<p>The Flooding Recovery Framework is based on a set of long-established principles including, in the case of the Business Recovery Grant, that:</p><p>"Funding should not be used to reward poor business practice (e.g. if a business has made no efforts to seek appropriate insurance....)."</p><p>Whilst there are no immediate plans to change the scheme eligibility criteria or to re-open the activation for those impacted by Storm Babet, it is worth noting that the Business Recovery Grant does not operate in isolation but as part of a package of support including business rates relief for SMEs.</p>