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COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF)

The government has launched the COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) to support businesses affected by the pandemic who are ineligible for existing support linked to business rates.

The fund was originally announced in March 2021 with a support package of £1.5 billion, with Haringey’s share being £3.8 million.

This is a discretionary relief scheme and is available to reduce the eligible business rates liability for 2021/22 year only.

Eligibility criteria

These include, but are not limited to:

• the business must have been trading from 1 April 2021
• the business is not entitled to or have already received a reduction against their business rates liability for the 2021/22 billing year
• the business must have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2021/22 and was unable to adapt to the changing environment
• premises must have been occupied and trading for the period. Businesses that were closed temporarily due to government instructions on COVID-19, will be treated as occupied for the purposes of this relief
• the business must be solvent

See further details on the CARF scheme at GOV.UK (external link)

See the  Haringey CARF Discretionary Policy (PDF, 91KB)

How to apply

You can apply online via the button below.

Make an online application for CARF(external link)

See all COVID-19 grants available

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