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SPECIAL EDITION FOR BUSINESS AND SELF-EMPLOYED / APRIL 2020 Love local business lambeth.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/ information-for-businesses For safety, this magazine has been delivered following Public Health England guidelines. It may be safely read.
2 Lambeth talk APRIL 2020
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan
Scheme (CBILS)
The Government’s CBILS are available with no personal businesses will benefit from no
scheme supports smaller guarantee required. The upfront costs and lower initial
businesses (SMEs) with access Government will also make a repayments. More information
to loans, overdrafts, invoice Business Interruption Payment at: businesssupport.gov.uk/
finance and asset finance of up to cover the first 12 months coronavirus-business-support/
to £5 million and for up to six of interest payments and any
years. Loans under £250,000 lender-levied fees, so smaller
FREE HELPLINE
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help London businesses face
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for your business
Business survey for COVID-19
In order to better understand and measure the impact of the Coronavirus on our business
community, we’re asking all businesses to complete our short business survey. This will help
us understand the challenges you’re facing and identify how we can support businesses during
and after the crisis. You will help us to identify gaps in the Government’s support measures for
business and lobby with business groups on your behalf.
lambeth.gov.uk/business-survey
APRIL 2020 Lambeth talk 3
lambeth.gov.uk
Lambeth Council
on your side
This is a time of great anxiety for workers and businesses.
Lambeth Council will do all in our power to help you
through this.
Which is why we’ve launched Lambeth’s Local Economy Support
Package. We’re giving rent relief to over 300 of our commercial tenants,
making over £50m of grant payments, and freezing commercial waste
payments for businesses forced to shut. And we’re now developing new
measures in partnership with business groups across the borough.
We’re determined to keep Lambeth’s business community vibrant and
resilient, being on the side of our local businesses, their employees Councillor Jack Hopkins,
and those who are self-employed. Leader of the Council
Cash grants for businesses
A £10,000 grant is available to Advice on filling out a claim form: to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
businesses currently eligible
• Please ensure you read the • You will be asked to enter 2
for Small Business Rate Relief
following guidelines carefully. addresses. The first address is the
(SBBR) or those in the retail,
Mistakes on the claim form may property address that the grant
hospitality and leisure sectors
lead to it being rejected and is being claimed for. The second
with a rateable value under
cause delays in processing your address is the billing address that
£15,000.
payment. your business rates bills go to. If
A £25,000 grant will be provided the billing address is the same as
• You will need a copy
to retail, hospitality and leisure the property address you should
of your business rates
businesses operating from re-enter the property details again.
bill and your business bank
premises with a rateable value
details before you start completing • If you have a direct debit set up
between £15,000 and £51,000.
the form. for business rates payments, the
Eligible businesses will receive one
bank details entered into the form
grant per hereditament (business • Make sure you have your unique
should match the bank details
premises). business rates reference
used for the direct debit. If they
number (found on any business
do not match the form will be
To claim a grant fill rates bill). Your claim cannot be
rejected.
out an online claim form processed without your unique
business rates reference number. • When your form has been
at Lambeth.gov.uk/ If you do not know it please call submitted successfully you will
covid19businesses the business rates team on get a case reference number as
020 8315 2255 between 9am confirmation.
4 Lambeth talk APRIL 2020
Protecting
local business
Coronavirus is a huge challenge to every aspect of life
in Lambeth.
While the Chancellor has set • Businesses include: hairdressers; the council can safeguard the future
out a package of measures to cafes; restaurants; beauty salons; of BIDs through this time – valuing
support businesses through this offices; shared workspaces and the vital role they play in the local
unprecedented period of disruption, non-food related retail economy
as a council we feel that we must • This will directly benefit over 300 Emergency Support Scheme
also step in to help. commercial tenants of the council. The council has committed an
We have launched a comprehensive Business Rates relief additional £500,000 to provide
economic package to help financial support to the most
businesses, voluntary and The business rate relief support
announced by Government is being vulnerable residents who are at
community sector (VCS) groups immediate risk of financial hardship.
and the borough’s residents cope applied to accounts automatically.
