Coronavirus

Government Grants

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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Small businesses could be facing debt of £105bn due to coronavirus

Sobering new figures show that business debt could be growing to an unsustainable level over the course of coronavirus lockdown

Government Grants

Government eyes extending 60% furlough scheme until September

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could be extended until September with government covering 60% of staff wages

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Ceiling for self-employed coronavirus support may be dropped to £30,000

Government eyes lowering ceiling for those who qualify for coronavirus self-employed support even before the scheme has launched

Business management

Small Business Coronavirus Q&A – we answer your questions

In the Small Business Coronavirus Q&A, Anna Jordan talks to three experts about issues that are affecting small business owners

Business Technology

Top 5 Facebook groups for small businesses during coronavirus

SME owners often find solace through social media. Join these five Facebook groups to help your small business through the coronavirus crisis

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Small Business named as a top blog in coronavirus journalism awards

Small business website achieves record readership, with 1.3m owner-managers turning to the site for industry news in March

Government Grants

Treasury bails out small businesses in co-working spaces

The government has greenlit £617m worth of funding to help co-working space tenants and market traders ineligible for coronavirus business rates grant scheme

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Small Business coronavirus Q&A: send us your questions

Send in your questions for our expert panel on the government's emergency coronavirus measures for businesses

Government Grants

Nearly 40% of small business grants still unpaid five weeks in

Small businesses in West Midlands hardest hit, with both Birmingham City Council and Sandwell among slowest to pay out business grants

Business Loans

Only one in nine coronavirus emergency business loans are approved

Just 13% of firms who have applied for a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan have been successful, according to latest British Chambers of Commerce survey

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