Business Rate Grants - Covid-19 Response

In response to the Coronavirus, Covid – 19, the Government announced there would be support for small businesses, and businesses (including charities and community amateur sports clubs) in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.

This support will take the form of two grant funding schemes, the Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund.

We have identified your business/ organisation as being eligible for one of these grants.

Under the Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) all businesses/ organisations in England in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR) and Rural Rates Relief (RRR) will be eligible for a payment of £10,000.

Under the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant (RHLG) businesses/ organisations in England in receipt of the Expanded Retail Discount (which covers retail, hospitality and leisure) with a rateable value of less than £51,000 will be eligible for the following cash grants per property:

• a property that has a rateable value of up to and including £15,000 will receive a grant of £10,000
• a property that has a rateable value of over £15,000 and less than £51,000 will receive a grant of £25,000

Recipients eligible for the SBGF will not be eligible for the RHLG.

Further information is available on https://www.tmbc.gov.uk/services/business/business-support-and-advice/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-businesses.

In order to give you this money, we need some information from you as follows:-

If you have difficulty in supplying this information or questions relating to the matter then please email inspectors@tmbc.gov.uk.

Business Details

Business Name

Business Address

Business Rates Account Reference

Company Number If applicable

VAT Registration Number If applicable

Name of Applicant Full name with title

Position Held

Applicant's Address

Telephone Number

Email address

Bank Account Name Enter your bank account name (not the name of your bank)

Bank Sort Code

Bank Account Number

Please check each of the options below to confirm:

• I confirm that the information contained in this form is true, complete and correct. I understand that Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council may verify this information if they wish to do so
• I understand that the Government will not accept deliberate manipulation and fraud. If any person(s) and / or business/organisation is found to have falsified their records, given false or misleading information or omitted information to gain grant money it may be regarded as a criminal offence and they will face prosecution. Any funding issued will be subject to clawback using all legal powers available

Prevention and Detection of Fraud

This council is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. Further information.