Support for businesses and self-employed people during coronavirus
Kickstart Scheme employer resources
Page summary:
If you’ve been offered Kickstart Scheme funding, you can use these resources to show your support for the scheme.
Change made:
Updated Kickstart Scheme logos.
Time updated:
2:54pm, 31 August 2021
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 29 July 2021
Page summary:
Time series and statistics as at 30 June 2021 on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, with analysis by scheme size, sector, geography, age, gender and flexible furlough.
Change made:
Corrected a small error in the number of employments eligible for furlough in the ‘Other’ sector shown in Table 18a of the data tables. The take-up rate for the ‘Other’ sector by region has been adjusted in line with this.
Time updated:
3:51pm, 1 September 2021
Coronavirus grant funding: local authority payments to small and medium businesses
Page summary:
Local authorities have received and distributed funding to support small and medium businesses in England during coronavirus.
Change made:
Added the latest estimates by local authorities for payments made under these grant programmes: Additional Restrictions Grant, Local Restrictions Support Grant / Christmas Support Payment and Restart Grant.
Time updated:
11:17am, 2 September 2021
Help employers with the Kickstart Scheme (Kickstart gateway)
Page summary:
Information for Kickstart gateways on how to help employers with the Kickstart Scheme and how to add jobs or employers to the grant agreement.
Change made:
Added a link to the online application for adding more jobs or employers to your grant agreement (grant variation).
Time updated:
11:30am, 2 September 2021
Claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Page summary:
Claim for some of your employee’s wages if you have put them on furlough or flexible furlough because of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Change made:
Info updated in section ‘When the government ends the scheme’.
Time updated:
3:00pm, 2 September 2021
SOURCE HMRC 04/09/21