Restart Grants
Restart Grants are one-off grants available for businesses who were forced to close during the national lockdown to help them reopen safely as COVID 19 restrictions are lifted.
Local Restrictions Support Grants - for businesses who HAVE a Business Rates account
Local Restrictions Support Grants offer financial support to businesses who pay Business Rates and have been adversely affected by local and national restrictions put in place to manage coronavirus.
Apply for a Local Restrictions Support Grant
Additional Restrictions Grants - for businesses who do NOT HAVE a Business Rates account
Additional Restrictions Grants offer discretionary financial support to businesses who DO NOT pay Business Rates and have been adversely affected by local and national restrictions put in place to manage coronavirus.
This includes businesses in shared spaces with fixed property costs such as commercial rent. It does not cover those running a business from home
Apply for an Additional Restrictions Grant
Supply Chain Grants
This grant offers discretionary financial support to businesses that supply products or services directly to the leisure and hospitality sectors and have been severely affected by local and national restrictions
Taxi Cash Grant
Applications are now open for Oldham Council licensed Hackney and Private Hire Drivers to obtain funding from the Additional Restrictions Grant for businesses.
Drivers may apply for a one off grant of £1000 to cover business expenses incurred during the current COVID pandemic.
Wider Business Grants
Support for businesses that have suffered a significant and substantial negative impact on trading as a result of COVID-19, compared to previous levels of trading pre-pandemic.
This grant will support commercial property costs such as rent and cannot be used to support wage costs for staff or your contribution to ongoing/existing furlough payments for staff.
Self-employment Discretionary Grant
Businesses in the leisure and hospitality sectors that are based at home and can evidence on-going fixed commercial costs. It also includes driving instructors.
Self-employment discretionary grants
Help with business rates
Details of Business Rate payment holidays and how to set up a payment plan if you are struggling to pay your business rates: