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Small business owners cite cashflow problems, trying to meet COVID-19 workplace guidelines and late payments as biggest factors affecting mental health
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Small business owners cite cashflow problems, trying to meet COVID-19 workplace guidelines and late payments as biggest factors affecting mental health
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Find out how you can apply for the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme to recover the costs of employees shielding, sick or self-isolating.
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In his latest announcement, Boris Johnson pushed back the opening of shops to 15 June from the beginning of June, as previously stated
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With salons expected to remain closed until July, SheaMoisture UK has stepped up to help minority-owned salons survive the crisis.
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Officials say that the government's coronavirus funding won't stretch far enough to cover all the needs of eligible businesses
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MPs and retailers pushing government to allow furloughed shop staff back to work part-time, as they start reopening from June
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A new £5,000 grant launches today to help small businesses that are struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out how to apply
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Shops are being told to reopen from June but furloughed staff can only work part time from August. Indie retailers face a dire couple of months
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A new £5,000 grant launches today to help small businesses that are struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out how to apply
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Shops are being told to reopen from June but furloughed staff can only work part time from August. Indie retailers face a dire couple of months
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Sobering new figures show that business debt could be growing to an unsustainable level over the course of coronavirus lockdown
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Government eyes lowering ceiling for those who qualify for coronavirus self-employed support even before the scheme has launched
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Small business website achieves record readership, with 1.3m owner-managers turning to the site for industry news in March
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