Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury
Government grant should apply to any business irrespective of rateable value
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
Government has approved a grant of £25,000 to retail, Hospitality and leisure business operating from smaller premises, We want government to relax the grant for small businesses operating in shopping centre or high street irrespective of there rateable value.
As you know during the pandemic time every business in the U.K is suffering Government has announced £25,000 for any retail,Hospitality ,leisure business operating from a smaller premises with rateable value less than £51,000.There are large number of small businesses who operate from shopping malls,whose rateable value is over £51000. They should be eligible for the relief too.In current climate when the business are suffering this £25,000 grant will give us a chance to keep business on float
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR
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Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
Timeline
| 20 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Department
HM Treasury
Rejected
20 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.