Useful Information for Businesses – Update 9th 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:

• £750m funding to support charities’ ‘unsung heroes’ in the front line against COVID-19 LINK
• New £1.3m emergency fund to support tourism industry LINK
• COVID-19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme LINK
• ADDITIONAL NEW GUIDANCE ON SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THE WORKPLACE LINK:
• General guidance for employers and businesses on CoronaVirus LINK
• Sector specific social distancing guidelines LINK
  • Shops running a pick-up or delivery service
  • Tradespeople and working in people’s homes
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing and processing businesses
  • Retail
  • Logistics businesses
  • Outdoor businesses
  • Farming: visiting farms for animal health and welfare
  • Fishing or other short-term offshore work
  • Cargo-shipping or other long-term offshore work
  • Transport businesses
  • Waste management businesses
• TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL GUIDANCE LINK
  • Using public transport
  • Driving private vehicles
  • Bus and lorry drivers
  • Freight, bus and road transport businesses
  • Transport workers
  • Maritime and shipping
  • Aviation and flying
  • Overseas travel
  • Temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the drivers’ hours rules: all sectors carriage of goods by road

• Apprenticeship programmes

• MHRA (laboratories) guidance

• Export of Personal protective equipment

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

Take part in the next White Label webinar scheduled to take place on Wednesday 15th April at 10am: Keep you and your workforce mentally and physically healthy

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 who are an established, local accountancy company – we hope that in re-circulating the salient points, we can all work together to help as many businesses as possible.