Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
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This report sets out the decision to amend the
Additional Restrictions Grant Fund Scheme.
It is the decision of the Chief Executive, in consultation with the
Leader of the Council that an Additional Restrictions Grant Fund
Scheme in respect of the Hospitality and Leisure sectors is
introduced to support businesses adversely affected by the Omicron
variant but ineligible for the Omicron Leisure and Hospitality
Grant. Businesses must be located within the Reading Borough
Council boundary, trading on 30 December 2021 and declare they were
adversely impacted by the COVID-19 Plan B advice and rise in
COVID-19 cases.
Grant values will be based on the size of the company and will
align with the Omicron Leisure and Hospitality Grant (subject to
the number of eligible applications)
No. of Employees Grant Value
More than 50 £6,000
10 – 49 £4,000
0 – 9 £2,667
Discretionary grants are not subject to any formal statutory
appeals process and therefore there are no appeal rights.
Publication date: 26/01/2022
Date of decision: 26/01/2022
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