| • More than 1,400 restaurants and bars have received aid from the regional government, which has now reached 6,800,000 euros | The Murcia City Council has approved this year 3 million euros in direct aid, tax benefits and other incentives for the sector The spokesperson for the Popular Municipal Group, Rebeca P rez, has indicated that "from the City Council and the CARM we will continue working to minimize the effects of this crisis in our bars and restaurants" The hospitality sector in the municipality of Murcia has received a bailout of 10 million euros, in order to alleviate the effects of the economic crisis. Of these 10 million euros, the regional government, through the Institute of Tourism of the Region of Murcia, has already granted 6,824,500 euros in aid to the hospitality sector in the municipality of Murcia thanks to the Reactive Plan. So far, a total of 1,433 establishments have benefited from these subsidies. Thus, until December 24, CARM had already paid the aid to 50% of the beneficiaries, and throughout this week it will reach 92%.
The remaining 8% corresponds to requests to be corrected and will be paid in the first days of January once the CARM receives the pending documentation. The spokesperson for the Popular Municipal Group, Rebeca P rez, has stated that "from the City Council and the CARM we will continue working to minimize the effects of this crisis in our bars and restaurants." "This sector has been one of the most affected and public institutions have to reach out to them at this time since they are an engine for the economic reactivation of our municipality," said P rez. The spokesperson explained that "this battery of measures put in place by the local and regional administration seeks to protect our hospitality so that they can maintain their activity and their employees." Municipal aid of more than 3 million euros P rez recalled that "in turn, the Murcia City Council has applied, since the pandemic began, aid to the hospitality sector that will save entrepreneurs more than 3 million euros." All these measures are included in the Social and Economic Reactivation Plan and among them it is worth noting that in the second half of 2020 only 4 months have been charged and these four months have been charged at 50% .
In addition, the plenary session last October agreed that in the first half of 2021, hoteliers will not pay anything to install their terraces, regardless of whether they are open or closed.
This is in addition to the fact that only the minimum is charged for water and garbage when bars and restaurants are closed. The City Council has also launched other initiatives to support the hospitality sector.
Thus, the ICIO has been reduced to 50% for adaptation works to comply with new regulations.
V a P blica has also articulated a procedure that will allow hoteliers to install stoves on the terraces in a flexible way to offer a quick response to the sector. Likewise, employment aid amounting to one million euros has been approved, permits have been granted for the installation of terraces in parking lots and gardens, and the activity license has been adapted so that leisure activity venues have been It would happen to be able to serve with tables without music. The City Council has also launched actions to support street market traders and small businessmen. In this way, the rate for special use or private use of the public road with weekly markets was reduced by 50% in the second half of 2020 in both rates, the same as that will occur in the first four months of 2021. Regarding the self-employed and micro-SMEs, the City Council has allocated one million euros to favor the reactivation of the economy and the protection of the productive and social fabric of the municipality function { ;(, , {});}
Source: PP Murcia