Content sources for Government support for UK businesses during the coronavirus pandemic – as at 30 March 2020

Business owners should take advice from an expert commercial solicitor on specific contracts and how the issues set out could apply to their own business. 

There are a number of sources of information on the internet that can be consulted for more general guidance some of which will be updated on a regular basis. General guidance can be found by navigating from the Government website.

Sources of specific support are listed below in alphabetical order by topic and include:

• Accommodation providers

• Bank lending

• Business loan interruption scheme

• Business rates

• Business rates review

• Business rents

• Business support grant funding

• Businesses trading internationally

• Compulsory closure of businesses:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close?utm_source=77e9a975-dcba-4146-b1f9-d36e8d01465f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-plans-to-enforce-closure-of-businesses-and-other-venues--2

www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance

• Corporate financing facility:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/covid-19-support-for-businesses#support-for-larger-firms-through-the-covid-19-corporate-financing-facility

www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/market-notices/2020/ccff-market-notice-march-2020

• Data protection:

 https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/03/community-groups-and-covid-19/

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/03/data-protection-and-coronavirus/

• Essential travel:

www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-essential-travel-guidance?utm_source=38508dca-c5ae-4971-9f8b-3ab8619f94c8&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

• Financial support

• Grant schemes

• Job retention scheme

• Landlord and tenant

• Late filing of accounts

• Laying workers off

• Legislation:

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/pdfs/ukpga_20200007_en.pdf

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/6/enacted/data.pdf

• Mass gatherings

• Mortgage lending forbearance

• MoT testing for vehicles

• Moving home

• Online sick note scheme

• Operating as a food take away business

• Public Health England dashboard 

• Regulations:

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/327/made/data.pdf

www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/326/made/data.pdf

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/129/made/data.pdf

• Statutory sick pay:

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/304/pdfs/uksi_20200304_en.pdf

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/287/made/data.pdf

• Staying at home

• Travel update

• Universal credit

• World Health Organisation Dashboard

The contents of this article are for the purposes of general awareness only. They do not purport to constitute legal or professional advice.