COVID-19 Financial Resources
One of the keys to surviving this crisis will be reducing business (and personal) outgoings to a minimum.
HM Government Business support
The following are a list of ideas to help you plan how you may save:
Go through bank statements and highlight each regular payment. Phone or e-mail each in turn and asked for a payment holiday / suspension of service or reduction in payment. If they will not help. consider if you really need the arrangement. We have seen an example of phone bill dropped from £30 per month to £11 for example. Insurances may give a payment holiday. No one will want to lose you as a client and everyone will be aware that as a freelance you are not earning. It makes sense for organisations to help.
The following is a list of links to the major UK lenders and their pages regarding their support during the COVID-19 outbreak (This is not an exhaustive list nor is it in any particular order – if you have any other suggestions for additions, please contact [email protected]) :
Natwest Business Advice Leaflet
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