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COVID-19: Key Announcements and Updates 22 October

Today's key announcements and updates cover the Plan for Jobs: financial support for businesses and workers from Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak.

Chancellor increases financial support for businesses

Today the Chancellor announced increased support for businesses:

  • open businesses which are experiencing considerable difficulty will be given extra help to keep staff on as government significantly increases contribution to wage costs under the Job Support Scheme, and business contributions drop to 5%
     
  • business grants are expanded to cover businesses in particularly affected sectors in high-alert level areas, helping them stay afloat and protecting jobs
     
  • grants for the self-employed doubled to 40% of previous earnings

As well as the above, full details of the support available to businesses, including the Job Support Scheme and Local Restrictions Support Grant, can be found using the Business support finder tool.

As soon as we have more details on any Lancashire County Council funding we will share them.


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  • For general information and business advice regarding COVID-19 please click here
  • Get involved with our FREE #RedefiningLancashire campaign here
  • VisitBritain/VisitEngland have launched their 'We're Good to Go' scheme, a COVID-19 industry standard and consumer mark.
  • Take a look at our archive of communications from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Boost have launched an #AskForHelp campaign will include a dedicated helpline to advise companies in Lancashire about key business-related issues and connect them with experts from the public and private sector.
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