Restaurants across the UK are set to receive a cash boost as Uber Eats expands its Black Business Fund in 2022. In collaboration with Enterprise Nation and Be Inclusive Hospitality, the Uber Eats Black Business Fund will award a total of £250,000 to twenty-five small businesses owned by people from minority backgrounds. At least half of the grants will go to small businesses outside of London.
Restaurants with fewer than five locations can apply to the Uber Eats Black Business Fund with applications opening on October 14 and closing on November 25. As well as funding to help grow their businesses, restaurants will receive special mentoring from Enterprise Nation.
In the UK, just 5 per cent of small or medium sized businesses are run by people from minority backgrounds, with Black and Mixed ethnicity groups the least likely to be self-employed. Research shows:
