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Stories generated by the partnership included:\n\n* Basingstoke Gazette: [Basingstoke at top end of league table for issuing Covid-19 business grants](https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/18407631.basingstoke-top-end-league-table-issuing-covid-19-business-grants/) *27 April 2020*\n* Birmingham Mail: [Emergency grants paid to 7,000 Birmingham businesses to get them through coronavirus - how to apply](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/barely-any-birmingham-businesses-receiving-18160033) *28 April 2020*\n* Birmingham Live: [Worry hundreds of Solihull firms have not applied for 'lifeline' crisis grants](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/worry-hundreds-solihull-firms-not-18144664) *28 April 2020*\n* Bucks Herald: [Over £28 million in available business grants unclaimed in Bucks](https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/business/consumer/over-ps28-million-available-business-grants-unclaimed-bucks-2551450) *27 April 2020*\n* Derby Telegraph: [Millions of pounds for local firms is waiting to be handed out by councils](https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/millions-pounds-local-firms-waiting-4082053) *27 April 2020*\n* Herts Advertiser: [St Albans businesses receive grants to help with coronavirus impact](https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/st-albans-businesses-receive-financial-support-during-coronavirus-shutdown-1-6625998) *27 April 2020*\n* Inside Croydon: [Two-thirds of businesses yet to receive emergency grants](https://insidecroydon.com/2020/04/27/two-thirds-of-businesses-yet-to-receive-emergency-grants/) *27 April 2020*}\n* Kensington Chelsea and Westminster Today: [Thousands of business still waiting for emergency financial support](https://www.kcwtoday.co.uk/2020/04/thousands-of-business-still-waiting-for-emergency-financial-support/) *27 April 2020*\n* Nottingham Post: [How Nottingham businesses are being helped with government coronavirus support grants](https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/how-nottingham-businesses-being-helped-4071952) *27 April 2020*\n* Sheffield Star: [Thousands of Sheffield businesses are yet to receive Covid-19 grants](https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/thousands-sheffield-businesses-are-yet-receive-covid-19-grants-2551877) *27 April 2020*\n* Derbyshire Live: [Half of firms in Staffordshire still to claim emergency cash to survive Covid-19](https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/half-firms-staffordshire-still-claim-4084100) *28 April 2020*\n* Hemel Today: [Hundreds of Dacorum businesses yet to receive grants](https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/business/consumer/hundreds-dacorum-businesses-yet-receive-grants-2552416) *28 April 2020*\n* Stoke-on-Trent Live: [Angry traders plunged into debt as they wait for council to pay £10k Covid-19 cash](https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/angry-business-owners-slam-borough-4075053) *28 April 2020*\n* Coventry Live: [This is how many small businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire have received Government coronavirus support](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/how-many-small-businesses-coventry-18163577) *29 April 2020*\n* Leeds Live: [https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/leeds-businesses-receive-100-million-18168122](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/leeds-businesses-receive-100-million-18168122) *29 April 2020*\n* Grimsby Live: [The number of small businesses receiving Government support during the Covid-19 crisis](https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/number-small-businesses-receiving-government-4085334) *2 May 2020*\n* Lincolnshire Live: [Three fifths of Lincolnshire small businesses given emergency grants during coronavirus crisis](https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/three-fifths-small-businesses-grants-4089973) *4 May 2020*\n\n\n## Get the data\n\n* Department for Business, Energy \u0026 Industrial Strategy: [Coronavirus grant funding: local authority payments to small and medium businesses](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses)\n* CSV: [Distribution of emergency business grants by authority](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/coronavirus-grants/blob/master/Emergency%20business%20grants%20for%20sharing%20-%20Sheet1.csv) - also [available on Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K4AHBFdnocEcm30UZ8PPS8hhJ36i8Y6ouWSLaSNehkY/edit#gid=0)\n\n## Interviews and quotes\n\n* Tim Coleman, owner, Chevron Heritage Ltd\n* Mike Cherry, chair, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)\n* Daniel Duckett, owner, Lazy Claire Patisserie in Belfast \n* Spokesperson, the Department for Business \n* Richard Watts, the Local Government Association resources board\n\n\n## Related repos\n\nYou can [find all coronavirus-related stories by the BBC data units tagged 'coronavirus' here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Acoronavirus+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit\u0026type=Repositories)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fcoronavirus-grants","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fcoronavirus-grants","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fcoronavirus-grants/lists"}