Coronavirus updates: Support for your business

Coronavirus: Business support

Find out how to access the support that has been made available to NI businesses and employees - who is eligible and how to apply.

• Coronavirus: Support for businesses and employees in Northern Ireland - quick guide (PDF, 545K) >
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Coronavirus: Frequently asked questions

Find an answer to your question

• Managing staff health, pay, leave and absence >
• Managing business operations >
• Managing business finance, tax, rates and insurance >
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Coronavirus: News

Find information and support to help manage the impact of COVID-19

• 27 March 2020

  • Coronavirus: Support available through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme > [Updated]
  • Coronavirus: Business Support Grant Schemes > [Updated]
  • Coronavirus: Food business guidance > [Updated]
  • Coronavirus: Claim for wage costs through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme > 

  26 March 2020

  • Coronavirus: Deferred VAT payments > [Updated]
  • Coronavirus: Tax helpline to support businesses affected by COVID-19 > [Updated]
  • Coronavirus: Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) >
  • Coronavirus: Emergency Volunteering Leave >
  • Coronavirus: How to manage social distancing in food businesses >

  25 March 2020

  • Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme > [Updated]
  • Coronavirus: Advice for hotel and other accommodation providers > 
  • Coronavirus: Land & Property Services office and phone line closures > 
  • Coronavirus: Non-essential shops and public spaces must close >
  • Coronavirus: Support for government suppliers impacted by COVID-19 >

  24 March 2020

  • Coronavirus: Are you an employer who is actively recruiting? >
  • Coronavirus: COVID-19 Corporate Financing Facility - for large companies >

  23 March 2020

  • Coronavirus: Online isolation notes - providing proof of absence from work
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  Week beginning 16 March 2020

  • Coronavirus: Deferred Self-Assessment payments >
  • Coronavirus: Support for paying sick pay to employees >
  • Coronavirus: Summary of additional support announced for businesses and the self-employed >
  • Coronavirus: Entertainment and hospitality premises must close temporarily > 
  • Coronavirus: Tourism NI business support helpline >
  • Coronavirus: Advice if you're experiencing cashflow pressures >
  • Coronavirus: Support and advice for the self-employed >
  • Coronavirus: Support and advice for small businesses >
  • Coronavirus: Information if your company cannot file accounts with Companies House on time >
  • Coronavirus: Rates support for businesses >
  • Coronavirus: Call for businesses to help make NHS ventilators >
  • Coronavirus: Industry guidance on limiting the spread >
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice for businesses >
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  Coronavirus: Guidance

  Find advice on key business areas that you may need guidance on as you manage the current challenges.

• Business continuity and crisis management >
• Managing financial difficulty >
• Change an employee's terms of employment >
• Employers' responsibilities when closing down a business >
• Redundancy and lay-offs >
• Redundancy and short-time working >
• Employees working from home >