Issue further funding & premises grants to those not able to reopen on July 4th

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Although funding has been very generous for the uk, business owners that are unable to work are still having to pay bills and premises especially the self employed only receiving 80% of profit and not gross like the employed

I feel it’s unfair that a lot of people have had to use the grant money to live off, yet takeaways, construction company’s with offices etc have all had grants for premises and were allowed to work almost immediately and worked all the way through.
This was practically a gift to them and Takeaway businesses have been booming. Speaking to other business owners that are still closed, it’s unfair we cannot return to work now on the 4th of July and won’t receive any further financial help

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: Give business with prolonged closure due to Covid-19 additional grant funding

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that additional businesses are able to open. You can find additional information about which businesses are allowed to open, and which are still required to remain closed, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

24 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
10 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Jul 2020

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