The payment will be paid by the Government to businesses that have a revenue drop of 30 percent or more. This will be calculated by comparing a seven-day period at alert level 2 or higher with the typical weekly revenue in the six weeks before the move from alert level 1. In addition, applicants must have been in business for at least six months. Our small and medium enterprises, our sole traders, will be the main beneficiaries of this scheme, as reflected in the payment cap. They are the businesses who are likely to be less resilient to these moves than our larger businesses, who hopefully will have had resources to cope with the shift in alert levels. 