This includes 100% business rate The scheme provides those who are
with the COVID-19 pandemic. Our experiencing a crisis or emergency
Local Economy Support Package relief for retail, hospitality and leisure
businesses for 2020/21. with support to buy food and make
is designed to offer relief and energy payments. More information
certainty at a time of unprecedented Commercial Waste at: lambeth.gov.uk/apply-for-
challenge. Freezing of services and waiving emergency-support
If you have any queries please go payment immediately for those that Business interruption loan
to our business webpage Lambeth. currently don’t need the service. scheme
gov.uk/covid19businesses Contact Lambeth Council if you’re
If you still can’t find the information no longer in operation, to freeze The Government-backed
you need please email your account. Coronavirus Business Interruption
enterprise@lambeth.gov.uk or Loan Scheme has launched to
Business Task Force support smaller businesses to
call the Business Helpline on
020 7926 2344. • We have established a Task Force access finance.
with Lambeth’s seven Business Statutory sick pay refund
Rent Relief
Improvement Districts (BIDs), coordi-
• Business and Voluntary and nating our response and working up Businesses with fewer than 250
Community Sector tenants of the additional proposals to support local employees will be entitled to receive
council most impacted by the crisis businesses and support the eventual a refund for Statutory Sick Pay costs
are being granted three months’ full economic recovery effort they incur because of coronavirus.
rent relief The refund will be limited to two
• Lambeth is also looking at how weeks per employee.
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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, all UK
employers with a PAYE scheme that was created and started on or
before 28 February 2020, will be able to access support to continue
paying part of their employees’ salary for those that would otherwise
have been laid off during this crisis.
This applies to employees who have been asked to stop working, but who
are being kept on the pay roll, otherwise described as ‘furloughed workers’.
HMRC will pay employers a grant worth 80% of an employee’s usual
wage costs, up to £2,500 a month, plus the associated Employer National
Insurance contributions and minimum automatic enrolment employer pension
contributions on that subsidised wage. This is to safeguard workers from
being made redundant. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
will cover the cost of wages backdated to March 1st if applicable
and is initially open for 3 months, but will be extended if necessary.
More information on the scheme, eligibility and to apply can be found at:
businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
The Government's Self-employment Income Support Scheme
(SEISS) will support self-employed individuals (including members of
partnerships) whose income has been negatively impacted by COVID-19.
The scheme will provide a grant to self-employed individuals or
partnerships, worth 80% of their profits up to a cap of £2,500 per month.
HMRC will use the average profits from tax returns in 2016/17, 2017/18 and
2018/19 to calculate the size of the grant. The scheme will be open to those
where the majority of their income comes from self-employment and who
have profits of less than £50,000. The scheme will be open for an initial three
months with people able to make their first claim by the beginning of June.
More information on the scheme, eligibility and to apply can be found at:
businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/
The council’s website provides key information for businesses on the Coronavirus. Visit
lambeth.gov.uk/covid19businesses
A new telephone helpline to support businesses and self-employed people who are concerned about
paying their tax due to coronavirus. Contact the HMRC helpline on 0800 0159 559.
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Advice and
skills
Find out how to support your businesses or organisation during this crisis
with guidance, workshops and one-to-one sessions.
Advice for Businesses Advice for VCS
Startup Resilience Mentoring and business COVID-19 Tech Support
clinics
Capital Enterprise have launched Covid Tech Support have over
a range of online events and Tree Shepherd are offering virtual 400 tech volunteers who are here
support to help you navigate and telephone business clinics to support you. Their aim is that
your startup through this period and are setting up calls with no one should needlessly be
of uncertainty. No matter the mentors to provide advice. put at risk because they didn’t
stage of your startup, size or Their experts have extensive have access to technology that a
status. Startupresilience. experience in all aspects of volunteer technologist could have
capitalenterprise.org business support. made. contact@integrateagency.
info@treeshepherd.org.uk co.uk or phone 07790 666317
London Growth Hub
Arts Professional Digital 1:1 surgeries
A new portal to support
London-based businesses and Arts Professional has removed Digital agency Copy & Code are
employers to manage and mitigate its subscription paywall for offering free hour-long sessions
their exposure to COVID-19. all COVID-19-related news: to social impact organisations
growthhub.london artsprofessional.co.uk experiencing technical or
communication challenges during
Federation of Small Your Business Continuity
the pandemic on a first come,
Businesses Plan
first served basis. contact@
Advice and guidance for Business Continuity Plans are integrateagency.co.uk or phone
small businesses and the self- vital for ensuring your business is 07790 666317
employed. Fsb.org.uk prepared for emergencies. It's more
1:1 Income Generation
important than ever to make sure
Creative Industries Surgeries
your businesses has a plan. Links
Federation
to guidance and support available In the hour long bookings, we will
Collated advice and guidance is at lambeth.gov.uk/business- share our insight into emerging
for the creative industries. services-rates-and-licensing/ funds and opportunities and aim to
Creativeindustriesfederation.com help-for-businesses/business- be a useful sounding board for your
continuity-guide income generation strategy thinking
and development.
contact@integrateagency.
co.uk or phone 07790 666317
APRIL 2020 Lambeth talk 7
lambeth.gov.uk
Business
as unusual
The government has advised that all
pubs, restaurants and cafes should no
longer be open for on-site consumption
but under new planning legislation can
provide takeaway food (A5 use class).
