Useful Information for Businesses – Update 15th May 2020

Within this 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:

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a £2billion investment in roads and rail, the Transport Secretary.

ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND GUIDANCE

COVID-19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme LINK
Extension of temporary changes to AGM rules and wrongful trading liability
On May 14, the government announced that the temporary suspension of wrongful trading liability will now continue until 30 June while temporary measures to give companies and other bodies flexibility around Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and other meetings will be made retrospective to 26 March

Reminder: Supporting your employees during coronavirus: domestic abuse LINK

Plans to safely restart, reopen and renew the housing market LINK

Construction site working hours Q&A LINK

Business support grant funding – guidance for local authorities LINK

Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can’t do LINK.

WEBINARS

20 May 10am  Starting and surviving in business during COVID-19  White Label Creative

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SUPPORT

Thank you to White Label Creative who have been invaluable in passing on relevant information to us on a daily basis and Croydon Council Economic Development Team – we hope that in re-circulating the salient points, we can all work together to help as many businesses as possible.