Useful Information for Businesses – Update 15th April 2020
Within this daily blog we aim to give you top-line, up-to-date information at a glance with links to relevant sites that explain in more detail relevant news, support, and financial help that we hope will make a difference to your business during the Covid19 Crisis and beyond:
UK SPACE TECHNOLOGIES TO BOOST NHS CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE LINK
ADDITIONAL NEW GUIDANCE RELEASED 14 APRIL 2020
Temporary changes to the Statutory Residence Test LINK
Notice to exporters 2020/10: processing licence applications during coronavirus (COVID-19) LINK.
Notice to exporters 2020/09: Export Control Joint Unit updates guidance on compliance checks for open licences LINK
BUSINESS SUPPORT PACKAGES: LATEST INFORMATION & UPDATES
A new Coronavirus Business Support Hub is now available at gov.uk/business-support
Funding and support
- Financial support for businesses
- Claim for your employee’s wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Apply for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
- Defer your VAT payments
- Prevent your business from being evicted
Support for the retail, hospitality, leisure and nursery sectors
- Grant funding of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000
- 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality, leisure and nursery businesses in England
Self-employed people and sole traders
- Claim a grant through the Self-employment Income Support Scheme
- Self-employment and Universal Credit
- If you cannot pay your tax bill on time
- Carry out work in people’s homes safely (tradespeople)
- Drivers’ hours rules relaxations
- Negotiate a mortgage payment holiday
Your responsibilities as an employer
- What you need to do and how to keep your employees safe
- Claim for your employee’s wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): employer guide
- Claim back Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
- Find out what to do if your employee needs time off to look after dependants
- Which expenses are taxable if your employees work from home
- Apprenticeships: how they can continue
- Guidance for Tier 2, 4 and 5 visa sponsors of people affected by coronavirus
Managing your business during coronavirus
- Cleaning your workplace safely
- Handwashing advice posters
- Rules that have been relaxed to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic
- Construction sites and safe working
- Farmers, landowners and rural businesses
- Food businesses
- Freight transport businesses
- Medical and healthcare industry
- Shipping and sea ports businesses
- Supported accommodation, residential care and home care
- Transport businesses
Business closures
- Businesses that must close
- If you’re staying open for business: safe working guidance
- Closing holiday accommodation to temporary residents
CAN YOU, YOUR BUSINESS OR EMPLOYEES OFFER CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) SUPPORT IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS?
NEW: Personal protective equipment (PPE) hub LINK
NEW: Help the government increase coronavirus (COVID-19) testing capacity LINK
Businesses can provide support in a number of ways:
- Help supply materials and equipment
- Help supply complete testing methods
- Help provide laboratory capacity
- Help provide new testing methods in 4 key areas
Can your business offer further support?
The UK Government is looking for businesses who can offer support in the multiple areas and has set up an online tool where businesses can register. To offer support click here.
WEBINARS
Forthcoming Webinars
15 April 10am White Label Keep you and your workforce mentally and physically healthy
17 April 2-3pm FSB – Coronavirus: Ongoing help and advice from FSB
Past Relevant Webinar Series
Series of Webinars run by Champ Consultants (Accountants) Including advice for small businesses and self employed persons, latest updates and Government help
White Label Webinar 8th April: Commercial Property and Security
Thank you to White Label Creative who have been invaluable in passing on relevant information to us on a daily basis and, together with Champ Consultants, an established, local accountancy company and the Federation of Small Businesses a membership organisation helping smaller businesses achieve their ambitions – we hope that in re-circulating the salient points, we can all work together to help as many businesses as possible.
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