Chancellor Charity Bailout...WTF

[doobin]

Trouble with emergency schemes like this is that it’s simply impossible to means test the whole working population. Plenty of mail order companies will have seen turnover increase, yet they will still be receiving grants. 

[Ernesto]

On 09/04/2020 at 22:12, gobbypunk said:

So  it seems to me that the government is helping everyone except the self employed,we rely on country shows ,fairs etc for a big part of our living not only sales but orders that come in weeks sometimes months after ,my yard costs my house costs !cant live in a caravan or a bus as the government don’t like that ,so I pay my taxes and now what the F##k am I ment to do !my poor dog is very sick with cancer no money coming in !claim fucking universal credit !taking the piss !where is our help and everyone else who is in the same position ,and fair play Timon what you and your charity does world wide is cool as 

Gobby,

You may be able to apply for one of the grants on offer. There's 3 kinds: Sbrr of £10k, Larger rate payers of £25k and a third type for leisure business that's been screwed by the lock down. You can only get one of the 3, obviously for the first 2 you need to registered for business rates at some level. But if you don't pay business rates you might get the third one. I spoke to a mate who runs a big marquee firm yesterday (to big for either of the rates related grants) and he said that the marquee trade body had got an MP to ask in Parliament what the score was, Rishi Sunak said that events firms were eligible for the grant that pubs restaurants events venues etc can claim as all the weddings shows festivals etc were cancelled. So I reckon as you rely on shows etc for your business it's worth a try. Haven't got  a link to what was said but the trade body is MUTA (Made Up Textiles Association, yes despite the name it really exists).

Ernie.