Cabinet extends support package for transport sector. After long urging by industry associations, transport entrepreneurs can now also temporarily use the Fixed Charge Contribution (TVL) scheme.
The TVL is meant to help duped entrepreneurs pay their fixed expenses, such as rent. Until now, the scheme was limited to a few sectors, such as the hospitality industry. The cabinet has decided to open the TVL to all sectors from October to December. This is because not only directly affected businesses are feeling the impact of the government measures; suppliers, the transport sector and food horticulture are also seeing their incomes decline. EUR 140 million has been earmarked for the temporary widening TVL.
TLN: 'Good news'
TLN reacts positively to the extension of the support measures for which the industry has repeatedly pleaded. President Elisabeth Post: "We are glad that the cabinet finally realises that transport companies are also hit hard by the corona measures and that they too should be eligible for a relief on fixed costs. Transport companies are inextricably linked to the sectors they supply." According to Post, transporters have been missing out on this government support for seven months, while they, like companies in the culture sector and the hospitality industry, are facing a lot of lost sales. "For those entrepreneurs, it is good news that they can now finally claim a subsidy for their fixed costs."
