Self-Employment Income Support Scheme now open for second grant claims

The UK Government's Self-Employment Income Support Scheme is now open for grants for a second, and what it describes as 'final', claim from applicants adversely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. If eligible to make a claim, and if your business has been adversely affected on or after 14 July 2020, you need to make your claim for this second grant on or before 19 October 2020.

To make a claim visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-self-employment-income-support-scheme. You will need your UTR number, national insurance number, and your Government Gateway user ID and password.

UPDATE: Apparently this is being rolled out to applicants, so you may find upon applying that you are given another day this week to make your application. In response to a user query, HMRC has stated on Twitter that "The grant is available from 17/08/20. We have staggered dates for customers so everyone can claim the grant smoothly and efficiently."


Chris

My next 5 week Scottish Research Online course starts August 31st - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. My book Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.