The government has published Your email must include: read the legislation observing
a new ‘Permitted Development its conditions and limitations.
• The address of the site to be
Right’ to enable this. If you would like to operate
operated as a takeaway
beyond this date, a planning
It allows these types of premises
• Confirmation of the previous application must be submitted
to provide prepared hot or cold
use of the premises well in advance of the expiry date,
food, for collection or delivery,
• Details of the proposed proposing the continued use of
for consumption off the premises
operation, including which parts the premises as a takeaway.
– without the need for planning
permission. of the building/land will be used Unfortunately, if you are not
and the proposed hours of currently operating as a lawful
In order to benefit from this right
operation. pub, restaurant or café, you
and operate as a takeaway you
• The date you propose to start cannot take advantage of this
must first inform us that you plan
and end the take-away operation – and will need to apply for
to do this.
(the government has permitted planning permission as per
Please email: normal. In addition to this,
such use up until 23 March 2021)
planning@lambeth.gov.uk there may be conditions
and foodhealthandsafety@ It is important to note that this attached to previous planning
lambeth.gov.uk with the subject new legislation allows businesses permissions, which will either
line ‘Notification of temporary to operate in this way until the 23 restrict or prohibit your ability
operation as hot food takeaway’. March 2021 – before which such
to benefit from these rights.
use must cease. Please do
You can now apply for permission to provide hot food takeaway for collection or
delivery. Email planning@lambeth.gov.uk and foodhealthandsafety@lambeth.gov.uk8 Lambeth talk APRIL 2020
Funding for Arts
and Charities
Emergency Funding Funding to support
Package from Arts Council London’s voluntary sector
England The Greater London Authority
Arts Council England is making and the City Bridge Trust have
£160 million of emergency funding contributed £1m each to launch
available for those organisations a new fund to support London’s
and individuals who will need it voluntary sector. This is an
during this crisis. This includes £50 initial contribution and London
million of funding for organisations Funders are working with
outside the National Portfolio and funders from across sectors to
£20 million of financial support bring more money together in
for individuals. ACE has also response to community need.
changed the funding requirements londoncommunityresponsefund.
for individuals and organisations org.uk
currently in receipt of funding
and in addition to its own support Digital Culture Network
for individuals is working with a The Digital Culture Network
number of funds and organisations - established by Arts Council
to support a greater range of self- England - provides one-to-one
employed people in the arts and support from ACE’s team of digital
culture sector. specialists for the arts & cultural
artscouncil.org.uk/covid19 sector. The Network can provide
assistance on how to work and
collaborate remotely using digital
technology, sustain engagement
with your audiences, strategies for
income generation through online
retail and donations, maximising
your website offer and much more.
To speak to a Tech Champion,
email:
digitalnetwork@artscouncil.
org.ukAPRIL 2020 Lambeth talk 9
lambeth.gov.uk
Many organisations
have launched
funding schemes to
support small businesses,
charities and the
self-employed.
Culture in Quarantine crisis, CAF has launched this rapid The first wave of funding will be
response Fund to help smaller grants of up to £5k for food and
Culture in Quarantine is a
charitable organisations affected essentials. This will not be the
£250,000 fund launched on 25
by the impact of Covid-19. Grants only opportunity for London’s
March 2020 by ACE in partnership
of up to £10,000 will help them to civil society to receive grants from
with the BBC. It is for established
continue to deliver much needed the funders behind the London
England-based artists of any
support to our communities
discipline to produce new works Community Response. There will
across the UK.
in creative media - whether video, be a second wave of funding in
audio or interactive. Commissions This is intended as a rapid the next week for larger grants,
do not need to be about the response fund, and they aim service transformation costs,
current emergency, but they do to make payments to selected and ongoing work to support
need to adhere imaginatively and organisations within 14 days of communities.
lawfully to the principles of self- application. londonfunders.org.uk
isolation. The programme will be cafonline.org
Our Heritage Emergency
managed by The Space and each
London Community Fund
work will be hosted by the BBC
online and/or on-air. Response launched The Heritage Lottery Fund
bbc.co.uk/arts With a pot of over £5m – and are making £50m available to
with more offers of funding support the UK heritage sector
Charities Aid Foundation
in the pipeline – funders have as an immediate response to the
This Fund is to help smaller been coming together to create COVID-19 crisis, providing short-
charitable organisations in the UK an easy to access process for term funding for organisations
affected by the impact of Covid-19. organisations across the capital delivering heritage projects and
Grants of up to £10,000 are to receive emergency financial safeguarding heritage sites.
available. In this time of national support. heritagefund.org.uk10 Lambeth talk APRIL 2020
Proteger
as empresas
locais
O principal pacote económico de Lambeth para apoiar trabalhadores e empresas
afetados pelo impacto do coronavírus é um dos maiores e mais abrangentes lançados
por qualquer autoridade local da capital.
