Third Round Of Business Support Fund Grants

Round 3 of grants are now open, but are more restricted than anticipated:

1.  Check the list of eligible ANZSIC industry codes here
2. Identify your own ANZSIC industry code via the ABR register.

1. Go to www.abr.gov.au 
2. Log in and select 'Update your ABN details.'
3. Enter your ABN and search. You will get an ABN summary of your business including your ANZSIC code and business details

3. If your industry code is on the list of eligible for the grant, continue with your application here.

Need help on how to look up the figures required for your grant application? Check out this helpful video.

In partnership with the Melbourne City Council, grants will be available for businesses to move their activities outdoors to fund COVID-19 safe infrastructure and events. The Melbourne City Recovery Fund includes:

• $30 million for small to medium sized businesses to rapidly adapt their operations to be more COVID Safe and comply with health directions 
• $30 million for COVID Safe events and cultural activities to attract visitors back to the central city 
• $40 million on infrastructure works to support the return of people to the central city through making the city more safe, accessible and sustainable. 

$3k grants will be available to sole traders who will continue to be affected by restrictions - tenants or licensees in a commercial premises or location who will be closed, heavily restricted, or restricted - under the second step of the recovery roadmap. Sole traders who operate from a home office or are able to reopen on 28 September 2020 are unlikely to qualify.

Approximately 33,000 sole traders are expected to qualify for grants generally in accommodation and tourism, non-permitted retail, media and film production, gyms, creative studios, outdoor entertainment, private museums and galleries, etc.

Grants of between $10,000 and $30,000 for licenced venues. And, liquor license fees for 2021 will be waived. Once again, the details on these initiatives are unclear.

• Grants of $5k will be available to help take the café culture outdoors. The grants will be available to licensed and unlicensed cafés, restaurants, takeaway food businesses, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs with a payroll of less than $3 million.
• $29.5k will go to local councils to support the implementation of swift and streamlined permit, enforcement and monitoring processes - $500k for city and $250k for rural councils.

Grants of up to $20,000 to help businesses cover their resort fees.