Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grants

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Last updated: 18 March 2022 at 17:00

Final payments will be made by 31 March 2022.

To be eligible for a grant your business must meet all of the following five criteria.

Your business must:

Occupy properties that are in the ratings list
Have been trading on 30 December 2021. Trading is carrying on a trade or profession or buying and selling goods or services in order to generate turnover, including business that:
- Continue to trade online, via delivery services etc.
- Are not in liquidation, dissolved, struck off or subject to a striking of notice or under notice
- Are engaged in business activity - managing accounts, preparing for reopening, planning and implementing COVID-safe measures
Be in one of the following sectors
- Hospitality
- Leisure
- Accommodation
Offer ‘in-person’ services from the premises that they are applying for.
- A business would not be eligible if its in-person activity does not take place within the rated property. This means that suppliers of services to the events and hospitality industries (for example), would not be eligible for an Omicron Grant, unless their properties main use is to provide direct in-person services specifically in the hospitality or leisure industry to members of the public.
Be within the subsidy allowance limits

Businesses that are eligible for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant include:

Business sector	Eligible businesses
Hospitality	Food courts, public houses, pub restaurants, roadside restaurants, wine bars, cafes, restaurants
Leisure	Casinos, gambling clubs, cinemas, museums, art galleries, stately homes, historic houses, theatres, zoos, safari parks, amusement parks, wedding venues, events venues, night clubs, discotheques, arenas, concert halls, tourist attractions, theme parks, amusement arcades, soft play centres, indoor riding centres, clubs, institutions, village halls, scout huts, cadet huts
Accommodation	Caravan sites and pitches, chalet parks, coaching inns, country house hotels, guest houses, hostels, hotels, lodges, holiday apartments, campsites, boarding houses, canal boats or other vessels, B&Bs, catered holiday homes, holiday homes

Businesses that can't get an Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant include business that:

are not in the rating system
are long-term empty or undergoing major works on 30 December 2021
have already received grant payments that equal the maximum permitted subsidy allowances
are in administration, insolvent or where a striking-off notice has been made

Types of businesses that are not eligible for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant include:

Business sector	Businesses that are not eligible
Hospitality	Food kiosks and businesses whose main service is a takeaway (this does not apply to those that have adapted to offer takeaways during periods of restrictions)
Leisure	All retail businesses, coach tour operators, tour operators, dance and fitness studios, sports centres, sports clubs, swimming Pools, golf Courses
Accommodation	Private dwellings, education accommodation, residential homes, care homes, residential family centres, beach huts