Restart Grant
The Restart Grant Scheme supports businesses in reopening safety as coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are lifted. This is for businesses with a business rates account only.
Businesses that do not have a business rates account but have fixed property costs can apply for a Discretionary Restart Grant, more details are below.
Strand One – Non-essential retail
Strand Two – Hospitality, Leisure, Accommodation, Personal Care and Gym Businesses.
We’ve now made all the automatic payments that we are able to do so and all businesses that have been made an automatic payment should receive the grant by Wednesday 21st April 2021. If you have not received a payment by this date you will need to make a new application.
In order to ensure that money was distributed quickly to Barnsley businesses, we may have paid some businesses via Strand One as non-essential retail rather than one of the other Strand Two categories based on the property description we hold of your premises. If you do not think that your grant award is correct, please contact us at LRSG@barnsley.gov.uk with your Business Rates account number, property address and provide evidence of the nature of your business.
How much support you’ll receive
The payment amount depends on the type of business premises and the rateable value of the property as in the table below
| Rateable value of premises | Strand One Non-essential Retail Businesses | Strand Two Hospitality, Accommodation, Leisure, Personal Care, Gym Businesses |
| £15,000 or Under | £2,667 | £8,000 |
| £15,001 to £50,999 | £4,000 | £12,000 |
| £51,000 or over | £6,000 | £18,000 |
Discretionary Restart Grant
For those businesses that are not in the Business rates system but were trading on 1 April 2021 and have fixed property costs they will receive the following
| Annual Rent or Mortgage | Strand One Non-essential Retail Businesses | Strand Two Hospitality, Accommodation, Leisure, Personal Care, Gym Businesses |
| £1 to £1,499 | £0 | £0 |
| £1,500 to £2,999 | £1,000 | £3,000 |
| £3,000 to £15,000 | £2,667 | £8,000 |
| £15,001 to £50,999 | £4,000 | £12,000 |
| £51,000 or over | £6,000 | £18,000 |
Only one Restart Grant is available for each business premises any hairdressers or beauticians ‘renting a chair’ within a salon are excluded from this scheme.
Who is excluded
In line with the government guidance, the following types of businesses that are excluded from the definition of non-essential retail and are not eligible to receive a restart grant.
This scheme closes on 30 July 2021
The government guidance can be found here