Restart Grant Strand 2

This was a one off grant available for trading businesses in the Hospitality, Accommodation, Personal Care and Gym sectors that were occupying properties on the 1 April 2021.

The following types of businesses were eligible:

• Hairdressers
• Beauty businesses
• Cafes
• Restaurants
• Cinemas
• Nightclubs
• Adult entertainment venues
• Museums
• Tourist attractions
• Sport facilities
• Gyms
• Casinos
• Public halls
• Hotels and Holiday Homes etc.

There are several exclusions from the Restart Grant Strand 2 which include:

• Take aways
• Insolvent businesses
• Businesses without a Business Rates liability
• Businesses that failed certain tests mandated by the Government.

For the purposes of this scheme:

• A hospitality business can be defined as a business whose main function is to provide a venue for the consumption and sale of food and drink.

In addition, the definition of a hospitality retail business should exclude food kiosks and businesses whose main service is a takeaway.

• A leisure business can be defined as a business that provides opportunities, experiences and facilities, for culture, recreation, entertainment, celebratory events and days and nights out.

In addition, the definition of a leisure business should exclude all retail businesses, coach tour operators, tour operators and telescopes.

• An accommodation business can be defined as a business whose main lodging provision is used for holiday, travel and other purposes.

In addition, the definition of an accommodation business should exclude private dwellings, education accommodation, residential homes, care homes, residential family centres, beach huts.

• A gym and sport business can be defined as a commercial or non-profit 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.

In addition, the definition of a gym and sport business should exclude home gyms, home exercise studios, home sports courts and home sports grounds.

• A personal care business can be defined as a business which provides a service, treatment or activity for the purposes of personal beauty, hair, grooming, body care and aesthetics, and wellbeing.

In addition, the definition of a personal care business should exclude businesses that only provide personal care goods, rather than services; businesses used solely as training centres for staff, apprentices and others; businesses providing dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services, including services which incorporate personal care services, treatments required by those with disabilities and services relating to mental health.

There are three different payment amounts depending on the RV of the business property.