Essential go-to resources for small businesses in a COVID-19 world

There’s a huge amount of information coming at us daily. Cutting through it to work out what is really relevant, what will really inform us and what we actually can, or need, to act on, is overwhelm on top of the overwhelm for many of us.

We’ve got a hotline to Farillio’s experts and they’re working tirelessly to ensure that we’re all getting the right information and keeping it as current as we all can.

Together, we‘ve pulled together in one place, some of the most important, immediate resources and links for you as a freelancer, startup or SME. We’ll keep building on this over the coming weeks as the reliefs, application processes and guidance from government continues to evolve.

If you have a link you think it would be useful to add to our essential go-to list to help our SME community over the coming months, drop us a line at info@farill.io or DM us on Twitter if that’s easier, and we will make sure this gets included.

(No broader promo links on this occasion, please folks. We absolutely love to showcase you all normally and we’re still really happy to do that on Twitter, especially if you’re giving or taking under the #3hrPledge campaign, but we’re keeping this to the bare essentials to get everyone the most immediately needed info and solutions as fast as we can. Protecting jobs and cashflow are the biggest priorities right now.)

Below you’ll find the official links and the areas where the government and official bodies are publishing their guidance and instructions. After that, we’ve included links to all the Farillio materials most relevant to this situation, so that you can agree your changes of terms with furloughed employees, reach a robust payment plan with a residential landlord, manage your money risks, and ensure you’re covering all your financial options and enduring, unavoidable legal duties.

• UK Government advice for businesses and employers

• UK Government advice for the self-employed

• The coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

• The coronavirus Self Employment Income Support Scheme

• HMRC Time to Pay (if you are not able to pay your tax bills on time)

• The HMRC coronavirus hotline for any difficulties with tax payments due to coronavirus

• Universal Credit Application

• Citizen’s Advice Bureau – Coronavirus advice

• Government Q&A guidance on landlord and tenant matters

We’re constantly creating and updating new resources at Farillio. These are the ones we’re finding most relevant to our customer’s questions and concerns.

Is there something specific you would like to know about for your business? Let us know and we'll work to get it covered too.

• Contracts and performance challenges in a Covid-19 world

• Directors' legal duties and relaxing the wrongful trading laws to beat a Covid-19 world

• Employers, employees and homeworking in a Covid-19 world

• Homeworking, data protection and cyber security risks in a Covid-19 world

• Sales and marketing tips to combat a COVID-19 world

• Saving jobs in a Covid-19 world: what the job retention scheme means for your small business

• Saving jobs in a Covid-19 world: what the self-employment income support scheme means if you’re self-employed

• Achieving resilient (not perfect) leadership, and business planning successfully, in a Covid-19 world

• Construction work in a Covid-19 world

• Financial planning for businesses in a Covid-19 world

• Financial planning for individuals in a Covid-19 world

• How will we build and grow startups after Covid-19?

• Marketing to keep you front of mind in a Covid-19 World – An expert Q&A with Kim Arnold

• Running a family business in a Covid-19 world – how to stay strong and keep your business vision

• Startups and survival in a Covid-19 world – an expert Q&A with Dom Hallas, Coadec

• Keeping customers and keeping sales going in a Covid-19 world | An expert Q&A with Yiuwin Tsang

• Residential

  • Essential answers for residential landlords in a Covid-19 world

  • Essential answers for residential tenants in a Covid-19 world

  • Residential landlord and tenant 101 – a superguide

  • Residential landlords: What to do if your tenants aren't paying the rent?

  • Covid-19 Residential Landlord and Tenant Payment Plan

• Commercial

  • Essential answers for commercial landlords in a Covid-19 world

  • Essential answers for commercial tenants in a Covid-19 world

  • Commercial landlord and tenant 101

  • [What happens when commercial tenants can’t pay their rent?](/guides/what-happens-when-commercial-tenants-cant-pay-their-rent

• For England and Wales

• For Scotland