Additional Restrictions Grant
Updated 8 March 2022
Applications for the ARG grant have now closed.
Plymouth City Council has received £256,000 in Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) funding from the Government.
This funding is to support businesses that have been impacted by the Omicron variant of Covid-19, but were ineligible for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant.
The Council is offering grants of £1,500 to businesses which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Eligibility
Businesses must have fixed business premises to be considered eligible for a grant.
Grants are available for the following types of businesses:
- Leisure, hospitality and accommodation businesses with packaged rent and rates (which made them ineligible for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant)
- Personal care services (only for businesses occupying the entirety of their business premises – for example, not those that rent a space within a salon)
- Travel and tourism businesses including group travel, travel agents, tour operators and coach operators
- Wedding businesses
- Events businesses
- English language schools
- Breweries
- Gyms
- Independent retailers
- Wholesalers that supply the hospitality sector
Application
Applications for the grant have now closed.
Grant payments
The grant available is a one-off payment of £1,500.
Plymouth City Council is aiming to pay all successful applicants within two weeks of application.
Need more assistance?
If you have a query that has not been answered on our website, you can contact us for more support via email at business.grants@plymouth.gov.uk.
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