GRANT AWARDS:

Business categorisation for the purposes of grant funding thresholds Threshold definitions for the purposes of this scheme are restated below:

• Non-essential retail definition: a business that is open to the public and is used mainly or wholly for the purposes of retail sale or hire of goods or services, where the primary purpose of products or services provided are not necessary to the health and well-being of the public.
• Hospitality definition: a business whose main function is to provide a venue for the consumption and sale of food and drink
• Leisure definition: a business that provides opportunities, experiences and facilities, in particular for culture, recreation, entertainment, celebratory events, days and nights out, betting and gaming
• Accommodation definition: a business whose main lodging provision is used for holiday, travel and other purposes.
• Gym & Sport definition: a commercial 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.
• Personal care definition: a business which provides a service, treatment or activity for the purposes of personal beauty, hair, grooming, body care and aesthetics, and wellbeing.

• Must have a rateable property in the list as at 1^st April 2021
• Must have 50% main service in one of the business sectors indicated
• Must be trading on the 1^st April 2021
• Must be actively engage in trading
• The business is Not in Liquidation, dissolved, struck off or subject to a strike off notice or under notice
• The business is not subject to state aid rules

This table sets out types of businesses that are eligible under the sector thresholds for this scheme. This list is not exhaustive, but indicative of the types of businesses that can be supported under this scheme.

Restart Grant 1

Business type

Non-essential retail (up to £6k)

Includes businesses

Betting offices Departmental stores Markets (other than livestock) Sales kiosks Showrooms, e.g. kitchen, bathroom, tile, glazing, Tobacco and vape stores, Antiques stores, Sales offices, Travel agents, Electronic goods and mobile, phone shops, Clothes shops, Book shops, Auction rooms Car auction, Car showrooms, Car supermarkets, Car washes (standalone), Car/caravan, Sales/display/hiring Sites, Charity shops, Carpet stores, Furniture shops, Sofa shops, Homeware shops, Florists Plant, nurseries, Jewellers, Stationery shops, Gift shops, Make-up shops, Animal groomers, Sweet shops, Photography studios

Restart Grant 2

Business type

Hospitality (up to £18k)

Includes businesses

Food courts Public houses/pub restaurants, Roadside restaurants, Wine bars Cafes

Business type

Leisure (up to £18k)

Includes businesses

Bingo halls, Bowling alleys, Casinos and gambling clubs, Cinemas Ice rinks, Museums and art galleries, Roller skating rings, Stately homes & historic houses, Theatres Zoos & safari parks Amusement parks, Pleasure piers, Pavilions Conference centres, Exhibition centres including for use as banquet halls and other events Wedding venues Events venues Heritage, railways, Public halls, Night clubs & discotheques, Hostess bars, Sexual entertainment venues, Shisha bars, waterpipe consumption venues, Arenas Concert halls, Go kart rinks, Model villages, Tourist attractions, Aquaria Miniature railways, Theme parks Amusement arcades including adult gaming centres, Animal attractions at farms Wildlife centres Botanical gardens, Circus Visitor attractions at film studios Soft play centres or areas Indoor riding centres Clubs & institutions Village halls & scout huts, cadet huts etc.

Business type

Accommodation (up to £18k)

Includes businesses

Caravan parks, Caravan sites and pitches, Chalet parks, Coaching inns, Country house hotels, Guest & boarding houses, Hostels Hotels Lodges, Holiday apartments, cottages or bungalows, Campsites, Boarding houses, Canal boats or other vessels, B&Bs, Catered holiday, homes, Holiday homes

Business type

Personal care (up to £18k)

Includes businesses

Spas, sauna and steam rooms Hairdressing salons, Tanning salons, Nail salons, Massage centres, massage treatments Tattoo and piercing studios, Holistic therapy (reflexology, massage, acupuncture) Barbers, groomers, Beauty salons Beauticians, aesthetics, Other non-surgical treatments

Business type

Gyms & sport (up to £18k)

Includes businesses

Dance schools and centres, Dance studios, Gymnasia/fitness suites, Cricket centres, Ski centres, Sports and leisure centres, Outdoor sports centres, Outdoor adventure centres, Squash courts, Tennis centres, Sports courts, Swimming pools, Shooting and archery venues, Driving ranges, Water sport, centres Golf courses.

Need to Provide

1. Name of business
2. Business Trading Address including postcode
3. Unique identifier (preferably Company Reference Number (CRN)) if applicable. If not applicable, VAT Registration Number, Self -Assessment/Partnership Number, National Insurance Number, Unique Taxpayer Reference, Registered Charity Number will also be acceptable)
4. High level SIC Code
5. Nature of Business
6. Date business established
7. Number of employees
8. Business rate account number (if applicable)

1^st April 2021:-.

At the discretion of the Local Authority per Additional Restrictions Grant funding round.

Business categorisation for the purposes of grant funding thresholds Threshold definitions for the purposes of this scheme are restated below:

• Non-essential retail definition: a business that is open to the public and is used mainly or wholly for the purposes of retail sale or hire of goods or services, where the primary purpose of products or services provided are not necessary to the health and well-being of the public.
• Hospitality definition: a business whose main function is to provide a venue for the consumption and sale of food and drink
• Leisure definition: a business that provides opportunities, experiences and facilities, in particular for culture, recreation, entertainment, celebratory events, days and nights out, betting and gaming
• Accommodation definition: a business whose main lodging provision is used for holiday, travel and other purposes.
• Gym & Sport definition: a commercial 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.

