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Restrictions Support Grants by Local Authority

We are pleased to let you know, that the following Local Authorities have published their online applications for the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed Businesses) and their Additional Restrictions Grant (Discretionary):

Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed Businesses)

  • Based on the rateable value of property
  • Grants between £1,334 & £3,000
  • Businesses that are eligible are those that have been mandated to close by Government and include non-essential retail, leisure, personal care, sports facilities, and hospitality businesses
  • Claimed online from Local Authority website

Ashford can be found here.
Canterbury can be found here
Dartford can be found here.
Dover can be found here.
Folkestone & Hythe can be found here
Gravesham can be found here

Maidstone can be found here.

*Medway can be found here.
Swale can be found here.
Sevenoaks can be found here.
Thanet can be found here.
Tunbridge Wells can be found here.
Tonbridge & Malling can be found here.

Additional Restrictions Grant (Discretionary)

  • Local Authorities are developing discretionary grant schemes to help those businesses which –while not legally forced to close –are nonetheless severely impacted by the restrictions put in place to control the spread of Covid-19.
  • May not be dependent on occupying a rateable property
  • Claimed online from Local Authority website

Ashford can be found here.
Canterbury can be found here
Dover can be found here.
Dartford can be found here.
Folkestone & Hythe can be found here.
Maidstone can be found here.

Gravesham can be found here

Sevenoaks can be found here
Swale can be found here.
Thanet can be found here
*Tunbridge Wells can be found here.
Tonbridge & Malling can be found here.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough)Return of the previous scheme80% of furloughed staff wages can be claimedClaimed through HMRC payroll systemOpen until March 2021 but may be modified
Self Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS)Grant payment to cover 1 st Nov to 31st Jan (3 months)80% of average income for a three-month period, capped at £7,500 in totalHMRC will communicate with youOpen until March 2021 but may be modified
Bounce Back Loan “Top-up”If you already have a Bounce Back Loan but borrowed less than you were entitled to, from 10 November you can top up your existing loan to your maximum amount. You must request the top-up by 31 January 2021
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