london uk chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak on tuesday announced that businesses in the lockdownhit sectors such as retail hospitality and leisure are to receive a oneoff grant worth up to 9000 poundsas the uk entered its tough new stayathome lockdown due to a surge in infections from a highlytransmissible new variant of coronavirus the indianorigin finance minister said he was putting in place the extra measures worth 4 billion pounds in total to help these businesses that would now have to be shut until midfebruarythe new strain of the virus presents us all with a huge challenge and whilst the vaccine is being rolled out we have needed to tighten restrictions further said sunakthroughout the pandemic weve taken swift action to protect lives and livelihoods and today were announcing a further cash injection to support businesses and jobs until the spring this will help businesses to get through the months ahead and crucially it will help sustain jobs so workers can be ready to return when they are able to reopen he saidthe extra cash is provided on a perproperty basis to support businesses through the latest restrictions and is expected to benefit over 600000 business propertiesthe oneoff topups will be granted to closed businesses on the basis of 4000 pounds for businesses with a rateable value of 15000 pounds or under 6000 pounds for businesses with a rateable value between 15000 pounds and 51000 pounds and 9000 pounds for businesses with a rateable value of over 51000 poundsthe new oneoff grants come in addition to billions of existing business support including grants worth up to 3000 pounds for closed businesses and up to 2100 pounds per month for impacted businesses once they reopenthe uk treasury department said that a further 594 million pounds is also being made available for local authorities and the devolved administrations to support other businesses not eligible for the grants that might be affected by the restrictionsthe government said it has also provided 100 per cent business rates relief for retail hospitality and leisure businesses 11 billion pounds existing discretionary funding for local authorities the furlough scheme now extended to april and 100 per cent government backed loans extended until marchthe treasury also pointed to ukwide measures as part of an unprecedented package of support for business already in place including the various business lending schemes where the repayment terms were made easier as part of the winter economy plan and the extension of the self employment income support scheme