COVID-19 Business Support Checklists
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SCHEME
CHECKLIST

Make sure you are using all the available Schemes

REGULATION
CHECKLIST

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GRANT
CHECKLIST

Make sure you are using all the available Grants

SECTOR
CHECKLIST

Make sure you are using all the available Grants
Last Updated 21 November 2024
1 SCHEME CHECKLIST: AWARENESS-USE-PREP
To build your own tailor-made checklist review the full scheme details using the links in each section and tick the relevant schemes that you have applied for or are considering applying for.
1.1 Reducing Business Costs
Wages
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Statutory Sick Pay
Statutory Sick Pay Rebate
Business Rates
Business Rates Holiday (Retail, Hospitality and Leisure)
Business Rates
Business Rates Holiday (Nurseries)
Business Rates
Business Rates Holiday (Scottish Airports)
1.2 Applying for Grants and Borrowing
Grant
Jobs Support Scheme
Grant
Local Restrictions Support Grant
Grant
Cultural Recovery Fund Grant for freelancers
Loan
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
Loan
Bounce Back Loans Scheme
Loan
Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme
Debt Purchase
Covid Corporate Financing Facility
Grant
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
Grant
Cash Grants (Retail, Hospitality and Leisure)
Grant
Small Business Grant Scheme Funding
Loan
Future Fund
Grants and Loans
Targeted R&D Funding
Mortgages
Mortgage Payment Holiday
Loan
Personal Loans Forbearance
Motor Finance
Motor Finance and High Cost Loan Payment Deferral
Grant
Small Business Grant Scheme (Scotland)
Grant
Small Business Grant Scheme (Wales)
Grant
Cash Grants (Scottish Retail, Hospitality and Leisure)
Grant
Cash Grants (Welsh Retail, Hospitality and Leisure)
Grant
Cash Grants (Welsh Small and Medium-Businesses)
Grant
Cash Grants (Welsh Micro-Businesses)
Loan
Covid-19 Wales Business Loan Scheme
Loan
Economic Resilience Fund (Wales)
Grant
Business Hardship Fund (Scotland)
Grant
SME and Self-Employed Fund (Scotland)
Grant
Wellbeing Fund (Scotland)
Grant
Charity Fund
Grant
Third Sector Resilience Fund (Scotland)
Grant
Discretionary Grant Fund
Grant
Business Improvement District Funding
Loan
Emergency Loan Fund (Scotland)
Loan
Business Improvement Districts Funding (Wales)
Grant
NI Micro-Business Hardship Fund
Payment holiday
Business Rates Support Package (Northern Ireland)
1.3 Tax and VAT
VAT
Defer VAT Payments
Income Tax
Defer Income Tax Payments
Tax
HMRC Time To Pay Scheme
1.4 Income Benefits
Universal Credit
Universal Credit Benefit Payment for Self Employed
ESA
Employment and Support Allowance Benefit Payment for the Self Employed
 
2 REGULATION CHECKLIST: AWARENESS-USE-PREP
To build your own tailor-made checklist review the regulatory changes made due to COVID-19 using the links in each section and tick the relevant changes that are applicable to your business.
2.1 Regulations
Rent Payment
Commercial Tenants Protection Measures
Rent Payment
High Street Tenants Protection Measures
Share Capital
Non-Pre-Emptive Issuances Temporarily Relaxed
Insolvency
Temporary Suspension of Wrongful Trader Rules
Accounts
Accounts Filing Extension
MOT
MOT Exemption
Accounts: Listed Company
Listed Company Accounts Publication Extension
Accounts: AIM Company
AIM Company Accounts Publication Extension
Rent Payment
Renter Protection Measures
Rent Payment
Commercial Tenants Protection Measures (Scotland)
Tax
Tax Residency
 
3 GRANT CHECKLIST: AWARENESS-USE-PREP
Grants and subsidised loans are a great way to fund your business development and growth whilst reducing the project risks. Choose from ten different business funding purposes and tick ones that fit with your business development and growth needs.
Business Innovation
382 schemes worth £490m in funding
Energy Efficiency
92 schemes worth £31m in funding
Purchasing Equipment
295 schemes worth £51m in funding
Buildings and Renovation
372 schemes worth £83m in funding
Recruit and Develop Staff
293 schemes worth £31m in funding
Business Growth
702 schemes worth £165m in funding
Working Capital
47 schemes worth £100m in funding
Starting a Business
141 schemes worth £12m in funding
Overseas Development
58 schemes worth £21m in funding
Property Development
590 schemes worth £449m in funding
 
4 SECTOR CHECKLIST: AWARENESS-USE-PREP
COVID-19 has caused fundamental changes to many sectors so make sure your business is Sector-aware and prepared by following these checks.
Market Awareness
Knowing big market changes affecting your Sector
Trade Bodies
Taking advice being provided by your Trade Bodies
Reopening
Working with the timeline for the easing of restrictions
Business Planning
Creating a Business Plan to re-emerge into the Sector
Customer Behaviour
Understanding how customer behaviour has changed
Supply Chain
Managing supply chain obstacles and disruption
Financial Planning
Fully managing your key financial data
Distribution
Checking the new ways to distribute products/services
Adapting
Aware of the new ways to adapt your business
Contingency Planning
Covering the new risks affecting your business
 

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