22/04/2020
I have copied this. I know a lot of my friends are in the same situation. It's hard seeing all that you have built over the years take a downturn, through no fault of your own. Please read this. It might give you a bit of understanding.
The reality of the financial issues hitting the self-employed right now:
⛔️ If you don’t have premises - no £10k grant.
⛔️ If you don’t employ staff - no 80% off their wage covered to retain them.
⛔️ We aren’t employed - no 80% of wages covered.
⛔️ We can apply for universal credit and get a maximum of £300 per month, but if we live with a partner who’s lucky enough to have a wage then we get nothing.
⛔️ We haven’t been given a definitive direction to close, but all of our clients are cancelling and our industries are mounting pressure and shame on us to close - the same people who are getting grants and their staff are getting 80% of their wages paid.
Now some of us will get 80% of our 3yrs tax returns but not till June 😱
We know we have to do social distancing. But we are a few days away from zero income.
All these people have built their businesses from zero with unimaginable amounts of blood, sweat and tears.
Please be compassionate and empathetic to your self employed friends, their world is crumbling around them and they haven’t been thrown the same lifeline as you. They are being forced to make horrendously difficult decisions and don’t need any more shame from anyone else.
All SELF EMPLOYED PEOPLE PLEASE COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR TIMELINE AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
