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Job Support Scheme Expanded for Businesses Forced to Close by COVID Restrictions
09/10/2020
The Chancellor has announced that the Government is extending a scheme to help all UK firms mandated to close due to national or local coronavirus restrictions.
The Government’s Job Support Scheme (JSS) is being expanded to support businesses across the UK that are legally required to close as a result of coronavirus restrictions. Companies whose premises are shut down for a period over winter, as part of local or national restrictions, will receive grants to pay the wages of staff who cannot work. The aim is to protect jobs and enable businesses to reopen swiftly once restrictions are lifted.