Personal care definition: a business which provides a service, treatment or activity for the purposes of personal beauty, hair, grooming

• Must have 50% main service in one of the business sectors indicated
• Must be trading on the 1^st April 2021
• Must be actively engage in trading
• The business is Not in Liquidation, dissolved, struck off or subject to a strike off notice or under notice
• The business is not subject to state aid rules

The Local Authority reserve the right to allocate the category based on the fixed expenditure.

Additional Restrictions Discretionary Grant - Eligible market trader

• Eligible market trader unable to trade or local business with West Sussex* registered trading address, trading on or before 1^st April 2021 (or subsequent date)

• At least £250 in rent or flexible licence fee per calendar month. / Eligible market trader, unable to trade (or must prove severe loss of income) with ongoing costs.

Additional Restrictions Discretionary Grant - Eligible sole trader

• Sole Trader or small limited company with one director
• At least £250 in rent or flexible licence fee per calendar month. / Eligible market trader, unable to trade (or must prove severe loss of income) with ongoing costs.

Additional Restrictions Discretionary Grant - Taxi Driver

• Eligible mobile sole trader (eg taxi driver) unable to trade (or severe loss of income due to COVID19) or local business with West Sussex registered trading address, trading on or before 1^st April 2021 (or subsequent date). A taxi driver will largely be paid based on which Local Authority the license fee is paid to.  Where the license fee is paid to more than one Local Authority only one claim will be paid.
• At least £250 in rent or flexible licence fee per calendar month. / Eligible taxi driver, unable to trade (or must prove severe loss of income) with ongoing costs.

ARG - Hospitality, Leisure & Personal Care - RV or property costs up to £15K pa (From 01/04/2021)

• Businesses occupying a commercial property on the local authority ratings list, with a Rateable Value of £15,000 or less

• Where there is no Rateable Value, then businesses paying rent of £15,000 per annum (£1,250 per month) or less
• If no Rateable Value or rent, then the local authority may estimate the rateable value or rent of the property where the business is based, or take into account other business related fixed costs in the name of the business, with a value of £15,000 or less per annum
• Unable to trade or must prove severe loss of income.
• Please see Annexe C of the Restart Guidance at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/971363/restart-grant-la-guidance.pdf for a description of non essential retail
• Inclusive of the supply industry whose supply chain is 50% to the Hospitality, Leisure and Personal Care industry

ARG - Hospitality, Leisure and Personal Care - RV or property costs £15k - £51k pa (From 01/04/2021)

• Businesses occupying a commercial property on the local authority ratings list, with a Rateable Value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000

• Where there is no Rateable Value, then businesses paying rent of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 per annum
• If no Rateable Value or rent, then the local authority may estimate the rateable value or rent of the property where the business is based, or take into account other business related fixed costs in the name of the business with a value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 per annum.
• Unable to trade or must prove severe loss of income.
• Please see Annexe C of the Restart Guidance at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/971363/restart-grant-la-guidance.pdf for a description of non essential retail.
• Inclusive of the supply industry whose supply chain is 50% to the Hospitality, Leisure and Personal Care industry

ARG - Hospitality, Leisure and Personal Care - RV or property costs over £51k pa (From 01/04/2021)

• Businesses occupying a commercial property on the local authority ratings list, with a Rateable Value of over £51,000 or above

• Where there is no Rateable Value, then businesses paying rent of £51,000 or above per annum
• Inclusive of the supply industry whose supply chain is 50% to the Hospitality, Leisure and Personal Care industry

ARG - Retail, including non essential RV or property costs up to £15K pa (From 01/04/2021)

• Businesses occupying a commercial property on the local authority ratings list, with a Rateable Value of £15,000 or less

• Where there is no Rateable Value, then businesses paying rent of £15,000 per annum (£1,250 per month) or less
• If no Rateable Value or rent, then the local authority may estimate the rateable value or rent of the property where the business is based, or take into account other business related fixed costs in the name of the business, with a value of £15,000 or less per annum
• Unable to trade or must prove severe loss of income.
• Please see Annexe C of the Restart Guidance at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/971363/restart-grant-la-guidance.pdf for a description of non essential retail
• Inclusive of the supply industry whose supply chain is 50% to the retail industry

ARG - Retail, including non essential - RV or property costs £15k - £51k pa (From 01/04/2021)

• Businesses occupying a commercial property on the local authority ratings list, with a Rateable Value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000

• Where there is no Rateable Value, then businesses paying rent of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 per annum
• If no Rateable Value or rent, then the local authority may estimate the rateable value or rent of the property where the business is based, or take into account other business related fixed costs in the name of the business with a value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 per annum.
• Unable to trade or must prove severe loss of income.
• Please see Annexe C of the Restart Guidance at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/971363/restart-grant-la-guidance.pdf for a description of non essential retail.
• Inclusive of the supply industry whose supply chain is 50% to the retail industry

ARG - Retail, including non essential - RV or property costs over £51k pa (From 01/04/2021)

• Businesses occupying a commercial property on the local authority ratings list, with a Rateable Value of over £51,000 or above
• Where there is no Rateable Value, then businesses paying rent of £51,000 or above per annum
• Inclusive of the supply industry whose supply chain is 50% to the retail industry