The Government has put in place 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 current measures to support businesses including:
- a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (extended to 30th September 2021)
- deferring VAT and Income Tax payments (for the period 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020)
- a Self-employment Income Support Scheme
- a Statutory Sick Pay relief package for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
- a 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality, leisure and nursery businesses in England
- For businesses of any size - The Recovery Loan Scheme
- For larger businesses - the Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF)
- the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme
- The Restart Grant
- Additional Restrictions Grants
More information about these measures can be found at: