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<p>The Treasury has engaged closely with other Departments, including the Department
for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy and the Ministry for Housing, Communities
and Local Government throughout the design and implementation of grant support for
businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have received £1.6 billion
of discretionary funding through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) to support
their local economies and help businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. This funding
is for additional business support, to complement the Local Restrictions Support Grant
for closed businesses.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage local authorities to use their ARG
allocations to set up a discretionary grant scheme using this funding for those businesses
who are affected by closures, but which are not legally closed themselves, such as
wholesalers. However, local authorities run the application schemes for the ARG, and
will have significant discretion when it comes to deciding which businesses receive
payments. Businesses should contact their local authorities for more information.</p>
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