Your lockdown recovery guide

There’s a support package to help you stay afloat

- WARREN SHUTE

The Government’s coronavirus financial support packages keep changing.

If you’ve not been able to keep up-to-date with them, don’t worry. Here’s a summary of where we are today.

Employees

The furlough scheme was due to end on October 31 and be replaced by the Job Support Scheme. However, when Boris Johnson announced a further four-week English lockdown on October 31, he also extended the furlough scheme and amended this again on November 5.

The scheme has now been extended until March 31, 2021, for employees already on an employer’s payroll at 23:59 on October 30. Employees who were made redundant or stopped working after September 23 can also qualify for the scheme if they are re-employed.