Rishi Sunak extends job retention furlough scheme to October
Chancellor announces that coronavirus job retention scheme will be extended for another four months with no change to 80% wage grant
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Chancellor announces that coronavirus job retention scheme will be extended for another four months with no change to 80% wage grant
Government Grants
Government Grants
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could be extended until September with government covering 60% of staff wages
Government Grants
Taxman to start accepting applications for Self-Employed Income Support Scheme on May 13, earlier than announced
Small Business Banking
Lord Blackwell, chairman of Lloyds, says government could convert bad coronavirus emergency loan debt into equity, giving it stakes in thousands of small businesses
Government Grants
The government has greenlit £617m worth of funding to help co-working space tenants and market traders ineligible for coronavirus business rates grant scheme
Financing
The Treasury has announced the £250m Future Fund tech start-up bailout scheme, which could see the government owning half of some of Britain's fastest-growing companies
Government Grants
Small businesses in West Midlands hardest hit, with both Birmingham City Council and Sandwell among slowest to pay out business grants
Business Loans
Just 13% of firms who have applied for a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan have been successful, according to latest British Chambers of Commerce survey
Government Grants
Small businesses in West Midlands hardest hit, with both Birmingham City Council and Sandwell among slowest to pay out business grants
Business Loans
Just 13% of firms who have applied for a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan have been successful, according to latest British Chambers of Commerce survey
Small Business Banking
New breed of fintechs becoming disenchanted with ever joining the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, despite British Business Bank adding four more lenders
Financing
As many of 1m microbusinesses could benefit from 100% guaranteed loans and overdrafts for up to £25,000 per small business
Financing
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he is open to studying what other countries such as Switzerland are doing to help small businesses get through coronavirus crisis
Small Business Banking
Small Business readers say 53% of their coronavirus emergency business loan applications have been turned down since chancellor Rishi Sunak loosened the scheme on April 3
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Partner content
As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?
Business Technology
Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings
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