Information and guidance related to business support, including on business operations, financial support packages, and business rates.
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Official Government information
Grant funding
GOV.UK – £830 million funding boost for high streets
GOV.UK – £4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs
GOV.UK – Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund - guidance for local authorities (pdf)
GOV.UK – apply for the coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund
GOV.UK – COVID-19: financial support for businesses (including local authorities)
GOV.UK – guidance on business support grant funding for local authorities, and business support grant funding for businesses
GOV.UK – grant funding provided to businesses by local authorities in England
GOV.UK – coronavirus grant funding: local authority payments to small and medium businesses
GOV.UK – check if you can claim a grant through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
GOV.UK – apply for the coronavirus Future Fund
Business support
GOV.UK – testing guidance for employers
GOV.UK – coronavirus support for business from outside government
GOV.UK – claim money back through the Eat Out to Help Out scheme
GOV.UK – reopen your business safely during coronavirus
GOV.UK – business support finder tool
GOV.UK – additional government resources to support your business during coronavirus disruptions
GOV.UK – working safely during coronavirus
GOV.UK – maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support NHS Test and Trace
GOV.UK – check if you can claim back statutory sick pay paid to employees due to coronavirus
GOV.UK – how to treat certain expenses and benefits provided to employees during coronavirus
GOV.UK – help and support if your business is affected by coronavirus: a free webinar
GOV.UK – OPSS coronavirus guidance for business and local authorities
Job retention scheme
GOV.UK – changes to the coronavirus job retention scheme
GOV.UK – coronavirus job retention scheme: step by step guide for employers
GOV.UK – coronavirus job retention scheme (relevant to local authorities also)
Other
House of Commons Treasury Committee – economic impact of coronavirus: gaps in support (pdf, June 2020)
GOV.UK – statistics on coronavirus funding for business
GOV.UK – apprenticeship programme response
GOV.UK – guidance on closing certain businesses and venues
GOV.UK – advice and guidance on fraud and cyber crime
GOV.UK – offer coronavirus support from your business
GOV.UK – COVID-19 roadmap taskforces
Food Standards Agency – reopening and adapting your food business during COVID-19
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hosts a number of resources for jobseekers and support for employers
Business rates
GOV.UK – 7/2020: coronavirus response: monitoring
GOV.UK – business rates revaluation postponed
LGA – Coronavirus: Business rates relief for the hospitality and leisure sector
Other useful information
Food Standards Agency – here to help food businesses
Information Commissioner's Office – contract tracing: protecting customer and visitor details
Information Commissioner's Office – advice service for small organisations
Visit England have launched a quality mark ‘We’re Good to Go’ to signal when a tourism and hospitality property has worked hard to follow COVID-19 guidelines and is safe to visit.
Health and Safety Executive have created a number of resources: working safely through the coronavirus outbreak (pdf, 2020), talking with your workers about preventing coronavirus (pdf, 2020) and managing risks and risk assessments at work
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy (BEIS) are hosting free webinars addressing the challenges in different types of workplaces
Business in the Community is running a National Business Response Network helping frontline organisations across the UK, including local councils, respond to the needs of communities affected by COVID-19.
CIPFA/LASAAC – statement on local authority accounting requirements
British Chambers of Commerce – coronavirus business impact tracker
