 The Additional Restriction Grant (ARG) Sector Support
Applications are still open for the new Additional Restriction Grant Sector Support. The grant will target those businesses which have had limited support since lockdown restrictions were enforced in November 2020.
To be eligible for the ARG Sector Support a business must have either been trading on 4 November 2020 or required to close under Tier three or four restrictions. For the full list of eligible sectors please refer to the ARG Sector Support Policy. If you think your business is eligible please apply here.
Applications close next week on 31 March 2021 and grant payments will be made from Thursday 25 March 2021.
The Additional Restriction Grant (Required to Close) scheme is now closed.
Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) Addendum
The closing date for the LRSG (Closed) Addendum scheme is Wednesday 31 March 2021, if you have already applied please do not apply again. If you have recently applied and we require additional information to validate your application please ensure this is submitted by 31 March.
Restart Grant
Following the Chancellor's announcement on 3 March 2021, we will be launching the Restart Grant for applications as per the Government guidance. The application to apply will go live on our website on 1 April and we will be contacting businesses we believe to be eligible inviting them to apply.
For businesses to apply they must have been occupying hereditaments (premises) as of the 1 April 2021 and registered with our Business Rates Department. Any changes to the ratings list (rateable value or to the hereditament) after 1 April 2021 will be ignored for the purpose of eligibility.
Due to Government requesting additional information, for which we do not hold on existing applicants to other COVID-19 related grants, we will be looking to launch a new application process for this grant and businesses will not receive an automatic payment as they have done in the past. As part of our validation process we will be looking for proof of trading from 1 April 2021 to ensure that payments are only made to active businesses. Further information on what constitutes as trading can be found on point 24 and 25 of the Government guidance.
Please be aware we are still awaiting confirmation of our allocation. At the current time we will be looking to make payments to eligible businesses from 12 April 2021, please note that the application closure date for this scheme is 30 June 2021 with all final payments made by the 31 July 2021.
With less than 24 hours until the start of Discover Lincolnshire weekend, the Heart of Lincs team have provided a breakdown of all the activities taking place across four venues this weekend.
Cogglesford Mill - Interactive Tour and Virtual Milling - Saturday and Sunday. 12pm, 1pm 2pm and 3pm - Booking essential at: www.heartoflincs.com/cogglesford
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum - Animals at War Virtual Exhibition - Saturday and Sunday All Day – No booking required www.heartoflincs.com/animals-at-war
Navigation House - Virtual Tours - All Day Saturday and Sunday – No booking required
Mrs Smith's Cottage - Virtual Tour - Heart of Lincs Facebook on Saturday and Sunday, both from 12 noon. No booking required
The Amazon Launchpad Innovation Awards is a free competition designed to support emerging, innovative European SMEs by giving them a chance to win a ‘Startup of the Year’ prize of €100,000 plus free access to Amazon Launchpad (offering a suite of products and services to help SMEs scale up) for one year.
Entries are open until March 28 2021 to European start-ups selling physical products to consumers. Further information here.
Businesses can now access a free online resource called Employers for carers which provides free resources and information to businesses and organisations in Lincolnshire around supporting employees with caring responsibilities. This is a well renowned resource backed by Carers UK.
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