Yesterday we announced more economic support for business. This includes grants of up to £6,000 for eligible businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors.
We are also providing new discretionary funding to local authorities to support other impacted businesses. I will post here when Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Tandridge District Council schemes are up and running again.
We are also reintroducing the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme to help businesses cover employees who fall ill. As called for by the Federation of Small Businesses, this will help small and medium-sized businesses cover the cost of coronavirus-related sickness absence.
Thank you to all of you who have gone and got a booster in the last few weeks and special thanks to those who have got your first dose of vaccine too.
