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Additional Restrictions Grants (ARG) scheme open now
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Applications are now open for the second round of Additional Restrictions Grants. Click here to apply via the Council's website.
You're receiving this special bulletin to inform you that the Council is now accepting applications for the second round of the ARG scheme.
The eligibility criteria has been determined following Cabinet Member direction. Following the first round of the scheme and the receipt of the top-up allocation from central Government, the City Council has revised the eligibility criteria for the scheme and increased the value of individual grant awards as follows:
- Previous Discretionary Grant Fund recipients who are in non-essential retail, hospitality or leisure; who supply the first-tier retail, hospitality or leisure sectors; and businesses within the events sector will now be eligible to apply.
- Successful applicants through the first round of ARG to receive a top-up of £3,000 to their originally approved £2,000 grant award.
- Enhancing the grants from £2,000 to £5,000 per business for new successful applicants through the second and possibly final round of the scheme.
Therefore only businesses who fall under one of the below three categories will be eligible to apply:
- non-ratepayers in non-essential retail, leisure, personal care, sports facilities and hospitality business (including, hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation and leisure businesses) which are effectively forced to close or have been severely impacted by the restrictions. This includes previous Discretionary Grant Fund recipients
- ratepayer or non-ratepayer businesses that supply (first tier) the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, including previous grant Discretionary Grant Fund recipients
- ratepayer or non-ratepayer businesses in the events sector, including previous Discretionary Grant Fund recipients
We recommend having the following information to hand when completing the application forms:
- Trading/registered address
- Company Registration Number/Charity Number (if applicable)
- Unique Tax Reference Number (if applicable)
- Links to online presence (if applicable)
- Information regarding the pandemic’s impact on the business (e.g. estimated percentage drop in sales)
- Business Rates Account Number (if applicable)
- Bank details
If you have any issues with the process, please contact the Westminster Business Unit on businessunit@westminster.gov.uk or telephone 020 7641 2070.
For more information on the second round of the ARG scheme and to make an application, please click here to view the Council's website.
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For more information on the ways Westminster City Council, the UK Government and the community can help, please follow the links below:
Whilst we are dealing with a greater volume of queries than usual, if you need bespoke advice, don’t hesitate to contact our Business Unit to get appropriate help. |
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