News (covid19) - Invest Plymouth

Since opening applications for the Restart Grant on Monday 12 April we have received over 1,000 applications. 472 of these applications have been approved.

Plymouth businesses are now able to apply for the new Restart Grants. The Restart Grant scheme is designed to help rate-paying non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses reopen safely, as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

We have received the government guidance for the Restart Grants and are currently working on a process to administer these grants, along with a third wave of ARG funding.

Plymouth City Council has distributed nearly £75 million in grants to support local businesses through coronavirus restrictions since April 2020, but many businesses still haven’t claimed the financial support they’re entitled to. 

We are pleased to confirm that all outstanding ARG applications have now been verified, and we are working to automate payments for the LRSG payment.

This afternoon the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, outlined his tax and spend policies in the budget. Below is a summary of the budget for the tourism and hospitality industry. 

Following our update earlier this week, we are pleased to confirm that the 480 eligible priority applications received for the ARG are now being processed and will receive confirmation of payment next week.

We are also confirming today that all remaining eligible businesses who applied for the ARG will receive a payment from this scheme

The roadmap, which has now been published on gov.uk, outlines four steps for easing restrictions. Before proceeding to the next step, the Government will examine the data to assess the impact of previous steps.

Due to the high volume of applications being received daily, we will be closing the ARG application process on Monday 15 February at 5pm.

We have had unprecedented demand for the ARG discretionary business grant scheme which opened yesterday, Monday 1 February.  We received over 680 applications on the first day, at this rate o..

Huge projects which have created hundreds of jobs, some much-needed joy and a sense of a city going places were delivered in the last 12 months - despite the global pandemic.

Plymouth City Council has been given a further £20.3 million to distribute in grants to support businesses during the third national lockdown.