A FUNDING scheme is on offer to help businesses adapt to the “new normal.”

Cumbria Growth Hub is offering a Subsidy Scheme with the hope of helping businesses adapt to Covid-19.

The business advice provider offers Consultancy Subsidy grants of up to £1.9k to cover 40 per cent of costs to buy in specialist advice.

Grants cover the costs of specialist advice in marketing, web development, PR, accreditations and legal consultancy.

The funding has since been extended to include the costs of PPE.

A spokesperson for the hub said: "If needed a Growth Hub adviser can work with you, free of charge, to help put together your brief and select an appropriate consultant."