COVID-19 Business Support Webinar

The Ilford BID would like to invite you to a COVID-19 business support webinar in collaboration with the London Borough of Redbridge, the Redbridge Chamber of Commerce, Clintons Management Ltd., Nationwide Utilities Ltd., the Hainault BID and the Office of MP Sam Tarry.

The webinar will provide a structured platform where businesses owners can have a detailed review of the COVID – 19 support from the government, local authorities and banks. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask relevant questions to the webinar panel for clarification.

If you have questions in relation to the topics below, please register for a free ticket.

Today, we are extremely proud to announce that MP Sam Tarry will be joining our expert panel on the 23rd of April 2020.

Sam Tarry is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Ilford South since the 2019 general election.

Webinar Topics/Speakers

• Deferring VAT and Self-Assessment payments (Speaker – Jamal Khan)
• Self-employment Income Support Scheme (Speaker – Jamal Khan)
• The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank (Speaker – Jamal Khan)
• A new lending facility from the Bank of England to help support liquidity among larger firms, helping them bridge coronavirus disruption to their cash flows through loans (Speaker – Jamal Khan)
• Tax planning (Speaker – Usama Awais)
• Statutory Sick Pay relief package for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) (Speaker – Albert Peters)
• Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Speaker – Albert Peters)
• Business Assurance (MP Sam Tarry)
• 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality, leisure and nursery businesses in England (Speaker – Paul Nightingale)
• small business grant funding of £10,000 for all businesses in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief. Grant funding of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000 (Speaker – Paul Nightingale)
• Commercial rent protection Scheme (Speaker – Kevin Clarke)
• Energy costs and bills (Speaker – Ryan Edwards)

Please register for a place now via our Eventbrite and Zoom links below (Both registrations are required)

Event & Registration (How to register and how the event will be held)

Event platform – Zoom webinar (Zoom is a web-based video conferencing tool with a local, desktop client and a mobile app that allows users to meet online, with or without video. Attendees will require access via a laptop, desktop, handheld pad or mobile phone device to attend)

Date – 23^rd April 2020

Registration starts – 5.15pm

Presentation starts – 5.30pm

Q&A starts – 6.50pm

Event finishes – 7.30pm

Format – An hour of presentations from members of the panel, followed by an hour of Q&A from attendees

Registration platform – Eventbrite/Zoom

To register, you will need to acquire a free ticket from Eventbrite and also register for the meeting through Zoom meetings. The registration process can be completed by clicking on the links below in turn; 

Eventbrite Registration Link

Zoom Meeting Registration Link

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to make contact at admin@ilfordbid.com. Please share the links above so that others may also benefit from the webinar and information shared.