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<p>Businesses are eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and
the business rate holiday scheme if they are based in England with a property that
is wholly or mainly being used for the purposes of retail, hospitality and/or leisure.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government has announced an additional discretionary fund to support small
businesses that fall outside the scope of the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants
Fund and the Small Business Grants Fund, which have under 50 employees and have seen
a significant drop of income due to Coronavirus restriction measures.</p><p> </p><p>The
Government is also providing an unprecedented package of wider support available to
SMEs. This includes business interruption loan schemes, job retention and self-employed
income support schemes, as well as a bounce back loan scheme. The full details of
all these measures have been published at: <a href="https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/"
target="_blank">https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/</a>.</p>
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