Other coronavirus (COVID-19) support payments

Summary of measures

A number of measures to support businesses and individuals have been made available throughout the pandemic. The measures are detailed in HMRC guidance and include:

1. •

   an automatic business rate holiday for 2020/21 and the first three months of 2021/22, together with reduced rates for the remainder of 2021/22, for all retail, hospitality, leisure and child nursery businesses in England

2. •

   grant funding schemes in England as follows:

3. 1. ◦

      initial small business grant funding announced in March 2020 of £10,000 for all businesses in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief grants (now closed)

   2. ◦

      initial grant funding of £25,000 announced in March 2020 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000 (now closed)

   3. ◦

      local restrictions support grant funding for businesses required to close on or after 9 September 2020 for at least 14 days because of local Tier 2 or Tier 3 restrictions (or on or after 19 December 2020 due to Tier 4 restrictions)

   4. ◦

      local restrictions support grant funding for businesses in areas subject to Tier 2 or Tier 3 restrictions which are severely impacted by restrictions but not legally required to close

   5. ◦

      grant funding for nightclubs, dance halls or adult entertainment businesses required to close in March 2020 and unable to reopen subsequently (funding available from 1 November 2020 on a non-retrospective basis)

   6. ◦

      grant funding for businesses required to close due to national restrictions from 5 November 2020 to 2 December 2020 and