If you’re an employer, find out if you can use the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme to reclaim employees’ coronavirus-related Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
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Gov.UK Guidance for businesses opening
12/05/2020
The Government have released guidance for businesses opening during the corona virus (Covid-19) lockdown.
Please see below the direct links to the Gov.UK’s website, showing guidance for each business category.
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GOV.UK – Top Up to Local Business Grant Funds Scheme
04/05/2020
A discretionary fund has been set up to accommodate certain small businesses previously outside the scope of the business grant funds scheme.
GOV.UK Bounce-Back Loan Scheme
28/04/2020
This scheme will help small and medium-sized businesses affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) to apply for loans of up to £50,000.
GOV.UK Business Support Search Tool
21/04/2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) support is available to employers and the self-employed. You may be eligible for loans, tax relief and cash grants.
Use this business support finder to see what support is available for you and your business.
Business Grants Information
20/04/2020
| Don’t miss out if you’re eligible
Great Yarmouth Borough Council has so far handed out over £20m in Government relief grants to around 1,850 eligible local businesses, which is 61 per cent of the businesses we think are eligible under Government criteria and wrote to three weeks ago. The council is working closely with New Anglia LEP, other local councils and business groups to ensure our local businesses get the support they are entitled to during these challenging times. |
Support for Businesses outlined by Great Yarmouth Borough Council
14/04/2020
Please visit the following link to view the latest news on support for local businesses published on Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s website.
https://www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support
This information was updated on 14th April 2020.
Support for self-employed persons
31/03/2020
Rishi Sunak announces world-leading scheme to support the UK’s self-employed affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Official gov.uk COVID-19: Support for businesses
27/03/2020
Updated with information from the GOV.UK website on 26th March 2020 5.00pm
The Chancellor has set out a package of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support public services, people and businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19.
This includes a package of measures to support businesses including:
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- a statutory sick pay relief package for SMEs
- a 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England
- small business grant funding of £10,000 for all business in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief
- grant funding of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000
- the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank
- a new lending facility from the Bank of England to help support liquidity among larger firms, helping them bridge coronavirus disruption to their cash flows through loans
- the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme
Covid-19 “Lockdown” Business Info
25/03/2020
As part of the measures announced by Boris Johnson on Monday 23rd March 2020 to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus, many town centre businesses will have to close their doors until further notice.
Below is a summarised list of the exceptions to the new laws:
Supermarkets and other food shops, health shops, pharmacies including non-dispensing pharmacies, petrol stations, bicycle shops, home and hardware shops, launderettes and dry cleaners, garages, car rentals, pet shops, corner shops, newsagents, post offices and banks.
Market stalls selling food and grocery items can also stay open.
Businesses offering food deliveries and take away are also allowed to remain open.
Please see our live database showing businesses that remain open during lockdown.
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