We want to protect your business, the services you provide, and the income of all our residents. To do this we're:
- moving quickly to look at how we can offer additional local support
- working with York BID and Make it York to understand how to lessen the impact of coronavirus
- setting up an emergency fund to support small and micro businesses not covered by government support
- making the case to government for more support for the city's 12,000 self employed
- deferring all rent for our commercial tenants for months
- supporting our key suppliers
Where people’s jobs are affected, we want to make it as quick and simple as possible to access benefits and find any alternative work.
We'll continue to buy locally and invest in the economy in the short-term, and aid the long-term recovery from coronavirus.
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The government has announced a package of measures to support businesses and help pay wages, see:
- government guidance on which businesses should remain closed due to coronavirus
- government guidance on working safely during coronavirus
- financial support for businesses
- guidance and support for employees
Coronavirus business advice
- Business recovery planning
- Tax and VAT advice for businesses
- Business cashflow support
- Business rates and grants
- Business licence fees
- Guidance for taxis and passengers
- Taxi inspection suspensions
- Emergency micro grants scheme
- Discretionary business grant scheme
- Government-backed loans
- Government support for innovative businesses
- Sick pay refunds for employers
- Recruitment and redundancy support
- Skills and training
- Local Enterprise Partnerships
- The People Panel
- Supporting regional tourism
- Support for commercial tenants
- Food businesses advice
- Help for charities
- Coronavirus fraud and scams
- Businesses that can still operate
- Help if you’re self-employed
- Employee wages and job protection
- Employee benefit advice
- Travel to work
- Coronavirus business impacts survey
- Our commitment to key suppliers
- Support and ideas for adapting business models
- Free advertising for businesses
- Hiring an apprentice
- Businesses supporting York
Further support for businesses
Talk to any of your industry, member or to other representative organisations such as:
The Federation of Small Businesses has resources and information to help small businesses through the coronavirus outbreak.
The Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility are providing a quick and cost-effective way to raise working capital for large firms who need it. Information, including which lenders to contact, is available on the Bank of England’s website.
HMRC are delivering a programme of webinars on measures to support employers, employees and the self-employed through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19.
Watch a video of the first recorded webinar and register for future webinars.
See further information and resources for businesses:
- guidance for employers
- advice for what to do if an employee becomes unwell
- advice to give to employees who have travelled to specific areas
- bans on evictions for commercial tenants who miss rent payments
- guidance for transport sector staff
- ACAS advice for employers and employees