Restart Grants

The Chancellor has announced the one-off payment Restart Grant to support the recovery of the high street as Government trading restrictions are relaxed. The primary principle of the Restart Grant scheme is to support businesses that offer in-person services, where the main service and activity takes place in a fixed rate-paying premises, in the non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care or gym & sports sectors.

Eligible businesses will be:

• rate-paying
• trading in a relevant sector
• trading on 1 April 2021

Where the Government's eligibility criteria are met, payments will be made at the following rates:

• Non-essential retail businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or less, will receive a one-off grant of £2,667.
• Non-essential retail businesses with a rateable value over £15,000 and less than £51,000, will receive a one-off grant of £4,000.
• Non-essential retail businesses with a rateable value of £51,000 or above, will receive a one-off grant of £6,000.
• Hospitality, Leisure, Accommodation, Gym & Sports, and Personal Care properties with a rateable value of £15,000 or less, will receive a one-off grant of £8,000.
• Hospitality, Leisure, Accommodation, Gym & Sports, and Personal Care properties with a rateable value over £15,000 and less than £51,000, will receive a one-off grant of £12,000.
• Hospitality, Leisure, Accommodation, Gym & Sports, and Personal Care with a rateable value of £51,000 or above, will receive a one-off grant of £18,000.

The sectors are defined at the bottom of this page. Where a business operates in more than one sector, the rate paid will be for whichever sector is more than 50% of the business activity.

If your business has previously received LRSG Payments

If your business has previously received an LRSG Grant (with a reference number beginning LOCBG) and is eligible for a Restart Grant, you do not need to reapply. We will contact you using the email you gave when you applied for LRSG to confirm your eligibility – please read the email in full and answer all the questions to enable us to release your payment. All applications will be subject to pre-payment anti-fraud checks - payments will be made to eligible businesses as soon as possible when these checks have been passed.

We have received reports from a number of eligible businesses already contacted that this email is going into some junk/spam folders. If you are expecting to receive this email, please check these folders.

Payment will not be made until you respond to us. 

If your business has NOT previously received LRSG Closed Payments

If your business has not previously received an LRSG payment but you believe your business may be eligible for a Restart Grant, you should apply now. All applications will be subject to pre-payment anti-fraud checks - payments will be made to eligible businesses as soon as possible when these checks have been passed. Applications will close on 30 June 2021.

Sectors and eligible businesses

Local Authorities are responsible for determining whether businesses are entitled to a grant under the non-essential retail thresholds, or under the hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym business thresholds. For the purposes of the Restart Grant Scheme, details below outline definitions for each sector and a list of business operations carried out from the applicable premises that fall under each area. The list of businesses detailed is not exhaustive, but indicative of the types of business that can be supported under this scheme. Where the category a business falls under is not definitive, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has the discretion to utilise local knowledge to determine the correct sector.:

Non-essential retail

For the purposes of this scheme, a non-essential retail business can be defined as a business that is used mainly or wholly for the purposes of retail sale or hire of goods or services by the public, where the primary purpose of products or services provided are not necessary to the health and well-being of the public. For these purposes, the definition of a non-essential retail business will exclude food retailers, including food markets, supermarkets, convenience stores, corners shops, off licences, breweries, pharmacies, chemists, newsagents, animal rescue centres and boarding facilities, building merchants, petrol stations, vehicle repair and MOT services, bicycle shops, taxi and vehicle hire businesses, education providers including tutoring services, banks, building societies and other financial providers, post offices, funeral directors, laundrettes and dry cleaners, medical practices, veterinary surgeries and pet shops, agricultural supply shops, garden centres, storage and distribution facilities, wholesalers, employment agencies and businesses, office buildings, automatic car washes and mobility support shops.

Hospitality

For the purposes of this scheme, a hospitality business can be defined as a business whose main function is to provide a venue for the consumption and sale of food and drink. For these purposes, the definition of a hospitality retail business will exclude food kiosks and businesses whose main service is a takeaway (not applicable to those that have adapted to offer takeaways during periods of restrictions, in alignment with previous COVID-19 business grant schemes).

• Food courts
• Public houses/pub restaurants
• Wine bars
• Cafes
• Restaurants

Leisure

For the purposes of this scheme, a leisure business can be defined as a business that provides opportunities, experiences and facilities, in particular for culture, recreation, entertainment, celebratory events and days and nights out. For these purposes, the definition of a leisure business will exclude all retail businesses, coach tour operators, tour operators.

Gym & sports

For the purposes of this scheme, a gym & sport business can be defined as a commercial or non-profit establishment where physical exercise or training is conducted on an individual basis or group basis, using exercise equipment or open floor space with or without instruction, or where individual and group sporting, athletic and physical activities are participated in competitively or recreationally. For these purposes, the definition of a gym & sport business will exclude home gyms, home exercise studios, home sports courts and home sports grounds.

Personal care

For the purposes of this scheme, a personal care business can be defined as a business which provides a service, treatment or activity for the purposes of personal beauty, hair, grooming, body care and aesthetics, and wellbeing. For these purposes, the definition of a personal care business will exclude businesses that only provide personal care goods, rather than services; businesses used solely as training centres for staff, apprentices and others; businesses providing dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services, including services which incorporate personal care services, treatments required by those with disabilities and services relating to mental health.

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