Businesses that are struggling and are not covered by other grant schemes or where additional funding is needed can apply for the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) – Round 6.
Sponsoring Agency: Adur & Worthing Councils
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/28/2022
Size of the Fund: Not Available
Businesses that are struggling and are not covered by other grant schemes or where additional funding is needed can apply for the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) – Round 6.
Priority will be given to those businesses severely impacted by the rise of the Omicron Variant.
Adur & Worthing Councils are delivering this funding in collaboration with other local Councils and will deliver the grant as part of the West Sussex Districts & Boroughs Additional Restrictions Discretionary Grant scheme.
Eligible Business
• Businesses who
o Are not entitled to any or all of the Local Restriction Support Grant (Closed Addendum) or Restart schemes or the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant as they are not responsible for payment of business rates, and
o were open and trading the day before national or local restrictions were imposed or Omicron grants announced for their current claim period (eg at the start of each funding round), and
o are now required to close under national restrictions (eg non‐essential market traders, Bed and Breakfast, shared workspace)
• Businesses who
o Are not entitled to any or all of the Local Restriction Support Grant (Closed Addendum) or Restart schemes or the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant as they are not responsible for payment of business rates, and
o were open and trading the day before national or local restrictions were imposed or Omicron grants announced for their current claim period (e.g. at the start of each funding round), and
o while not legally forced to close are nonetheless severely impacted by the restrictions put in place to control the spread of COVID19 eg. can show a reduced footfall due to Omicron
• Businesses who
o Are not eligible or did not apply under any other grant scheme, for example, may have qualified for but are waiting for a business rate valuation decision from the independent Valuation Office Agency or who began trading before or on the 5th November 2020, the 2nd December 2020, the 5th January 2021, the 16th February 2021, the 1st April 2021 or the 17th January 2022 (or a later date as applicable to each scheme which will be displayed on individual local authority websites)(individual local authorities reserve the right to amend these dates), and
o Were open and trading the day before national or local restrictions were imposed or Omicron grants announced for their current claim period for their current claim period (eg at the start of each funding round), and
o Are either required to close or while not legally forced to close are nonetheless severely impacted by the restrictions put in place to control the spread of COVID19 or can show a reduced footfall due to omicron (eg businesses which supply the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors, or businesses in the events sector, markets, Bed and Breakfast, shared workspaces), and
o Are having to pay unavoidable fixed property costs during the period of restrictions.
More information at: https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/coronavirus/business-support/#arg
Eligible Countries:
United Kingdom
Business Categories:
Business, COVID-19 Response, Recovery and Relief
