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Good afternoon,
As promised, please find below the latest information regarding North Lincolnshire Council's Government-backed Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant, and the North Lincolnshire Discretionary Grant.
You can read more about the grants and apply on North Lincolnshire Council's website here. I have included the relevant sections below for your reference:
OMICRON HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE GRANT
The Government have announced a new one-off grant of up to £6,000 per premises to support eligible businesses within the hospitality and leisure sectors, in recognition of the potential trading challenges brought about by the Omicron variant.
Businesses that are eligible for this grant can be found below:
The amount businesses will receive is dependent on rateable value, changes to the ratings list after 30 December 2021 will not count towards the grant eligibility:
- Rateable Value of £15,000 or under = £2,667
- Rateable Value of between £15,000 and £51,000 = £4,000
- Rateable Value of over £51,000 = £6,000
To apply for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant, please click here.
The scheme will close for applications on Friday 28 February 2022 with all payments being made by Thursday 31 March 2022.
Please note, due to the high volume of applications any questions should be emailed to businessinfo@northlincs.gov.uk.
NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE DISCRETIONARY GRANT
North Lincolnshire Council has been awarded further Discretionary Funding to allow us to reopen the scheme. This will be for businesses who are outside the business rates system who can demonstrate a severe impact from Covid-19.
The amount businesses will receive is dependent on eligibility:
- £979.50 - Businesses who are severely impacted who do not pay/are liable for business rates
- £1,401 - Businesses who are severely impacted whose rateable value is £15,000 or below
- £2,100 - Businesses who are severely impacted whose rateable value is between £15,001 and below £51,000
- £3,150 - Businesses who are severely impacted whose rateable value is over £51,000
To apply for the Discretionary Grant, please click here.
The scheme will close for applications on Friday 28 February 2022 with all payments being made by Thursday 31 March 2022.
Please note, due to the high volume of applications any questions should be emailed to businessinfo@northlincs.gov.uk.
Reminder: Statutory Sick Pay rebate Scheme
If you are an employer with fewer than 250 employees, and you have paid Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) to your employee for absences linked to coronavirus-related sickness or self-isolation, you could be eligible for support.
You will receive repayments at the relevant standard rate of SSP that you paid to your current or former employees for any eligible periods of sickness starting on or after 21 December 2021.
You will be able to reclaim the costs for up to two weeks of SSP for an employee who takes time off because of coronavirus, regardless of whether you claimed for that employee under the previous scheme, furthermore you will be able to make claims retrospectively from mid-January.
Full guidance, including eligibility and how to make a claim, will be published on GOV.UK in due course.
Please do share this with those who may benefit from this information.
As ever I am here to provide support if you have any further questions or issues you would like me to raise. You can get in touch by replying to this email or via my contact form by clicking the button below.
I hope you've had a great Christmas and I wish you and your loved ones a fantastic new year. I look forward to working with you next year!
Take care,
Holly
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