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Restart Grants and Ongoing Additional Restrictions Grants
As restrictions begin to ease from 12 April, new grants are available for businesses which are reopening, or businesses which are severely impacted by the restrictions.
Updates are being issued regularly, so please do check back.
This page was last updated on 7 April 2021
There are two grants available:
The Restart Grant scheme supports businesses in reopening safely as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Grants are available from 1 April 2021.
Eligible businesses in the non-essential retail sector may be entitled to a one-off cash grant of up to £6,000 from their local council.
Eligible businesses in the hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym sectors may be entitled to a one-off cash grant of up to £18,000 from their local council.
Your business may be eligible if it is:
You cannot get funding if your business:
This scheme is covered by 3 subsidy allowances:
Grants under these 3 allowances can be combined for a potential total allowance of up to £10,935,000 (subject to exchange rates).
Eligible businesses will be paid:
For non-essential retail businesses, the following thresholds apply:
For hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gyms, the following thresholds apply:
The Government is asking for additional information to be submitted as part of the restart grants, so you will need to complete a simple application form. If your details have not changed, please confirm this on page 2 of the form, which will mean that there is less to complete.
You should have access to most of the information. The Government have asked for your high level SIC code to be submitted. This is a standard UK classification for business type that you may have never seen before. The ONS website has a hierarchy you can drill down through to find the description for your business.
As part of your application, you will need to submit the following:
Please make sure you have this information to hand, then click the button below to apply:
The ARG is an ongoing grant intended to support businesses that are severely impacted by the restrictions, and that may or may not be in the business rates system.
The Government have asked for additional data to be submitted, so all ongoing ARG applicants will need to fill in a simple form.
Please note, you will be eligible for the ARG or the restart grant, but not both.
All eligible businesses should have applied for the ARG already, so you just need to complete the form below.
The amount you receive will depend on your rateable value (if you have one) and will range from £934 and £2,000 for April.
You will need to answer a few simple questions, and provide the following information:
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