Business Support and Help

With government announcement throughout the year there are several ways businesses can receive support through grants.

Businesses are able to claim more than one grant from the following, if they fall under the criteria set for each grant.

North Warwickshire have available on our website the following:

Restart Grant (RG)

The Restart Grant will support non-essential retail premises with one-off grants of up to £6,000 and hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym or sport business premises (Strand Two) with one-off grants of up to £18,000.

The policy is now available for you to read, please ensure you have read this prior to your application so you are aware of all the criterion to be able to claim the Restart Grant.

Before you start your application and to avoid any possible delays to making grant payments, there will be certain information required on the application, please refer to the information under Next Steps on our Restart Grants page.

Local Restrictions Support Grant (National Lockdown) -Local Restrictions Supp Also known as LRSG (closed) Addendum.

This is available for businesses that have been mandated to close due to the current National Lockdown starting from 5 January 2021 and for previous period 5th November 2020 to 2 December 2020.

If your business has already received a payment for the November period, there is NO NEED TO MAKE A FURTHER APPLICATION for the current period. We are reviewing all previous applications and automatically making further payments up to the 15 February 2021 where possible. Any unnecessary applications made now will only delay that process.

There are different levels of payment, dependent on the Ratable Value of the property. Please read our policy to ensure you fall under the criteria before you make your application: Local Restrictions Support Grant Addendum

Closed Business Lockdown Payment CBLP

Businesses that are eligible are those that have been mandated to close by Government and include non-essential retail, leisure, personal care, sports facilities and hospitality businesses. Full details are available on Closed Business Lockdown Payment CBLP page

Additional Restrictions Support Grant - Also known as ARG.

This is a discretionary grant, with a limited budget. It is to cover up to the end of 2022. The policy is set by each LA and you can find North Warwickshire policy by following the link. Please read the policy to ensure you fall under the criteria before you make your application for this grant: Additions Restrictions Support Grant policy

Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) - Also known as LRSG (Closed).

This is available to businesses that are mandated to close in Tiers 4, 3 and 2 restrictions, from the effective date of the restriction.

If your business has already received a payment under this scheme for December 2020, there is NO NEED TO MAKE A FURTHER APPLICATION for the current National Lockdown period. We are reviewing all previous applications and automatically making further payments up to the 15 February 2021 where possible. Any unnecessary applications made now will only delay that process.

There are different levels of payment, dependent on the Ratable Value of the property. Please read the LRSG Closed policy to ensure you meet the criteria.

Local Restrictions Support Grant (Open) - Also known as LRSG (Open)

This is available to businesses that are NOT mandated to close in Tier 3 or in Tier 2, but they have proven to be severely impacted. There are different levels of payment based on either the RV of the business or on the number of employees. It is a payment for every full 14-day period the district remains in the restriction. Please follow the link to read the policy to ensure you read the criteria before you make your application for this grant. Local Restrictions Support Grant policy

Christmas Support Payment - also known as CSP Wet-Led Pubs

This is a payment for Pubs in Tier 3 and Tier 2 restricted area where food is less than 50% of their income. The period runs 2nd December 2020 to the 29th December 2020. There is a one-off payment of £1000. We will be accepting applications until the 31st January 2021. Please follow the link to read the policy to ensure you read the criteria before you make your application for this grant: Christmas Support Payment policy

Last updated Monday, 12th April 2021

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