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The cooperation fee paid to restaurants in response to the time-saving request issued to prevent the spread of the new corona infection will carry over based on the request after the application period ends.
For this reason, it takes time to pay, and as the short-lived business drags on, restaurants make sad voices when management is tight.
Of these, the Italian restaurant, Italian Bar ORA, located near Kyobashi Station in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, has been responding to requests for reduction of business hours since December 16 last year, when the request for reduction business hours were expanded throughout the city of Osaka. .
The store continues to operate only for reserved customers in order to reduce ingredient loss and improve profits as much as possible.
However, even if the store is open, business is limited to 8 p.m. and last month’s sales were down 80% compared to last year.
Owner chef Seiya Yoshida applied for the cooperation fee from December 16 last year to 13 last month before the emergency declaration, and he will be paid 1.56 million yen, but it is still carried over.
The store raises funds by borrowing 3 million yen from a financial institution and uses it to pay fixed costs of around 500,000 yen a month, such as rent, utilities, and repayments to financial institutions of around 100,000 yen.
We managed to make ends meet until last month, but if the payment of cooperative funds takes longer, we will have to borrow from another financial institution, making cash flow even more difficult.
Mr. Yoshida said, “I don’t have the cooperation money for the December sales yet, but the operational situation of the store is quite bad because I don’t expect the rent to be paid, etc. Considering when the savings ran out, I am full of anxiety “.
No progress has been made in paying cooperative money to stores in response to requests to shorten business hours.
From December last year to the 13th of last month, the payment to restaurants in response to the time-saving request for the entire Osaka city area was only 12% as of the 15th.
The city of Osaka is responding urgently by strengthening its system, saying it takes time to review the documents.
Last November, Osaka prefecture and the city of Osaka requested restaurants in Kita Ward and Chuo Ward, Osaka, to shorten their business hours, and then, in response to the spread of the infection, the request was made. The range has been extended to the entire city.
And last month the second state of emergency was declared, covering the entire Osaka prefecture area.
Of these, from November 27 to December 16 last year, the maximum cooperation fee for time saving requests for restaurants offering alcoholic beverages and entertainment in Kita-ku and Chuo-ku, Osaka is 580,000 yen. There were 13,600 applications, and from the 15th, it was decided to pay about 60%, or 8,100.
In addition, for the request to shorten the period from December 16 of last year to 13 of last month, which was extended to the entire city of Osaka, a cooperation fund of 60,000 yen a day was established, up to 1.56 million yen. yen.
Applications are accepted from the 14th of last month to the 26th of this month, but as of the 15th, of the approximately 26,000 applications that were submitted, it was only decided to pay 3,000 and 12% …
In Osaka city, “the examination is ahead of the prospect one month from 10 days, but it takes a long time to review the documents, such as the documents showing the vacation period, there are things that have not been paid,” is.
Since the beginning of this month, the city of Osaka has increased the number of staff members to about 200, which is more than triple the initial number, and is rushing to complete the procedure.
According to Osaka Prefecture, 27,000 requests for cooperation funds have been received from the entire prefecture from the 14th of last month to the 7th of this month after the declaration of the second state of emergency for the entire prefecture from the 17th.
