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The First Minister announced an additional £300m package of financial support to assist businesses thoughout the 2 week period. Every business covered by the small business rates relief will get a £1,000 payment. Small and medium-sized retail, leisure and hospitality businesses which have to close will receive a one-off payment of up to £5,000. Both will be paid via your Local authority There will also be additional discretionary grants and support for smaller businesses, which are struggling. More information to follow. The First Minister also said he has written to the Chancellor to ask him to give Welsh businesses early access to the new expanded Job Support Scheme from Friday. […]
Wales will go into a national lockdown from 6pm Friday 23 October until 9 November, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced Everyone will be required to stay at home – working from home wherever possible – only exceptions will be critical workers and where working from home is simply not possible. This includes the closure of all hospitality businesses (apart from takeaways), libraries, community centres and recycling centres and non essential retail etc. Places of worship will be closed for normal services, except for funerals and weddings. Primary schools will reopen after the half term break, but only Years Seven and Eight in secondary schools will return at that time. […]