O pacote destina-se a oferecer Subsídios às empresas Grupo de trabalho empresarial
ajuda e segurança num momento
Subsídio de £10.000 ou £25.000 • Criámos um grupo de trabalho com
de desafio sem precedentes e
para empresas que recebem os sete distritos de melhoramento
foi elaborado após consulta aos
‘Small Business Rate Relief’ (auxílio empresarial (Business Improvement
representantes empresariais do
financeiro concedido a pequenas Districts - BIDs) de Lambeth para
município e amplo debate com
empresas) ou estão no setor retalhista, coordenar a nossa resposta e elaborar
o setor de voluntariado e da
hoteleiro ou de lazer. A partir de hoje, propostas adicionais com vista a
comunidade. No total, o pacote irá
estamos a pagar estes subsídios ajudar as empresas locais e apoiar o
investir 1,2 milhões de libras em
diretamente às empresas com direito esforço de recuperação económica
empresas e grupos voluntários locais.
a eles e estamos a fazê-lo antes
• Lambeth também está a analisar
Se tiver alguma pergunta, envie um de recebermos o financiamento do
a forma como o município pode
email para enterprise@lambeth.gov. Governo. Não há necessidade de
salvaguardar o futuro dos BIDs
uk ou ligue para a linha de apoio às requerer este subsídio; aqueles que
durante esta fase – valorizando o
empresas através do tel. nº têm direito a ele serão contactados
papel vital que desempenham na
020 7926 2344. diretamente.
economia local
Ajuda com a renda Auxílio financeiro a empresas
Plano de apoio de emergência
• Os arrendatários do setor de O auxílio financeiro às empresas
A câmara destinou 500.000 libras à
voluntariado e da comunidade e anunciado pelo Governo está a ser
prestação de apoio financeiro aos
do setor comercial que foram mais aplicado automaticamente às contas.
residentes mais vulneráveis que estão
afetados pela crise estão a receber Isto inclui 100% de isenção de taxas
em risco imediato de dificuldades
três meses de isenção total de comerciais para empresas de retalho,
financeiras.
pagamento de renda hotelaria e lazer para 2020/21.
Mais informações em: lambeth.gov.
• As empresas incluem: cabeleireiros, Resíduos comerciais
uk/apply-for-emergency-support
cafés, restaurantes, salões de
Congelamento imediato de serviços
beleza, escritórios e retalhistas não Recebeu um email, um sms ou uma
sem exigir o seu pagamento para
relacionados com o ramo alimentar carta sobre um subsídio às empresas?
aqueles que atualmente não precisam
Clique em “Business rates relief and
• Isto irá beneficiar diretamente 226 deles – contacte a câmara de Lambeth
grants” na nossa página web para
arrendatários de imóveis comerciais se não estiver em funcionamento, para
requerer o seu subsídio.
do município. que a sua conta seja congelada.
O site do município fornece informações importantes às empresas sobre o
coronavírus: lambeth.gov.uk/covid19businessesAPRIL 2020 Lambeth talk 11
lambeth.gov.uk
Pełny pakiet ekonomiczny Lambeth wspierający
pracowników i przedsiębiorstwa dotknięte skutkami
koronawirusa jest jednym z największych i najbardziej
kompleksowych uruchomionych przez władze
lokalne w stolicy.
