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| The application period remains open until next Friday, October 30, according to the standardized model available at the electronic headquarters of the City Council | Almost 1,000 self-employed and SMEs of the municipality affected by the closure of their businesses as a result of the state of alarm have requested, until last October 16, the economic aid contemplated by the Plan Restart of the Department of Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism, which Directed by the mayor Pedro García Rex, to promote the reactivation of the economy and the protection of the productive and social fabric of the municipality.Beneficiaries are already receiving aidOnce the application files have been reviewed by the Economic Promotion service, the beneficiaries are already receiving the aid, the global amount of which amounts to 1 million euros.Specifically, the maximum amount of aid per beneficiary is 1,000 euros for self-employed workers or micro-SMEs without workers or with up to 3; and 1,500 euros for the self-employed or micro-SMEs with four or more workers, with a maximum of 9.Provide liquidity to the self-employed and SMEsIn this sense, the Councilor for Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism, Pedro García Rex, has stressed that "from the Department we are working to provide liquidity to the self-employed and SMEs as soon as possible and contribute to alleviate, as far as possible.

possible, the negative effects of this crisis on the business fabric and the economy of the municipality ".Deadline: October 30As for the end of the term to request aid to the self-employed and SMEs of the municipality, it will be open until next Friday, October 30, according to the standardized model available at the electronic headquarters of the City Council, at the link https: //sede.murcia.

is.Activities includedRemember that the activities that can benefit from this aid include all those affected by the suspension of opening to the public decreed in Royal Decree 463/2020, that is, all commercial activities, cultural facilities, establishments and recreational activities, hospitality activities and restoration, and other additional ones, which suspended their opening to the public of premises and retail establishments.Eligible expensesRegarding the eligible expenses, the income from the rental of the premises in which the activity is directly provided -which must have the mandatory municipal license for the exercise of it- costs of electricity, water, internet connection, leasing, renting , in addition to the ordinary expenses incurred to comply with the sanitary and occupational risk prevention measures that have to be implemented to restart the activity (disinfection of premises, purchase of screens, hygienic material, sanitation devices, adhesives and signaling elements ).CommitmentsThe commitments that the beneficiaries of these grants must fulfill are the maintenance of economic activity; as well as at least an average of 50% of the workforce of employed workers existing on March 13 until December 31, 2020.

Likewise, self-employed workers must remain in the Special Social Security Scheme until December 31, 2020.Other measuresIn this sense, Pedro García Rex recalled that, in addition to this line of aid for the self-employed and SMEs, the 'Plan Reinicia' includes subsidies to promote employment and self-employment in the municipality, collaboration measures with the business sector, social entities and third sector to promote employment, delivery of various training programs to improve professional training and relocation of unemployed people and launch of various joint actions, in collaboration with other councils, to help vulnerable groups, in addition to a special plan for the reactivation of the tourism sector.All these actions are also contemplated in the Economic and Social Reactivation Plan approved in the Extraordinary Plenary held last June.

"It is our responsibility as an administration to rise to the occasion by offering answers and solutions to those who are going through the worst," said the mayor responsible. 

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia