The Uttlesford District Council is seeking applications for its Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) to help businesses which have had to close, or been able to trade but have been severely affected by the COVID-19 restrictions, regardless of whether they pay business rates.
Sponsoring Agency: Uttlesford District Council
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/16/2021
Size of the Fund: Less than USD $50,000
The Uttlesford District Council is seeking applications for its Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) to help businesses which have had to close, or been able to trade but have been severely affected by the COVID-19 restrictions, regardless of whether they pay business rates.
Funding Information
You may receive up to:
• £10,000 in exceptional cases where the business has high property costs, and the failure of the business would have a significant impact on the residents of the district
• £2,000 where businesses were forced to close and are scheduled to re-open on 12 April 2021
• £3,000 where businesses were not forced to close but were severely impacted by government restrictions
• £3,000 where businesses were forced to close and are only allowed to partly re-open on 12 April 2021
• £1,000 for taxis drivers with a Uttlesford District Council issued licence and a residential address within the Uttlesford district
• £2,000 for taxi operators with a business address within Uttlesford district
• £500 for non-essential market traders who normally trade at either Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow or Thaxted markets
Supplementary business restart grant
In addition, the following sectors will also receive a supplementary business restart grant.
• Up to £2,000 to all eligible businesses in the following sectors and in the supply chains to those sectors:
o non-essential retail
o personal care
Up to £5,000 to all eligible businesses in the following sectors and in the supply chains to those sectors:
• gyms and sports
• leisure
• accommodation
• hospitality
Up to £500 to all eligible businesses in the following sectors:
• non- essential market traders who regularly trade in Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow or Thaxted weekly markets
Eligibility Criteria
They have agreed the following business sectors will be eligible to apply for ARG grants:
• businesses in the hospitality, hotel, bed & breakfast and leisure industries
• businesses in the supply chain for retail, hospitality, leisure, events and accommodation sectors
• business involved in the supply chain to businesses forced to close
• event and event management businesses
• businesses which supply non-essential retail
• businesses which form part of the direct supply chain for aviation businesses
• businesses which directly organise, facilitate or perform at organised events
• businesses which supply to organised events
• businesses that are not on the rating list that have been forced to close either due to mandatory restrictions or due to the temporary close of their host premises (including non-essential market traders)
• businesses which can demonstrate a heavy reliance on the ability for people to travel
• businesses which were not forced to close but were only allowed to deliver emergency or welfare services, and which has been severely affected by the Government's restrictions
• businesses which rely on close physical contact (e.g. personal care workers, hair and beauty, driving instructors, taxi drivers etc.)
• Limited company directors who are not located in rateable premises and who cannot furlough themselves and continue to work to save their business
• other businesses – we will use our discretion to consider grant applications from any other small or micros business operating in the Uttlesford area, that is severely impacted by the Coronavirus Local Restrictions
Eligible businesses must also:
• be a micro business or small business as defined in Section 33 Part 2 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and the Companies Act 2006
• have ongoing fixed business-related costs that are unavoidable overheads e.g. mortgage, rent, or license
• demonstrate that they have suffered a significant fall in income due to the COVID-19 crisis
• not be eligible for a Local Restrictions Support Grant from the council (under any scheme) for the same period
More information at: https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/additional-restrictions-grant
