscribed in a week – all applications are being processed.

To be eligible for this second phase of support, businesses, charities and social enterprises, must meet criteria including:

* Micro businesses, including start\-ups, employing up to nine employees could be eligible for up to £10k support. This includes sole traders employing staff. Businesses in this bracket could qualify for support from the fund if they:  
\- Have experienced in excess of a 40% reduction in turnover since 1 March 2020  
\- Can demonstrate that efforts have been made to sustain business activity  
\- Are not pursuing other forms of Welsh Government non\-repayable grant funding support  
\- Are not be entitled to business rate relief grants
* Small and medium sized firms with between 10 and 249 employees could be eligible for grants of up to £100,000 if they:  
\- Have experienced in excess of a 60% reduction in turnover since the first day of March  
\- Are not be eligible for business rate relief grants, or if they are, that amount would be deducted from their allocation from this fund  
\- Have a sustainable business plan to trade beyond the Covid\-19 pandemic  
\- Confirm no future compulsory redundancies will be made as long as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is in place  
\- Are not be pursuing any other form of Welsh Government non\-repayable grant funding support
* Funding will also be available to support large businesses with more than 249 employees. Applications will be considered on a case\-by\-case basis to consider where funding can be deployed most effectively to compliment other sources of support.

Finance Minister Rebecca Evans said:


> “This fund is part of more than £2bn of support that we have made available to help businesses and charities during these difficult times.
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> “Support for business is crucially important, and it is an issue which dominated discussions when I met with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and devolved Finance Ministers yesterday. It is clear that whilst we are doing all we can in Wales to plug any gaps and provide the best possible financial support to businesses, there are further steps that the UK Government needs to urgently take.”

Full details on the eligibility criteria can be found on the COVID\-19 Business Support pages on the Business Wales website.

The application process for businesses qualifying for financial support from the Economic Resilience Fund will open on Friday 17 April via the Business Wales website.