Ochrona lokalnych
przedsiębiorstw
Pakiet ma na celu zapewnienie Dotacje dla przedsiębiorstw Grupa zadaniowa ds. przedsiębiorstw
ulgi i pewności w czasie Dotacje w wysokości 10.000 GBP • Powołaliśmy grupę zadaniową
bezprecedensowego wyzwania i lub 25.000 GBP dla firm, które z siedmioma okręgami ulepszania
został opracowany po konsultacji otrzymują ulgę w ramach Small przedsiębiorstw w Lambeth (BIDs
z przedstawicielami gminy oraz Business Rate Relief lub znajdują - Business Improvement Districts),
szerokiej dyskusji z sektorem się w sektorze handlu detalicznego, koordynując nasze działania
wolontariatu i społeczności.Łącznie hotelarstwa lub rekreacji. Od dziś i pracując nad dodatkowymi
pakiet zainwestuje 1,2 miliona funtów wypłacamy te dotacje bezpośrednio propozycjami wspierającymi lokalne
w lokalne przedsiębiorstwa i grupy przedsiębiorstwom, które się do przedsiębiorstwa i wspierającymi
wolontariackie. nich kwalifikują, i robimy to przed ewentualne wysiłki na rzecz naprawy
Jeśli masz jakiekolwiek pytania, otrzymaniem dofinansowania od rządu. gospodarczej
wyślij wiadomość e-mail na adres Nie ma potrzeby składania wniosków, • Lambeth analizuje również, w jaki
enterprise@lambeth.gov.uk lub skontaktujemy się bezpośrednio sposób rada może chronić przyszłość
zadzwoń na Infolinię Biznesową pod z przedsiębiorstwami, które się BIDs w tym czasie - doceniając
numer 020 7926 2344. kwalifikują. istotną rolę, jaką odgrywają w lokalnej
Ulga od płatności czynszu Ulga w opłatach z tytułu Business gospodarce
• Wszyscy dzierżawcy branży Rate System wsparcia w nagłych
wolontariatu i społecznościowej oraz Wsparcie z tytułu ulg w opłatach wypadkach
dzierżawcy biznesowi najbardziej Business Rate ogłoszone przez Rada przeznaczyła 500.000 GBP na
dotknięci kryzysem otrzymają rząd jest wprowadzone do kont wsparcie finansowe dla najbardziej
trzymiesięczną ulgę czynszową automatycznie. Obejmuje to 100% potrzebujących mieszkańców, którzy
• Obejmuje to przedsiębiorstwa takie ulgi dla przedsiębiorstw handlu są narażeni na bezpośrednie ryzyko
jak: fryzjerzy; kawiarnie; restauracje; detalicznego, hotelarstwa i rekreacji za trudności finansowych.
salony kosmetyczne; biura; handel okres 2020/21.
Więcej informacji na stronie:
detaliczny niezwiązanych z żywnością Odpady z przedsiębiorstw lambeth.gov.uk/apply-for-
• Skorzysta na tym bezpośrednio 226 Zamrożenie usług i natychmiastowe emergency-support
komercyjnych dzierżawców rady. umorzenie płatności dla tych, którzy Otrzymałeś e-mail, sms lub list o
obecnie nie potrzebują tej usługi - dotacji dla przedsiębiorstw? Kliknij
skontaktuj się z radą Lambeth, jeśli nie ‘Ulgi i dotacje dla firm’ na naszej
prowadzisz działalności, aby zamrozić stronie internetowej, aby otrzymać
swoje konto. dotację.
Strona internetowa rady zawiera kluczowe informacje dla przedsiębiorstw na temat koronawirusa
coronavírus: lambeth.gov.uk/covid19businessesShop Local.
We’re in this
together.
Lambeth’s independent businesses need your support now more than ever. The
COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to everyday life in Lambeth. These
are challenging times for everyone. Many local businesses have had to close their
stores but are resilient and are adapting to continue to serve their customers during
this period of uncertainty. We want to keep Lambeth’s local business community
vibrant and resilient. You can help make a difference by supporting them.
For every £10 spent with a local independent business up to an additional £50 finds
its way back into your local economy and keeps your community employed.
Share a memory on social Order from a local food Say thank you and write
media of your favourite local business. Many restaurants a positive review to promote
Lambeth business offer curbside pickup and your local businesses online
online delivery
Shop local. Before Follow local businesses
turning to large online retailers, Don’t ask for refunds on social media. Many small
think about whether you can or small change from businesses are sharing their
you shop locally online your purchase, consider stories and journeys online
instead making a donation and are suggesting specific
Purchase a gift card to your local business at ways in which you can
from a local business now and this difficult time support them
use it later
Covid-19 safety note from Lbox communications, distributing this leaflet to your door
In line with guidance from the UK’s Chief Medical Officer and public health authorities, we are advising
distribution colleagues that good hand hygiene is the first and most important line of defence. We have taken a
number of measures and provided preventative guidance to our colleagues. This includes providing masks and
gloves for use, hand sanitiser and promoting regular hand washing with soap and water. We have introduced
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a range of new social distancing measures aimed at offering further protection for our colleagues. Standard
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