Covid recovery: Over £1.3m issued to Antrim and Newtownabbey businesses

Under the scheme, restaurants, cafés, coffee shops, bistros, snack bars, nightclubs, pubs, and social clubs are eligible for a one-off grant payment of either £10,000, £15,000 or £20,000 based on their rateable value.

Announcing the amount paid out so far under the Omicron Hospitality Payment, the Finance Minister Conor Murphy said: “My Department has worked at pace to deliver this scheme and I’m delighted that over £1.3 million has so far issued to hospitality businesses in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Council area. These one-off grants will provide vital support to the hospitality industry which suffered a severe loss of trade as a result of Omicron.”