Support is available for business rate payers as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Find out more about Business Rates.
Businesses in the New Forest that are the business ratepayer in occupation of the premises and which have been legally required to close due to Tier/national restrictions can apply for a grant.
Businesses that are the business ratepayer in occupation of the premises can also apply for the following grants where relevant:
If your business is a pub or bar, and you have already completed a business support grant claim for the period from 2 December 2020, you do not need to fill in another form to receive further grant payments or the one-off closed business lockdown payment. We will contact you about your grant payments.
You can find out more information and details on how to apply below.
If you have not been legally required to close your business premises, or you are not a business rate payer, for example your business is based at your home address, you may be eligible for a Discretionary Grant if there is a scheme open and accepting applications. Further details are below.
There is no further discretionary support confirmed by Government for the period of restrictions after 15 February 2021.
Should this change, we will update businesses via this webpage and via our business enews.
Please do not contact us for updates on post 15 February 2021 funding as we are currently processing a large volume of ARG 2 applications. Please be assured that as soon as we have any updates, we will let you know via our enewsletter and on this webpage.
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The Additional Restrictions (Discretionary) Grant Issue 2 (ARG2) supported certain types of eligible business, that were impacted (but not necessarily forced to closed) by the national restrictions for the period 2 December 2020 - 15 February 2021.
Businesses were able to apply for the ARG Issue 2 grant from 2 February 2021 until midday on 26 February 2021. This scheme is now closed to new applications.
This scheme followed on from the ARG Issue 1 scheme for the period of restrictions 5 November - 1 December 2020. Businesses were able to apply to ARG Issue 1 from 25 November 2020 until 29 January 2020. This scheme is now closed to new applications.
We are currently processing a large volume of ARG 2 applications. As such, please do not contact us to enquire on the progress of your application. Please be assured we will process applications as quickly as possible and you will be notified of the outcome.
The Discretionary grants are administered by the Economic Development team who can be contacted on businesssupport@nfdc.gov.uk
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Funding has been made available to offer further support to local businesses which have been legally forced to close from 5 November 2020 to 2 December 2020 due to the national restrictions put in place to manage coronavirus.
The one-off grant payable to an eligible business depends on the rateable value of the property:
To be eligible for a grant you must be the ratepayer and your business must have been open and trading on 4 November 2020 and providing in-person services to customers. This includes non-essential retail, hospitality venues, leisure and sports facilities, entertainment venues, community centres and halls and personal care facilities (such as hair, beauty and nail salons). Where a business is required to close and is instead providing a takeaway or click and collect service, they are eligible to claim the grant.
To apply for a Local Restrictions Support Grant use the online form below.
Apply for a Local Restrictions Support Grant
For further details download our Local Restrictions Support Grant policy below. If you have any queries please contact us at nndr@nfdc.gov.uk
Local Restrictions Support Grant Policy [238.75KB]
Visit the GOV.UK website for full details of coronavirus business support grant funding.
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Some businesses are eligible for a Business Rates holiday for one year from 1 April 2020.
You may be eligible for the 100% discount on your Business Rates bill in either of the following circumstances:
If you are not currently receiving a reduction, please fill in the Expanded Retail Discount form.
The full discount is available for registered childcare nurseries with providers on Ofsted's Early Years Register, who mainly occupy premises for provision of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
If you're eligible for the discount and haven't received it yet, call us on 01590 646119 or email nndr@nfdc.gov.uk
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