The Government's new Coronavirus Community Support Fund is opening Friday 22nd May.

For more details visit the website here.

There are a number of important Government issues being worked on this week and yet it is slightly surreal in what remains a time of great anxiety for many of us, with meetings conducted over Zoom or Skype as we all look for ways to move forward.

Yeovil MP Visits Leonardo and Pays Tribute to Somerset Businesses

Guidance to help employers, employees and the self-employed understand how to work safely during the coronavirus pandemic.

The government, in consultation with industry, has produced guidance to help ensure workplaces are as safe as possible.

The Government has produced a list of Frequently Asked Questions as we head into the next phase of the Coronavirus restrictions.

Click here for details.

Following lobbying from Marcus, the Government has set up a discretionary fund to help businesses not previously covered by the grant scheme. Full details are here.

We start May with significant challenges in choosing the right path forward.

The Government is launching interest free loans to support small and medium sized businesses.

For full details see here.

The news this week sadly is that restrictions continue to prevent the spread of the awful coronavirus.

I hope that many of you were able to have a good break at Easter given the very difficult circumstances we find ourselves in. It was especially strange to have church services cancelled as well as other traditional celebrations at what is usually such a happy time of optimism and renewal.