Self employed...sort of!

Jeremy535897

First, look at the gov.uk website on COVID-19 support for businesses. This explains whether the company you have will qualify for any of the grants, VAT deferral, business interruption loans etc. If it winds up at the end of March, I doubt it, and therefore you, will be eligible for any of the help outlined. You could keep it going, but if it has no business other than because of coronavirus, it is hard to see that it would qualify. I am not sure what your "part time efforts" are?
Even if you weren't winding it up at the end of March, there are problems with sole director companies, as the rules on furloughed employees aren't really designed to cope with sole directors receiving irregular salary, or salary mixed with dividends, and still holding the fort as opposed to doing nothing. 

Duggo

pauld09 said:

12 week self isolation is recommended for anyone entitled to the nhs flu jab

This is why I’m confused.  How can I go to work, which I do one day a week, and then invoice for my time, if I’m supposed to self isolate/social distance. That’s why I thought I could claim something?  I can’t not work, when I have the opportunity to earn something.

Grandy67

My daughter is a hypnotherapist and has been working as a sole trader but, with the restrictions imposed due to Coronavirus her work has totally evaporated. She seems to think that there is nothing she can claim and that the latest measures introduced by the chancellor only apply if you get the virus. What can she do to replace her lost income whilst this crisis continues?

calcotti

pauld09 said:

12 week self isolation is recommended for anyone entitled to the nhs flu jab

I don't think it is. As I posted earlier I think it is social distancing which is recommended for the vulnerable and I don't believed this entitles someone to be treated as sick. However it is not entirely clear.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/guidance-for-employers-and-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19

Jeremy535897

To Grandy67. At present there is no new help offered to self employed people who aren't in the leisure and hospitality sector, aren't VAT registered and who don't pay rates or benefit from certain rate reliefs, except a postponement of the self assessment tax due on 31 July 2020 to 31 January 2021, and the possibility of a business interruption loan. She should check eligibility for universal credit, and seek work, if there are no new announcements from the Government. If your daughter has medical training there may be opportunities in the NHS, and supermarkets are employing up to 40,000 people.