Self-employed and other sole traders eligible for help – Guernsey Press

The changes include extending the payroll co-funding scheme to sole traders and self-employed business owners not normally on the payroll of the business, as well as to charities and social enterprises where their staff are unable to work as a result of current business restrictions.

In addition to the changes, the scope of business activities that can access both the coronavirus payroll co-funding and the small business grants scheme has also been widened to include a number of other services such as cleaning, window cleaning, gardening, pet care, estate agents, architects, facilities management and office management, security and cash transfer activities, freight and goods transfer, excluding food, and dental and dental hygienists.

Policy & Resources vice-president Lyndon Trott, pictured, said they had and would continue to listen to the concerns of businesses.

Self-employed islanders and sole traders play a vital role in our community and for our economy, he said.

It was clear there was a gap in our support measures implemented so far, so we have sought to move at real pace in order to plug that gap and bring equity to the support we are offering.

We have also extended the businesses and traders who are in-scope for support.

This is also a response to our growing understanding of the need of businesses and traders in our community.

We will continue to monitor the impact of the measures we have introduced, and the feedback on them from the business community, and will carry on responding as needed to ensure our economy is as supported as it reasonably can be during these very challenging times.

The changes come in response to feedback that the support measures in place were not meeting the legitimate needs of a significant number of the self-employed and sole traders in the community.

Support for those business activities added to the scheme will be backdated to 16 March in line with the support provided to the first series of payments of economic sectors.

For business guidance on what is available and who for, visit https://covid19.gov.gg/guidance/business.

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