Help and advice for businesses
Support for businesses:
Grants for your business
- Small business grant and retail, hospitality and leisure grants - scheme ended 28 August 2020
- Small business discretionary grant - deadline now passed
Test & Trace
- Prepare your business for the Covid-19 app (GOV.UK)
- Customer logging toolkit (phe.gov.uk) - a toolkit for businesses that collects customer details for Test & Trace
Identify and contain a potential COVID-19 outbreak
- Action cards to support your business - provided by Public Health England and the NHS Test & Trace Service
Support for your business
- Coronavirus - Information to help support your business
- Advice and support for tourism businesses
- Coronavirus resources posters (phe.gov.uk)
Food businesses - guidance and advice
- Apply for a pavement licence (outdoor seating)
- Guidance for food businesses (GOV.UK)
- Alcohol and entertainment licences - Permission for pubs and restaurants to operate as takeaways
- Whether registered or not, all food produced, stored or distributed outside of a family setting must be done so in accordance with food hygiene legislation and be safe to eat. Further advice and guidance on food hygiene:
Information and advice
- Licences, registrations and permits - changes to the service
- Coronavirus - Health Protection Regulations - information for businesses - new regulations to ensure that all premises close or remain closed until otherwise directed by the Secretary of State
- Regaining possession of a privately rented property - Changes to the eviction process of tenants
- Guidance for the construction sector (adeptnet.org.uk) - National guidance for the construction sector