Coronavirus (COVID-19) support is available to employers and the self-employed; you may be eligible for loans, tax relief and cash grants. A new ‘support finder’ tool launched by the UK Government will help businesses and self-employed people across the UK determine what financial support is available to them during the coronavirus pandemic. A simple questionnaire takes business owners under a minute to complete and will signpost them to relevant government financial support, the support finder...
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Are you a food business with surplus food? FareShare distribute surplus food to charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Diverting your surplus food to frontline charities is much easier than you think. For further information please visit the FareShare website. The Trussell Trust is a nationwide network of food banks and provide emergency food and support to people in poverty. From donating food, volunteering...
iTown is a free app for towns, villages and high streets across the UK. Support your local business and order the items you need for collection or delivery to your door. Full details of how both businesses and consumers can register for the iTown app can be found at www.itown.net
The Lighthouse Club, the construction industry charity, are offering emotional and financial support to families in crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Construction Industry Helpline provides a 24/7 safety net for all construction workers and their families in the UK and Ireland. It is a charitable service funded by the industry, for the industry and provides: emergency financial aid to construction families in crisis advice on occupational health and mental wellbeing support on legal, tax...
The Pay It Forward campaign is supporting businesses, organisations and the self-employed through the coronavirus crisis. Small businesses can set-up a Pay it Forward campaign to pre-sell their services and diversify trading now to ensure continuous cash flow. Crowdfunder is covering all platform and transaction fees making it free to small businesses and Enterprise Nation is providing access to free training and support for business, to help with online sales, marketing, cashflow, and diversifying, if...
Information you will need before you make a claim. You will need to have the following: a Government Gateway (GG) ID and password – if you don’t already have a GG account, you can apply for one online, or by going to GOV.UK and searching for 'HMRC services: sign in or register' be enrolled for PAYE online – if you aren’t registered yet, you can do so now, or by going to GOV.UK and searching...
HMRC have made changes to the Job Retention Scheme relating to employee eligibility: you can claim for employees that were employed as of 19 March 2020 and were on your PAYE payroll on or before that date; this means that you will have made an RTI submission notifying HMRC of payment of that employee on or before 19 March 2020 employees that were employed as of 28 February 2020 and on payroll (i.e. notified to...
The £5 million Enterprise Relief Fund will offer grants to 18 to 30-year olds across the UK who are self-employed and/or running their own business. In conjunction with cash grants, the initiative will offer one-to-one support and guidance to anyone who needs it and who may be worried about their future. Grants can be used to maintain core business operations during the coronavirus crisis, as well as meet any existing financial commitments, such as paying...
The application process for businesses qualifying for financial support from the Economic Resilience Fund is now open. Full details on the eligibility criteria for businesses and charities to enable them to apply can be found on the Financial Support and Grant page. Complete the COVID-19 support eligibility checker to make sure you are able to apply. Upon completion you will have a link to the online application.
The UK Ability Networks will be running free webinars to deliver practical and useful information to employers to keep them closely connected to the Disability Confident employer community, so that during and after COVID-19, disabled people are recruited and retained in work and not left behind. The webinars topics and details are below: New Ways of Working – how best to support disabled people – 22 April 2020, 11.30am to 12pm, book your place here...