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4 September 2020

The Kickstarting Grant has closed – Changes to the Job Retention Scheme – Kickstart Scheme opens for employers applications – New payment for people self-isolating in highest risk areas – NHS Test and Trace successfully reaches almost 300,000 people – Customer logging toolkit – NKDC Covid-19 Business Impact Survey – Final Sleaford Rugby Club junction works set for September – Free Support for North Kesteven businesses

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28 August 2020

Business Grant Fund programme closure – ‘Jump-start’ for UK’s leading creative industries – PM kickstarts £2bn cycling and walking revolution – £20 million in new grants to boost recovery of small businesses – More businesses set to benefit from government loan scheme – Applications open for £50 million funding to boost UK customs intermediaries – Support for business from outside government – Penalties for not telling HMRC about Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grant overpayments – Government to cut red tape for farmers as they plan for 2021 – Rural funding for businesses available now – Are you doing everything you can to welcome back customers in a covid-secure way?

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28 August 2020

Be Business Smart: Cut Cost and Carbon Virtual Exhibition – Funding available through the Culture Recovery Fund – Customer logging toolkit – Innovate UK launches four-year design strategy – Culture Recovery Fund saves 135 grassroots music venues with emergency grants – Extension on ban evictions and notice periods – Eat Out helps out – Business Grant Funds programme is now closed – Free Support for North Kesteven Businesses – GAD helps kickstart UK film and TV productions

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7 August 2020

How to reclaim “Eat Out to Help Out” money – £20 million to improve small businesses leadership and problem-solving skills in the wake of coronavirus – Job Retention Bonus – Better protection in case of supplier insolvency – Business Grant Funds programme closure – Quality assurance at heart of new £2 billion green homes grants – Reopening of further businesses and venues in England postponed – Free Support for North Kesteven Businesses

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7 August 2020

How to reclaim “Eat Out to Help Out” money – £20 million to improve small business leadership and problem-solving skills in the wake of coronavirus – Job Retention Bonus – Better protection in case of supplier insolvency – Business Grant Funds programme closure – Quality assurance at heart of new £2 billion green homes grants – Reopening of further businesses and venues in England postponed – Free Support for North Kesteven Businesses

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31 July 2020

Update on Business Grants – Support for businesses through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Call for businesses to support in the supply of ventilators – Self-employment Income Support Scheme – Support for businesses that pay little or no business rates – Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – Support for businesses through deferring VAT and Income Tax payments – Income Tax

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24 July 2020

The Better Business for All toolkit – Reduced rate of VAT for hospitality, holiday, accommodation and attractions – Key dates for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – UK aerospace sector to benefit from £400 million funding to go green – Business events given go ahead to resume from 1 October – Planning guidance to accompany the Business and Planning Act 2020 – Free Support for North Kesteven Businesses – Support for business from outside government

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17 July 2020

Boris Johnson unveils plan to return England ‘to normality’ by Christmas – Major new campaign to prepare UK for end of the transition period – £11 billion boost for taxpayers facing difficulty due to coronavirus – £40 million to kick start next-gen nuclear technology – Trade and Agriculture Commission membership announced – New planning rules to protect cultural heritage – Support for business from outside government – Face coverings will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets from 24 July – Free Support for North Kesteven Businesses – Register your establishment for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme – Companies House to restart the voluntary strike off process

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03 July 2020

Small and micro businesses given a boost thanks to £1m grant fund – Government unveils “200 million package to help innovative businesses bounce back – University research and development support – VAT deferral period ends – More firms can now benefit from the Future Fund – Restaurant and pub opening guidance – One month left to apply for £50m Heritage Emergency Fund – Employee return-to-work tool – Guidance for construction sector – Repaying overclaimed Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Grants – Free Support for North Kesteven Businesses – Flexible Furlough scheme starts

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12 June 2020

Discretionary grant funding will close at 9am on Monday 15 June – Business Secretary launches working groups to help unleash Britain’s growth potential – Coronavirus information for farmers, landowners and rural businesses – Updates to the Job Retention Scheme – Business Representative providing coronavirus related support for specific sectors – Covid-19 protection advice to businesses when returning to work – Thousands of high street shops, department stores and shopping centres to reopen safely in England – Guidance for retailers reopening – Free support for North Kesteven businesses – Offer coronavirus support from your business – Genuine HMRC contact and recognising phishing emails and texts

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