This is exactly the support we need for our small businesses. Sensible help based on when businesses can reopen.
The additional discretionary business grant funding allows Buckinghamshire Council to target grants where they are needed in Buckinghamshire.
To protect hospitality and tourism jobs, the 5% reduced rate of VAT will be extended for six months to 30th September.
And even then, we won’t go straight back to the 20% rate. We’ll have an interim rate of 12.5% for another six months.
Support for the self-employed will continue with a 4th grant covering February to April, and a 5th grant from May.
As the tax return deadline has now passed, 600,000 more people, many of whom became self-employed last year, can now claim the 4th and 5th grants.