East Riding Of Yorkshire Council Latest Business Support Update - 6/7/20
Businesses across the East Riding looking for advice and guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic, or for any other general business support enquiries can contact our business support team. You can contact them by email: startup.business@eastriding.gov.uk and they will respond as quickly as possible.
Local Authority Discretionary Grant
Please note the deadline for phase one and phase two applications is Sunday 12 July:
https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/business/coronavirus-grants-for-businesses-and-charities/
Food Focus newsletter
A special edition of East Riding Council’s Food Services newsletter. Providing the latest advice and guidance to help those food businesses that can do so, to re-open and emerge from lockdown in a ‘COVID-Secure’ manner:
https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/business/food-services/advice-and-guidance-for-new-and-existing-food-businesses/
Flexible furlough scheme
Businesses will have the flexibility to bring furloughed employees back to work part time from 1 July, as part of the government’s plan to re-open the UK and kick-start our economy:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/flexible-furlough-scheme-starts-today
Check if you can claim a grant through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
If you’re self-employed or a member of a partnership and have been adversely affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) find out if you can use this scheme to claim a grant.
If you’re eligible and want to claim the first grant you must make your claim on or before 13 July 2020
A second and final grant will be available when the scheme opens again in August 2020. If you’re eligible for the second and final grant, and your business has been adversely affected on or after 14 July 2020 you’ll be able to make a claim from 17 August 2020. You can make a claim for the second grant if you’re eligible, even if you did not make a claim for the first grant.
New examples on how a business could be adversely affected by coronavirus have been added:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme
More firms can now benefit from the Future Fund
More start-ups and innovative firms will be able to apply for investment from the government’s Future Fund:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-firms-can-now-benefit-from-the-future-fund
VAT payments on account
Find out who has to pay VAT payments on account, how HMRC works out your payments, the alternatives and how and when to pay:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-payments-on-account
Webinars
Find out what support is available and gain expert advice by taking part in the online webinars provided by both local and national organisations:
Humber Business Growth Hub
The Growth Hub has a range of webinar events planned to help businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.growmysme.co.uk/events/
GOV.UK
Watch videos and register for the free webinars to learn more about the support available to help you deal with the economic impacts of coronavirus:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/help-and-support-if-your-business-is-affected-by-coronavirus-covid-19