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The Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grants (OHLG) are now available for Wiltshire businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors that are liable for a business rates bill.
Not all businesses are eligible, so please read all the information on this page carefully before you apply.
To be eligible for the scheme you will need to be the rate payer and your business must have been trading on 30 December 2021. New businesses may apply if they were trading on that date.
If you have previously received a grant from Wiltshire Council, you must still apply for this scheme.
You will receive payment in line with your Rateable Value:
Businesses with a rateable value of exactly £15,000 or under receive £2,667.
Businesses with a rateable value over £15,000 and less than £51,000 receive £4,000.
Businesses with a rateable value of exactly £51,000 or over receive £6,000.
To complete your application you will require:
A bank statement demonstrating trading activity on 30 December 2021
Your business rate account number
A unique tax reference such as:
Companies House Company Registration Number
VAT Registration Number
Self-Assessment or Partnership Number
National Insurance Number
Unique Taxpayer Reference
Registered Charity Number
Applications close on 28 February 2022.
Hospitality businesses
Food courts
Public houses
Pub restaurants
Restaurants
Roadside restaurants
Wine bars
Cafés
Leisure businesses
Casinos and gambling clubs
Cinemas
Museums and art galleries
Stately homes and historic houses
Theatres
Zoos and safari parks
Amusement parks
Wedding venues
Events venues
Night clubs and discotheques
Arenas
Concert halls
Tourist attractions
Theme parks
Amusement arcades
Soft play centres or areas
Clubs and institutions
Village halls and scout huts, cadet huts, etc.
Accommodation
Caravan parks
Caravan sites and pitches
Chalet parks
Coaching inns
Country house hotels
Guest houses
Hostels
Hotels
Lodges
Holiday apartments, cottages or bungalows
Campsites
Boarding houses
Canal boats or other vessels
B&Bs
Catered holiday homes
Holiday homes
Once you have read the information above and confirmed that your business is eligible for an OHLG, please complete the application form.
Other grants and business support
Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG)
The Additional Restrictions Grant, which provides support to other businesses that have been severely impacted by Omicron, is being finalised. Further information will be announced soon.
Covid-19 Additional Restrictions Fund (CARF)
The Covid-19 Additional Restrictions Fund is a rate relief fund that is being made available to support those rate paying businesses affected by the pandemic but that are ineligible for existing support linked to business rates. Find out more on our Business Rates page.
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