The government has announced a £5 billion grant scheme for England to help high street businesses reopen after lockdown.
Around 700,000 businesses will be eligible for the grant, including shops, salons, gyms, and restaurants.
As non-essential retail opens earlier, grants to those businesses will be worth up to £6,000.
With hospitality opening later, individual businesses could receive as much as £18,000.
The government has introduced various grant schemes while restrictions have been ongoing. The headline Local Restrictions Support Grant was initially designed to support businesses suffering reduced demand or forced to close under the ‘tier’ system, but was subsequently updated to cover national restrictions too.