Useful Information for Businesses – Update 16th 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:
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) eligibility date to 19 March 2020
Employers can claim for furloughed employees that were employed and on their PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020. This means that the employee must have been notified to HMRC through an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee on or before 19 March 2020.
If any employer now thinks they are eligible for support, they can find out more here.
ADDITIONAL NEW GUIDANCE RELEASED 15 APRIL 2020
What employees need to know about getting government support if they have been furloughed from Jim Harra, First Permanent Secretary and CEO at HMRC LINK
Environment Minister Rebecca Pow thanks those working in the waste business 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
National Caterers Association (NCASS) have dedicated advice for caterers still operating or changing to delivery services here
UK Sustain have dedicated advice and resources for community organisations and social enterprises helping to feed vulnerable groups here
WEBINARS
Forthcoming Webinars
17 April 2-3pm FSB – Coronavirus: Ongoing help and advice from FSB
22 April 10am White Label Entrepreneurial Croydon – Advice for Directors and how to remain innovative.
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 Webinars are available on their YouTube Channel here.
Social Enterprise UK have a range of webinars for social entrepreneurs here
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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