Well, around mid-March Covid 19 was starting to affect our business. Students not attending for fear of catching it and not long after most schools closed. I half expected it but wasn’t immediately concerned - we have some savings to fall back on in case things go tits up. I didn’t really expect students to return until the new term in September at the earliest. Anyway, not long after I saw that, the Government were pledging to help small businesses and one of the measures was a grant to those that operated from premises that were in receipt of small business rates relief. We fitted into that bracket, I applied and we received our grant a week or so later. Then, the other week, my accountant sent out notice that we could apply to furlough myself and my wife and as they run our payroll, they just needed to know when we stopped working. Today, our furlough money went into our account direct from the HMRC. I must say that I am very relieved, not to say impressed with the ease and speed at which these grants have been paid. So there you have it - some rare positive praise for the government on this forum for something they have promised to small businesses and delivered! Personally though, I’d rather the country not be in the situation it is in that has brought this business help about.
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