The Government has introduced Local Restrictions Support Grants to help businesses within the Business Rates System that have been legally required to close due to restrictions being put in place to manage coronavirus.
Who is eligible?
The grants are available for those businesses within the Business Rates system that were open and providing in-person services to customers from their business premises and were then legally required to close. Eligible businesses are those:
- required to close during localised restrictions when Oldham was placed in Tier 3 restrictions from 23 October 2020 until 4 November 2020 (i.e. before national lockdown began). This affects:
- pubs and bars who had to close from this date, it excludes pubs and bars that stayed open to operate as if they were a restaurant – which means serving substantial meals, like a main lunchtime or evening meal and where alcohol was served as part of such meal
- casinos
- bingo halls
- betting shops
- adult gaming centres
- soft play centres
- required to close from 5 November 2020 until 2 December 2020 under the national lockdown This affects businesses as determined by law
- required to close in March 2020 and not yet been allowed to reopen. Eligibility for this scheme starts from 1 November 2020 until 4 November 2020 (i.e. until national lockdown began) and affects nightclubs and sexual entertainment venues
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